2022 ICC Men's T20 World Cup

The 2022 Men's ICC T20 World Cup is scheduled to be the eighth ICC Men's T20 World Cup tournament,[2] scheduled to be played in October and November 2022 in Australia.[3][4] Originally, the tournament was to be held in India during October and November 2021, however, in July 2020, the International Cricket Council (ICC) confirmed that the tournament had been postponed until 2022, due to the COVID-19 pandemic.[5] In August 2020, the ICC also confirmed that Australia would host the 2022 tournament.[6]

2022 ICC Men's T20 World Cup
DatesOctober – 13 November 2022
Administrator(s)International Cricket Council
Cricket formatTwenty20 International
Host(s) Australia
Participants16[1]

Background

In April 2018, the ICC announced that the tournament would replace the scheduled 2021 ICC Champions Trophy.[7] This was after the ICC granted full international status to Twenty20 matches played between member sides from 1 January 2019 onwards.[8]

In October 2019, it was reported that the ICC could scrap the T20 World Cup Qualifier, which would have been used as a pathway for qualification to the T20 World Cup.[9] Therefore, twelve teams from the 2020 ICC T20 World Cup and four teams from qualification events would advance to the T20 World Cup. On 23 January 2020, the ICC confirmed the full details of qualification for the tournament.[10] In May 2020, the ICC told the Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI) that they reserve the rights to take away hosting rights from India, after the BCCI did not secure a tax exemption from the Indian government for the tournament.[11]

In July 2020, when the previous edition of the tournament was being reviewed due to the COVID-19 pandemic, Earl Eddings, the chairman of Cricket Australia suggested that Australia could host that tournament in October 2021, and India stage this tournament a year later in 2022.[12] The ICC also confirmed that either Australia or India, the hosts for the tournaments originally scheduled to take place in 2020 and 2021 respectively, would host this tournament.[13][14]

Teams and qualifications

The twelve teams that reach the Super 12 phase of the 2021 ICC Men's T20 World Cup will automatically qualify for the 2022 tournament.[15] They will be joined by the top two teams from each of the two Global Qualifiers.[10] The Global Qualifiers will have a total of sixteen teams; the bottom four teams from the 2021 ICC Men's T20 World Cup, the next four highest ranked T20I sides (Zimbabwe, Nepal, the United Arab Emirates and Singapore),[16] and the eight teams that progress from the Regional Finals.[10]
Means of qualification Date Venue Berths Qualified
Host nation 7 August 2020 1  Australia
2021 ICC Men's T20 World Cup
(Top 12 teams from the previous tournament, excluding the hosts)		 November 2021 India 11
Global Qualifier Group A February 2022 2
Global Qualifier Group B May 2022 2
Total 16

Global Qualifiers

The Global Qualifiers will consist of the four lowest ranked teams from the 2021 ICC T20 World Cup, the four best ranked teams not already qualified for the World Cup or qualifiers; and eight teams from Regional Qualifiers.[10] On 24 March 2020, the International Cricket Council (ICC) confirmed that all ICC qualifying events scheduled to take place before 30 June 2020 had been postponed due to the COVID-19 pandemic.[17] In December 2020, the ICC updated the qualification pathway following the disruption from the pandemic.[18]
Mean of qualification Date Venue Berths Qualified
2021 ICC Men's T20 World Cup
(Lowest 4 teams from the previous tournament)		 November 2021  India 4
ICC T20I Championship

(Highest ranked teams not already qualified)

 4    Nepal
 United Arab Emirates
 Singapore
 Zimbabwe
Regional qualifications[19]
Africa November 2021 Nigeria 1
Americas 17–23 July 2021 Canada 2
Asia 3–9 April 2021 Kuwait (Group A) 1
3–9 July 2021 Malaysia (Group B) 1
East Asia-Pacific 11–16 October 2021 Japan 1
Europe 15–21 October 2021 Spain 2
Total 16

References
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  6. "Venue for postponed 2020 ICC Men's T20 World Cup confirmed". International Cricket Council. Retrieved 7 August 2020.
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  8. "All T20I matches to get international status". International Cricket Council. Retrieved 26 April 2018.
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  10. "ICC Men's T20 World Cup 2021 qualification process confirmed". International Cricket Council. Retrieved 23 January 2020.
  11. "ICC threatens to shift 2021 T20 World Cup from India over tax issues". ESPN Cricinfo. Retrieved 27 May 2020.
  12. "T20 World Cup 'unrealistic' and 'unlikely' this year - Cricket Australia chairman". ESPN Cricinfo. Retrieved 16 June 2020.
  13. "ICC Men's T20 World Cup in Australia postponed". International Cricket Council. Retrieved 20 July 2020.
  14. "World Cup call paves the way for summer like no other". Cricket Australia. Retrieved 21 July 2020.
  15. "ICC expands qualifiers for 2021 T20 World Cup to 16 teams". ESPN Cricinfo. Retrieved 23 January 2020.
  16. "Singapore promoted to global qualifier for 2022 T20 World Cup". ESPN Cricinfo. Retrieved 14 December 2020.
  17. "COVID-19 update – ICC qualifying events". International Cricket Council. Retrieved 26 March 2020.
  18. "Qualification to Men's T20 World Cup 2022 in Australia confirmed". International Cricket Council. Retrieved 14 December 2020.
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