The Women's T20 World Cup 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 very firs ...
cricket. The event is organised by the sport's governing body, the
International Cricket Council
The International Cricket Council (ICC) is the global Sports governing body, governing body of cricket. It was founded as the Imperial Cricket Conference in 1909 by representatives from Australia, England, and South Africa. In 1965, the body wa ...
, 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
Women's T20 World Cup Qualifier.
As of 2024, a total of nine editions have been held and twelve teams have participated,
Australia
Australia, officially the Commonwealth of Australia, is a country comprising mainland Australia, the mainland of the Australia (continent), Australian continent, the island of Tasmania and list of islands of Australia, numerous smaller isl ...
, having won the tournament a record six times (
2010
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,
2012
2012 was designated as:
*International Year of Cooperatives
*International Year of Sustainable Energy for All
Events January
*January 4 – The Cicada 3301 internet hunt begins.
* January 12 – Peaceful protests begin in the R ...
,
2014
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,
2018
Events January
* January 1 – Bulgaria takes over the Presidency of the Council of the European Union, after the Estonian presidency.
* January 4 – SPLM-IO rebels loyal to Chan Garang Lual start a raid against Juba, capital of ...
,
2020
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,
2023
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) are the most successful team, while
England
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(
2009
2009 was designated as the International Year of Astronomy by the United Nations to coincide with the 400th anniversary of Galileo Galilei's first known astronomical studies with a telescope and the publication of Astronomia Nova by Joha ...
),
West Indies
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(
2016
2016 was designated as:
* International Year of Pulses by the sixty-eighth session of the United Nations General Assembly.
* International Year of Global Understanding (IYGU) by the International Council for Science (ICSU), the Internationa ...
) and
New Zealand
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(
2024
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) have one title each. In August 2024, ICC announced that the
United Arab Emirates
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will be the venue for the Women's T20 World Cup instead of
Bangladesh
Bangladesh, officially the People's Republic of Bangladesh, is a country in South Asia. It is the List of countries and dependencies by population, eighth-most populous country in the world and among the List of countries and dependencies by ...
although the
Bangladesh Cricket Board
The Bangladesh Cricket Board (; abbreviated as BCB), formerly known as Bangladesh Cricket Control Board, is the governing body of cricket in Bangladesh. It became an associate member of the International Cricket Council (ICC) in 1977, and a Lis ...
(BCB) continued to officially host the event. The matches were played at
Dubai
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and
Sharjah
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.
New Zealand are the current champions having won the 2024 edition for the first time, after defeating
South Africa
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in the final.
History
Qualification
Qualification is determined by the
ICC Women's
Twenty20 International
Twenty20 International (T20I) is a form of Twenty20 cricket, in which each team plays a single innings with a maximum of twenty overs. The matches are played between international teams recognized by the International Cricket Council (ICC). ...
rankings and a qualification event, the
Women's World Twenty20 Qualifier. Until 2014, the top six teams of the ICC Women's Twenty20 International rankings would automatically qualify and the remaining two places determined by a qualification process. In the 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. From 2016 onwards, seven places were determined by the top eight teams of the
ICC Women's T20I Team rankings, with the host country and two qualifiers joining them in the tournament.
Summary
Team performance
Correct as of
2024 Women's T20 World Cup. Teams are ordered by best result then by appearances, then by winning percentage, then by total number of wins, total number of games, and then alphabetically:
''Note:''
* The number in bracket indicates number of wins in tied matches by
Super Over
Super Over, also known as a one-over eliminator or a one over per side eliminator, is a Tiebreaker, tie-breaking method used in Limited overs cricket, limited-overs cricket matches. If a match ends in a "Result (cricket)#Tie, tie", it proceeds t ...
s 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.
Team results by tournament
The table below provides an overview of the performances of teams in the ICC Women's T20 World Cup. 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, Still in Competition
* – Did not qualify
* – Did not enter
* — Hosts
Debutant teams in each tournament
Other results
Results of host teams
Results of defending champions
Records
Records by tournament
Most runs in the tournament
Most wickets in the tournament
Awards
Player of the tournament
Player of the final
See also
*
Women's Cricket World Cup
The Women's Cricket World Cup is the quadrennial international championship of Women's One Day International Cricket tournament. Matches are played as One Day Internationals over 50 overs per team. There is also another championship for Tw ...
*
ICC Women's T20 Champions Trophy
*
ICC Women's Championship
The ICC Women's Championship (IWC) is an international cricket tournament used to determine qualification for the Women's Cricket World Cup. The first two tournaments were contested between the top eight teams of the ICC Women's Rankings. T ...
*
ICC Men's T20 World Cup
Notes
References
External links
Women's World Twenty20on
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Recurring sporting events established in 2009
World championships in cricket
Women's Twenty20 cricket international competitions