ICC T20 World Cup 2020: Fixtures, venues and more

In case you forgot, there's another Cricket World Cup happening next year! The ICC T20 World Cup 2020 will be held in Australia and will commence on October 18, 2020, with the final to be held on November 15, 2020.

There will be 12 teams participating in the main tournament, called as the 'Super 12s'. The top eight teams in the ICC rankings as of Dec. 31, 2018 progress directly to the Super 12 stage, while the remaining couple in the top ten have to go through the first round of matches. The teams to qualify directly for the Super 12s are Pakistan, Australia, India, England, New Zealand, South Africa, Afghanistan and defending champions, West Indies.

Sri Lanka and Bangladesh, who were ranked 9th and 10th, have to play out the first round of matches in two groups along with six teams from the T20 Global Qualifier, scheduled to be held in late 2019.

The T20 Global Qualifier will consist of Zimbabwe and Ireland- the two Full Member nations will participate directly without having to play a qualifier to get to this stage. They will be joined by Scotland, Netherlands, Hong Kong and Oman, all of who participated in the first round of the 2016 T20 World Cup, and so directly participate in the global qualifier. In addition to these sides, eight teams from the regional qualifiers held in Africa, Americas, Asia, East Asia-Pacific and Europe will also be part of the T20 Global Qualifier. So in total, 14 teams will vie for six spots in the first round of the ICC T20 World Cup 2020.

These are the fixtures for the men's T20 World Cup 2020:

First Round

Group A	Group B
Sri Lanka	Bangladesh
A2	B2
A3	B3
A4	B4

Fixtures

Date	Match	Venue
18 October	Sri Lanka vs A3	Kardinia Park, Geelong
18 October	A2 vs A4	Kardinia Park, Geelong
19 October	Bangladesh vs B3	Bellerive Oval, Hobart
19 October	B2 vs B4	Bellerive Oval, Hobart
20 October	A3 vs A4	Kardinia Park, Geelong
20 October	Sri Lanka vs A2	Kardinia Park, Geelong
21 October	B3 vs B4	Bellerive Oval, Hobart
21 October	Bangladesh vs B2	Bellerive Oval, Hobart
22 October	A2 vs A3	Kardinia Park, Geelong
22 October	Sri Lanka vs A4	Kardinia Park, Geelong
23 October	B2 vs B3	Bellerive Oval, Hobart
23 October	Bangladesh vs B4	Bellerive Oval, Hobart

The top two teams from each group progress to the Super 12 stage, where they will be further divided into two groups.

Super 12

Group 1	Group 2
Pakistan	India
Australia	England
New Zealand	South Africa
West Indies	Afghanistan
Group A winner	Group B winner
Group B runner-up	Group A runner-up

Fixtures

Date	Match	Venue
24 October	Australia vs Pakistan	Sydney Cricket Ground, Sydney
24 October	India vs South Africa	Perth Stadium, Perth
25 October	Group A winner vs Group B runner-up	Bellerive Oval, Hobart
25 October	New Zealand vs West Indies	Melbourne Cricket Ground, Melbourne
26 October	Afghanistan vs Group A runner-up	Perth Stadium, Perth
26 October	England vs Group B winner	Perth Stadium, Perth
27 October	New Zealand vs Group B runner-up	Bellerive Oval, Hobart
28 October	Afghanistan vs Group B winner	Perth Stadium, Perth
28 October	Australia vs West Indies	Perth Stadium, Perth
29 October	Pakistan vs Group A winner	Sydney Cricket Ground, Sydney
29 October	India vs Group A runner-up	Melbourne Cricket Ground, Melbourne
30 October	England vs South Africa	Sydney Cricket Ground, Sydney
30 October	West Indies vs Group B runner-up	Perth Stadium, Perth
31 October	Pakistan vs New Zealand	The Gabba, Brisbane
31 October	Australia vs Group A winner	The Gabba, Brisbane
1 November	South Africa vs Afghanistan	Adelaide Oval, Adelaide
1 November	India vs England	Melbourne Cricket Ground, Melbourne
2 November	Group A runner-up vs Group B winner	Sydney Cricket Ground, Sydney
2 November	New Zealand vs Group A winner	The Gabba, Brisbane
3 November	Pakistan vs West Indies	Adelaide Oval, Adelaide
3 November	Australia vs Group B runner-up	Adelaide Oval, Adelaide
4 November	England vs Afghanistan	The Gabba, Brisbane
5 November	South Africa vs Group A runner-up	Adelaide Oval, Adelaide
5 November	India vs Group B winner	Adelaide Oval, Adelaide
6 November	Pakistan vs Group B runner-up	Melbourne Cricket Ground, Melbourne
6 November	Australia vs New Zealand	Melbourne Cricket Ground, Melbourne
7 November	England vs Group A runner-up	Adelaide Oval, Adelaide
7 November	West Indies vs Group A winner	Melbourne Cricket Ground, Melbourne
8 November	South Africa vs Group B winner	Sydney Cricket Ground, Sydney
8 November	India vs Afghanistan	Sydney Cricket Ground, Sydney

After these fixtures are played, the top two teams from each group will progress to the semi-finals. The first semi-final will be held on November 11 at the Sydney Cricket Ground, and the second one on November 12 at the Adelaide Oval. The final will then be held on November 15 at the iconic Melbourne Cricket Ground (MCG).