2026 Women's T20 World Cup

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2026 ICC Women's T20 World Cup
DatesJune – July 2026
Administrator(s) International Cricket Council
Cricket format Twenty20 International
Tournament format(s) Group stage and Knockout Stage
Host(s)Flag of England.svg  England
Participants12
Official website t20worldcup.com
2024
2028

The 2026 Women's T20 World Cup will be the tenth edition of the Women's T20 World Cup, a biennial Twenty20 International (T20I) tournament played by women's national teams and organised by International Cricket Council (ICC). It is scheduled to be hosted by England in 2026. [1] [2]

Contents

The tournament will be contested by 12 teams for the first time. [3] New Zealand are the defending champions. [4] [5]

Background

Format

The 12 qualifying teams are divided into two groups of six teams; all the six teams in a group play with all the others – for a total of fifteen matches – and the top two teams in each group advance to the knockout stage.

Qualification

In July 2022, the ICC confirmed the qualification process for the tournament. The hosts, England along with the top five teams from the 2024 edition qualified automatically for the tournament. [6] The remaining automatic qualification spot was taken by the best-ranked team in the ICC Women's T20I Team Rankings which had not already qualified, as of 20 October 2024. The four remaining places will be filled via the global qualifier, in which teams will advance from the regional qualifiers.

List of teams qualified for the 2026 Women's T20 World Cup
Method of qualificationBerthsTeams
Host nation
1
Flag of England.svg  England
2024 Women's T20 World Cup
(Top 5 teams from the previous tournament, excluding the host)
5
Flag of Australia (converted).svg  Australia
Flag of India.svg  India
Flag of New Zealand.svg  New Zealand
Flag of South Africa.svg  South Africa
WestIndiesCricketFlagPre1999.svg  West Indies
ICC Women's T20I Team Rankings
2
Flag of Pakistan.svg  Pakistan
Flag of Sri Lanka.svg  Sri Lanka
2026 Women's T20 World Cup Qualifier
4
Flag.svgTBD
Flag.svgTBD
Flag.svgTBD
Flag.svgTBD
Total12

Group stage

Group A

PosTeamPldWLNRPts NRR Qualification
1Flag.svgTBD00000Advance to the knockout stage
2Flag.svgTBD00000
3Flag.svgTBD00000
4Flag.svgTBD00000
5Flag.svgTBD00000
6Flag.svgTBD00000
First match(es) will be played: unknown. Source: [ citation needed ]

Group B

PosTeamPldWLNRPts NRR Qualification
1Flag.svgTBD00000Advance to the knockout stage
2Flag.svgTBD00000
3Flag.svgTBD00000
4Flag.svgTBD00000
5Flag.svgTBD00000
6Flag.svgTBD00000
First match(es) will be played: unknown. Source: [ citation needed ]

Knockout stage

Bracket

Semi-finals Final
      
A1  
B2  
SF1W  
SF2W  
A2  
B1  

Semi-finals

Semi-final 1
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Semi-final 2
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Final

Final
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