2021 ICC T20 World Cup Format & Qualified Teams (Confirmed)

Next ICC Twenty20 Cricket World Cup will take place in India this November-December 2021 where 16 teams will participate in what should be a cracking tournament. T20 world cup was originally scheduled to take place in Australia in 2020 but covid-19 pandemic caused postponement and ICC confirmed the reschedule to be take place in India this year.

ICC Twenty20 World Cup 2021 Qualified Teams & Format:

Top 10 ranked teams in ICC International Twenty20 ranking automatically qualify for the tournament while 6 more teams joined them via qualifiers which took place in 2019.

India as hosts and top 7 ranked teams already qualified to tournament’s Super 12 round. While 6 qualified teams via qualifiers. Sri Lank and Bangladesh will play round robin format group stage. Top 4 teams from the group stage will join the Super 12 stage.

Super 12 stage will be a round robin where all 12 teams will play one game against the other 11 sides. Top four teams from Super 12 stage will qualify for semifinals.

Qualified Teams:

Below is the list of teams who have qualified for ICC Cricket Twenty20 World Cup 2021.

TEAMS	Qualified Via	Twenty20 World Cup Stage
India	As Hosts	Super 12
Pakistan	No.1 In ICC Ranking	Super 12
Australia	No.2 In ICC Ranking	Super 12
England	No.3 In ICC Ranking	Super 12
South Africa	No.4 In ICC Ranking	Super 12
New Zealand	No.5 In ICC Ranking	Super 12
West Indies	No.6 In ICC Ranking	Super 12
Afghanistan	No.7 In ICC Ranking	Super 12
Sri Lanka	No.8 In ICC Ranking	First Group Stage
Bangladesh	No.9 In ICC Ranking	First Group Stage
Netherlands	Won the qualifying tournament	First Group Stage
Papua New Guinea	Runners-up in the qualifying tournament	First Group Stage
Ireland	Finished 3rd in qualifying tournament	First Group Stage
Namibia	Finished 4th in qualifying tournament	First Group Stage
Scotland	Finished 5th in qualifying tournament	First Group Stage
Oman	Finished 6th in qualifying tournament	First Group Stage