ICC World Twenty20 Qualifier

For the women's cricket equivalent, see ICC Women's World Twenty20 Qualifier.

ICC World Twenty20 Qualifier
Administrator	International Cricket Council
Format	Twenty20, Twenty20 International
First tournament	2008 Ireland
Tournament format	Group stage, playoffs
Current champion	Netherlands (2nd title) Scotland (1st title) (shared)
Most successful	Ireland (3 titles)
Most runs	Mohammad Shahzad (895)
Most wickets	Mudassar Bukhari (39)
Website	ICC WT20 Qualifier Official website

The ICC World Twenty20 Qualifier is an international Twenty20 cricket tournament run under the auspices of the International Cricket Council. The tournament serves as the final qualifying event for the ICC World Twenty20 for associate and affiliate members. 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. Ireland are the most successful team, having won three tournaments (including one shared with the Netherlands) and qualified for the World Twenty20 on every occasion the tournament has been played.

History

2008 Qualifiers

Main article: 2008 ICC World Twenty20 Qualifier

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

Main article: 2010 ICC World Twenty20 Qualifier

The ICC World Twenty20 Qualifier 2010 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

Main article: 2012 ICC World Twenty20 Qualifier

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

Main article: 2013 ICC World Twenty20 Qualifier

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 progressed to the 2014 ICC World Twenty20 tournament.

2015 Qualifiers

Main article: 2015 ICC World Twenty20 Qualifier

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 ICC Africa and ICC Americas regional bodies each losing a spot and the ACC gaining one from ICC Europe:

The top six teams progressed to the 2016 ICC World Twenty20 tournament.

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
Year	Host(s)	Final venue	Winner	Result	Runner-up
2008	Ireland	Belfast	Ireland Netherlands	Abandoned – title shared scorecard
2010	UAE	Dubai	Afghanistan 147/2 (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	Afghanistan 157 (18.5 overs)
2015	Ireland Scotland	Dublin	Netherlands Scotland	Abandoned – title shared scorecard

Performance by team

Legend

1st – Champions
2nd – Runners-up
3rd – Third place
— Hosts
Teams that qualified for the World Twenty20 are underlined.

Team	2008	2010	2012	2013	2015	Total
Afghanistan	—	1st	2nd	2nd	5th	4
Bermuda	6th	—	13th	14th	—	3
Canada	5th	8th	6th	12th	14th	5
Denmark	—	—	16th	16th	—	2
Hong Kong	—	—	11th	6th	4th	3
Ireland	1st	2nd	1st	1st	3rd	5
Italy	—	—	10th	9th	—	2
Jersey	—	—	—	—	11th	1
Kenya	4th	5th	9th	11th	9th	5
Namibia	—	—	3rd	10th	7th	3
Nepal	—	—	7th	3rd	12th	3
Netherlands	1st	4th	4th	5th	1st	5
Oman	—	—	15th	—	6th	2
Papua New Guinea	—	—	8th	8th	8th	3
Scotland	3rd	7th	5th	7th	1st	5
United Arab Emirates	—	3rd	—	4th	13th	3
Uganda	—	—	14th	13th	—	2
United States	—	6th	12th	15th	10th	4

References

↑ http://icc-cricket.yahoo.com/media-release/2008/July/media-release20080717-39.html 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

ICC World Twenty20

Tournaments	South Africa 2007 England 2009 West Indies 2010 Sri Lanka 2012 Bangladesh 2014 India 2016 TBA 2018 Australia 2020

Qualifying	2007 2009 2010 2012 2014 2016

Finals	2007 2009 2010 2012 2014 2016

Squads	2007 2009 2010 2012 2014 2016

Statistics	2007 2009 2010 2012 2014 2016

Awards Format History Hosts Qualification Records Centuries Teams Officials Trophy

International cricket

International Cricket Council (ICC) ICC Awards ICC members

Forms	Test (women's) One Day International (women's) Twenty20 International (women's)

Global events	World Cup (qualifier) World Twenty20 (qualifier) Women's World Cup (qualifier) Women's World Twenty20 (qualifier) Under-19 World Cup Champions Trophy Intercontinental Cup World Cricket League

Asia	ACC – Asia Cup ACC Trophy (List A) ACC Premier League ACC Twenty20 Cup

Africa	ACA – WCL Africa

Americas	ICC Americas – Americas Championship South American Championship

East Asia and Pacific	EAP – ICC EAP Cricket Trophy (One day) ICC EAP Cricket Trophy (Twenty20)

Europe	ECC – European Championship Women's European Championship

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