T20 World Cup 2026 Schedule Match Date Venue And How many Teams will participate

T20 World Cup 2026 Qualified Teams: The countdown of T20 World Cup 2026 has started. India will step into the tournament as the defending champion, which defeated South Africa by 7 runs in the final of the 2024 T20 World Cup. This will be the tenth edition of the T20 World Cup. Let us know that so far India, West Indies and England have won this trophy twice, while Pakistan, Sri Lanka and Australia have won the title once. Here, let’s know where the 2026 T20 World Cup will be played, when will it start and how many teams will participate in the tournament?

When and where will the 2026 T20 World Cup be played?

India and Sri Lanka are going to host the 2026 T20 World Cup. This will be the second time when India and Sri Lanka will be hosting a T20 World Cup tournament. The date of the tournament has not been revealed yet, but the World Cup matches will be played in the month of February-March next year.

How many teams will participate?

The T20 World Cup tournament will be played in the 2024 format, in which 20 teams from all over the world are going to participate. These 20 countries will be divided into four groups of five teams each. After that, the team that finishes the top-2 from each group will enter the Super-8 stage. In the Super-8 stage, two groups of four teams will be formed, in which the team living in Top-2 will qualify for the semi-finals.

Let us tell you that so far a total of 13 teams have qualified for the World Cup. India and Sri Lanka got entry into the Direct World Cup tournament as a host. Apart from them, the top-8 teams of 2024 T20 World Cup got a direct entry in the next World Cup. After him, two teams have qualified for the World Cup on the basis of rankings. At the same time, the decision of the remaining 8 teams will be on the basis of regional qualifiers.

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