The 2013 ICC World Twenty20 Qualifier was played in November 2013 in the United Arab Emirates and is a part of the ICC World Twenty20 Qualifier series. This edition of the qualifier for the 2014 ICC World Twenty20 was an expanded version comprising ten qualifiers from regional Twenty20 tournaments in addition to the top six finishers of the previous edition. The groups were announced by the ICC on 7 August 2013.
Ireland met Afghanistan in the final for the third time with Ireland winning their 2nd title against Afghanistan and 3rd title overall. The top 6 nations (previously 2) qualified for the 2014 ICC World Twenty20: Ireland, Afghanistan, Netherlands and making their World Twenty20 debut the UAE, Nepal and Hong Kong.
Format The tournament runs for 16 days with 72 fixtures amongst 16 teams, divided into two groups of eight. Each group plays a round-robin tournament. The bottom three teams of each group are immediately eliminated from contention for the top six positions but will play matches to determine which teams finish in positions 11 to 16. The top three teams from each group compete in the first place playoffs to determine the teams finishing in the top four positions. The other two teams are relegated to the fifth place playoffs where they compete with the fourth- and fifth-ranked teams from each group for the positions of five to ten. Both the first and fifth place playoffs are played in a six-team, single-elimination format. The bottom four teams play in the quarter-finals. The winners of the quarter-finals compete with the top two teams in the semi-finals. Playoffs follow to determine the finishing positions of the teams. The top six teams qualify for the 2014 ICC World Twenty20. They will join the hosts Bangladesh and Zimbabwe in the preliminary group stage, from which only two teams will advance.
Qualification
Regional qualification Team Qualification Region Group 2012 ICC World Twenty20 Qualifier Europe A 2012 ICC World Twenty20 Qualifier Europe B 2012 ICC World Twenty20 Qualifier Europe B 2012 ICC World Twenty20 Qualifier Asia B 2012 ICC World Twenty20 Qualifier Americas A 2012 ICC World Twenty20 Qualifier Africa A Tournament host Asia A 2013 ICC East Asia-Pacific Men's Championship East Asia Pacific B 2013 ICC World Cricket League Americas Region Twenty20 Division One Americas A 2013 ICC World Cricket League Americas Region Twenty20 Division One Americas B 2013 ICC World Cricket League Africa Region Twenty20 Division One Africa B 2013 ICC World Cricket League Africa Region Twenty20 Division One Africa A 2013 ACC Twenty20 Cup Asia A 2013 ACC Twenty20 Cup Asia B 2013 ICC European T20 Championship Division One Europe A 2013 ICC European T20 Championship Division One Europe B
Squads The following squads were named ahead of the tournament:
Mohammad Nabi Afsar Zazai Amir Hamza Asghar Afghan Dawlat Zadran Gulbadin Naib Izatullah Dawlatzai Karim Sadiq Mirwais Ashraf Mohammad Shahzad Najibullah Zadran Nawroz Mangal Samiullah Shenwari Shafiqullah Shapoor Zadran Hamid Hassan Noor Ali Zadran Janeiro Tucker Kamal Bashir Derrick Brangman Christian Burgess Lionel Cann Allan Douglas Chris Douglas Terryn Fray David Hemp Malachi Jones Kamau Leverock Tre Manders Jacobi Robinson Dion Stovell Kwame Tucker Ashish Bagai Jimmy Hansra Harvir Baidwan Damodar Daesrath Abzal Dean Jeremy Gordon Ruvindu Gunasekera Hamza Tariq Junaid Siddiqui Kenneth Kamyuka Henry Osinde Hiral Patel Raza-ur-Rehman Rizwan Cheema Usman Limbada Michael Pedersen Aftab Ahmed Bashir Shah Christo Botma Jakob Rubin Kasper Rubin Basit Raja Kamran Mahmood Freddie Klokker Pawan Kumar Carsten Pedersen Rizwan Mahmood Hamid Shah Taha Ahmed Yasir Iqbal Jamie Atkinson Waqas Barkat Aizaz Khan Ankur Vasishta Babar Hayat Mark Chapman Daljeet Singh Haseeb Amjad Irfan Ahmed Roy Lamsam Munir Dar Nadeem Ahmed Nizakat Khan Kinchit Shah Tanwir Afzal Skhawat Ali William Porterfield Alex Cusack George Dockrell Trent Johnston Ed Joyce Andy McBrine John Mooney Tim Murtagh Kevin O'Brien Niall O'Brien James Shannon Max Sorensen Paul Stirling Stuart Thompson Gary Wilson Damian Crowley Gayashan Munasinghe Dilan Fernando Gareth Berg Alessandro Bonora Madupa Fernando Tharindu Fernando Dinidu Marage Andy Northcote Vince Pennazza Joy Perera Peter Petricola Michael Raso Sujith Rillegodage Carl Sandri Collins Obuya Ragheb Aga Duncan Allan Dhiren Gondaria Irfan Karim Shem Ngoche Alex Obanda Nelson Odhiambo Nehemiah Odhiambo Thomas Odoyo Elijah Otieno Morris Ouma Rakep Patel Steve Tikolo Hiren Varaiya Sarel Burger Raymond van Schoor Stephan Baard Gerhard Erasmus Shalako Groenewald Louis Klazinga JP Kotze Bernard Scholtz Nicolaas Scholtz JJ Smit Louis van der Westhuizen Tobias Verwey Christi Viljoen Craig Williams Pikky Ya France Paras Khadka Pradeep Airee Binod Bhandari Amrit Bhattarai Mahesh Chhetri Shakti Gauchan Avinash Karn Subash Khakurel Gyanendra Malla Anil Mandal Jitendra Mukhiya Basant Regmi Sagar Pun Sharad Vesawkar Rahul Vishwakarma Peter Borren Ahsan Malik Wesley Barresi Mudassar Bukhari Atse Buurman Ben Cooper Tim Gruijters Vivian Kingma Stephan Myburgh Michael Rippon Pieter Seelaar Michael Swart Eric Szwarczynski Daan van Bunge Paul van Meekeren Chris Amini Jack Vare Charles Amini Mahuru Dai Willie Gavera Andrew Hicks Geraint Jones Christopher Kent Vani Morea Kila Pala Pipi Raho John Reva Tony Ura Assad Vala Norman Vanua Kyle Coetzer Craig Wallace Richie Berrington Neil Carter Matthew Cross Gordon Goudie Majid Haq Moneeb Iqbal Michael Leask Matt Machan Calum MacLeod David Murphy Safyaan Sharif Rob Taylor Iain Wardlaw Preston Mommsen Davis Karashani Hamza Almuzahim Arthur Kyobe Brian Masaba Roger Mukasa Frank Nsubuga Patrick Ochan Richard Okia Raymond Otim Phillimon Selowa Jonathan Ssebanja Henry Ssenyondo Charles Waiswa Arthur Ziraba Khurram Khan Abdul Shakoor Ahmed Raza Amjad Javed Manjula Guruge Kamran Shazad Mohammad Azam Mohammad Naveed Mohammad Shafiq Nasir Aziz Swapnil Patil Rohan Mustafa Saqib Ali Shaiman Anwar Shadeep Silva Asim Khurshid Neil McGarrell Timroy Allen Orlando Baker Barrington Bartley Danial Ahmed Akeem Dodson Fahad Babar Karan Ganesh Elmore Hutchinson Imran Awan Muhammad Ghous Japen Patel Adam Sanford Srini Santhanam Steven Taylor Steve Massiah
Match officials Officiating the tournament were three regional match referees and 17 umpires, one of whom was from the Elite Panel and three were on the ICC Associate and Affiliate Panel of Umpires.
Umpires Steve Davis John Ward Sharfuddoula Michael Gough Chettithody Shamshuddin S. Ravi Mark Hawthorne Buddhi Pradhan Chris Gaffaney Derek Walker Shozab Raza Ian Ramage Sarika Prasad Adrian Holdstock Ranmore Martinesz Gregory Brathwaite Joel Wilson
Match referees David Jukes Dev Govindjee Graeme Labrooy
Warm-up matches
Fixtures and results
Group A
Points table
Results
Group B
Points table
Results
Consolation playoffs
Results
5th place playoffs
Bracket
* Team entered by being eliminated in the 1st place playoffs quarter-finals. † Teams qualified for the 2014 ICC World Twenty20 upon reaching this stage.
Results
Quarter-finals
Semi-finals
Final
1st place playoffs
Bracket
† Teams qualified for the 2014 ICC World Twenty20 upon reaching this stage.
Results
Quarter-finals
Semi-finals
Final
Final standings Position Team 1st 2nd 3rd 4th 5th 6th 7th 8th 9th 10th 11th 12th 13th 14th 15th 16th
Qualified for the 2014 ICC World Twenty20 and 2015 ICC World Twenty20 Qualifier.
See also 2014 ICC World Twenty20
References
External links Official website Cricketeurope Site Tournament website on ESPN Cricinfo