2016 ICC Women's World Twenty20

For the men's tournament taking place at the same time, see 2016 ICC World Twenty20.
2016 ICC Women's World Twenty20
Dates 15 March – 3 April 2016
Administrator(s) International Cricket Council
Cricket format Twenty20 International
Tournament format(s) Group stage and Knockout
Host(s)  India
Participants 10
Matches played 23
Official website Official website

The 2016 ICC Women's World Twenty20 will be the fifth ICC Women's World Twenty20 tournament and is scheduled to be held in India from 15 March to 3 April 2016, featuring 10 teams with matches contested in 8 cities.[1] It will run simultaneously with the men's tournament, also being held in India. Australia start the tournament as the defending champions.

Teams

The top eight teams from the 2014 tournament earned direct qualification to the 2016 tournament. The remaining two spots were decided at the 2015 World Twenty20 Qualifier, with Bangladesh and Ireland qualifying:

Team Qualification tournament Standing
 Australia 2014 ICC Women's World Twenty20 Winner
 England 2014 ICC Women's World Twenty20 Runner-up
 West Indies 2014 ICC Women's World Twenty20 Semi-finalist
 South Africa 2014 ICC Women's World Twenty20 Semi-finalist
 India WT20 2016 Qualification Play-Off
Tournament host
Winner
 New Zealand WT20 2016 Qualification Play-Off Winner
 Pakistan 2014 ICC Women's World Twenty20 Seventh
 Sri Lanka 2014 ICC Women's World Twenty20 Eighth
 Ireland 2015 ICC Women's World Twenty20 Qualifier Winner
 Bangladesh 2015 ICC Women's World Twenty20 Qualifier Runner-up

Squads

Venues

On 21 July 2015, the Indian cricket board announced the name of the eight cities which will be hosting the matches. Bengaluru, Chennai, Dharamshala, Mohali, Mumbai, Nagpur and New Delhi will be the venues along with Kolkata, which will host the final of the event.[2]

Dharamshala Mohali New Delhi
Himachal Pradesh Cricket Association Stadium Punjab Cricket Association IS Bindra Stadium Feroz Shah Kotla Ground
Capacity: 23,000 Capacity: 26,950 Capacity: 40,715
2 Group matches 3 Group matches 5 Group matches, 1 Semi-final
Mumbai
2016 ICC Women's World Twenty20 (India)
Kolkata
Wankhede Stadium Eden Gardens
Capacity: 32,000 Capacity: 66,349
1 Semi-final Final
Bangalore Nagpur Chennai
M. Chinnaswamy Stadium Vidarbha Cricket Association Stadium M. A. Chidambaram Stadium
Capacity: 40,000 Capacity: 45,000 Capacity: 38,000
4 Group matches 2 Group matches 4 Group matches

Fixtures

All times are in Indian Standard Time (UTC+05:30).

Warm-up matches

A total of 10 warm-up matches will be played between 10 and 14 of March featuring all 10 teams at M. Chinnaswamy Stadium in Bangalore and M. A. Chidambaram Stadium in Chennai.[3]

Group Stage

On 11 December 2015, International Cricket Council announced the schedule for the tournament[4] with the 10 teams split into 2 groups. Each team plays every other team in its group once.[5] The top two teams from each group qualify to the knockout phase.

Group A

Team Pld W L NR NRR Pts
 Australia
 South Africa
 New Zealand
 Sri Lanka
 Ireland

     Advance to Knockout stage.










Group B

Team Pld W L NR NRR Pts
 India
 England
 Pakistan
 West Indies
 Bangladesh

     Advance to Knockout stage.











Knockout Stage

The top 2 teams from each group advance to the knockout stage consisting of the Semi-Finals and Final of the tournament[6]

Semifinals Final
      
β‘ 1  
β‘‘2  
β‘ 1  
β‘‘1  
β‘‘1  
β‘ 2  

Semi-finals

Match SF1
30 March
Scorecard
TBD
v
TBD

Match SF2
31 March
Scorecard
TBD
v
TBD

Final

3 April
Scorecard
Winner SF1
v
Winner SF2

External links

References


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