2024 ICC Men's T20 World Cup
| Dates | June 2024 – |
|---|---|
| Administrator(s) | International Cricket Council |
| Cricket format | Twenty20 International |
| Tournament format(s) | Group stage and knockout |
| Host(s) |  West Indies  United States |
| Participants | 20 |
| Matches | 55 |
| Official website | t20worldcup |
The 2024 ICC Men's T20 World Cup will be the ninth ICC Men's T20 World Cup, an international Twenty20 cricket tournament. It is scheduled to be played in June 2024 in the West Indies and the United States,[1] and will be the first ICC World Cup tournament to feature matches played in the United States.[2] England are the defending champions, having won the previous edition.
Host selection
In November 2021, the International Cricket Council (ICC) announced that the 2024 Men's T20 World Cup would be played in the West Indies and the United States.[3] A joint bid was submitted by Cricket West Indies and USA Cricket following two years of preparation, forming part of a strategic partnership between the two associations.[4] The ICC's hope is by hosting the World Cup for the first time will put the USA on the global cricketing map."[5]
In October 2022, it was reported that the ICC had stripped USA Cricket of its role as administrative co-host of the World Cup due to continued non-compliance with the ICC's financial protocols and concerns being raised over USA Cricket's financial position, including debts of approximately $650,000. This was not expected to impact the playing of matches in the country.[6]
Format
The 20 qualifying teams will be divided into four groups of five, from which the top two teams in each group advance to the Super 8 round.[7] In this stage, the qualifying teams will be split in two groups of four; the top two teams from each group will qualify for the knockout stage, which will consist of two semi-finals and a final.[8]
Teams and qualification
The top eight teams from the 2022 tournament, along with the two hosts, the West Indies and the United States, qualified automatically for the tournament. The remaining automatic qualification places (to give 12 teams in total) were taken by the best-ranked teams in the ICC Men's T20I Team Rankings, as of 14 November 2022, who had not already secured a place in the finals.[9]
As the United States and West Indies did not finish in the top eight of the 2022 tournament, this meant the two highest-ranked unqualified teams from the ICC rankings advanced to the 2024 edition; had either host finished in the top eight, their slot would have been passed down to the next best-ranked unqualified teams as required.[10] The eight remaining places will be filled via the ICC's regional qualifiers, comprising the top two teams from Africa, Asia, and Europe, along with one team each from the Americas and the East Asia-Pacific groups.[11] In May 2022, the ICC confirmed the sub-regional qualification pathways for Europe, East Asia-Pacific, and Africa.[12]
| Means of qualification | Date | Venue | Berths | Qualified |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Hosts | November 2021 | — | 2 | United States West Indies
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| 2022 ICC Men's T20 World Cup (Top 8 teams from the previous tournament) |
November 2022 |  Australia
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8 | Australia England India Netherlands New Zealand Pakistan South Africa Sri Lanka
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| ICC Men's T20I Team Rankings (Next 2 teams from the rankings) |
14 November 2022 | Various | 2 |  Afghanistan Bangladesh
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| Africa Qualifier | 20 November–1 December 2023 |  Namibia
|
2 | |
| Americas Qualifier | 28 September–8 October 2023 |  Bermuda
|
1 | |
| Asia Qualifier | 1–10 November 2023 |  Nepal
|
2 | |
| East Asia-Pacific Qualifier | 22–29 July 2023 |  Papua New Guinea
|
1 | |
| Europe Qualifier | 20–28 July 2023 |  Scotland
|
2 | |
| Total | 20 |
Venue
Group stage
This stage consists of four groups of five teams, played as a single round-robin. The top two teams in each group will progress to the Super 8 stage.[13][14]
Super 8
The allocation of seeded teams to the two Super 8 groups will be determined prior to the start of the tournament and does not depend on Group stage placings. That is, teams will be allocated to Super 8 groups regardless of whether they finish first or second in the initial stage. In the case that a seeded team finishes outside the top-two positions in their initial group, the non-seeded team that advances in their place will inherit the position the seeded team would have had.
This stage will be played as a single round-robin with the top two teams in each group advancing to the semi-finals.
Knockout Stage
| Semi-finals | Final | ||||||||
| G1W | Winner S8 Group 1 | ||||||||
| G2RU | Runner-up S8 Group 2 | ||||||||
| SF1W | Winner of Semi-final 1 | ||||||||
| SF2W | Winner of Semi-final 2 | ||||||||
| G2W | Winner S8 Group 2 | ||||||||
| G1RU | Runner-up S8 Group 1 | ||||||||
Semi-finals
Winner S8 Group 1
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v
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Runner-up S8 Group 2
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Winner S8 Group 2
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v
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Runner-up S8 Group 1
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Final
Winner of Semi-final 1
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v
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Winner of Semi-final 2
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References
- ^ "USA to stage T20 World Cup: 2024-2031 ICC Men's tournament hosts confirmed". International Cricket Council. Retrieved 10 April 2022.
- ^ "2024 T20 World Cup: USA granted automatic qualification". BBC Sport. Retrieved 12 April 2022.
- ^ "USA to stage T20 World Cup: 2024-2031 ICC Men's tournament hosts confirmed". International Cricket Council. 16 November 2021. Retrieved 21 October 2022.
- ^ "Cricket West Indies and USA Cricket hail successful joint bid to host ICC Men's T20 World Cup in 2024". USA Cricket. 16 November 2021. Retrieved 21 October 2022.
- ^ "ICC Inspects USA Venues For Cricket's T20 World Cup". Boxscore World Sportswire. 7 April 2023.
- ^ "USA cricket running afoul of ICC financial protocols". ESPNcricinfo. 3 October 2022. Retrieved 3 October 2022.
- ^ "New format, new location: How the 2024 T20 World Cup will look". International Cricket Council. 21 November 2022. Retrieved 22 November 2022.
- ^ "ICC announces major changes to World Cup schedule". cricket.com.au. 2 June 2021. Retrieved 6 November 2022.
- ^ "Twelve teams to get automatic entry into 2024 men's T20 World Cup". ESPN Cricinfo. Retrieved 10 April 2022.
- ^ "Denmark, Italy one step from T20 World Cup 2024 as Europe qualification continues". International Cricket Council. Retrieved 21 July 2022.
- ^ "Qualification pathway for marquee ICC events confirmed". International Cricket Council. Retrieved 10 April 2022.
- ^ "Qualification pathway for ICC Men's T20 World Cup 2024 announced". International Cricket Council. Retrieved 31 May 2022.
- ^ "How will new format work for T20 World Cup 2024". Sky Sports. Retrieved 20 November 2022.
- ^ "ICC announces new format for T20 World Cup 2024". A Sports. Retrieved 18 May 2023.