The Women's T20 World Cup Qualifier (until 2018, the Women's World Twenty20 Qualifier) is an international
cricket
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tournament that serves as the final step of the qualification process for the
Women's T20 World Cup
The Women's T20 World Cup is the biennial international championship for women's Twenty20 International cricket. The event is organised by the sport's governing body, the International Cricket Council, with the first edition having been held i ...
.
The qualifier was held for the first time
in 2013, with the top three teams qualifying for the World Cup. The first five editions has featured eight teams, determined by a combination of
international rankings
This is a list of international rankings by country.
By category
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, previous World Cup results, and regional qualifiers, with the top two teams qualifying for the World Cup. For the
2024 tournament the number of teams was increased to ten.
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 ...
have won the tournament on three occasions, winning consecutively in
2018
Events January
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,
2019
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Up to that point, 2019 had been described as ...
and
2022
The year began with another wave in the COVID-19 pandemic, with SARS-CoV-2 Omicron variant, Omicron spreading rapidly and becoming the dominant variant of the SARS-CoV-2 virus worldwide. Tracking a decrease in cases and deaths, 2022 saw ...
. The first tournament was shared by
Pakistan
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and
Sri Lanka
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when the final ended in a
no result
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,
[(1 August 2013)]
"Ireland hold nerve to seal World T20 berth"
– ESPNcricinfo. Retrieved 29 June 2015. while
Ireland
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won the
2015 tournament.
Thailand
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was the only other team to qualify for a World Cup via the qualifier, having finished runner-up to Bangladesh in 2019.
Results
Performance by team
;Legend
* – Champions
* – Runners-up
* – Third place
* — Hosts
*Q – Qualified for upcoming tournament
*§ – Team qualified for tournament, but withdrew or disqualified later
*× – Qualified for the World Cup by a different method
*Positions that were shared by two teams are
underlined
See also
*
ICC T20 World Cup Qualifier (men's)
*
ICC Women's World Cup Qualifier
References
{{International cricket
Qualifier
Women's World Twenty20 Qualifier
Qualification for cricket competitions