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2026 Women's T20 World Cup qualification

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2026 ICC Women's T20 World Cup qualification
Dates10 March 2025 – TBD
Administrator(s)
Cricket formatWomen's Twenty20 International
2024
2028

The 2026 Women's T20 World Cup qualification will be 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 2025, where the top four teams will qualify for the World Cup scheduled to be held in England.[1]

Qualified teams

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Highlighted are the countries that will be participating in the 2026 Women's T20 World Cup.
  Qualified as hosts
  Qualified by finishing in Top 5 in the previous tournament, excluding Hosts
  Qualified via the T20I rankings
  Teams whose qualification status is yet to be decided
  Participated in the regional qualifiers but failed to qualify
Details of the teams qualified for 2026 WT20WC
Team Method of
qualification
Date of
qualification
Venue(s) No. of teams First
time
qualified
Last
time
qualified
Total
times
qualified
Previous best performance
 England Hosts 26 July 2022
1
2009 2024 10 Winners (2009)
 Australia 2024 Women's T20 World Cup 15 October 2024 United Arab Emirates
5
2009 2024 10 Winners (2010, 2012, 2014, 2018, 2020, 2023)
 India 2009 2024 10 Runners-up (2020)
 New Zealand 2009 2024 10 Winners (2024)
 South Africa 2009 2024 10 Runners-up (2023, 2024)
 West Indies 2009 2024 10 Winners (2016)
 Pakistan ICC Women's T20I
Team Rankings
20 October 2024
2
2009 2024 10 First Round (2009 to 2024)
 Sri Lanka 2009 2024 10 First Round (2009 to 2024)
TBD Global Qualifier 2025 TBD
4
TBD
TBD
TBD
Total 12

Africa Qualifier

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The Africa Qualifier will be held in two stages, division two and division one. Division Two will be held in Botswana from 20 to 26 July 2025, with top two teams advancing to Division One. Division One will be held in Namibia from 31 August to 6 September, and the top two teams will qualify for the Global Qualifier.

Division Two Division One

Division Two

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Pos Team Pld W L NR Pts NRR Qualification
1  Rwanda 3 3 0 0 6 4.915 Advanced to the semi-final
2  Malawi 3 2 1 0 4 1.283
3  Cameroon 3 1 2 0 2 −0.875 Advanced to the play-offs
4  Lesotho 3 0 3 0 0 −4.591
Source: ESPNcricinfo[2]


Pos Team Pld W L NR Pts NRR Qualification
1  Sierra Leone 3 3 0 0 6 4.587 Advanced to the semi-final
2  Botswana 3 2 1 0 4 2.837
3  Mozambique 3 1 2 0 2 −1.026 Advanced to the play-offs
4  Eswatini 3 0 3 0 0 −5.800
Source: ESPNcricinfo[2]


Americas Qualifier

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The Americas Qualifier was held in Argentina in March 2025. United States qualified for the Global Qualifier after finishing as the top team.

Teams
Pos Team Pld W L NR Pts NRR Qualification
1  United States 6 5 1 0 10 3.295 Advanced to the global qualifier
2  Canada 6 4 2 0 8 0.243
3  Brazil 6 2 4 0 4 −1.321
4  Argentina 6 1 5 0 2 −1.794
Source: ESPNcricinfo[3]

Asia Qualifier

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The Asia Qualifier was held in Thailand from 9 to 20 May 2025. Thailand and Nepal qualified for the Global Qualifier.

Teams

Pos Team Pld W L T NR Pts NRR Qualification
1  Thailand 4 2 0 0 2 6 4.642 Advanced to the Super Three
2  Kuwait 4 1 2 0 1 3 −0.476
3  Bhutan 4 1 2 0 1 3 −1.774
Source: ESPNcricinfo[4]

Pos Team Pld W L T NR Pts NRR Qualification
1  United Arab Emirates 4 2 0 0 2 6 6.998 Advanced to the Super Three
2  Malaysia 4 1 1 0 2 4 3.059
3  Qatar 4 0 2 0 2 2 −7.843
Source: ESPNcricinfo[4]

Pos Team Pld W L T NR Pts NRR Qualification
1    Nepal 4 2 1 0 1 5 0.830 Advanced to the Super Three
2  Hong Kong 4 1 0 0 3 5 0.867
3  Bahrain 4 0 2 0 2 2 −1.800
Source: ESPNcricinfo[4]

Pos Team Pld W L T NR Pts NRR Qualification
1  Thailand 6 4 0 0 2 10 3.808 Qualified for the 2026 Women's T20 World Cup Qualifier
2    Nepal 6 3 2 0 1 7 −1.136
3  United Arab Emirates 6 2 2 0 2 6 1.869
Source: ESPNcricinfo[4]

East Asia-Pacific Qualifier

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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
Pos Team Pld W L NR Pts NRR Qualification
1  Cook Islands 0 0 0 0 0 Advanced to the semi-finals
2  Fiji 0 0 0 0 0
3  Indonesia 0 0 0 0 0 Advance to the play-offs
4  Vanuatu 0 0 0 0 0
First match(es) will be played: 9 September 2025. Source: [citation needed]


Pos Team Pld W L NR Pts NRR Qualification
1  Japan 0 0 0 0 0 Advanced to the semi-finals
2  Papua New Guinea 0 0 0 0 0
3  Philippines 0 0 0 0 0 Advance to the play-offs
4  Samoa 0 0 0 0 0
First match(es) will be played: 9 September 2025. Source: [citation needed]


Europe Qualifier

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The Europe Qualifier will be held in two stages, Division Two and Division One. The top two teams from Division Two will advance to Division One to meet Ireland and Netherlands in a four-team round robin group, where they will compete for two spots in the Global Qualifier.[5]

Division Two Division One

Division Two

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Pos Team Pld W L NR Pts NRR Qualification
1  Italy 5 5 0 0 10 2.273 Advanced to Division One
2  Germany 5 4 1 0 8 0.540
3  Jersey 5 2 3 0 4 0.781
4  Sweden 5 2 3 0 4 −1.318
5  Spain 5 1 4 0 2 −1.032
6  Isle of Man 5 1 4 0 2 −1.164
Source: ESPNcricinfo[6]

Division One

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Pos Team Pld W L NR Pts NRR Qualification
1  Germany 0 0 0 0 0 Advance to the global qualifier
2  Ireland 0 0 0 0 0
3  Italy 0 0 0 0 0
4  Netherlands 0 0 0 0 0
First match(es) will be played: 20 August 2025. Source: [citation needed]


References

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  1. ^ "Hosts for ICC Women's global events until 2027 announced". International Cricket Council. 26 July 2022. Retrieved 2 January 2025.
  2. ^ a b "T20 World Cup Africa Division Two Qualifier 2025 - Points Table". ESPNcricinfo. Retrieved 23 July 2025.
  3. ^ "WT20WC Americas QLF 2025 - Points Table". ESPNcricinfo. Retrieved 17 March 2025.
  4. ^ a b c d "ICC Women's T20 World Cup Asia Region Qualifier - Points Table". ESPNcricinfo. Retrieved 16 May 2025.
  5. ^ "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.
  6. ^ "Women's T20 World Cup Europe Division 2 Qualifier - Points Table". ESPNcricinfo. Retrieved 29 May 2025.