2024 ICC Men's T20 World Cup

The 2024 ICC Men's T20 World Cup will be the ninth edition of the T20 World Cup, a biennial Twenty20 International (T20I) tournament contested by men's national teams and organised by the International Cricket Council (ICC). It is scheduled to be co-hosted by the West Indies and the United States from 1 June to 29 June 2024. It will be the first ICC World Cup tournament to feature matches played in the United States, and in any other country other than the West Indies in the Americas. England are the defending champions, having defeated Pakistan in the final of the previous edition.

2024 ICC T20 World Cup
Dates1 – 29 June 2024
Administrator(s)International Cricket Council
Cricket formatTwenty20 International
Tournament format(s)Group stage, Super 8s and Knockout stage
Host(s) West Indies
 United States
Participants20
Matches55
Official websitet20worldcup.com

The tournament will be contested by a record 20 teams, an expansion from 16 teams at the 2022 tournament; they will include the two hosts, the top eight teams from the 2022 edition, the next two teams in the ICC Men's T20I Team Rankings, and eight teams determined by regional qualifiers. Canada and Uganda qualified for the men's T20 World Cup for the first time, while the United States is participating for the first time by virtue of being co-host.

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