Tournament format and qualification

The ICC Men's T20 World Cup 2024 in West Indies and USA will boast 20 teams for the first time with 12 sides having already secured their place for the showpiece event.

The 20 teams will be divided into four groups of five teams each.

The top two teams in each of the groups will move to a Super Eight phase, where the remaining teams will be split into two groups of four. The top two in each group will then make their way to the semi-finals.

The 20 teams are made up in the following way:

• Two host nations: USA and West Indies.
• Top eight teams at the ICC Men's T20 World Cup 2022: Australia, England, India, Netherlands, New Zealand, Pakistan, South Africa, Sri Lanka. 
• Top two best-ranked unqualified teams in the MRF Tyres ICC Men's T20I Team Rankings at 14 November 2022: Afghanistan and Bangladesh.
• Eight qualifiers through regional finals

The regional qualifiers include qualifiers from the America, Europe, Africa, Asia and East Asia-Pacific regions.

Regional Qualifier Finals 

Europe (2 qualifying teams)

20-28 July 2023 - in Scotland

Austria, Denmark, Germany, Ireland, Italy, Jersey, Scotland.

East Asia Pacific (1 qualifying team)

21-29 July 2023 - in Papua New Guinea

Japan, Papua New Guinea, Philippines, Vanuatu.

Americas (1 qualifying team)

30 September-7 October 2023 - in Bermuda

Bermuda, Canada, Cayman Islands, Panama.

Africa (2 qualifying teams)

20 November – 1 December 2023 - in Namibia

Kenya, Namibia, Nigeria, Rwanda, Tanzania, Uganda, Zimbabwe.

Asia (2 qualifying teams)

Dates & location TBA

Bahrain, Hong Kong, Nepal, Oman, Singapore, United Arab Emirates (UAE), Winner of Sub Regional Qualifier A & Winner of Sub Regional Qualifier B.

Europe Qualifier Fixtures

Seven teams – Austria, Denmark, Germany, Ireland, Italy, Jersey and Scotland – will play 21 matches over eight days in Edinburgh, across two venues, with two spots up for grabs in the biggest ICC Men’s T20 World Cup of all-time.

20 July 
Jersey v Austria, Grange Cricket Club, 10:30 local
Italy v Ireland, Goldenacre, 10:30 local
Scotland v Germany, Goldenacre, 15:30 local

21 July
Germany v Austria, Goldenacre, 10:30 local
Denmark v Ireland, Grange Cricket Club, 10:30 local
Scotland v Jersey, Grange Cricket Club, 15:30 local

23 July
Austria v Ireland, Grange Cricket Club, 10:30 local
Italy v Jersey, Goldenacre, 10:30 local
Denmark v Germany, Grange Cricket Club, 15:30 local

24 July
Denmark v Austria, Goldenacre, 10:30 local
Scotland v Italy, Grange Cricket Club, 10:30 local
Jersey v Ireland, Goldenacre, 15:30 local

25 July
Italy v Denmark, Grange Cricket Club, 10:30 local
Scotland v Austria, Goldenacre, 10:30 local
Germany v Jersey, Grange Cricket Club, 15:30 local

27 July
Scotland v Denmark, Grange Cricket Club, 10:30 local
Ireland v Germany, Goldenacre, 10:30 local
Italy v Austria, Goldenacre, 15:30 local

28 July
Germany v Italy, Grange Cricket Club, 10:30 local
Denmark v Jersey, Goldenacre, 10:30 local
Scotland v Ireland, Grange Cricket Club, 15:30 local

Squads

Austria: Razmal Shigiwal (c), Mark Simpson-Parker, Shahil Momin, Armaan Randhawa, Ahsan Mirza, Umair Tariq, Aqib Iqbal, Iqbal Hossain, Amit Nathwani, Navin Wijesekera, Mehar Cheema, Jaweed Sadran, Adeel Tariq, Abdullah Akbarjan, Sahel Zadran

Denmark: Hamid Shah (c), Surya Anand, Taranjit Bharaj, Saud Munir, Abdul Hashmi, Oliver Hald, Jonas Henriksen, Shangeev Thanikatihasan, Nicolaj Lægsgaard, Saif Ahmad, Saran Aslam, Abdullah Mahmood, Eshan Karimi, Musa Mahmood, Lucky Ali Malik

Germany: Venkatraman Ganesan (c), Sahir Naqash, Harmanjot Singh, Vijayshankar Chikkannaiah, Abdul Shakoor, Sri Vishnu Elam Barathi, Muslim Yar Ashraf, Ghulam Ahmadi, Sachin Gangareddy, Zahid Zadran, Michael Richardson, Dieter Klein, Joshua van Heerden, Dylan Blignaut, Fasial bin Mubashir

Ireland: Paul Stirling (c), Andrew Balbirnie, George Dockrell, Curtis Campher, Ross Adair, Mark Adair, Theo van Woerkom, Harry Tector, Lorcan Tucker, Benjamin White, Neil Rock, Josh Little, Barry McCarthy, Craig Young, Graham Hume

Italy: Gareth Berg (c), Marcus Campopiano, JP Meade, Harry Manenti, Justin Mosca, Ben Manenti, Anthony Mosca, Grant Stewart, Wayne Madsen, Crishan Kalugamage, Syed Naqvi, Manpreet Singh, Sukhwinder Singh, Stefano Di Bartolomeo, Jaspreet Singh

Jersey: Charles Perchard (c), Dominic Blampied, Elliot Miles, Rhys Palmer, Harrison Carlyon, Joshua Lawrenson, Charlie Brennan, Toby Britton, Asa Tribe, Julius Sumerauer, William Perchard, Zak Tribe, Jonty Jenner, Nicholas Greenwood, Benjamin Ward

Scotland: Richie Berrington (c), Henry Munsey, Michael Leask, Gavin Main, Chris Sole, Christopher Greaves, Safyaan Sharif, Jack Jarvis, Matthew Cross, Tomas Mackintosh, Hamza Tahir, Mark Watt, Brandon McMullen, Oliver Hairs, Bradley Currie

Where to follow the T20 World Cup Europe Qualifier?

All matches available to watch live on FanCode (India) and ICC.tv (UK and the rest of world). All six of Scotland’s fixtures will also be broadcast on BBC iPlayer and the BBC Sport website and app (UK only).

How to watch on ICC.tv 

It is free to Sign Up to ICC.tv.

You can then watch ICC Men's T20 World Cup 2024 Qualifiers live and FREE on ICC.tv in all regions (other than Afghanistan, Bangladesh, Bhutan, India, Nepal, Pakistan) on:

* ICC.tv website
* ICC.tv mobile apps (available in the App Store and Google Play)
* Samsung TV and LG TV apps