The ICC Women’s T20 World Cup 2026 is only a few months away from beginning, and in the 12-team tournament, 4 teams are yet to be finalised. Now, on Wednesday, the apex cricket body came up with the schedule for the ICC Women’s T20 World Cup qualifier that will be played in Nepal from Jan 18 to Feb 1.
From there, only four teams will progress to the main tournament, which will be hosted by England & Wales in June and July. Meanwhile, coming back to the qualifiers, they will begin with warm-up games, which will be held from Jan 14-16. The main matches will be held in two grounds — Tribhuvan University Cricket Ground and Upper Mulpani Cricket Ground.
As far as the format is concerned, the top three teams from each group will progress to super 6. The deciders — where the four qualifiers will be decided — would take place on Jan 28, Jan 30 and Feb 1.
Qualifier schedule
Group A
18 January: USA v Bangladesh (Upper Mulpani Cricket Ground, 9am)
18 January: Ireland v Papua New Guinea (Upper Mulpani Cricket Ground, 1pm)
20 January: Papua New Guinea v Bangladesh (Tribhuvan University Cricket Ground, 9am)
20 January: Namibia v USA (Upper Mulpani Cricket Ground, 1pm)
22 January: Ireland v USA (Upper Mulpani Cricket Ground, 9am)
22 January: Bangladesh v Namibia (Tribhuvan University Cricket Ground, 1pm)
24 January: Papua New Guinea v Namibia (Upper Mulpani Cricket Ground, 9am)
24 January: Bangladesh v Ireland (Upper Mulpani Cricket Ground, 1pm)
26 January: USA v Papua New Guinea (Upper Mulpani Cricket Ground, 9am)
26 January: Namibia v Ireland (Tribhuvan University Cricket Ground, 1pm)
Group B
18 January: Nepal v Thailand (Tribhuvan University Cricket Ground, 9am)
18 January: Zimbabwe v Netherlands (Tribhuvan University Cricket Ground, 1pm)
20 January: Zimbabwe v Thailand (Upper Mulpani Cricket Ground, 9am)
20 January: Scotland v Netherlands (Tribhuvan University Cricket Ground, 1pm)
22 January: Nepal v Netherlands (Tribhuvan University Cricket Ground, 9am)
22 January: Scotland v Zimbabwe (Upper Mulpani Cricket Ground, 1pm)
24 January: Thailand v Scotland (Tribhuvan University Cricket Ground, 9am)
24 January: Nepal v Zimbabwe (Tribhuvan University Cricket Ground, 1pm)
26 January: Nepal v Scotland (Tribhuvan University Cricket Ground, 9am)
26 January: Netherlands v Thailand (Upper Mulpani Cricket Ground, 1pm)
Super Six
28 January: QB2 v QA2 (Tribhuvan University Cricket Ground, 9am)
28 January: QB3 v QA1 (Upper Mulpani Cricket Ground, 9am)
28 January: QA3 v QB1 (Tribhuvan University Cricket Ground, 1pm)
30 January: QA1 v QB2 (Tribhuvan University Cricket Ground, 9am)
30 January: QA2 v QB1 (Upper Mulpani Cricket Ground, 9am)
30 January: QA3 v QB3 (Upper Mulpani Cricket Ground, 1pm)
1 February: QA2 v QB3 (Tribhuvan University Cricket Ground, 9am)
1 February: QA1 v QB1 (Upper Mulpani Cricket Ground, 9am)
1 February: QB2 v QA3 (Tribhuvan University Cricket Ground, 1pm)
*Nepal will play as QB2 if they proceed to the Super Six stage
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