Ireland at the Men's T20 World Cup

The Ireland cricket team is one of the full members of the International Cricket Council (ICC), it represents all of Ireland (Republic of Ireland and Northern Ireland). The team is administered by Cricket Ireland. They became associate members in 1993, and were granted full member status in 2017. They qualified for their first T20 World Cup in 2009, after winning the 2008 qualifier, they have qualified for every edition of the tournament since then. In eight editions that they have played, they have a win–loss record of 7–18 from 30 matches.

T20 World Cup record Men's T20 World Cup recordQualification recordYearRoundPosition 2007Did not qualify 5 1 4 0 0 2009 Super 8 8/12 5 1 4 0 0 0 William Porterfield 4 3 0 0 1 2010 Group stage 9/12 2 0 1 0 1 0 William Porterfield 7 4 3 0 0 2012 Group stage 9/12 2 0 1 0 1 0 William Porterfield 8 7 1 0 0 2014 First round 13/16 3 2 1 0 0 0 William Porterfield 9 8 0 0 1 2016 First round 15/16 3 0 2 0 1 0 William Porterfield 8 4 3 0 1 2021 First round 14/16 3 1 2 0 0 0 Andrew Balbirnie 8 5 3 0 0 2022 Super 12 11/16 8 3 4 0 0 1 Andrew Balbirnie 5 3 2 0 0 2024 Group stage 18/20 4 0 3 0 0 1 Paul Stirling 6 4 1 0 1 2026 Group stage 13/20 4 1 2 0 0 1 Paul Stirling Qualified via T20I rankings (11th place) 2028 Qualified Qualified via T20I rankings (12th place) 2030 Qualified as hosts Qualified as hostsTotal0 Titles 11/12 34 8 20 0 3 3 55 38 13 0 4

Record by opponents

Opponent M W L T+W T+L NR Ab Win % First played 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 — 2022 3 0 3 0 0 0 0 0.00 2012 2 1 0 0 0 1 0 100 2009 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0.00 2024 2 1 0 0 0 1 0 100 2010 2 0 2 0 0 0 0 0.00 2009 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0.00 2021 3 1 2 0 0 0 0 33.33 2014 2 0 2 0 0 0 0 0.00 2009 2 1 1 0 0 0 0 50.00 2016 2 0 2 0 0 0 0 0.00 2009 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 100 2022 4 0 4 0 0 0 0 0.00 2009 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 100 2014 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 — 2024 3 1 1 0 0 1 0 50.00 2010 3 1 1 0 0 0 1 50.00 2014 Total 34 8 20 0 0 3 3 28.57 —Source: Last Updated: 17 February 2026

Tournament results

2009 World Cup

Squad

William Porterfield (c) Andre Botha Jeremy Bray Peter Connell Alex Cusack Trent Johnston Kyle McCallan John Mooney Kevin O'Brien Niall O'Brien (wk) Boyd Rankin Paul Stirling Regan West Andrew White Gary Wilson (wk)

Results EventGroup stage (Group A)Super 8s (Group F)SemifinalFinalOverall ResultOppositionResultOppositionResult RankOppositionResultOppositionResultOppositionResultRankOppositionResultOppositionResult2009Won by 6 wicketsLost by 8 wickets2Lost by 83 runsLost by 9 runsLost by 39 runs4Did not advanceSuper 8sSource: Cricinfo Scorecards

2010 World Cup

Squad and kit William Porterfield (c) Andre Botha Peter Connell Alex Cusack George Dockrell Trent Johnston Nigel Jones Gary Kidd John Mooney Kevin O'Brien Niall O'Brien (wk) Boyd Rankin Paul Stirling Andrew White Gary Wilson (wk)

Results EventGroup stage (Group D)Super 8sSemifinalFinalOverall ResultOppositionResultOppositionResult RankOppositionResult RankOppositionResultOppositionResult2010Lost by 70 runsNo result3Did not advanceGroup stageSource: Cricinfo Scorecards

2012 World Cup

Squad and kit William Porterfield (c) Kevin O'Brien (vc) Alex Cusack George Dockrell Trent Johnston Nigel Jones Ed Joyce Tim Murtagh Niall O'Brien (wk) Boyd Rankin Max Sorensen Paul Stirling Stuart Thompson Andrew White Gary Wilson (wk)

Results EventGroup stage (Group B)Super 8sSemifinalFinalOverall ResultOppositionResultOppositionResult RankOppositionResult RankOppositionResultOppositionResult2012Lost by 7 wicketsNo result3Did not advanceGroup stageSource: Cricinfo Scorecards

2014 World Cup

Squad and kit William Porterfield (c) Kevin O'Brien (vc) Alex Cusack George Dockrell Ed Joyce Andrew McBrine Tim Murtagh Niall O'Brien (wk) Andrew Poynter Max Sorensen James Shannon Paul Stirling Stuart Thompson Gary Wilson (wk) Craig Young

Results EventFirst stage (Group B)Super 10SemifinalFinalOverall ResultOppositionResultOppositionResultOppositionResult RankOppositionResult RankOppositionResultOppositionResult2014Won by 3 wicketsWon by 21 runs (DLS)Lost by 6 wickets3Did not advanceFirst stageSource: Cricinfo Scorecards

2016 World Cup

Squad and kit William Porterfield (c) Andrew Balbirnie (vc) George Dockrell Andy McBrine Tim Murtagh Kevin O'Brien Niall O'Brien (wk) Andrew Poynter Stuart Poynter (wk) Boyd Rankin Max Sorensen Paul Stirling Stuart Thompson Gary Wilson (wk) Craig Young

Results EventFirst round (Group A)Super 10SemifinalFinalOverall ResultOppositionResultOppositionResultOppositionResult RankOppositionResult RankOppositionResultOppositionResult2016Lost by 2 wicketsNo resultLost by 12 runs4Did not advanceFirst roundSource: Cricinfo Scorecards

2021 World Cup

Squad and kit Andrew Balbirnie (c) Mark Adair Curtis Campher Gareth Delany George Dockrell Josh Little Andy McBrine Kevin O'Brien Neil Rock (wk) Simi Singh Paul Stirling Harry Tector Lorcan Tucker (wk) Ben White Reserve players: Shane Getkate Graham Kennedy Barry McCarthy

Results EventFirst round (Group A)Super 12SemifinalFinalOverall ResultOppositionResultOppositionResultOppositionResult RankOppositionResult RankOppositionResultOppositionResult2021Won by 7 wicketsLost by 70 runsLost by 8 wickets3Did not advanceFirst roundSource: Cricinfo Scorecards

2022 World Cup

Squad and kit Andrew Balbirnie (c) Paul Stirling (vc) Mark Adair Curtis Campher Gareth Delany George Dockrell Stephen Doheny Fionn Hand Graham Hume Josh Little Barry McCarthy Conor Olphert Simi Singh Harry Tector Lorcan Tucker (wk)

Results EventFirst round (Group A)Super 12 (Group 1)SemifinalFinalOverall ResultOppositionResultOppositionResultOppositionResult RankOppositionResultOppositionResultOppositionResultOppositionResultOppositionResult RankOppositionResultOppositionResult2022Lost by 31 runsWon by 6 wicketsWon by 9 wickets3Lost by 9 wicketsWon by 5 runs (DLS)Match abandonedLost by 42 runsLost by 35 runs5Did not advanceSuper 10Source: Cricinfo Scorecards

2024 World Cup

Squad and kit Paul Stirling (c) Ross Adair Andrew Balbirnie Harry Tector Neil Rock (wk) Lorcan Tucker (wk) Curtis Campher Gareth Delany George Dockrell Mark Adair Graham Hume Josh Little Barry McCarthy Craig Young Ben White

Results Group stage (Group A)Super 8SemifinalFinalOverall ResultOppositionResultOppositionResultOppositionResultOppositionResult RankOppositionResultRankOppositionResultOppositionResultLost by 8 wicketsLost by 12 runsMatch abandonedLost by 3 wickets5Did not advanceGroup stageSource: Cricinfo Scorecards

2026 World Cup

Squad and kit Paul Stirling (c) Lorcan Tucker (vc, wk) Tim Tector Matthew Humphreys Harry Tector Ross Adair Mark Adair Graham Hume Craig Young George Dockrell Barry McCarthy Gareth Delany Ben Calitz Josh Little Curtis Campher Ben White

Results Group stage (Group B)Super 8SemifinalFinalOverall ResultOppositionResultOppositionResultOppositionResultOppositionResult RankOppositionResultRankOppositionResultOppositionResultLost by 20 runsLost by 67 runsWon by 96 runsMatch abandoned4Did not advanceGroup stageSource: Cricinfo Scorecards

Ireland at the Men's T20 World Cup

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