The ICC Men's T20 World Cup, formerly the ICC World Twenty20, is a biennial world cup for cricket in the Twenty20 International (T20I) format, organised by the International Cricket Council (ICC). It was held in every odd year from 2007 to 2009, and since 2010 has been held in every even year with the exception of 2018 and 2020. In 2018, the tournament was rebranded from the World Twenty20 to the Men's T20 World Cup.
For the inaugural tournament in 2007, ten then full members qualified directly for the tournament along with the top two teams from the 2007 WCL Division One. A separate qualifier (later named global qualifier) for teams advanced from WCL, was introduced for the 2009 tournament through which top two associates qualified for the World Twenty20 while, all ten full members were given direct qualification. A new expanded pathway was introduced for the 2012 tournament with the introduction of regional qualifiers. All associate nations competed in the regional competitions for a spot in the global qualifier from which top associates qualified for the World Twenty20 while, all ten full members were given direct qualification.
A new qualification pathway was introduced in 2019 following the rebranding as T20 World Cup. A stipulated number of top teams from the T20I Rankings directly qualified for the T20 World Cup, while all other teams competed in two-stage regional qualifiers (sub-regional qualifiers and regional finals) for a spot in the global qualifier from which teams advanced to the T20 World Cup. From the 2022 tournament onwards, direct qualification is given to the top teams from the previous tournament and T20I Rankings. Following the T20 World Cup's expansion to 20 teams from the 2024 tournament onwards, the global qualifiers were discontinued with the top teams from regional qualifiers directly qualifying for the T20 World Cup.
Qualification berths by region Until 2022, there were no stipulated number of berths per region. Starting from 2024 tournament, each region was allocated a number of qualification spots accounting for both direct and regional qualifications.
2007–2022 + T20 World Cup qualification berths by region Edition ICC regions Total Africa Americas Asia East-Asia Pacific Europe 2007 3 1 4 2 2 12 2009 1 1 4 2 4 12 2010 2 1 5 2 2 12 2012 2 1 5 2 2 12 2014 2 1 8 2 3 16 2016 2 1 7 2 4 16 2021 2 1 6 3 4 16 2022 2 1 6 3 4 16
2024–present + T20 World Cup qualification spots by region Edition ICC regions Total Africa Americas Asia East-Asia Pacific Europe 2024 3 3 7 3 4 20 2026 3 3 8 (9) 6 (5) 20 2028 4 2 7 3 4 20
Team performances Direct qualification Legend
denotes Test playing nations / ICC full members.
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Regional qualification
Global qualification
References
External links
ICC World Cup qualification pathways at Czarsportz