Women’s T20 World Cup 2024: How teams qualified
The tournament is set to get under way on October 3 when Bangladesh face Scotland at Sharjah Cricket Stadium and will run until the final at Dubai International Stadium on October 20.
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The ICC Women’s T20 World Cup 2024 is upon us, with 10 teams set to compete for the trophy across 23 matches in the United Arab Emirates (UAE).
Here, we look at how each of them qualified for Women’s T20 World Cup 2024:
Bangladesh qualified as hosts before the competition was moved to the UAE, with this set to be the sixth time they have participated in the ICC Women’s T20 World Cup. They have yet to make it beyond the group stage.
Six teams qualified courtesy of their performances in the 2023 ICC Women’s T20 World Cup in South Africa.
Australia lifted the trophy for the sixth time as they continued their dominance with a 19-run victory over the hosts at Newlands Cricket Ground.
For South Africa, it was their first ever final and they will be aiming to go one better when the competition comes to Sharjah and Dubai. Meanwhile, inaugural champions in 2009, England, qualified after reaching the semi-finals in South Africa where they were beaten by the host nation.
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India were the other beaten semi-finalists, edged out by just five runs in a thriller against Australia in Cape Town, only just missing out on a second consecutive final. On the other hand,
The third-placed team in Group 1 was New Zealand, finalists in 2009 and 2010, who qualified thanks to comprehensive victories over Bangladesh and Sri Lanka. Furthermore, Pakistan qualified through being the next highest ranked side in the ICC Women’s T20I Team Rankings at the end of February 2023. They have yet to reach the semi-finals.
Two teams booked their place through the ICC Women’s T20 World Cup Qualifier in May.
Scotland are the only team making their debut in the competition and they had to coming through the ICC Women’s T20 World Cup Europe Qualifier in 2023, facing the Netherlands, Italy and France.
Women’s T20 World Cup 2024 Groupings
Group A: Australia, India, New Zealand, Pakistan, Sri Lanka
Group B: Bangladesh, England, Scotland, South Africa, West Indies
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