The ICC Women's T20 World Cup (known as the ICC Women's World Twenty20 until 2019) is the biennial international championship for
women's Twenty20 International
Women's Twenty20 International (WT20I) is the shortest form of women's international cricket. A women's Twenty20 International is a 20 overs-per-side cricket match between two of the International Cricket Council (ICC) members. The first Twent ...
cricket. The event is organised by the sport's governing body, the
International Cricket Council
The International Cricket Council (ICC) is the world governing body of cricket. Headquartered in Dubai, United Arab Emirates, its members are List of International Cricket Council members, 108 national associations, with 12 List of Internation ...
(ICC), with the first edition having been held in England
in 2009. For the first three tournaments, there were eight participants, but this number has been raised to ten from the
2014 edition onwards. In July 2022, the ICC announced that the Bangladesh would host the
2024 tournament and that England would host the
2026 tournament. The number of teams in at the 2026 tournament is also set to increase to twelve.
At each tournament, a set number of teams qualify automatically, with the remaining teams determined by the
World Twenty20 Qualifier.
Australia
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, having won the tournament five times, are the most successful team.
Qualification
Qualification is determined by the
ICC Women's Twenty20 international rankings and a qualification event, the
ICC Women's World Twenty20 Qualifier
The ICC Women's T20 World Cup Qualifier (until 2018, the ICC Women's World Twenty20 Qualifier) is an international cricket tournament that serves as the final step of the qualification process for the Women's T20 World Cup.
The qualifier was hel ...
. Until 2014, six teams were determined by the top six teams of the
ICC Women's
Twenty20 International
A Twenty20 International (T20I) is a form of cricket, played between two of the international members of the International Cricket Council (ICC), in which each team faces a maximum of twenty overs. The matches have top-class status and are the ...
rankings at the time of the draw and the remaining two places determined by a qualification process. In 2014 edition, six places were determined by the top eight teams of the
ICC Women's T20I rankings, with the host country and three qualifiers joining them in the tournament. 2016 onwards, seven places were determined by the top eight teams of the
ICC Women's T20I rankings, with the host country and two qualifiers joining them in the tournament.
Summary
Performance of teams
''Note:''
* The number in bracket indicates number of wins in tied matches by
Super Overs however these are considered half a win regardless of the result. The win percentage excludes no results and counts ties (irrespective of a tiebreaker) as half a win.
* Teams are sorted by their best performance, then winning percentage, then (if equal) by alphabetical order.
Team results by tournament
The table below provides an overview of the performances of teams in the ICC World Twenty20.
For each tournament, the number of teams in each finals tournament (in brackets) are shown.
;Legend
* — Champions
* — Runners-up
* — Semi-finalist
* R1 — Round 1 (Group stage)
* Q — Qualified
* — Did not qualify
* — Did not enter
Entry of players in groups
Debutant teams in each tournament
Other results
Results of host teams
Results of defending champions
Records
Team records
Highest innings totals
Lowest innings totals
Individual records
Highest individual score
Best bowling figures
Records by tournament
Most runs in the tournament
Most wickets in the tournament
Awards
Player of the tournament
Player of the final
See also
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ICC Men's T20 World Cup
The ICC Men's T20 World Cup (earlier known as ICC World Twenty20) is the international championship of Twenty20. Organised by cricket's governing body, the International Cricket Council (ICC), the tournament consists of 16 teams, comprising t ...
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Women's Cricket World Cup
The ICC Women's Cricket World Cup is the sport's oldest world championship, with the first tournament held in England in 1973. Matches are played as One Day Internationals (ODIs) over 50 overs per team, while there is also another champion ...
References
External links
ICC Women's World Twenty20on
Cricinfo
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International Cricket Council
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Official Website
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Twenty20
Twenty20 (T20) is a shortened game format of cricket. At the professional level, it was introduced by the England and Wales Cricket Board (ECB) in 2003 for the inter-county competition. In a Twenty20 game, the two teams have a single innin ...
Recurring sporting events established in 2009
World championships in cricket
Women's Twenty20 cricket international competitions