ICC Women's T20 World Cup Qualifier

Last updated
ICC Women's T20 World Cup Qualifier
Administrator International Cricket Council
Format WT20I
First edition 2013
Latest edition 2022
Next edition 2024
Tournament format Round Robin and Playoffs
Current championFlag of Bangladesh.svg  Bangladesh (3rd title)
Most successfulFlag of Bangladesh.svg  Bangladesh (3 titles)

The ICC Women's T20 World Cup Qualifier (until 2018, the ICC Women's World Twenty20 Qualifier) is an international cricket tournament that serves as the final step of the qualification process for the Women's T20 World Cup.

Contents

The qualifier was held for the first time in 2013, with the top three teams qualifiying for the World Cup. [1] The first five editions has featured eight teams, determined by a combination of international rankings, previous World Cup results, and regional qualifiers, with the top two teams qualifying for the World Cup. For the 2024 tournament the number of teams was increased to ten. [2]

Bangladesh have won the tournament on three occasions, winning consecutively in 2018, 2019 and 2022. The first tournament was shared by Pakistan and Sri Lanka when the final ended in a no result, [3] while Ireland won the 2015 tournament. Thailand is the only other team to qualify for a World Cup via the qualifier, having finished runner-up to Bangladesh in 2019.

Results

YearHost(s)Venue(s)Final
WinnerResultRunner-up
2013 Cricket Ireland flag.svg  Ireland Dublin Flag of Pakistan.svg  Pakistan
Flag of Sri Lanka.svg  Sri Lanka
No result – title shared

scorecard

NA
2015 Flag of Thailand.svg  Thailand Bangkok Cricket Ireland flag.svg  Ireland
106/8 (20 overs)
Ireland won by 2 wickets
scorecard
Flag of Bangladesh.svg  Bangladesh
105/3 (20 overs)
2018 Flag of the Netherlands.svg  Netherlands Utrecht Flag of Bangladesh.svg  Bangladesh
122/9 (20 overs)
Bangladesh won by 25 runs
scorecard
Cricket Ireland flag.svg  Ireland
95 (18.4 overs)
2019 Flag of Scotland.svg  Scotland Dundee Flag of Bangladesh.svg  Bangladesh
130/5 (20 overs)
Bangladesh won by 70 runs
scorecard
Flag of Thailand.svg  Thailand
60/7 (20 overs)
2022 Flag of the United Arab Emirates.svg  UAE Abu Dhabi Flag of Bangladesh.svg  Bangladesh
120/8 (20 overs)
Bangladesh won by 7 runs
scorecard
Cricket Ireland flag.svg  Ireland
113/9 (20 overs)
2024 Flag of the United Arab Emirates.svg  UAE Abu Dhabi

Performance by team

Legend
Team Flag of Ireland.svg
2013
(8)
Flag of Thailand.svg
2015
(8)
Flag of the Netherlands.svg
2018
(8)
Flag of Scotland.svg
2019
(8)
Flag of the United Arab Emirates.svg
2022
(8)
Flag of the United Arab Emirates.svg
2024
(10)
Total
Flag of Bangladesh.svg  Bangladesh ×2nd1st1st1st×4
Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg  Canada 7th1
Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg  China 6th1
Cricket Ireland flag.svg  Ireland 3rd1st2nd3rd2ndQ6
Flag of Japan.svg  Japan 7th1
Flag of Namibia.svg  Namibia 8th1
Flag of the Netherlands.svg  Netherlands 4th8th8th6thQ5
Flag of Pakistan.svg  Pakistan 1st×××××1
Flag of Papua New Guinea.svg  Papua New Guinea 5th4th4th5th4
Flag of Scotland.svg  Scotland 4th3rd5th6thQ5
Flag of Sri Lanka.svg  Sri Lanka 1st××××Q2
Flag of Thailand.svg  Thailand 5th7th5th2nd4thQ6
Flag of Uganda.svg  Uganda 6thQ2
Flag of the United Arab Emirates.svg  United Arab Emirates 7th7thQ3
Flag of the United States.svg  United States 7th8thQ3
Flag of Vanuatu.svg  Vanuatu Q1
Flag of Zimbabwe.svg  Zimbabwe 6th3rd§3rdQ4

See also

Related Research Articles

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Hong Kong national cricket team</span> National cricket team in Hong Kong

The Hong Kong men's national cricket team is the team that represents Hong Kong in international competitions. It played its first match in 1866 and has been an associate member of the International Cricket Council (ICC) since 1969.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Oman national cricket team</span> Mens team

The Oman men's national cricket team is the team that represents the country of Oman in international matches and is governed by Oman Cricket, which became an affiliate member of the International Cricket Council (ICC) in 2000, and gained associate status in 2014. The national side has played matches at the Twenty20 International level. On 24 April 2019, Oman achieved One-Day International status for the first time until 2023, after they beat tournament hosts Namibia by four wickets in 2019 ICC World Cricket League Division Two.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Ireland women's cricket team</span> Ireland womens national cricket team

The Ireland women's cricket team represents Ireland in international women's cricket. Cricket in Ireland is governed by Cricket Ireland and organised on an All-Ireland basis, meaning the Irish women's team represents both Northern Ireland and the Republic of Ireland.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">ICC Men's T20 World Cup</span> Twenty20 International Cricket Championship

The ICC Men's T20 World Cup, is the Twenty20 International cricket tournament, organised by the International Cricket Council (ICC) since 2007.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Bangladesh women's national cricket team</span> Bangladesh womens national cricket team

The Bangladesh women's national cricket team is the team that represents the country of Bangladesh in international women's cricket matches. They made their international debut when they played, and won, two matches against Thailand in July 2007 before participating in and winning the 2007 ACC Women's Tournament. Bangladesh were granted One-Day International (ODI) status in 2011 after finishing fifth in the 2011 Women's Cricket World Cup Qualifier. They subsequently qualified for the 2014 ICC Women's World Twenty20 as hosts, making their first appearance at a top-level women's international tournament. They have also won the 2018 edition of ACC Women's Asia Cup. This was the only instance in ACC Women's Asia Cup where any team other than India won the tournament. However, they finished fifth in the next edition of Women's Asia Cup, but has since went on to become one of the most competitive women's cricket teams in Asia. The team made its first World Cup appearance at the 2022 Women's Cricket World Cup, and has participated in every edition of the World Twenty20 since making its debut at the 2014 edition.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Thailand women's national cricket team</span> Cricket team

The Thailand women's national cricket team is the team that represents the country of Thailand in international women's cricket matches. Thailand is one of the strongest associate teams in women's international cricket and has been ranked as high as tenth in the ICC Women's T20I rankings.

The ICC Men's T20 World Cup Qualifier was a Twenty20 International tournament run under the auspices of the International Cricket Council (ICC). The tournament served as the final qualifying event for the ICC Men's T20 World Cup.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Namibia national cricket team</span> Cricket team

The Namibia men's national cricket team, nicknamed the Eagles, is the men's team that represents the Republic of Namibia in international cricket. It is organised by Cricket Namibia, which became an associate member of the International Cricket Council (ICC) in 1992.

The ICC Women's T20 World Cup is the biennial international championship for women's Twenty20 International cricket. The event is organised by the sport's governing body, the International Cricket Council (ICC), with the first edition having been held in England in 2009. For the first three tournaments, there were eight participants, but this number has been raised to ten from the 2014 edition onwards. In July 2022, the ICC announced that the Bangladesh would host the 2024 tournament and that England would host the 2026 tournament. The number of teams in at the 2026 tournament is also set to increase to twelve.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">2015 ICC Women's World Twenty20 Qualifier</span> International womens cricket tournament held in Thailand in 2015

The 2015 ICC Women's World Twenty20 Qualifier was an international women's cricket tournament held in Thailand from 28 November to 5 December 2015. It was the second edition of the Women's World Twenty20 Qualifier.

The 2013 ICC Women's World Twenty20 Qualifier was an international cricket tournament held in Dublin, Ireland, from 23 July to 1 August 2013. The tournament was the inaugural edition of the Women's World Twenty20 Qualifier, with the top three teams advancing to the 2014 World Twenty20 in Bangladesh.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">2018 ICC Women's World Twenty20 Qualifier</span> Cricket tournament

The 2018 ICC Women's World Twenty20 Qualifier was an international women's cricket tournament held from 7 to 14 July 2018 in the Netherlands. It was the third edition of the Women's World Twenty20 Qualifier and was the qualification tournament for the 2018 ICC Women's World Twenty20 tournament. The top two teams from the qualifier tournament progressed to the 2018 ICC Women's World Twenty20 in the West Indies.

The 2018–19 international cricket season was from September 2018 to April 2019. 34 Test matches, 92 One Day Internationals (ODIs) and 74 Twenty20 International (T20Is), as well as 28 Women's One Day Internationals (WODIs) and 130 Women's Twenty20 Internationals (WT20Is), were played during this period. The season started with India leading the Test cricket rankings, England leading the ODI rankings and Pakistan leading the Twenty20 rankings. In October 2018, the International Cricket Council (ICC) introduced separate rankings for women's ODIs and T20Is for the first time, with Australia women leading both tables.

The 2019 international cricket season was from May 2019 to September 2019. The 2019 Cricket World Cup in England and Wales took place during this time, starting on 30 May 2019. 10 Test matches, 78 One Day Internationals (ODIs) and 109 Twenty20 Internationals (T20Is), as well as 1 Women's Test, 9 Women's One Day Internationals (WODIs) and 130 Women's Twenty20 Internationals (WT20Is), were played during this period. Additionally, a number of other T20I/WT20I matches were also scheduled to be played in minor series involving associate nations. The season started with India leading the Test cricket rankings, England leading the ODI rankings and Pakistan leading the Twenty20 rankings. On 3 May, the International Cricket Council (ICC) expanded the men's T20I rankings to include all current Full Member and Associate members of the ICC, featuring 80 teams. In the women's rankings, Australia women lead both the WODI and WT20I tables.

The 2019 ICC Women's T20 World Cup Qualifier was an international women's cricket tournament that was held in August and September 2019 in Scotland. It was the fourth edition of the Women's T20 World Cup Qualifier and was the qualification tournament for the 2020 ICC Women's T20 World Cup tournament. The top two teams from the qualifier tournament progressed to the 2020 ICC Women's T20 World Cup in Australia. In June 2019, Cricket Scotland confirmed the tournament dates, format and venues. The full schedule was confirmed on 8 August 2019.

The 2021 Women's Cricket World Cup Qualifier was an international women's cricket tournament that was held in Zimbabwe in November and December 2021. The tournament was the final part of the qualification process for the 2022 Women's Cricket World Cup. All of the regional qualification tournaments used the Women's Twenty20 International format. The tournament was the fifth edition of the World Cup Qualifier, with the fixtures played as 50 overs matches. Originally, the top three teams from the qualifier would have progressed to the 2022 Women's Cricket World Cup in New Zealand. The top three teams, along with the next two best placed teams, also qualified for the next cycle of the ICC Women's Championship.

The 2022 ICC Women's T20 World Cup Qualifier was an international women's cricket tournament held in September 2022. It was the fifth edition of the Women's T20 World Cup Qualifier and served as the qualification tournament for the 2023 ICC Women's T20 World Cup tournament. The top two teams from the qualifier tournament progressed to the 2023 ICC Women's T20 World Cup in South Africa.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">2023 Under-19 Women's T20 World Cup</span> Cricket tournament

The 2023 ICC Under-19 Women's T20 World Cup was the first edition of the Under-19 Women's T20 World Cup, hosted by South Africa in 2023. The tournament was moved from its original slot at the end of 2021 to January 2023 because of the COVID-19 pandemic. Sixteen teams competed in the tournament, initially divided into four groups.

The 2022–2025 ICC Women's Championship is the third edition of the ICC Women's Championship, a One Day International (ODI) cricket competition that is being contested by ten teams, to determine qualification for the 2025 Women's Cricket World Cup. The top five teams, along with the hosts India, will qualify directly for the World Cup. The bottom four teams of this tournament and the top two teams from the ICC ODI rankings will progress to a Women's Cricket World Cup Qualifier tournament. Each team will play a total of eight three-match series, with four of them played at home, and four played away.

The 2022 ICC Under-19 Women's T20 World Cup qualification were a series of regional qualification tournaments to determine the final four places at the 2023 ICC Under-19 Women's T20 World Cup. Qualification tournaments were held in Africa, Asia, East-Asia Pacific and Europe.

References

  1. (28 May 2015). "Thailand to host ICC Women's T20 Qualifier" – ESPNcricinfo. Retrieved 29 June 2015.
  2. "Pathway to ICC Women's T20 World Cup 2024 Qualification begins in Europe". www.icc-cricket.com. Retrieved 2023-05-17.
  3. (1 August 2013). "Ireland hold nerve to seal World T20 berth" – ESPNcricinfo. Retrieved 29 June 2015.