ICC Men's T20 World Cup Qualifier
| Administrator | International Cricket Council |
|---|---|
| Format | Twenty20 International |
| First edition | 2008 Ireland |
| Latest edition | 2019 UAE |
| Tournament format | Group stage, playoffs |
| Current champion |  Netherlands (3rd title) |
| Most successful |  Ireland Netherlands (3 titles each) |
| Most runs |  Mohammad Shahzad (895) |
| Most wickets | Mudassar Bukhari (39) |
| Website | ICC WT20 Qualifier Official website |
The ICC Men's T20 World Cup Qualifier is a Twenty20 International tournament run under the auspices of the International Cricket Council. The tournament serves as the final qualifying event for the ICC Men's T20 World Cup for Associate Members and lower ranked Full Members. So far, Ireland are the only full member who have ever had to take part in the tournament in 2019. The first edition was held in 2008, with only six teams. This was increased to eight teams for the 2010 tournament and to 16 teams for the 2012 and 2013 editions, but reduced to 14 for the 2015 edition. Currently, the top six finishers in the qualifier move on to the ICC World Twenty20 tournament.
History
2008 Qualifiers
The first ever Twenty20 World Cup Qualifier was played as a Qualifier for 2009 ICC World Twenty20 and was played between 2 August and 5 August 2008 in Stormont, Belfast in Northern Ireland. The top three [1] played in the 2009 ICC World Twenty20, the international championship of Twenty20 cricket. The six competing teams were:
The competition was won by Ireland and the Netherlands, who shared the trophy after rain forced the final to be abandoned without a ball bowled. Both teams qualified for the 2009 ICC World Twenty20 finals in England. After the withdrawal of Zimbabwe from the competition, the two finalists were joined by third-placed Scotland.
2010 Qualifiers
The 2010 ICC World Twenty20 Qualifier was played from February 9–13, 2010[2] in the United Arab Emirates. It was expanded to eight teams, as Afghanistan, the United Arab Emirates, and the United States entered the tournament for the first time, whereas Bermuda did not enter.
The eight competing teams were:[3]
Afghanistan defeated Ireland in the final to win the championship, and both teams progressed to play in the 2010 ICC World Twenty20, the international championship of Twenty20 cricket in the West Indies.
2012 Qualifiers
The 2012 ICC World Twenty20 Qualifier was played in early 2012. It was an expanded version comprising ten qualifiers from regional Twenty20 tournaments in addition to the six ODI/Twenty20 status countries. A total of 81 countries competed for the ten spots available in the 2012 World Twenty20 Qualifier. The sixteen teams which contested the final qualifying competition were:
Ireland defeated Afghanistan in the final to win the championship, and again both teams progressed to play in the 2012 ICC World Twenty20.
2013 Qualifiers
The 2013 ICC World Twenty20 Qualifier was played in November 2013. It continued to use a 16-team format, with ten qualifiers from regional Twenty20 tournaments plus the top six finishers of the previous competition. Ireland and Afghanistan (by finishing top of their groups), with Nepal and UAE (by winning first runners up knock out matches) and the Netherlands and Hong Kong (5th and 6th place) qualified for the 2014 ICC World Twenty20. The competing countries were:
The top six teams: Ireland, Afghanistan, Netherlands and making their World Twenty20 debut the UAE, Nepal and Hong Kong progressed to the 2014 ICC World Twenty20 tournament.
2015 Qualifiers
The 2015 ICC World Twenty20 Qualifier was played in July 2015 and co-hosted by two countries for the first time, Ireland and Scotland. Both the final and the third-place playoff were abandoned due to rain; Scotland and the Netherlands shared the title, while Ireland were ranked third over Hong Kong due to a superior performance in the group stage. The number of teams at the tournament was reduced to 14, with the African Cricket Association and ICC Americas regional bodies each losing a spot and the ACC gaining one from the European Cricket Council:
The top six teams Ireland, Scotland, Netherlands, Afghanistan, Hong Kong and Oman who made their debut in the tournament all progressed to the 2016 ICC World Twenty20 tournament.
2019 Qualifiers
The 2019 ICC Men's T20 World Cup Qualifier was played in October–November 2019 in the UAE.
Winners
The two associate qualifiers for the inaugural 2007 ICC World Twenty20 were decided in the 2007 World Cricket League Division One tournament. Kenya and Scotland qualified.
| Year | Host(s) | Final venue |
Final | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Winner | Result | Runner-up | |||
| 2008 | Ireland
|
Belfast | Ireland Netherlands
|
Abandoned – title shared scorecard |
|
| 2010 |  UAE
|
Dubai |  Afghanistan147/2 (17.3 overs) |
Afghanistan won by 8 wickets scorecard |
Ireland 142/8 (20 overs) |
| 2012 | UAE
|
Dubai | Ireland 156/5 (18.5 overs) |
Ireland won by 5 wickets scorecard |
Afghanistan 152/7 (20 overs) |
| 2013 | UAE
|
Abu Dhabi | Ireland 225/7 (20 overs) |
Ireland won by 68 runs scorecard |
 Afghanistan157 (18.5 overs) |
| 2015 | Ireland Scotland
|
Dublin | Netherlands Scotland
|
Abandoned – title shared scorecard |
|
| 2019 | UAE
|
Dubai | Netherlands 134/3 (19 overs) |
Netherlands won by 7 Wickets scorecard |
 Papua New Guinea128/8 (20 overs) |
Performance by team
- Legend
- 1st – Champions
- 2nd – Runners-up
- 3rd – Third place
- — Hosts
- Teams that qualified for the Men's T20 World Cup are underlined.
- Q – Qualified
- § – Team qualified for tournament, but withdrew or disqualified later
- × – Did not participate as already qualified for World Cup via another method
| Team |  2008 (6) |
2010 (8) |
2012 (16) |
2013 (16) |
 2015 (14) |
2019 (14) |
Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
 Afghanistan
|
— | 1st | 2nd | 2nd | 5th | × | 4 |
 Bermuda
|
6th | — | 13th | 14th | — | 13th | 4 |
 Canada
|
5th | 8th | 6th | 12th | 14th | 9th | 6 |
 Denmark
|
— | — | 16th | 16th | — | — | 2 |
 Hong Kong
|
— | — | 11th | 6th | 4th | 8th | 4 |
 Ireland
|
1st | 2nd | 1st | 1st | 3rd | 3rd | 6 |
 Italy
|
— | — | 10th | 9th | — | — | 2 |
 Jersey
|
— | — | — | — | 11th | 10th | 2 |
 Kenya
|
4th | 5th | 9th | 11th | 9th | 11th | 6 |
 Namibia
|
— | — | 3rd | 10th | 7th | 4th | 4 |
 Nepal
|
— | — | 7th | 3rd | 12th | — | 3 |
 Netherlands
|
1st | 4th | 4th | 5th | 1st | 1st | 6 |
 Nigeria
|
— | — | — | — | — | 14th | 1 |
 Oman
|
— | — | 15th | — | 6th | 6th | 3 |
| Papua New Guinea
|
— | — | 8th | 8th | 8th | 2nd | 4 |
 Scotland
|
3rd | 7th | 5th | 7th | 1st | 5th | 6 |
 Singapore
|
— | — | — | — | — | 12th | 1 |
 United Arab Emirates
|
— | 3rd | — | 4th | 13th | 7th | 4 |
 Uganda
|
— | — | 14th | 13th | — | — | 2 |
 United States
|
— | 6th | 12th | 15th | 10th | — | 4 |
 Zimbabwe
|
× | × | × | × | × | § | 0 |
See also
References
- ^ http://icc-cricket.yahoo.com/media-release/2008/July/media-release20080717-39.html[permanent dead link] ICC-Cricket, retrieved 17 July 2008
- ^ "Important dates for Associate cricket". Cricinfo.com. Retrieved August 11, 2009.
- ^ "UAE to host expanded World Twenty20 Qualifiers". Cricinfo.com. Retrieved June 27, 2009.
External links
- World Twenty20 Qualifier Website
- ICC Cricket World Cup 2019 LIve Streaming
- ICC World Twenty20 Qualifier 2016 Schedule
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