The bugle for T20 World Cup 2026 has been sounded, these 12 teams have directly qualified, know when and where the matches will be held
Indian fans have not yet recovered from the celebration of Team India becoming the champion of ICC T20 World Cup 2024 and on the other hand, the buzz of the next T20 World Cup (T20 World Cup 2026) has started. The next season of the tournament will be played in the year 2026, the hosting of which has been handed over to two countries. T20 World Cup 2026 will be organized in India and Sri Lanka. So let us know which 20 teams have qualified for it?
These 12 teams have qualified for T20 World Cup 2026
- The ICC has handed over the joint hosting of the T20 World Cup 2026 to India and Sri Lanka.
Next season also a total of 20 teams will participate in the tournament and 55 matches will be played.
- Its format will be the same as that of the ICC T20 World Cup 2024. Five teams each will be divided into four groups. The top-2 teams of these groups will make it to the Super Eight and then here these four teams will be divided into two groups.
- After this, the top two teams of these groups will enter the semi-finals and play the final match. However, the 12 teams playing the ICC T20 World Cup 2026 have been decided.
Big advantage for the teams that are out of Super Eight
- While the remaining eight teams can win the ticket to the upcoming T20 World Cup by performing well in the qualification tournament in the next one and a half year.
- Being the hosts, T20 World Cup 2024 champions Team India and Sri Lanka have qualified for the next season.
Talking about the other ten teams, they have been selected from the T20 World Cup 2024 Super-8.
- Therefore, Afghanistan, Australia, Bangladesh, England, South Africa, USA and West Indies have tickets for T20 World Cup 2026.
In this way, there are nine teams.
These teams got the ticket to the next World Cup
- At the same time, the rest of the teams have made it to the tournament on the basis of ICC T20 rankings. Pakistan, New Zealand and Ireland, who could not be a part of the Super Eight, have got the benefit of better ranking by qualifying for the T20 World Cup by 30 June.
- Pakistan, New Zealand and Ireland are ranked seventh, sixth and 11th respectively in the ICC T20 rankings. After these 12 teams have confirmed their places, the remaining eight teams are yet to be decided.
- These places will be given to those teams that manage to stay on top in the qualification tournaments to be held in the next one and a half years.
These tournaments will be for Africa, Asia, Europe, America and East Asia-Pacific regions.
- However, two teams each will be selected from Asia and Europe and only one team each from the remaining two regions will be able to play the T20 World Cup 2026.
It can do this Qualify for T20 World Cup 2026
- From the continent of Africa, teams like Zimbabwe, Namibia, Uganda, Kenya, Nigeria, Tanzania will participate in T20 World Cup 2026 (T20 World Cup 2026) Will stake claim for.
- Teams like Nepal, Oman, UAE, Bahrain, Kuwait, Hong Kong, Malaysia, Qatar can qualify from the Asian continent.
If we talk about the European continent, Netherlands, Germany, Denmark, Spain, Scotland can also stake their claim.
- T20 World Cup 2026 from Canada, Bermuda, Cayman Islands, Argentina and Panama from North and South America continentT20 World Cup 2026) Hope to get a ticket of .
- Papua New Guinea from the East Asia-Pacific region made it to the T20 World Cup 2024. In such a situation, it can be said that this team can be seen playing in the next edition as well.