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The 2026 ICC Men's T20 World Cup will be the tenth edition of the Men's T20 World Cup. It is scheduled to be hosted by the defending champions India along with Sri Lanka from February to March 2026.

The ICC Men's T20 World Cup is a biennial world cup for cricket in Twenty20 International (T20I) format, organized by the International Cricket Council (ICC). The tournament, now being held every two years, was first played in 2007 in South Africa.^[1] India are the defending champions, having defeated South Africa in the final of the previous edition^[2]

In November 2021, as part of the 2024–2031 ICC men's hosts cycle, India and Sri Lanka were announced as co-hosts for the tournament.^[3] Sri Lanka first hosted the T20 World Cup in 2012 and India hosted in 2016.^[4] In December 2024, following an agreement between the Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI) and Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB), the ICC confirmed that matches involving India and Pakistan matches at all ICC events hosted by India or Pakistan would be played at a neutral venue until at least 2027. As a result, any matches involving Pakistan at the 2026 tournament will be played in Sri Lanka.^[5]

The tournament's format will remain the same as the previous edition. The 20 qualifying teams were divided into four groups of five teams; the five teams in each group played with the other four – for a total of ten matches per group – and the top two teams in each group advanced to the Super 8 stage. The advanced 8 teams were divided into two groups of four teams based on pre-tournament seedings; the advanced teams in each group played with all the others in that group – for a total of six matches per group – and the top two teams in each advanced group advanced to the knockout stage.^[6]

India and Sri Lanka qualified directly as co-hosts.^[7] They will be joined by the top eight teams from the 2024 Men's T20 World Cup and the best three other teams from the ICC Men's T20I Team Rankings.^[8] The remaining eight teams will be decided by regional qualifiers,^[9] with two teams from Africa^[10][11][12] and Europe,^[13][14][15] three teams from the combined Asia and East Asia-Pacific region,^[16][17][18] and one team from the Americas region.

List of teams qualified for the 2026 Men's T20 World Cup

Method of qualification	Date of qualification	Venues	No. of teams	Teams
Hosts	16 November 2021	—	2	India
				Sri Lanka
2024 Men's T20 World Cup (Top teams from previous tournament)	17 June 2024	United States  West Indies	7	Afghanistan
				Australia
				Bangladesh
				England
				South Africa
				United States
				West Indies
ICC Men's T20I Team Rankings	30 June 2024	—	3	Ireland
				New Zealand
				Pakistan
Europe Qualifier	5–11 July 2025	Netherlands	2	TBD
				TBD
Africa Qualifier	19 September – 4 October 2025	Zimbabwe		TBD
				TBD
Asia–EAP Qualifier	September – October 2025	Oman	3	TBD
				TBD
				TBD
Americas Qualifier	TBD – 2025	Canada	1	TBD
Total			20

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