ICC Men’s T20 World Cup Qualifier 2019 schedule
Published at 03 September, 2019Scotland and the Netherlands, joint winners of the previous qualifying event in 2015, will feature on the opening day of the ICC Men’s T20 World Cup Qualifier in the United Arab Emirates from 18 October to 2 November.
Scotland and the Netherlands, joint winners of the previous qualifying event in 2015, will feature on the opening day of the ICC Men’s T20 World Cup Qualifier in the United Arab Emirates from 18 October to 2 November.
Scotland, who are the top-ranked side in the 14-team tournament, will take on Singapore in the opener at the ICC Academy 1 ground in Dubai while the Netherlands will take on Kenya later in the day at the same venue. In other matches on the first day, Test nation Ireland will take on Hong Kong and Oman will play hosts UAE at the Zayed Cricket Stadium in Abu Dhabi.
Bermuda, Canada, Jersey, Namibia, Nigeria and Papua New Guinea are the other teams in the tournament who will be vying for the six available places at the ICC Men’s T20 World Cup 2020 in Australia from 18 October to 15 November.
The teams are placed in two groups, with Scotland, the Netherlands, PNG, Namibia, Singapore, Kenya and Bermuda forming group A and the UAE, Ireland, Oman, Hong Kong, Canada, Jersey and Nigeria in group B. The top team from each group will advance to the semi-final of the tournament whilst securing direct qualification to the ICC Men’s T20 World Cup 2020, with three more teams from each group featuring in qualification play-offs to determine the other four qualifiers.
The knockout stage of the ICC Men’s T20 World Cup Qualifier will be played primarily at the Dubai International Stadium with the play-offs scheduled for 29 and 30 October. The semi-finals will be held on 1 November while the third-place match and the final are scheduled for Saturday, 2 November.
Those six qualifying teams will join the top 10 teams in the MRF Tyres ICC Men’s T20I Rankings as on 31 December 2018, in Australia in 2020 – Afghanistan, Australia, Bangladesh, England, India, New Zealand, Pakistan, South Africa, Sri Lanka and the West Indies.
Tournament matches
October 18: Netherlands vs Kenia, start 12:10pm CEST, ICC Acadamy 1, Dubai
October 19: Netherlands vs Namibia, start 12:10pm CEST, ICC Academy 1, Dubai
October 22: Singapore vs Netherlands, start 12:10pm CEST, ICC Academy 1, Dubai
October 24: Netherlands vs PNG, start 8:00am CEST, ICC Academy1, Dubai
October 26: Netherlands vs Bermuda, start 12:10pm CEST, Dubai International Stadium
October 27: Scotland vs Netherlands, start 11:10am CET, Dubai International Stadium
October 29: Play-off 1 – A2 v B3 (11:10am CET); Play-off 2 – A3 v B2 (16:30pm CET) at Dubai International Stadium
October 30: Play-off 3 – A4 v Loser of Play-off 1 (11:10am CET); Play-off 4 – B4 v Loser of Play-off 2 (16:30pm CET) at Dubai International Stadium
October 31: Play-off for fifth and sixth places – Winner of Play-off 3 v Winner of Play-off 4, ICC Academy 1
November 1: Semifinal 1 – B1 v Winner of Play-off 1 (11:10am CET), Semifinal 2 – A1 v Winner of Play-off 2 (16:30pm CET) at Dubai International Stadium
November 2: Third place Play-off – B1 v Winner of Play-off 1 (11:10am CET); Final (16:30pm CET) at Dubai International Stadium
Full squad
Pieter Seelaar (c), Philippe Boissevain, Roelof van der Merwe, Tobias Visée, Scott Edwards (wk), Colin Ackermann, Paul van Meekeren, Ryan ten Doeschate, Fred Klaassen, Tonny Staal, Brandon Glover, Max O'Dowd, Ben Cooper, Shane Snater, Timm van der Gugten.
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