This article is about the Women's T20 Cricket World Cup. For ODI Cricket World Cup, see Women's Cricket World Cup.

Women's T20 World Cup
Tournament logo
Administrator International Cricket Council
Format T20I
First edition 2009 England
Latest edition 2024 United Arab Emirates
Next edition 2026 England & Wales
Tournament format Round robin and knockout
Number of teams 12 (16 from 2030)
Current champion  New Zealand (1st title)
Most successful  Australia (6 titles)
Most runs New Zealand Suzie Bates (1,216)[1]
Most wickets Australia Megan Schutt (48)[2]
Website t20worldcup.com

The ICC Women's T20 World Cup is a biennial world cup for the sport of cricket in the T20I format. It is organised by the International Cricket Council.[3] The first edition was held in England in 2009.[4] For the first 3 editions, there were eight participating nations, but the number was raised to ten from the 2014 edition.[5] The number of teams are set to increase to twelve during the 2026 edition.[6]

At each tournament, a set number of teams qualify automatically, with the remaining teams determined by the Women's T20 World Cup Qualifier. As of 2024, a total of nine editions have been held and twelve teams have participated, Australia, having won the tournament six times (2010, 2012, 2014, 2018, 2020, 2023) are the most successful team, while England (2009), West Indies (2016) and New Zealand (2024) have one title each.[7]

New Zealand are the current champions having won the 2024 edition for the first time, after defeating South Africa in the final.

History

Main article: History of the T20 World Cup

Qualification

Qualification is determined by the ICC Women's Twenty20 International rankings and a qualification event, the Women's World Twenty20 Qualifier. Until 2014, the top six teams of the ICC Women's Twenty20 International rankings would automatically qualify and the remaining two places determined by a qualification process. In the 2014 edition, six places were determined by the top eight teams of the ICC Women's T20I rankings, with the host country and three qualifiers joining them in the tournament.[citation needed] From 2016 onwards, seven places were determined by the top eight teams of the ICC Women's T20I Team rankings, with the host country and two qualifiers joining them in the tournament.[citation needed]

Trophy

The winners of the ICC Women's T20 World Cup receive a trophy designed and made by British silversmiths Thomas Lyte. Standing at 50cm in height, the women’s trophy was created with silver-plated base metal and brings together a number of separate metal castings.[8]

Summary

Tournaments

Details of Women's T20 World Cup 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 [9]
2 2010 5 – 16 May
2010		 Cricket
West Indies		 3 in West Indies [10]
3 2012 26 September – 7 October
2012		 Sri Lanka
Cricket		 4 in Sri Lanka 17 [11]
4 2014 23 March – 6 April
2014		 Bangladesh
Cricket Board		 2 in Bangladesh 10 27 [12]
5 2016 15 March – 3 April
2016		 Board of Control
for Cricket in India		 8 in India 23 [13]
6 2018 9 – 24 November
2018		 Cricket
West Indies		 3 in West Indies [14]
7 2020 21 February – 8 March
2021		 Cricket
Australia		 6 in Australia [15]
8 2023 10 – 26 February
2023		 Cricket
South Africa		 3 in South Africa [16]
9 2024 3 – 20 October
2024		 Bangladesh
Cricket Board		 2 in United Arab
Emirates		 [17]
10 2026 12 June – 5 July
2026		 England and Wales
Cricket Board		 7 in England 12 33 [18]
11 2028 TBA Pakistan
Cricket Board		 TBA [19]

Final results

Details of Women's T20 World Cup finals
Year Final Ref.
Date & Venue Winner Victory margin Runner-up
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

As of the 2024 edition

Nations are ordered by best result then by appearances, then by winning percentage, then by total number of wins, total number of games, and then alphabetically:

Team Appearances Best result Statistics[29]
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

Note:

  • The number in bracket indicates number of wins in tied matches by Super Overs however these are considered half a win regardless of the result. The win percentage excludes no results and counts ties (irrespective of a tiebreaker) as half a win.

By editions

The table below provides an overview of the performances of teams in the ICC Women's T20 World Cup. For each tournament, the number of teams in each finals tournament (in brackets) are shown.

Legend
  • C – Champions
  • RU – Runners-up
  • SF – Semi-finalist
  • R1 – Round 1 (group stage)
  • Q – Qualified, Still in Competition
  •  •  – Did not qualify
  •  ×  – Did not enter
  •     — Hosts
No. of Teams/
Hosts/
Year

Teams
(8)
England
2009		 (8)
Cricket West Indies
2010		 (8)
Sri Lanka
2012		 (10)
Bangladesh
2014		 (10)
India
2016		 (10)
Cricket West Indies
2018		 (10)
Australia
2020		 (10)
South Africa
2023		 (10)
United Arab Emirates
2024		 (12)
England
2026		 Total
 Australia SF C C C RU C C C SF Q 10
 Bangladesh × × × R1 R1 R1 R1 R1 R1 Q 7
 England C R1 RU RU SF RU SF SF R1 Q 10
 India SF SF R1 R1 R1 SF RU SF R1 Q 10
 Ireland × × × R1 R1 R1 • R1 • Q 5
 New Zealand RU RU SF R1 SF R1 R1 R1 C Q 10
 Netherlands × × × • • • • • • Q 1
 Pakistan R1 R1 R1 R1 R1 R1 R1 R1 R1 Q 10
 Scotland × × × × • • • • R1 Q 2
 South Africa R1 R1 R1 SF R1 R1 SF RU RU Q 10
 Sri Lanka R1 R1 R1 R1 R1 R1 R1 R1 R1 Q 10
 Thailand × × × • • • R1 • • • 1
 West Indies R1 SF SF SF C SF R1 R1 SF Q 10

Team debuts

Year Debutants Total
2009  Australia,  England,  India,  New Zealand,  Pakistan,  South Africa,  Sri Lanka,  West Indies 8
2010 none 0
2012 none 0
2014  Bangladesh,  Ireland 2
2016 none 0
2018 none 0
2020  Thailand 1
2023 none 0
2024  Scotland 1
2026  Netherlands 1
Total 13

Records

Main article: List of Women's T20 World Cup records
As of 16 November 2024
T20 World Cup records
Batting
Most runs New Zealand Suzie Bates 1,216 (2009 – 2024) [30]
Highest score Australia Meg Lanning v  Ireland at Sylhet 126 (2014) [31]
Highest partnership England Nat Sciver-Brunt & Heather Knight
v  Thailand at Canberra		 169* (2020) [32]
Most runs in a tournament Australia Beth Mooney 259 (2020) [33]
Bowling
Most wickets Australia Megan Schutt 48 (2016 – 2024) [34]
Best bowling figures Cricket West Indies Deandra Dottin v  Bangladesh at Providence 5/5 (2018) [35]
Most wickets in a tournament New Zealand Amelia Kerr 15 (2024) [36]
Fielding
Most dismissals (wicket-keeper) Australia Alyssa Healy 32 (2010 – 2024) [37]
Most catches (fielder) New Zealand Suzie Bates 26 (2009 – 2024) [38]
Team
Highest team total  England (v  Sri Lanka) at Edgbaston Cricket Ground 219/1

(2026)

 [39]
Lowest team total  Bangladesh (v  West Indies) at Providence 46 (2018) [40]


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