Qualifying as hosts alongside the West Indies, the tournament will be ground-breaking for the USA, hosting their first global event.
The 20-team tournament proper in 2024 will work in two phases before the knockouts, though in a different framework from the First Round/Super 12 format at the 2021 and 2022 edition.
The top two in each group will then make their way to the semi-finals.
The 20 teams need to be determined.
How each team qualifies for the ICC Men's T20 World Cup 2024
As hosts, the West Indies and the USA take up the first two spots for 2024. From there, performances at the 2022 edition, and the ICC T20I rankings cut-off on November 14, determined the next 10 teams.
The top eight teams in Australia (top four in each Super 12 group) gained spots for the 2024 tournament, with Afghanistan and Bangladesh, the next best teams on the ICC Men’s T20I Team Rankings, also securing their spot.
Team
Path of Qualification
West Indies
Hosts
USA
Hosts
Australia
2022 T20WC top eight finish
England
2022 T20WC top eight finish
India
2022 T20WC top eight finish
Netherlands
2022 T20WC top eight finish
New Zealand
2022 T20WC top eight finish
Pakistan
2022 T20WC top eight finish
South Africa
2022 T20WC top eight finish
Sri Lanka
2022 T20WC top eight finish
Afghanistan
Next best on T20I rankings at Nov 14 cut-off
Bangladesh
Next best on T20I rankings at Nov 14 cut-off
The final eight spots for the 2024 tournament will be decided in regional play.
Moving away from the Global Qualifier framework, the 2024 tournament will see an added emphasis through the regional action that will determine the final spots.
Africa, Asia and Europe will have two qualification spots, with one spot for both the Americas and East-Asia Pacific regions.
In saying that, recent history would suggest the task for the sides will be no cakewalk, in a region with a broad threat of regional talent.
Uganda, who upset Namibia in a recent T20I series, could make the biggest claim to topple the big boys, but even the men known as the Cricket Cranes were tested in recent African qualifying for 2022, also losing a one-run thriller to Kenya.
U19 success across the region suggests parity will show on the senior front. A bulk of Nigeria's U19 World Cup contingent of 2020 will likely make up their squad, while Tanzania have form in causing upsets, most notably against Namibia in qualification for the 2022 U19 World Cup.
Disappointed in their efforts at the A Qualifier for the 2022 tournament, Canada are early in claiming the Americas' spot, which is ultimately theirs to lose given USA's automatic qualification.
One of the stories of the 2021 T20 World Cup, Papua New Guinea have a theoretically easier run in the cycle for 2024, with an automatic spot for the top East Asia-Pacific team and winners of the Sub-Regional A Qualifier earlier in the year while the Philippines, buoyed by their appearance at the Global Qualifier A for the 2022 tournament, are sure to make their presence felt.
Well, easier in theory at least: emerging teams will likely challenge the well-established sides in what is a booming cricket region. Jersey and an improving Germany are the biggest threats to overthrow the likes of Scotland and Ireland, though cases can be made for the three Sub-Regional group winners: Italy, Austria and Denmark.
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