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 108 national associations, with 12 Full Members and 96 Associate Members. Founded in 1909 as the ' ...

(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, 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

References

External links

ICC Women's World Twenty20
on Cricinfo
ICC World Twenty20 2012
on

Official Website {{DEFAULTSORT:ICC Women's World Twenty20

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 inn ...

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