2013 World Twenty20 Qualifier

2013 ICC World Twenty20 Qualifier
Dates15 November 2013 (2013-11-15) – 30 November 2013 (2013-11-30)
Administrator(s)International Cricket Council
Cricket formatTwenty20 International, Twenty20
Tournament format(s)Round-robin and playoffs
Host(s) United Arab Emirates
Champions Ireland (3rd title)
Participants16
Matches72
Player of the seriesAfghanistan Samiullah Shenwari
Most runsScotland Matt Machan (364)
Most wicketsNetherlands Ahsan Malik (21)
Official websiteOfficial website
2012
2015

The 2013 ICC World Twenty20 Qualifier was played in November 2013 in the United Arab Emirates and is a part of the ICC World Twenty20 Qualifier series. This edition of the qualifier for the 2014 ICC World Twenty20 was an expanded version comprising ten qualifiers from regional Twenty20 tournaments in addition to the top six finishers of the previous edition. The groups were announced by the ICC on 7 August 2013.[1]

Ireland met Afghanistan in the final for the third time with Ireland winning their 2nd title against Afghanistan and 3rd title overall. The top 6 nations (previously 2) qualified for the 2014 ICC World Twenty20: Ireland, Afghanistan, Netherlands and making their World Twenty20 debut the UAE, Nepal and Hong Kong.

  1. ^ "ICC World Twenty20 Qualifier 2013 schedule announced". Archived from the original on 2014-02-22. Retrieved 2013-08-07.