2020 ICC Men's T20 World Cup

The 2020 ICC Men's T20 World Cup is scheduled to be the seventh ICC Men's T20 World Cup tournament,[2][3] with matches to be held in Australia from 18 October to 15 November 2020.[4][5][6] The final will be held at the Melbourne Cricket Ground.[7]

For the women's tournament that took place in the same year, see 2020 ICC Women's T20 World Cup.

2020 ICC Men's T20 World Cup
Logo of the 2020 ICC Men's T20 World Cup
Dates18 October – 15 November 2020
Administrator(s)International Cricket Council
Cricket formatTwenty20 International
Host(s) Australia
Participants16
Matches played45[1]

In April 2020, the International Cricket Council (ICC) confirmed that despite the COVID-19 pandemic, the tournament was still planned to go ahead as scheduled.[8][9] However, the following month a senior ICC official said that it would be "too big a risk" to host the tournament in 2020,[10] The ICC also stated that reports of postponing the tournament were inaccurate, with multiple contingency plans being looked at.[11] A decision on the tournament was originally deferred until the ICC's meeting on 10 June 2020,[12] with a further announcement scheduled to be made in July 2020.[13] In June 2020, Earl Eddings, the chairman of Cricket Australia, said that it was "unlikely" and "unrealistic" that the tournament would take place in Australia as scheduled.[14]

Teams and qualification
Main article: 2019 ICC Men's T20 World Cup Qualifier

As of 31 December 2018, the top nine ranked ICC Full Members, alongside hosts Australia, qualified directly for the 2020 tournament.[15][16] Of those ten teams, the top eight ranked sides qualified for the Super 12s stage of the tournament.[15] Sri Lanka and Bangladesh did not qualify for the Super 12s, instead being placed in the group stage of the competition.[15] They were joined by the six teams who had qualified for the tournament via the 2019 ICC T20 World Cup Qualifier.[15] Of the teams in the ICC T20I Championship, the United Arab Emirates and Nepal could only qualify through regional competitions.[6] The top four teams from the group stage will then advance to the Super 12s.[15]

Papua New Guinea became the first team to qualify directly for the 2020 Men's ICC T20 World Cup, after they won Group A of the qualifier tournament, finishing above the Netherlands on net run rate.[17] It was the first time that Papua New Guinea had qualified for a World Cup in any format.[18] Ireland became the second team to qualify directly to the Men's T20 World Cup, after they won Group B of the qualifier tournament, also on net run rate.[19]

In the first qualifier match in the playoffs, the Netherlands qualified for the Men's T20 World Cup when they beat the United Arab Emirates by eight wickets, after the UAE only scored 80 runs in their innings.[20] The second qualifier match saw Namibia advance to their first T20 World Cup after beating Oman by 54 runs.[21] Scotland beat tournament hosts the United Arab Emirates in the third qualifier by 90 runs to secure their place in the T20 World Cup.[22] The final qualifier match saw Oman become the last team to qualify for the Men's T20 World Cup, after they narrowly beat Hong Kong by 12 runs.[23]

Means of QualificationDateVenueBerthsQualified
Host Nation 10 February 2015 1  Australia
ICC T20I Championship
(Top 9 teams in rankings who played in the last WT20, excluding the hosts)[15]		 31 December 2018 Various 9  Pakistan
 India
 England
 South Africa
 New Zealand
 West Indies
 Afghanistan
 Sri Lanka
 Bangladesh
2019 ICC Men's T20 World Cup Qualifier 18 October–3 November 2019 United Arab Emirates 6  Netherlands
 Papua New Guinea
 Ireland
 Namibia
 Scotland
 Oman
Total 16

Venues

In January 2018, the ICC announced that the following venues would be hosting matches:[24]

Venues of 2020 Men's ICC World T20 in Australia
Adelaide Brisbane Geelong Hobart
Adelaide Oval The Gabba Kardinia Park Bellerive Oval
Capacity: 53,500[25] Capacity: 42,000[26] Capacity: 36,000[27] Capacity: 20,000[28]
Matches: 7 (semi-final) Matches: 4 Matches: 6 Matches: 8
Melbourne Perth Sydney
MCG Perth Stadium SCG
Capacity: 94,000[29] Capacity: 60,000[30] Capacity: 42,500[31]
Matches: 7 (final) Matches: 6 Matches: 7 (semi-final)

Fixtures

On 29 January 2019, the ICC announced the fixtures for the Men's and Women's 2020 T20 World Cups.[32] On 2 November 2019, the ICC confirmed the fixtures for the six teams that had progressed from the 2019 ICC Men's T20 World Cup Qualifier, in Groups A and B of the first round of the tournament.[33]

First Round

All times are in Australian Eastern Daylight Time (UTC+11:00).

Group A
Team
 P W L T NR Pts NRR
 Ireland 0000000.000
 Oman 0000000.000
 Papua New Guinea 0000000.000
 Sri Lanka 0000000.000

     Advance to Super 12s

18 October 2020
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20 October 2020
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20 October 2020
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22 October 2020
14:00
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22 October 2020
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Group B
Team
 P W L T NR Pts NRR
 Bangladesh 0000000.000
 Namibia 0000000.000
 Netherlands 0000000.000
 Scotland 0000000.000

     Advance to Super 12s

19 October 2020
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19 October 2020
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21 October 2020
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21 October 2020
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23 October 2020
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23 October 2020
19:00 (D/N)
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Super 12

Group 1
Team
 P W L T NR Pts NRR
 Australia 0000000.000
 New Zealand 0000000.000
 Pakistan 0000000.000
 West Indies 0000000.000
A1 0000000.000
B2 0000000.000

     Advance to Knockout stage

24 October 2020
19:00 (D/N)
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25 October 2020
14:00
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A1
v
B2
27 October 2020
19:00 (D/N)
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B2
28 October 2020
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29 October 2020
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A1
30 October 2020
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B2
31 October 2020
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The Gabba, Brisbane
31 October 2020
19:00 (D/N)
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A1
The Gabba, Brisbane
2 November 2020
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A1
The Gabba, Brisbane
3 November 2020
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3 November 2020
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B2
6 November 2020
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B2
7 November 2020
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A1

Group 2
Team
 P W L T NR Pts NRR
 Afghanistan 0000000.000
 England 0000000.000
 India 0000000.000
 South Africa 0000000.000
B1 0000000.000
A2 0000000.000

     Advance to Knockout stage

24 October 2020
19:00 (D/N)
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v
26 October 2020
14:00
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A2
26 October 2020
19:00 (D/N)
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B1
28 October 2020
14:00
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B1
29 October 2020
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A2
1 November 2020
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2 November 2020
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A2
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B1
4 November 2020
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The Gabba, Brisbane
5 November 2020
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A2
5 November 2020
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B1
7 November 2020
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A2
8 November 2020
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B1
8 November 2020
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Knockout stage
Semi-finals Final
      
 
 
 
 
 
 

Semi-finals
11 November 2020
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TBC
12 November 2020
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Final
15 November 2020
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TBC

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