Super 8 teams earn direct berths for T20 World Cup 2028

The teams that have progressed to the Super 8 stage of the T20 World Cup 2026 have secured automatic qualification for the next edition of the cricket tournament, to be held in Australia and New Zealand in 2028.

Pakistan’s victory over Namibia on Wednesday completed the Super 8 line-up, with the former champions advancing from Group A alongside defending T20 World Cup champions India.

Co-hosts Sri Lanka and Zimbabwe (Group B), the West Indies and England (Group C), and South Africa and New Zealand (Group D) have also progressed to the second stage of the 20-team competition.

As co-hosts of the 2028 event, Australia and New Zealand were granted automatic qualification.

In accordance with the qualification criteria, all Super 8 teams, including New Zealand, along with Australia, now have their places confirmed for the 2028 tournament.

The list of 12 automatic qualifiers will be completed by the next three highest-ranked teams in the ICC Men’s T20I Team Rankings as of March 9 - the day after the scheduled T20 World Cup 2026 final.

Bangladesh, Afghanistan and Ireland are set to secure those places, with no upcoming international fixtures scheduled that could alter their rankings before the cut-off date.

The remaining eight places in the 20-team field will be determined through a regional qualification pathway, with allocations based on the relative competitive strength of each region.

The 2028 edition of the T20 World Cup will be staged between October and November.

The only previous occasion on which Australia hosted the men’s T20 World Cup was the T20 World Cup 2022, when the England cricket team lifted the title.

New Zealand has never hosted the T20 World Cup.

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