ICC Women’s T20 World Cup 2026 Qualifier schedule confirmed

The complete fixtures of the ICC Women’s T20 World Cup Qualifier 2026, including the Super Six stage, have been confirmed.

The 10 teams participating in the tournament in Nepal from January 18 to February 1 will vie for four qualification spots in the ICC Women’s T20 World Cup 2026 to be held in England and Wales in June-July.

Warm-up games will take place on January 14 and January 16 at three locations - Tribhuvan University Cricket Ground, Upper Mulpani Cricket Ground and Lower Mulpani Cricket Ground.

Tribhuvan University Cricket Ground and Upper Mulpani Cricket Ground will then exclusively host competitive matches once the group stage gets underway from 18 January.

Nepal take on Thailand while Bangladesh face USA in the morning’s games (9am local) before the afternoon (1pm local) sees Zimbabwe go up against the Netherlands and Ireland do battle with Papua New Guinea.

Scotland and Namibia play their first matches on January 20, with four games taking place every other day through the group stage, which concludes on January 26. The top three teams from Group A and Group B go through to the Super Six.

Those matches, from which the four qualifying nations will be decided, take place on January 28, January 30 and February 1.

ICC Women’s T20 World Cup 2026 Qualifier fixtures

Group stage matches

Group A

January 18: USA v Bangladesh (Upper Mulpani Cricket Ground, 9am)
January 18: Ireland v Papua New Guinea (Upper Mulpani Cricket Ground, 1pm)

January 20: Papua New Guinea v Bangladesh (Tribhuvan University Cricket Ground, 9am)
January 20: Namibia v USA (Upper Mulpani Cricket Ground, 1pm)

January 22: Ireland v USA (Upper Mulpani Cricket Ground, 9am)
January 22: Bangladesh v Namibia (Tribhuvan University Cricket Ground, 1pm)

January 24: Papua New Guinea v Namibia (Upper Mulpani Cricket Ground, 9am)
January 24: Bangladesh v Ireland (Upper Mulpani Cricket Ground, 1pm)

January 26: USA v Papua New Guinea (Upper Mulpani Cricket Ground, 9am)
January 26: Namibia v Ireland (Tribhuvan University Cricket Ground, 1pm)

Group B

January 18: Nepal v Thailand (Tribhuvan University Cricket Ground, 9am)
January 18: Zimbabwe v Netherlands (Tribhuvan University Cricket Ground, 1pm)

January 20: Zimbabwe v Thailand (Upper Mulpani Cricket Ground, 9am)
January 20: Scotland v Netherlands (Tribhuvan University Cricket Ground, 1pm)

January 22: Nepal v Netherlands (Tribhuvan University Cricket Ground, 9am)
January 22: Scotland v Zimbabwe (Upper Mulpani Cricket Ground, 1pm)

January 24: Thailand v Scotland (Tribhuvan University Cricket Ground, 9am)
January 24: Nepal v Zimbabwe (Tribhuvan University Cricket Ground, 1pm)

January 26: Nepal v Scotland (Tribhuvan University Cricket Ground, 9am)
January 26: Netherlands v Thailand (Upper Mulpani Cricket Ground, 1pm)

Super Six*

January 28: QB2 v QA2 (Tribhuvan University Cricket Ground, 9am)
January 28: QB3 v QA1 (Upper Mulpani Cricket Ground, 9am)
January 28: QA3 v QB1 (Tribhuvan University Cricket Ground, 1pm)

January 30: QA1 v QB2 (Tribhuvan University Cricket Ground, 9am)
January 30: QA2 v QB1 (Upper Mulpani Cricket Ground, 9am)
January 30: QA3 v QB3 (Upper Mulpani Cricket Ground, 1pm)

February 1: QA2 v QB3 (Tribhuvan University Cricket Ground, 9am)
February 1: QA1 v QB1 (Upper Mulpani Cricket Ground, 9am)
February 1: QB2 v QA3 (Tribhuvan University Cricket Ground, 1pm)

*Nepal will play as QB2 if they proceed to the Super Six stage.

Warm-up Matches

January 14 (morning):
Bangladesh v Netherlands (Tribhuvan University Cricket Ground)
Zimbabwe v Papua New Guinea (Upper Mulpani Cricket Ground)
Nepal v Ireland (Lower Mulpani Cricket Ground)

January 14 (afternoon):
Namibia v Thailand (Tribhuvan University Cricket Ground)
USA v Scotland (Upper Mulpani Cricket Ground)

January 16 (morning):
Ireland v Zimbabwe (Tribhuvan University Cricket Ground)
Papua New Guinea v Scotland (Upper Mulpani Cricket Ground)
Netherlands v Namibia (Lower Mulpani Cricket Ground)

January 16 (afternoon):
Nepal v USA (Tribhuvan University Cricket Ground)
Thailand v Bangladesh (Upper Mulpani Cricket Ground)