2026 Women's T20 World Cup Qualifier

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2026 Women's T20 World Cup Qualifier
Dates12 January – 2 February 2026
Administrator(s) International Cricket Council
Cricket format Twenty20 International
Tournament format(s)Group round-robin and playoffs
Host(s)Flag of Nepal.svg   Nepal
Participants10
Official website International Cricket Council
2024
2028

The 2026 ICC Women's T20 World Cup Qualifier will be a women's international cricket tournament that will be held from 12 January to 2 February 2026 in Nepal. [1] [2] [3] [4] It will be the seventh edition of the Women's T20 World Cup Qualifier and will serve as the final qualification tournament in which the top four teams will qualify for the 2026 Women's T20 World Cup. [5] [6] [7]

Contents

Qualification

Means of qualificationsDateHostBerthsQualified
Automatic Qualifications
2024 Women's T20 World Cup 3 – 20 October 2024Flag of the United Arab Emirates.svg United Arab Emirates
2
Flag of Bangladesh.svg  Bangladesh
Flag of Scotland.svg  Scotland
Regional Qualifications
Americas Qualifier [8] 10–17 March 2025Flag of Argentina.svg Argentina
1
Flag of the United States.svg  United States
Asia Qualifier 9–20 May 2025Flag of Thailand.svg Thailand
2
Flag of Nepal.svg    Nepal
Flag of Thailand.svg  Thailand
Europe Qualifier [9] 20–27 August 2025Flag of the Netherlands.svg Netherlands
2
Cricket Ireland flag.svg  Ireland
Flag of the Netherlands.svg  Netherlands
Africa Qualifier 31 August – 6 September 2025Flag of Namibia.svg Namibia
2
Flag.svgTBD
Flag.svgTBD
EAP Qualifier 9–17 September 2025Flag of Fiji.svg Fiji
1
Flag.svgTBD
Total10

Group stage

Group A

Points table

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

Fixtures

12 January 2025
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Group B

Points table

PosTeamPldWLNRPts NRR Qualification
1Flag.svgTBD00000Advance to the Super 6
2Flag.svgTBD00000
3Flag.svgTBD00000
4Flag.svgTBD00000
5Flag.svgTBD00000
First match(es) will be played: unknown. Source: [ citation needed ]
12 January 2025
TBD
TBD
v
TBD

Super 6 stage

PosTeamPldWLNRPts NRR Qualification
1A100000Qualifies to the 2026 Women's T20 World Cup
2A200000
3A300000
4B100000
5B200000
6B300000
First match(es) will be played: unknown. Source: [ citation needed ]

Final

Final
2 February 2026
TBD
v
TBD

Final standings

PositionTeam
1st
2nd
3rd
4th
5th
6th
7th
8th
9th
10th

  Qualified for the 2026 Women's T20 World Cup.

Notes

    References

    1. "Host for ICC Women's T20 World Cup 2026 Qualifier revealed". International Cricket Council . Retrieved 1 August 2025.
    2. "Nepal to host ICC Women's T20 World Cup 2026 Qualifier". Sportstar . Retrieved 1 August 2025.
    3. "Nepal to host 2026 Women's T20 World Cup Qualifier". ESPNcricinfo . Retrieved 1 August 2025.
    4. "Nepal to host 2026 T20 World Cup global qualifier". The Kathmandu Post . Retrieved 1 August 2025.
    5. "Women's T20 World Cup will expand to 16 teams". BBC Sport. 22 July 2024. Retrieved 28 February 2025.
    6. "Stop clock set to become a permanent fixture in white-ball internationals from T20 World Cup 2024". International Cricket Council. Retrieved 28 February 2025.
    7. "ICC confirm Women's T20 World Cup expansion to 16 teams in 2030". International Cricket Council. 22 July 2024. Retrieved 28 February 2025.
    8. "Cricket Argentina to host 2026 ICC Women's T20 World Cup Americas Qualifier in March 2025". Czarsportz. Retrieved 25 February 2025.
    9. "Cricket Italy and Netherlands Cricket to host Europe Qualifier's for 2026 ICC Women's T20 World Cup". Czarsportz. 17 December 2024. Retrieved 2 January 2025.