# Women's T20 World Cup

The Women's T20 World Cup is the biennial international championship for women's Twenty20 International cricket. The event is organised by the sport's governing body, the International Cricket Council, with the first edition having been held in England in 2009. For the first three tournaments, there were eight participants, but this number has been raised to ten from the 2014 edition onwards. In July 2022, the ICC announced that the Bangladesh would host the 2024 tournament and that England would host the 2026 tournament. The number of teams in at the 2026 tournament is also set to increase to twelve.
At each tournament, a set number of teams qualify automatically, with the remaining teams determined by the Women's T20 World Cup Qualifier.
As of 2024, a total of nine editions have been held and twelve teams have participated, Australia, having won the tournament a record six times (2010, 2012, 2014, 2018, 2020, 2023) are the most successful team, while England (2009), West Indies (2016) and New Zealand (2024) have one title each. In August 2024, ICC announced that the United Arab Emirates will be the venue for the Women's T20 World Cup instead of Bangladesh although the Bangladesh Cricket Board (BCB) continued to officially host the event. The matches were played at Dubai and Sharjah.
New Zealand are the current champions having won the 2024 edition for the first time, after defeating South Africa in the final.

## History

Women's T20 World Cup winners :
| Year | Champions |
| 2009 | England |
| 2010 | Australia |
| 2012 | Australia (2) |
| 2014 | Australia (3) |
| 2016 | West Indies |
| 2018 | Australia (4) |
| 2020 | Australia (5) |
| 2023 | Australia (6) |
| 2024 | New Zealand |

## Qualification

Qualification is determined by the ICC Women's Twenty20 International rankings and a qualification event, the Women's World Twenty20 Qualifier. Until 2014, the top six teams of the ICC Women's Twenty20 International rankings would automatically qualify and the remaining two places determined by a qualification process. In the 2014 edition, six places were determined by the top eight teams of the ICC Women's T20I rankings, with the host country and three qualifiers joining them in the tournament. From 2016 onwards, seven places were determined by the top eight teams of the ICC Women's T20I Team rankings, with the host country and two qualifiers joining them in the tournament.

## Summary

| Year | Host nation(s) | Final venue |
| Year | Host nation(s) | Final venue | Winners | Result | Runners-up | No. of Teams |
| 2009 | England | Lord's, London | England 86/4 (17 overs) | England won by 6 wickets Scorecard | New Zealand 85 (20 overs) | 8 |
| 2010 | West Indies | Kensington Oval, Bridgetown | Australia 106/8 (20 overs) | Australia won by 3 runs Scorecard | New Zealand 103/6 (20 overs) | 8 |
| 2012 | Sri Lanka | R. Premadasa Stadium, Colombo | Australia 142/4 (20 overs) | Australia won by 4 runs Scorecard | England 138/9 (20 overs) | 8 |
| 2014 | Bangladesh | Sher-e-Bangla National Cricket Stadium, Dhaka | Australia 106/4 (15 overs) | Australia won by 6 wickets Scorecard | England 105/8 (20 overs) | 10 |
| 2016 | India | Eden Gardens, Kolkata | West Indies 149/2 (19 overs) | West Indies won by 8 wickets Scorecard | Australia 148/5 (20 overs) | 10 |
| 2018 | West Indies | Sir Vivian Richards Stadium, North Sound | Australia 106/2 (15.1 overs) | Australia won by 8 wickets Scorecard | England 105 (19.4 overs) | 10 |
| 2020 | Australia | Melbourne Cricket Ground, Melbourne | Australia 184/4 (20 overs) | Australia won by 85 runs Scorecard | India 99 (19.1 overs) | 10 |
| 2023 | South Africa | Newlands Cricket Ground, Cape Town | Australia 156/6 (20 overs) | Australia won by 19 runs Scorecard | South Africa 137/6 (20 overs) | 10 |
| 2024 | United Arab Emirates | Dubai International Cricket Stadium, Dubai | New Zealand 158/5 (20 overs) | New Zealand won by 32 runs Scorecard | South Africa 126/9 (20 overs) | 10 |

## Team performance

Correct as of 2024 Women's T20 World Cup. Teams are ordered by best result then by appearances, then by winning percentage, then by total number of wins, total number of games, and then alphabetically:
| Team | Appearances | Appearances | Appearances | Best result | Statistics | Statistics | Statistics | Statistics | Statistics | Statistics |
| Team | Total | First | Latest | Best result | Played | Won | Lost | Tie | NR | Win% |
| Australia | 9 | 2009 | 2024 | Champions (2010, 2012, 2014, 2018, 2020, 2023) | 49 | 39 | 9 | 1(1) | 0 | 80.61 |
| England | 9 | 2009 | 2024 | Champions (2009) | 42 | 31 | 10 | 1(0) | 0 | 75.00 |
| New Zealand | 9 | 2009 | 2024 | Champions (2024) | 42 | 29 | 13 | 0 | 0 | 69.04 |
| West Indies | 9 | 2009 | 2024 | Champions (2016) | 39 | 23 | 16 | 0 | 0 | 58.97 |
| South Africa | 9 | 2009 | 2024 | Runners-up (2023, 2024) | 39 | 18 | 21 | 0 | 0 | 46.15 |
| India | 9 | 2009 | 2024 | Runners-up (2020) | 40 | 22 | 18 | 0 | 0 | 55.00 |
| Sri Lanka | 9 | 2009 | 2024 | First Round (2009–2024) | 35 | 10 | 25 | 0 | 0 | 28.57 |
| Pakistan | 9 | 2009 | 2024 | First Round (2009–2024) | 36 | 9 | 26 | 0 | 1 | 25.71 |
| Bangladesh | 6 | 2014 | 2024 | First Round (2014–2024) | 25 | 3 | 22 | 0 | 0 | 12.00 |
| Ireland | 4 | 2014 | 2023 | First Round (2014–2018, 2023) | 17 | 0 | 17 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 |
| Scotland | 1 | 2024 | 2024 | First Round (2024) | 4 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 |
| Thailand | 1 | 2020 | 2020 | First Round (2020) | 4 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0.00 |
Note:
* The number in bracket indicates number of wins in tied matches by Super Overs however these are considered half a win regardless of the result. The win percentage excludes no results and counts ties (irrespective of a tiebreaker) as half a win.

## Team results by tournament

The table below provides an overview of the performances of teams in the ICC World Twenty20. For each tournament, the number of teams in each finals tournament (in brackets) are shown.

### Legend

* C – Champions
* RU – Runners-up
* SF – Semi-finalist
* R1 – Round 1 (group stage)
* Q – Qualified, Still in Competition
* • – Did not qualify
* × – Did not enter
* — Hosts
| No. of Teams/ Hosts/ Year Teams | (8) 2009 | (8) 2010 | (8) 2012 | (10) 2014 | (10) 2016 | (10) 2018 | (10) 2020 | (10) 2023 | (10) 2024 | (12) 2026 | Total |
| Australia | SF | C | C | C | RU | C | C | C | SF | Q | 10 |
| Bangladesh | × | × | × | R1 | R1 | R1 | R1 | R1 | R1 | | 6 |
| England | C | R1 | RU | RU | SF | RU | SF | SF | R1 | Q | 10 |
| India | SF | SF | R1 | R1 | R1 | SF | RU | SF | R1 | Q | 10 |
| Ireland | × | × | × | R1 | R1 | R1 | • | R1 | • | | 4 |
| New Zealand | RU | RU | SF | R1 | SF | R1 | R1 | R1 | C | Q | 10 |
| Pakistan | R1 | R1 | R1 | R1 | R1 | R1 | R1 | R1 | R1 | Q | 11 |
| Scotland | × | × | × | × | • | • | • | • | R1 | | 1 |
| South Africa | R1 | R1 | R1 | SF | R1 | R1 | SF | RU | RU | Q | 10 |
| Sri Lanka | R1 | R1 | R1 | R1 | R1 | R1 | R1 | R1 | R1 | Q | 10 |
| Thailand | × | × | × | • | • | • | R1 | • | • | | 1 |
| West Indies | R1 | SF | SF | SF | C | SF | R1 | R1 | SF | Q | 10 |

### Debutant teams in each tournament

| Year | Debutants | Total |
| 2009 | Australia, England, India, New Zealand, Pakistan, South Africa, Sri Lanka, West Indies | 8 |
| 2010 | none | 0 |
| 2012 | none | 0 |
| 2014 | Bangladesh, Ireland | 2 |
| 2016 | none | 0 |
| 2018 | none | 0 |
| 2020 | Thailand | 1 |
| 2023 | none | 0 |
| 2024 | Scotland | 1 |
| Total | | 12 |

## Records

    As of 16 November 2024
T20 World Cup records :
| Batting ||||
| Most runs | Suzie Bates | 1,216 (2009 – 2024) |
| Highest score | Meg Lanning v Ireland at Sylhet | 126 (2014) |
| Highest partnership | Nat Sciver-Brunt & Heather Knight v Thailand at Canberra | 169* (2020) |
| Most runs in a tournament | Beth Mooney | 259 (2020) |
| Bowling ||||
| Most wickets | Megan Schutt | 48 (2016 – 2024) |
| Best bowling figures | Deandra Dottin v Bangladesh at Providence | 5/5 (2018) |
| Most wickets in a tournament | Amelia Kerr | 15 (2024) |
| Fielding ||||
| Most dismissals (wicket-keeper) | Alyssa Healy | 32 (2010 – 2024) |
| Most catches (fielder) | Suzie Bates | 26 (2009 – 2024) |
| Team ||||
| Highest team total | England (v Pakistan) at Cape Town | 213/5 (2023) |
| Lowest team total | Bangladesh (v West Indies) at Providence | 46 (2018) |