CANADA TO HOST AMERICAS QUALIFIER IN JULY 2021
\nThe revised qualification path schedule for the 2022 ICC T20 World Cup was issued today (14
\nDecember 2020) via an ICC Media Release. The actual 2022 ICC T20 World Cup will be played
\nin Australia in October and November 2022.
\nWithin the overall mix for the 2022 ICC Men\u2019s T20 World Cup, the 16 teams that originally
\nqualified for the 2020 Australia event that was called off due to COVID-19 will now play in the
\nICC Men\u2019s T20 World Cup 2021 in India. As a reminder, which also has relevance on the path
\nto the 2022 World Cup, the participating teams for the 2021 T20 World Cup in India are:
\nAustralia, Afghanistan, Bangladesh, England, India, Ireland, Namibia, Netherlands, New
\nZealand, Oman, Pakistan, Papua New Guinea, Scotland, South Africa, Sri Lanka and West
\nIndies.
\nCanada will host ICC Men\u2019s T20 World Cup Americas Qualifier in July 2021. The top from the
\neight participating teams from the Americas Regional Qualifier will advance to the Global
\nQualifier stage. The eight participating countries in the Americas Regional qualifier are:
\nArgentina, Bahamas, Belize, Bermuda, Canada, Cayman Islands, Panama, USA. Games are due
\nto be played from 17 July 2021 through to 23 July 2021.
\nOne team from the Americas Qualifier will advance to ICC Men\u2019s T20 World Cup Qualifier A
\nthat is scheduled to be played in February 2022. The other Americas qualifier will advance to
\nICC Men\u2019s T20 World Cup Qualifier B that is scheduled to be played in May 2022.
\nThe host countries for the two Global Qualifiers for the 2022 ICC Men\u2019s T20 World Cup will be
\nnamed at a later date.
\nThe revised scheduling is based on an expanded return of international cricket during the early
\npart of 2021. The ICC will be monitoring the ongoing COVID-19 situation and will act, if
\nnecessary, to protect the hosts and participants in each of the scheduled qualification events.<\/p>\n
The Rescheduled Qualification Path to the 2022 Men\u2019s T20 World Cup
\nA) The Fast-Track to the Global Qualifiers
\nThe bottom four teams from the 2021 T20 World Cup will each play in one of two Global
\nQualifiers for the 2022 Mens T20 World Cup.
\nNepal, Singapore, UAE and Zimbabwe each qualify for the one of the two Global Qualifiers for
\nthe 2022 T20 World Cup based on their MRF Tyres ICC Men\u2019s T20I Team Rankings.<\/p>\n
B) The Broader Track to the Global Qualifiers
\nThe four-step qualification process to the 2022 Men\u2019s T20 World Cup involves 86 teams
\n(including 67 ICC Associate Member teams) competing for 15 spots in that 2022 T20 World
\nCup. Some 225 T20Is are scheduled to be played in 11 regional qualification tournaments across
\nthe five ICC Regions.
\nThe qualification process for the ICC Americas Region will comprise just one top-tier
\nqualification tournament from which two teams will advance to the Global Qualifier, which will
\ninclude 16 teams. Four teams will advance from the Global Qualifier to the 2022 Men\u2019s T20
\nWorld Cup.
\nThe ICC Regional Qualifiers will also see two teams advance to the Global Qualifier from each
\nof the Asia and Europe regions while one team will advance to the Global Qualifier from from
\neach of Afirca and East Asia- Pacific.
\nAs noted in the introductory section of this report, the remaining eight spots in the Global
\nQualifiers will comprise direct entry for Nepal, Singapore, UAE and Zimbabwe based on their
\nMRF Tyres ICC Men\u2019s T20I Team Rankings plus the four bottom teams from the 2021 ICC
\nMen\u2019s T20 World Cup. Four teams from the Global Qualifiers will join Australia (hosts) and the
\n11 automatic qualifiers from the ICC Men\u2019s T20 World Cup 2021 to complete the 16-teams in
\nthe 2022 ICC Men\u2019s T20 World Cup 2022.<\/p>\n
Eddie Norfolk
\nToronto,
\n14 December 2020<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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