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| Administrator | International Cricket Council |
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| Format | WT20I |
| First edition | 2009  England |
| Latest edition | 2024  United Arab Emirates |
| Next edition | 2026 England |
| Tournament format | Round robin and knockout |
| Number of teams | 10 (16 from 2030) |
| Current champion |  New Zealand (1st title) |
| Most successful |  Australia (6 titles) |
| Most runs | Suzie Bates (1,216)[1] |
| Most wickets | Megan Schutt (48)[2] |
| Website | t20worldcup.com |
| Tournaments |
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The ICC Women's T20 World Cup is the biennial international championship for women's Twenty20 International cricket.[3] 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.[4] 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.[5] The number of teams in at the 2026 tournament is also set to increase to twelve.[6]
At each tournament, a set number of teams qualify automatically, with the remaining teams determined by the ICC 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.[7]
New Zealand are the current champions having won the 2024 edition for the first time, after defeating South Africa in the final.
- ^ "ICC Women's T20 World Cup Cricket Team Records & Stats | ESPNcricinfo.com". Cricinfo. Retrieved 2020-03-08.
- ^ "ICC Women's T20 World Cup Cricket Team Records & Stats | ESPNcricinfo.com". Cricinfo. Retrieved 2020-03-08.
- ^ "World T20 renamed as T20 World Cup". Archived from the original on 2018-11-23. Retrieved 2018-11-24.
- ^ "World T20 to be called T20 World Cup from 2020 edition: ICC". The Times of India. 23 November 2018. Archived from the original on 2018-11-24. Retrieved 2018-11-24.
- ^ "India set to host 2025 Women's ODI World Cup". ESPN Cricinfo. Retrieved 26 July 2022.
- ^ "Three sub-continent countries set to host ICC events in next cycle". International Cricket Council. Retrieved 26 July 2022.
- ^ "New venue confirmed for ICC Women's T20 World Cup 2024". International Cricket Council. Retrieved 20 August 2024.