The 9th ICC Men's T20 World Cup is scheduled to be held in 2024. The tournament will be held from June 1st to June 29th at nine different venues in the West Indies and the United States. This is the first time the United States will participate. Organizer of major ICC world tournaments.
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This year's T20 World Cup will be the largest tournament ever with a total of 20 teams participating. The top eight teams from the previous tournament, excluding the hosts West Indies and the United States. Australia, England, India, Netherlands, New Zealand, Pakistan, South Africa, Sri Lanka and the next two teams in the T20I rankings (Afghanistan and Bangladesh) automatically qualified.
The teams that qualified in their respective regions are Ireland and Scotland (Europe), Papua New Guinea (East Asia Pacific), Canada (America), Nepal and Oman (Asia), and Namibia and Uganda (Africa).
How often is the T20 Cricket World Cup held?
The first T20 World Cup was held in South Africa in 2007. In the first edition of the tournament, India defeated their arch-rival Pakistan in a thrilling showdown, winning MS Dhoni's first trophy as the national team manager.
The tournament is planned to be held every two years, but for scheduling reasons it does not follow this exact pattern. The second edition was held in 2009, while the third edition was held in 2010 to avoid overlapping with the 2011 ODI World Cup.
After that, the T20 World Cup was held every two years until 2016. After the ICC Champions Trophy was reinstated in 2017, the 2018 tournament was canceled due to concerns over a congested schedule. The 2020 tournament was postponed to 2021 due to the coronavirus pandemic. But since then, the 2022 edition and his 2024 edition have been held as scheduled.
Year | host | winner |
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2007 | South Africa | India |
2009 | England | Pakistan |
2010 | west indies | England |
year 2012 | Sri Lanka | west indies |
2014 | bangladesh | Sri Lanka |
2016 | India | west indies |
2021 | United Arab Emirates | Australia |
2022 | Australia | England |
2024 | West Indies and America | to be decided |