With more teams and a new format, the 2024 edition of the ICC Men's T20 World Cup is certain to throw up fresh match-ups and historic moments.
Qualifying as hosts alongside the West Indies, the tournament will be ground-breaking for the USA, hosting their first global event.
The 20-team tournament proper in 2024 will work in two phases before the knockouts, though in a different framework from the First Round/Super 12 format at the 2021 and 2022 edition.
The top two teams in each of the four groups of five will move to a Super Eight phase, where the remaining sides will be split into two groups of four. The top two in each group will then make their way to the semi-finals.
Before all of that though, the 20 teams need to be determined.
How each team qualifies for the ICC Men's T20 World Cup 2024
As hosts, the West Indies and the USA take up the first two spots for 2024. From there, performances at the 2022 edition, and the ICC T20I rankings cut-off on November 14, determined the next 10 teams.
The top eight teams in Australia (top four in each Super 12 group) gained spots for the 2024 tournament, with Afghanistan and Bangladesh, the next best teams on the ICC Men’s T20I Team Rankings, also securing their spot.
Team - Path of Qualification
West Indies - Hosts
USA - Hosts
Australia - 2022 T20WC top eight finish
England - 2022 T20WC top eight finish
India - 2022 T20WC top eight finish
Netherlands - 2022 T20WC top eight finish
New Zealand - 2022 T20WC top eight finish
Pakistan - 2022 T20WC top eight finish
South Africa - 2022 T20WC top eight finish
Sri Lanka - 2022 T20WC top eight finish
Afghanistan - Next best on T20I rankings at Nov 14 cut-off
Bangladesh - Next best on T20I rankings at Nov 14 cut-off
The final eight spots for the 2024 tournament will be decided in regional play.
Asia
Regional qualifying spots: two
The Asia region is arguably the toughest to predict for 2024, with several teams in the running and no certainties for the two spots.
UAE just edge Nepal and Oman on paper, and the likes of Singapore, Hong Kong, Bahrain, Qatar and Malaysia are all capable of upsetting the bigger teams.
UAE had the opportunity to claim automatic qualification through the 2022 event, though failed to progress to the Super 12 stage in the hopes of finishing in the top four of one of the groups.
East Asia-Pacific
Regional qualifying spots: one
One of the stories of the 2021 T20 World Cup, Papua New Guinea have a theoretically easier run in the cycle for 2024, with an automatic spot for the top East Asia-Pacific team.
The winners of the Sub-Regional A Qualifier earlier in the year, Vanuatu would likely pose the biggest threat to the Barramundis, while the Philippines, buoyed by their appearance at the Global Qualifier A for the 2022 tournament, are sure to make their presence felt.
Japan, the winner of Sub-Regional Qualifier B and boasting an Under-19 World Cup appearance in 2020, will also feature at next year’s regional qualifier.
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