| Administrator | International Cricket Council |
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| Format | Twenty20 International |
| First edition | 2008 Ireland |
| Latest edition | 2022OmanZimbabwe |
| Tournament format | Round-robinGroup Stage andKnockout |
| Current champion |
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| Most runs |  Mohammad Shahzad (895) |
| Most wickets |  Mudassar Bukhari (39) |
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TheICC Men's T20 World Cup Qualifier (previously theICC World Twenty20 Qualifier) was aTwenty20 International tournament run under the auspices of theInternational Cricket Council (ICC). The tournament served as the final qualifying event for theICC Men's T20 World Cup.
The first edition was heldin 2008, with only six teams. This was increased to eight teams for the2010 tournament and to 16 teams for the2012 and2013 editions, but reduced to 14 for the2015 and2019 editions. For the2022 ICC Men's T20 World Cup, the ICC opted to conduct two separate qualifiers at different venues,Group A andGroup B, of eight teams each.
The number of teams qualifying to the World Cup from the Qualifier has varied based on the tournament model.Ireland and theNetherlands have each won the Qualifier on three occasions. Ireland has the unique distinction of appearing in every tournament, and qualifying for the T20 World Cup from every tournament; as of 2022, Ireland has qualified to the World Cup from the Qualifier on a record seven occasions, while the Netherlands andAfghanistan have qualified four times,Scotland three times, andHong Kong andOman twice. Ireland, the Netherlands andCanada are the only teams who have participated in every edition of the Qualifier.
The first ever Twenty20 World Cup Qualifier was played as qualification for the2009 ICC World Twenty20 and took place from 2 to 5 August 2008 inStormont,Belfast inNorthern Ireland. The top three teams[1] going through to the 2009 ICC World Twenty20, the international championship ofTwenty20 cricket. The six competing teams were:
The competition was jointly won byIreland and theNetherlands, who shared the trophy after rain forced the final to be abandoned without a ball bowled. Both teams qualified for the 2009 ICC World Twenty20 finals in England. After the withdrawal ofZimbabwe from the competition, the two finalists were joined by third-placedScotland.
The2010 ICC World Twenty20 Qualifier was played from February 9–13, 2010[2] in theUnited Arab Emirates. It was expanded to eight teams, asAfghanistan, theUnited Arab Emirates, and theUnited States entered the tournament for the first time, whereasBermuda did not enter.
The eight competing teams were:[3]
Afghanistan defeated Ireland in the final to win the championship, and both teams progressed to play in the2010 ICC World Twenty20, the international championship ofTwenty20 cricket in the West Indies.
The2012 ICC World Twenty20 Qualifier was played in early 2012. It was an expanded version comprising ten qualifiers from regional Twenty20 tournaments in addition to the six ODI/Twenty20 status countries. A total of 81 countries competed for the ten spots available in the 2012 World Twenty20 Qualifier. The sixteen teams which contested the final qualifying competition were:
Ireland defeated Afghanistan in the final to win the championship, and again both teams progressed to play in the2012 ICC World Twenty20.
The2013 ICC World Twenty20 Qualifier was played in November 2013. It continued to use a 16-team format, with ten qualifiers from regional Twenty20 tournaments plus the top six finishers of theprevious competition. Ireland and Afghanistan (by finishing top of their groups), with Nepal and UAE (by winning first runners up knock out matches) and the Netherlands and Hong Kong (5th and 6th place) qualified for the2014 ICC World Twenty20. The competing countries were:
The top six teams: Ireland, Afghanistan, Netherlands and making their World Twenty20 debut the UAE, Nepal and Hong Kong progressed to the2014 ICC World Twenty20 tournament.
The2015 ICC World Twenty20 Qualifier was played in July 2015 and co-hosted by two countries for the first time, Ireland and Scotland. Both the final and the third-place playoff wereabandoned due to rain; Scotland and the Netherlands shared the title, while Ireland were ranked third over Hong Kong due to a superior performance in the group stage. The number of teams at the tournament was reduced to 14, with theAfrican Cricket Association andICC Americas regional bodies each losing a spot and theACC gaining one from theEuropean Cricket Council:
The top six teams Ireland, Scotland, Netherlands, Afghanistan, Hong Kong and Oman who made their debut in the tournament all progressed to the2016 ICC World Twenty20 tournament.
The2019 ICC Men's T20 World Cup Qualifier was played in October–November 2019 in the UAE.
The 2022 Men's T20 World Cup Qualifiers was played in February and July 2022 in Oman and Zimbabwe respectively.
The top two teams from each group qualified for2022 ICC Men's T20 World Cup.
They were
United Arab Emirates,
Ireland,
Zimbabwe, and Netherlands.
The 2022 Qualifiers were the last Global Qualifiers before the ICC switched to a regional qualifying model for the2024 ICC Men's T20 World Cup.
The two associate qualifiers for the inaugural2007 ICC World Twenty20 were decided in the2007 World Cricket League Division One tournament. Kenya and Scotland qualified.
| Year | Host(s) | Final venue | Final | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Winner | Result | Runner-up | ||||
| 2008 | Ireland | Belfast | Ireland Netherlands | Abandoned – title shared scorecard | ||
| 2010 | UAE | Dubai |  Afghanistan147/2 (17.3 overs) | Afghanistan won by 8 wickets scorecard | Ireland 142/8 (20 overs) | |
| 2012 | UAE | Dubai | Ireland 156/5 (18.5 overs) | Ireland won by 5 wickets scorecard | Afghanistan 152/7 (20 overs) | |
| 2013 | UAE | Abu Dhabi | Ireland 225/7 (20 overs) | Ireland won by 68 runs scorecard | Afghanistan 157 (18.5 overs) | |
| 2015 | Ireland Scotland | Dublin | Netherlands Scotland | Abandoned – title shared scorecard | ||
| 2019 | UAE | Dubai | Netherlands 134/3 (19 overs) | Netherlands won by 7 Wickets scorecard |  Papua New Guinea128/8 (20 overs) | |
| 2022 | A |  Oman | Muscat | United Arab Emirates 160/3 (18.4 overs) | UAE won by 7 wickets Scorecard | Ireland 159 (20 overs) |
| B | Zimbabwe | Bulawayo | Zimbabwe 132 (19.3 overs) | Zimbabwe won by 37 runs Scorecard | Netherlands 95 (18.2 overs) | |
| Team | 2008 (6) | 2010 (8) | 2012 (16) | 2013 (16) | 2015 (14) | 2019 (14) | 2022 (16) | Total | |
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A (8) | B (8) | ||||||||
| Africa | |||||||||
 Kenya | 4th | 5th | 9th | 11th | 9th | 11th | — | 6 | |
 Namibia | — | — | 3rd | 10th | 7th | 4th | × | 4 | |
 Nigeria | — | — | — | — | — | 14th | — | 1 | |
 Uganda | — | — | 14th | 13th | — | — | • | 5th | 3 |
 Zimbabwe | × | × | × | × | × | § | • | 1st | 1 |
| Americas | |||||||||
 Bermuda | 6th | — | 13th | 14th | — | 13th | — | 4 | |
 Canada | 5th | 8th | 6th | 12th | 14th | 9th | 5th | • | 7 |
 United States | — | 6th | 12th | 15th | 10th | — | • | 4th | 5 |
| Asia | |||||||||
 Afghanistan | — | 1st | 2nd | 2nd | 5th | × | × | 4 | |
 Bahrain | — | — | — | — | — | — | 6th | • | 1 |
 Hong Kong | — | — | 11th | 6th | 4th | 8th | • | 6th | 5 |
 Nepal | — | — | 7th | 3rd | 12th | — | 3rd | • | 4 |
 Oman | — | — | 15th | — | 6th | 6th | 4th | • | 4 |
 Singapore | — | — | — | — | — | 12th | • | 8th | 2 |
 United Arab Emirates | — | 3rd | — | 4th | 13th | 7th | 1st | • | 5 |
| East Asia - Pacific | |||||||||
| Papua New Guinea | — | — | 8th | 8th | 8th | 2nd | • | 3rd | 5 |
 Philippines | — | — | — | — | — | — | 8th | • | 1 |
| Europe | |||||||||
 Denmark | — | — | 16th | 16th | — | — | — | 2 | |
 Germany | — | — | — | — | — | — | 7th | • | 1 |
 Ireland | 1st | 2nd | 1st | 1st | 3rd | 3rd | 2nd | • | 7 |
 Italy | — | — | 10th | 9th | — | — | — | 2 | |
 Jersey | — | — | — | — | 11th | 10th | • | 7th | 3 |
 Netherlands | 1st | 4th | 4th | 5th | 1st | 1st | • | 2nd | 7 |
 Scotland | 3rd | 7th | 5th | 7th | 1st | 5th | × | 6 | |
