Men's T20 World Cup tournaments

The ICC Men's T20 World Cup, formerly the ICC World Twenty20, is a biennial world cup for cricket in the Twenty20 International (T20I) format, organised by the International Cricket Council (ICC). It was held in every odd year from 2007 to 2009, and since 2010 has been held in every even year with the exception of 2018 and 2020. In 2018, the tournament was rebranded from the World Twenty20 to the Men's T20 World Cup.^[1]

As of the 2024 tournament, twenty-four nations have played in the T20 World Cup. Nine teams have competed in every tournament, six of which have won the title. The West Indies, England and India have won the title twice each, while Pakistan, Sri Lanka and Australia have won the title once each. Sri Lanka, England, Pakistan and India have each made three final appearances, while Pakistan have also made six semi-final appearances.^[2][3] The best result by a non-Test playing nation is the second round appearance by the United States in 2024,^[4] while the worst result by a Test playing nation is the second round appearance by Zimbabwe in 2022.^[5]

No teams have yet won the tournament as hosts; the best performance by a host nation is runners-up by Sri Lanka in 2012. No title winners have yet retained their title in the following edition; the best performance by a defending champion is the semi-final appearances by Pakistan, the West Indies and England in 2010, 2014 and 2024 respectively. Kensington Oval in Bridgetown, Barbados is the only venue to have hosted more than one final (2010 and 2024).^[6] All Test playing nations made their debuts in the inaugural edition with the exception of Ireland and Afghanistan who made their debuts in the 2009 and 2010 editions respectively. Kenya and Scotland were the only non-Test playing nations to be featured in the inaugural edition.

List of tournaments

See also: History of the Men's T20 World Cup

Details of Men's T20 World Cup tournaments

#	Year	Dates	Host(s)	Venues	Teams	Matches	Attendance	Ref.
1	2007	11 – 24 September 2007	Cricket South Africa	3 in South Africa	12	27	—	[7]
2	2009	5 June – 21 June 2009	England and Wales Cricket Board	3 in England				[8]
3	2010	30 April – 16 May 2010	Cricket West Indies	3 in West Indies				[9]
4	2012	18 September – 7 October 2012	Sri Lanka Cricket	3 in Sri Lanka				[10]
5	2014	16 March – 6 April 2014	Bangladesh Cricket Board	3 in Bangladesh	16	35		[11]
6	2016	8 March – 3 April 2016	Board of Control for Cricket in India	7 in India				[12]
7	2021	17 October – 14 November 2021	Board of Control for Cricket in India	3 in United Arab Emirates 1 in Oman		45	378,895	[13][14]
8	2022	16 October – 13 November 2022	Cricket Australia	7 in Australia			751,775	[15][16]
9	2024	1 – 29 June 2024	Cricket West Indies USA Cricket	6 in the West Indies 3 in the United States	20	55	—	[17]
10	2026	February – March 2026	Board of Control for Cricket in India Sri Lanka Cricket	TBA				[18]

Final results

Details of Men's T20 World Cup finals

Year	Final				Ref.
	Date & Venue	Winner	Victory margin	Runner-up
2007	24 September 2007 Wanderers Stadium, Johannesburg	India 157/5 (20 overs)	5 runs	Pakistan 152 (19.4 overs)	[19]
2009	21 June 2009 Lord's, London	Pakistan 139/2 (18.4 overs)	8 wickets	Sri Lanka 138/6 (20 overs)	[20]
2010	16 May 2010 Kensington Oval, Bridgetown	England 148/3 (17 overs)	7 wickets	Australia 147/6 (20 overs)	[21]
2012	7 October 2012 R. Premadasa Stadium, Colombo	West Indies 137/6 (20 overs)	36 runs	Sri Lanka 101 (18.4 overs)	[22]
2014	6 April 2014 Sher-e-Bangla National Cricket Stadium, Dhaka	Sri Lanka 134/4 (17.5 overs)	6 wickets	India 130/4 (20 overs)	[23]
2016	3 April 2016 Eden Gardens, Kolkata	West Indies 161/6 (19.4 overs)	4 wickets	England 155/9 (20 overs)	[24]
2021	14 November 2021 Dubai International Cricket Stadium, Dubai	Australia 173/2 (18.5 overs)	8 wickets	New Zealand 172/4 (20 overs)	[25]
2022	13 November 2022 Melbourne Cricket Ground, Melbourne	England 138/5 (19 overs)	5 wickets	Pakistan 137/8 (20 overs)	[26]
2024	29 June 2024 Kensington Oval, Bridgetown	India 176/7 (20 overs)	7 runs	South Africa 169/8 (20 overs)	[27]

Debutant teams by tournament

† denotes Test playing nations / ICC full members.

Debutant teams in each Men's T20 World Cup tournament

Year	Debutant teams			Total
2007	Australia†	Bangladesh†	England†	12
	India†	Kenya	New Zealand†
	Pakistan†	Scotland	Sri Lanka†
	South Africa†	West Indies†	Zimbabwe†
2009	Ireland†	Netherlands		2
2010	Afghanistan†			1
2012	—			0
2014	Hong Kong	United Arab Emirates	Nepal	3
2016	Oman			1
2021	Namibia	Papua New Guinea		2
2022	—			0
2024	Canada	Uganda	United States	3
2026	Italy			1
Total				25

Team performances

A map showing nations that have competed in T20 World Cup tournaments as of the 2026 tournament.

By tournament

An overview of the teams' performances in every T20 World Cup is given below.

Legend

•  W   Champions
•  RU   Runners-up
•  SF   Semi-finalist
•  R2   Second round (Super 8/10/12)
•  R1   Preliminary round (group stage)
•  Q   Qualified
•  ×   Withdrew
•  ××   Ineligible (suspended)
•  *   Hosts

† denotes Test playing nations / ICC full members.

Team performances in each Men's T20 World Cup tournament

Edition (No. of teams)	2007 (12)	2009 (12)	2010 (12)	2012 (12)	2014 (16)	2016 (16)	2021 (16)	2022 (16)	2024 (20)	2026 (20)	Apps
Location(s) Team
Afghanistan†	—	—	R1	R1	R1	R2	R2	R2	SF	Q	7
Australia†	SF	R1	RU	SF	R2	R2	W	R2*	R2	Q	9
Bangladesh†	R2	R1	R1	R1	R2*	R2	R2	R2	R2	Q	9
Canada	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	R1	Q	1
England†	R2	R2*	W	R2	R2	RU	SF	W	SF	Q	9
Hong Kong	—	—	—	—	R1	R1	—	—	—	—	2
India†	W	R2	R2	R2	RU	SF*	R2*	SF	W	Q*	9
Ireland†	—	R2	R1	R1	R1	R1	R1	R2	R1	Q	8
Italy	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	Q	1
Kenya	R1	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—		1
Namibia	—	—	—	—	—	—	R2	R1	R1		3
Nepal	—	—	—	—	R1	—	—	—	R1		2
Netherlands	—	R1	—	—	R2	R1	R1	R2	R1	Q	6
New Zealand†	SF	R2	R2	R2	R2	SF	RU	SF	R1	Q	9
Oman	—	—	—	—	—	R1	R1	—	R1		3
Pakistan†	RU	W	SF	SF	R2	R2	SF	RU	R1	Q	9
Papua New Guinea	—	—	—	—	—	—	R1	—	R1		2
Scotland	R1	R1	—	—	—	R1	R2	R1	R1	—	6
South Africa†	R2*	SF	R2	R2	SF	R2	R2	R2	RU	Q	9
Sri Lanka†	R2	RU	SF	RU*	W	R2	R2	R2	R1	Q*	9
United Arab Emirates	—	—	—	—	R1	—	—	R1	—		2
Uganda	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	R1		1
United States	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	R2*	Q	1
West Indies†	R1	SF	R2*	W	SF	W	R2	R1	R2*	Q	9
Zimbabwe†	R1	×	R1	R1	R1	R1	××	R2	—		6
Ref.	[7]	[8]	[9]	[10]	[11]	[12]	[13]	[15]	[17]	[18]	[3]

Overall

See also: Men's T20 World Cup records

The table below provides a summary of the performances of teams over past T20 World Cups, as of the end of the 2024 tournament.

† denotes Test playing nations / ICC full members.

Overall team performances in Men's T20 World Cup tournaments

Team[a]	Apps	Mat	Won	Win %	Best performance
India†	9	52	35	67.30	Champions (2007, 2024)
England†	9	52	28	53.84	Champions (2010, 2022)
West Indies†	9	46	24	52.17	Champions (2012, 2016)
Australia†	9	47	30	63.82	Champions (2021)
Sri Lanka†	9	54	32	59.25	Champions (2014)
Pakistan†	9	51	30	58.82	Champions (2009)
South Africa†	9	49	32	65.30	Runners-up (2024)
New Zealand†	9	46	25	54.34	Runners-up (2021)
Afghanistan†	7	30	12	40.00	Semi-finals (2024)
Bangladesh†	9	45	12	26.66	Super 8s (2007, 2024)
Ireland†	8	28	7	25.00	Super 8s (2009)
United States	1	6	1	16.66	Super 8s (2024)
Netherlands	6	27	10	37.03	Super 10s (2014)
Zimbabwe†	6	20	8	40.00	Super 12s (2022)
Scotland	6	22	7	31.81	Super 12s (2021)
Namibia	3	15	4	26.66
Oman	3	10	2	20.00	First round (2016, 2021, 2024)
Nepal	2	6	2	33.33	First round (2014, 2024)
Hong Kong	2	6	1	16.66	First round (2014, 2016)
United Arab Emirates	2	6	1	16.66	First round (2014, 2022)
Papua New Guinea	2	7	0	0.00	First round (2021, 2024)
Canada	1	3	1	33.33	First round (2024)
Uganda	1	4	1	25.00
Kenya	1	2	0	0.00	First round (2007)
As of 2024 Men's T20 World Cup Source: ESPNcricinfo[2][3]

1. Teams are ordered by their best performance, then winning percentage, then (if equal) by alphabetical order.