Women's T20 World Cup Qualifier

Women's T20 World Cup Qualifier

Administrator	International Cricket Council
Format	WT20I
First edition	2013
Latest edition	2024
Next edition	2026
Tournament format	Round Robin and Playoffs
Current champion	Sri Lanka (2nd title)
Most successful	Bangladesh (3 titles)

The Women's T20 World Cup Qualifier (until 2018, the 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.

The qualifier was held for the first time in 2013, with the top three teams qualifying 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 was the only other team to qualify for a World Cup via the qualifier, having finished runner-up to Bangladesh in 2019.

Results

Year	Host(s)	Venue(s)	Final
			Winner	Result	Runner-up
2013	Ireland	Dublin	Pakistan   Sri Lanka	No result – title shared scorecard	NA
2015	Thailand	Bangkok	Ireland 106/8 (20 overs)	Ireland won by 2 wickets scorecard	Bangladesh 105/3 (20 overs)
2018	Netherlands	Utrecht	Bangladesh 122/9 (20 overs)	Bangladesh won by 25 runs scorecard	Ireland 95 (18.4 overs)
2019	Scotland	Dundee	Bangladesh 130/5 (20 overs)	Bangladesh won by 70 runs scorecard	Thailand 60/7 (20 overs)
2022	UAE	Abu Dhabi	Bangladesh 120/8 (20 overs)	Bangladesh won by 7 runs scorecard	Ireland 113/9 (20 overs)
2024	UAE	Abu Dhabi	Sri Lanka 169/5 (20 overs)	Sri Lanka won by 68 runs scorecard	Scotland 101/7 (20 overs)
2026	TBA

Performance by team

Legend

• 1st – Champions
• 2nd – Runners-up
• 3rd – Third place
•    — Hosts
• Q – Qualified for upcoming tournament
• § – Team qualified for tournament, but withdrew or disqualified later
• × – Qualified for the World Cup by a different method
• Positions that were shared by two teams are underlined

Host Team	2013 (8)	2015 (8)	2018 (8)	2019 (8)	2022 (8)	2024 (10)	2026 (10)	Total
Africa
Namibia	—	—	—	8th	—	—	—	1
Uganda	—	—	6th	—	—	9th	—	2
Zimbabwe	6th	3rd	—	§	3rd	7th	—	4
Americas
Canada	7th	—	—	—	—	—	—	1
United States	—	—	—	7th	8th	10th	Q	4
Asia
Bangladesh	×	2nd	1st	1st	1st	×	Q	5
China	—	6th	—	—	—	—	—	1
Pakistan	1st	×	×	×	×	×	×	1
Sri Lanka	1st	×	×	×	×	1st	×	2
Thailand	5th	7th	5th	2nd	4th	5th	—	6
United Arab Emirates	—	—	7th	—	7th	4th	—	3
East Asia - Pacific
Japan	7th	—	—	—	—	—	—	1
Papua New Guinea	—	5th	4th	4th	5th	—	—	4
Vanuatu	—	—	—	—	—	8th	—	1
Europe
Ireland	3rd	1st	2nd	3rd	2nd	3rd	—	6
Netherlands	4th	8th	8th	6th	—	6th	—	5
Scotland	—	4th	3rd	5th	6th	2nd	Q	6

See also

• ICC T20 World Cup Qualifier (men's)
• ICC Women's World Cup Qualifier

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.