ICC Women’s T20 World Cup 2026 Qualification Schedule Confirmed | CricTracker

The complete furnishing of the ICC T20 Women’s World Cup Qualifier 2026including the Super Six stage, have been confirmed.

The 10 teams participating in the tournament in Nepal from January 18 to February 1 will compete for four qualifying spots for the 2026 ICC Women’s T20 World Cup to be held in England and Wales in June-July.

Warm-up matches will take place on January 14 and 16 at three venues: Tribhuvan University Cricket Ground, Upper Mulpani Cricket Ground and Lower Mulpani Cricket Ground.

Tribhuvan University Cricket Ground and Upper Mulpani Cricket Ground will then host exclusive competitive matches once the group stage starts from January 18.

Nepal will take on Thailand, while Bangladesh will play the US in the morning (9am local) before Zimbabwe take on the Netherlands in the afternoon (1pm local) and Ireland will take on Papua New Guinea.

Scotland and Namibia will play their first matches on January 20, with four matches taking place every other day during the group stage, which ends on January 26. The top three teams from Group A and Group B will advance to the Super Six.

Those matches, from which the four qualifying countries will be decided, will take place on January 28, January 30 and February 1.

ICC Women’s T20 World Cup 2026 Qualifiers

Group stage matches

Group A

January 18: USA vs Bangladesh (Cricket Ground Upper Mulpani, 9am)
January 18: Ireland v Papua New Guinea (Upper Mulpani Cricket Ground, 1pm)

January 20: Papua New Guinea v Bangladesh (Tribhuvan University Cricket Ground, 9am)
January 20: Namibia v USA (Upper Mulpani Cricket Ground, 1pm)

January 22: Ireland v USA (Upper Mulpani Cricket Ground, 9am)
January 22: Bangladesh v Namibia (Tribhuvan University Cricket Ground, 1pm)

January 24: Papua New Guinea v Namibia (Upper Mulpani Cricket Ground, 9am)
January 24: Bangladesh v Ireland (Upper Mulpani Cricket Ground, 1pm)

January 26: USA v Papua New Guinea (Upper Mulpani Cricket Ground, 9am)
January 26: Namibia v Ireland (Tribhuvan University Cricket Ground, 1pm)

Group B

January 18: Nepal v Thailand (Tribhuvan University cricket ground, 9am)
January 18: Zimbabwe v Netherlands (Tribhuvan University Cricket Ground, 1 p.m.)

January 20: Zimbabwe v Thailand (Cricket Ground Upper Mulpani, 9am)
January 20: Scotland v Netherlands (Tribhuvan University Cricket Ground, 1pm)

January 22: Nepal vs Netherlands (Tribhuvan University cricket ground, 9am)
January 22: Scotland v Zimbabwe (Upper Mulpani Cricket Ground, 1pm)

January 24: Thailand v Scotland (Tribhuvan University cricket ground, 9am)
January 24: Nepal v Zimbabwe (Tribhuvan University cricket ground, 1 p.m.)

January 26: Nepal v Scotland (Tribhuvan University cricket ground, 9am)
January 26: Netherlands v Thailand (Cricket Ground Upper Mulpani, 1 p.m.)

Super six*

January 28: QB2 v QA2 (Tribhuvan University Cricket Ground, 9am)
January 28: QB3 v QA1 (Upper Mulpani cricket ground, 9am)
January 28: QA3 v QB1 (Tribhuvan University Cricket Ground, 1pm)

January 30: QA1 v QB2 (Tribhuvan University Cricket Ground, 9am)
January 30: QA2 v QB1 (Upper Mulpani cricket ground, 9am)
January 30: QA3 v QB3 (Upper Mulpani cricket ground, 1pm)

February 1: QA2 v QB3 (Tribhuvan University Cricket Ground, 9am)
February 1: QA1 v QB1 (Upper Mulpani cricket ground, 9am)
February 1: QB2 v QA3 (Tribhuvan University Cricket Ground, 1pm)

*Nepal will play as QB2 if they advance to the Super Six stage.

Warm-up matches

January 14 (morning):
Bangladesh v Netherlands (Tribhuvan University Cricket Ground)
Zimbabwe v Papua New Guinea (Upper Mulpani Cricket Ground)
Nepal v Ireland (Lower Mulpani Cricket Ground)

January 14 (afternoon):
Namibia v Thailand (Tribhuvan University cricket ground)
USA v Scotland (Upper Mulpani Cricket Ground)

January 16 (morning):
Ireland v Zimbabwe (Tribhuvan University cricket ground)
Papua New Guinea v Scotland (Upper Mulpani Cricket Ground)
Netherlands vs Namibia (Lower Mulpani Cricket Ground)

January 16 (afternoon):
Nepal vs USA (Tribhuvan University cricket ground)
Thailand v Bangladesh (Upper Mulpani Cricket Ground)