Dates | 10 March 2025 – 2 February 2026 |
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Cricket format | Women's Twenty20 International |
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2026 Women's T20 World Cup |
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Qualification Overview |
Qualified teams |
General Information |
The 2026 Women's T20 World Cup qualification is a process by which teams will qualify for the 2026 Women's T20 World Cup in England. A series of regional qualification tournaments will determine the teams that will take part in the Global Qualifier in 2026, where the top four teams will qualify for the World Cup scheduled to be held in England. [1]
Team | Method of qualification | Date of qualification | Venue(s) | No. of teams | First time qualified | Last time qualified | Total times qualified | Previous best performance |
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![]() | Hosts | 26 July 2022 | — | 1 | 2009 | 2024 | 10 | Winners (2009) |
![]() | 2024 Women's T20 World Cup | 15 October 2024 | ![]() | 5 | 2009 | 2024 | 10 | Winners (2010, 2012, 2014, 2018, 2020, 2023 ) |
![]() | 2009 | 2024 | 10 | Runners-up (2020) | ||||
![]() | 2009 | 2024 | 10 | Winners (2024) | ||||
![]() | 2009 | 2024 | 10 | Runners-up (2023, 2024) | ||||
![]() | 2009 | 2024 | 10 | Winners (2016) | ||||
![]() | ICC Women's T20I Team Rankings | 20 October 2024 | — | 2 | 2009 | 2024 | 10 | First Round (2009 to 2024) |
![]() | 2009 | 2024 | 10 | First Round (2009 to 2024) | ||||
![]() | Global Qualifier | 2 February 2026 | ![]() | 4 | ||||
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Total | 12 |
The Africa Qualifier will be held in two stages, division two and division one. Division Two was held in Botswana from 20 to 26 July 2025, with the top two teams advancing to Division One. Division One is being held in Namibia from 31 August to 6 September, and the top two teams will qualify for the Global Qualifier.
Division Two | Division One |
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Pos | Team | Pld | W | L | NR | Pts | NRR | Qualification |
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1 | ![]() | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 4.915 | Advanced to the semi-finals |
2 | ![]() | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 1.283 | |
3 | ![]() | 3 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 2 | −0.875 | Advanced to the play-offs |
4 | ![]() | 3 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | −4.591 |
Pos | Team | Pld | W | L | NR | Pts | NRR | Qualification |
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1 | ![]() | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 4.587 | Advanced to the semi-finals |
2 | ![]() | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 2.837 | |
3 | ![]() | 3 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 2 | −1.026 | Advanced to the play-offs |
4 | ![]() | 3 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | −5.800 |
The Americas Qualifier was held in Argentina in March 2025. United States qualified for the Global Qualifier after finishing as the top team.
Teams |
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Pos | Team | Pld | W | L | NR | Pts | NRR | Qualification |
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1 | ![]() | 6 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 10 | 3.295 | Advanced to the global qualifier |
2 | ![]() | 6 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 8 | 0.243 | |
3 | ![]() | 6 | 2 | 4 | 0 | 4 | −1.321 | |
4 | ![]() | 6 | 1 | 5 | 0 | 2 | −1.794 |
The Asia Qualifier was held in Thailand from 9 to 20 May 2025. Thailand and Nepal qualified for the Global Qualifier.
Teams |
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Pos | Team | Pld | W | L | T | NR | Pts | NRR | Qualification |
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1 | ![]() | 4 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 6 | 4.642 | Advanced to the Super Three |
2 | ![]() | 4 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 3 | −0.476 | |
3 | ![]() | 4 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 3 | −1.774 |
Pos | Team | Pld | W | L | T | NR | Pts | NRR | Qualification |
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1 | ![]() | 4 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 6 | 6.998 | Advanced to the Super Three |
2 | ![]() | 4 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 3.059 | |
3 | ![]() | 4 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 2 | −7.843 |
Pos | Team | Pld | W | L | T | NR | Pts | NRR | Qualification |
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1 | ![]() | 4 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 0.830 | Advanced to the Super Three |
2 | ![]() | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 5 | 0.867 | |
3 | ![]() | 4 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 2 | −1.800 |
Pos | Team | Pld | W | L | T | NR | Pts | NRR | Qualification |
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1 | ![]() | 6 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 10 | 3.808 | Qualified for the global qualifier |
2 | ![]() | 6 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 7 | −1.136 | |
3 | ![]() | 6 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 6 | 1.869 |
The East Asia-Pacific Qualifier will be held in Fiji from 9 to 17 September 2025. The winning team will qualify for the Global Qualifier.
Teams |
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Pos | Team | Pld | W | L | NR | Pts | NRR | Qualification |
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1 | ![]() | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | Advance to the semi-finals |
2 | ![]() | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | |
3 | ![]() | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | Advance to the play-offs |
4 | ![]() | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — |
Pos | Team | Pld | W | L | NR | Pts | NRR | Qualification |
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1 | ![]() | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | Advance to the semi-finals |
2 | ![]() | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | |
3 | ![]() | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | Advance to the play-offs |
4 | ![]() | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — |
The Europe Qualifier was held in two stages, Division Two and Division One. The top two teams from Division Two advanced to Division One in a four-team round robin group, where they competed for two spots in the Global Qualifier. [6] Ireland and Netherlands qualified for the global qualifier.
Division Two | Division One |
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Pos | Team | Pld | W | L | NR | Pts | NRR | Qualification |
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1 | ![]() | 5 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 10 | 2.273 | Advanced to Division One |
2 | ![]() | 5 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 8 | 0.540 | |
3 | ![]() | 5 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 4 | 0.781 | |
4 | ![]() | 5 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 4 | −1.318 | |
5 | ![]() | 5 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 2 | −1.032 | |
6 | ![]() | 5 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 2 | −1.164 |
Pos | Team | Pld | W | L | NR | Pts | NRR | Qualification |
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1 | ![]() | 6 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 12 | 3.309 | Advanced to the global qualifier |
2 | ![]() | 6 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 8 | 2.833 | |
3 | ![]() | 6 | 2 | 4 | 0 | 4 | −0.906 | |
4 | ![]() | 6 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 0 | −5.611 |