ICC Womens T20 World Cup 2026, Dates, Past Results

2026 ICC Women's T20 World Cup Facts

Dates

12 June – 5 July 2026

Administrator

International Cricket Council

Cricket format

Women's Twenty20 International

Tournament format(s)

Group stage and knockout stage

Host

England

Participants

12

Matches

33

The 2026 ICC Women's T20 World Cup will be the tenth edition of the tournament, set to take place in England and Wales from 12 June to 5 July 2026. England has hosted the event before, in 2009, when it first started. This time, twelve teams will take part, playing 33 matches across seven different venues in England.

The number of teams has gone up from ten to twelve.

 This includes the host nation, the top five teams from the last tournament, the two highest-ranked teams in the ICC Women's T20I rankings who weren't already qualified, and four more teams chosen through a series of qualifying matches. The Netherlands are making their first appearance in the Women's T20 World Cup.

New Zealand are the reigning champions, having won the 2024 edition by beating South Africa in the final.

The ICC Women's T20 World Cup is a cricket tournament for women, played in the Women's Twenty20 International (WT20I) format.

 It is organized by the International Cricket Council (ICC) and is held every two years. The first tournament was in 2009 in England, and this will be the tenth edition. The ninth tournament was in 2024 in the United Arab Emirates, where New Zealand emerged victorious.

In July 2022, as part of the 2024–2027 ICC women's hosting cycle, the ICC decided that the 2026 Women's T20 World Cup would be held in England.

 The England and Wales Cricket Board (ECB) had previously hosted the first edition of the tournament in 2009.

The twelve teams will be split into two groups of six.

 In the group stage, each team plays every other team in their group once, playing in a round-robin format. The top two teams from each group move on to the knockout stage, which includes two semi-finals. The winners of the semi-finals then play each other in the final.

According to the ICC Women's Future Tours Programme for 2025–2029, the tournament was planned to take place in June–July 2026.

 The schedule was officially announced on 24 February 2026, with the tournament running from 12 June to 5 July 2026. The teams will play 33 matches across seven venues in England. On 10 July 2025, the ICC also announced that warm-up matches would be held at two venues in England and one in Wales.

Tournaments

• # Year Dates Host(s) Venues Teams Matches Attendance Ref.
• 1 2009 11 June – 21 June
• 2009 England and Wales
• Cricket Board 4 in England 8 15 —N/a
• 2 2010 5 – 16 May
• 2010 Cricket
• West Indies 3 in West Indies
• 3 2012 26 September – 7 October
• 2012 Sri Lanka
• Cricket 4 in Sri Lanka 17
• 4 2014 23 March – 6 April
• 2014 Bangladesh
• Cricket Board 2 in Bangladesh 10 27
• 5 2016 15 March – 3 April
• 2016 Board of Control
• for Cricket in India 8 in India 23
• 6 2018 9 – 24 November
• 2018 Cricket
• West Indies 3 in West Indies
• 7 2020 21 February – 8 March
• 2021 Cricket
• Australia 6 in Australia
• 8 2023 10 – 26 February
• 2023 Cricket
• South Africa 3 in South Africa
• 9 2024 3 – 20 October
• 2024 Bangladesh
• Cricket Board 2 in United Arab
• Emirates
• 10 2026 12 June – 5 July
• 2026 England and Wales
• Cricket Board 7 in England 12 33
• 11 2028 TBA Pakistan
• Cricket Board TBA

Final results

• Year Final Ref.
• 2009 21 June 2009
• Lord's, London England
• 86/4 (17 overs) 6 wickets New Zealand
• 85 (20 overs) [20]
• 2010 16 May 2010
• Kensington Oval, Bridgetown Australia
• 106/8 (20 overs) 3 runs New Zealand
• 103/6 (20 overs) [21]
• 2012 7 October 2012
• R. Premadasa Stadium, Colombo Australia
• 142/4 (20 overs) 4 runs England
• 138/9 (20 overs) [22]
• 2014 6 April 2014
• Sher-e-Bangla National Cricket Stadium, Dhaka Australia
• 106/4 (15.1 overs) 6 wickets England
• 105/8 (20 overs) [23]
• 2016 3 April 2016
• Eden Gardens, Kolkata West Indies
• 149/2 (19.3 overs) 8 wickets Australia
• 148/5 (20 overs) [24]
• 2018 24 November 2018
• Sir Vivian Richards Stadium, North Sound Australia
• 106/2 (15.1 overs) 8 wickets England
• 105 (19.4 overs) [25]
• 2020 8 March 2020
• Melbourne Cricket Ground, Melbourne Australia
• 184/4 (20 overs) 85 runs India
• 99 (19.1 overs) [26]
• 2023 26 February 2023
• Newlands Cricket Ground, Cape Town Australia
• 156/6 (20 overs) 19 runs South Africa
• 137/6 (20 overs) [27]
• 2024 20 October 2024
• Dubai International Cricket Stadium, Dubai New Zealand
• 158/5 (20 overs) 32 runs South Africa
• 126/9 (20 overs) [28]
• 2026 5 July 2026
• Lord's, London TBA
• TBD TBA

Performance by nations

• Team Appearances Best result Statistics Total First Latest Played Won Lost Tie NR Win%
•  Australia 9 2009 2024 Champions (2010, 2012, 2014, 2018, 2020, 2023) 49 39 9 1(1) 0 80.61
•  England 9 2009 2024 Champions (2009) 42 31 10 1(0) 0 75.00
•  New Zealand 9 2009 2024 Champions (2024) 42 29 13 0 0 69.04
•  West Indies 9 2009 2024 Champions (2016) 39 23 16 0 0 58.97
•  South Africa 9 2009 2024 Runners-up (2023, 2024) 39 18 21 0 0 46.15
•  India 9 2009 2024 Runners-up (2020) 40 22 18 0 0 55.00
•  Sri Lanka 9 2009 2024 First Round (2009–2024) 35 10 25 0 0 28.57
•  Pakistan 9 2009 2024 First Round (2009–2024) 36 9 26 0 1 25.71
•  Bangladesh 6 2014 2024 First Round (2014–2024) 25 3 22 0 0 12.00
•  Ireland 4 2014 2023 First Round (2014–2018, 2023) 17 0 17 0 0 0.00
•  Scotland 1 2024 2024 First Round (2024) 4 0 4 0 0 0.00
•  Thailand 1 2020 2020 First Round (2020) 4 0 3 0 1 0.00
•  Netherlands