2026 Women's T20 World Cup Qualifier

2026 Women's T20 World Cup Qualifier

Dates	12 January – 2 February 2026
Administrator	International Cricket Council
Cricket format	Twenty20 International
Tournament format(s)	Group round-robin and playoffs
Host	Nepal
Participants	10
Official website	International Cricket Council
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The 2026 ICC Women's T20 World Cup Qualifier will be an international cricket tournament to be held in January and 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]}

Qualification

Means of qualifications	Date	Host	Berths	Qualified
Automatic Qualifications
2024 Women's T20 World Cup	3–20 October 2024	United Arab Emirates	2	Bangladesh
				Scotland
Regional Qualifications
Americas Qualifier [8]	10–17 March 2025	Argentina	1	United States
Asia Qualifier	9–20 May 2025	Thailand	2	Nepal
				Thailand
Europe Qualifier [9]	20–27 August 2025	Netherlands	2	Ireland
				Netherlands
Africa Qualifier	31 August – 6 September 2025	Namibia	2	Namibia
				Zimbabwe
EAP Qualifier	9–15 September 2025	Fiji	1	Papua New Guinea
Total			10

Venues

Venues in the Nepal
Kageshwari-Manohara, Mulpani	Mulpani Mulpani	Kageshwari-Manohara, Mulpani
Mulpani International Cricket Ground		Mulpani Cricket Stadium
Capacity: 5,000		Capacity: 25,000
Matches:		Matches:

Squads

Scotland	Bangladesh	Thailand	Nepal	Namibia
Ireland	Netherlands	United States	Papua New Guinea	Zimbabwe

Group stage

Group A

Points table

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	L	NR	Pts	NRR	Qualification
1	Thailand	0	0	0	0	0	—	Advance to the Super 6
2	Scotland	0	0	0	0	0	—
3	Ireland	0	0	0	0	0	—
4	United States	0	0	0	0	0	—
5	Zimbabwe	0	0	0	0	0	—

Updated to match(es) played on 12 January 2026. Source: ^{[ citation needed ]}

Group B

Points table

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	L	NR	Pts	NRR	Qualification
1	Nepal (H)	0	0	0	0	0	—	Advance to the Super 6
2	Netherlands	0	0	0	0	0	—
3	Bangladesh	0	0	0	0	0	—
4	Papua New Guinea	0	0	0	0	0	—
5	Namibia	0	0	0	0	0	—

Updated to match(es) played on 12 January 2026. Source: ^{[ citation needed ]}

Super 6 stage

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	L	NR	Pts	NRR	Qualification
1	A1	0	0	0	0	0	—	Qualify to the 2026 Women's T20 World Cup
2	A2	0	0	0	0	0	—
3	A3	0	0	0	0	0	—
4	B1	0	0	0	0	0	—
5	B2	0	0	0	0	0	—
6	B3	0	0	0	0	0	—

First match(es) will be played: unknown. Source: ^{[ citation needed ]}

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.