The men’s Ireland Cricket team qualified for the Men’s T20 World Cup 2024 scheduled to host by West Indies and the United States right after their match against Germany was abandoned due to rain.
Ireland Qualify for the 2024 ICC T20 World Cup
Ireland’s cricket team has been scheduled to play the 17th match of ICC Mens T20 World Cup Europe Qualifier 2023 against Germany on July 27 at Goldenacre, Edinburgh. But hours before the match start, rain hits the venue and makes it impossible to host the game.
As the rain continues to pour, the match officials abandoned the match and shared the points. Having won their previous four matches, against Italy, Denmark, Austria, and Jersey, Ireland needed just one more win to mathematically ensure qualification.
However, due to today’s abandonment, the points were shared, and Ireland’s passage to the USA and the West Indies next summer was secured.
Ticket punched!
Due to rain today’s match against Germany has had to be abandoned, so we’ve qualified for the T20 World Cup.
Congratulations lads 👏👏👏
WE’RE HEADING TO THE WORLD CUP 👊#BackingGreen ☘️🏏 pic.twitter.com/EOlFRer0qm
— Cricket Ireland (@cricketireland) July 27, 2023
Paul Stirling, Ireland Men’s captain, said: “While it’s true that we’d rather have achieved qualification on the field today, we’re delighted to have achieved our primary objective of qualifying for next year’s T20 World Cup. We came to Scotland with a clear plan and style of play we wanted to implement, and I think we delivered on that front”.
“So, we’ll celebrate job done this afternoon, but there is a trophy on the line tomorrow and we are keen to continue that winning momentum going into the India T20 series next month.”
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2024 ICC Men’s T20 World Cup Teams and Qualification
| Means of qualification | Date | Venue | Berths | Qualified |
| Hosts | Nov-21 | — | 2 | Australia |
| England | ||||
| 2022 ICC Men’s T20 World Cup (Top 8 teams from the previous tournament) |
Nov-22 | Australia | 8 | Australia |
| England | ||||
| India | ||||
| Netherlands | ||||
| New Zealand | ||||
| Pakistan | ||||
| South Africa | ||||
| Sri Lanka | ||||
| ICC Men’s T20I Team Rankings (Next 2 teams from the rankings) |
14-Nov-22 | Various | 2 | Afghanistan |
| Bangladesh | ||||
| Europe Qualifier | 20–28 July 2023 | Scotland | 2 | Ireland |
| TBA | ||||
| East Asia-Pacific Qualifier | 22–29 July 2023 | Papua New Guinea | 1 | TBA |
| Americas Qualifier | 30 September–7 October 2023 | Bermuda | 1 | TBA |
| Asia Qualifier | 30 October–9 November 2023 | Nepal | 2 | TBA |
| Africa Qualifier | 20 November–1 December 2023 | Namibia | 2 | TBA |
| Total | 20 | |||
