Ireland and Afghanistan on 24 November 2013 qualified for
ICC Twenty20 World Cup 2014 after winning their respective matches in the
qualifiers at Dubai.
Ireland defeated
Hongkong by 85 runs while Afghanistan beat Kenya by 34 runs to qualify as the
top teams from the two groups. Four places for the tournament are yet to be
decided. The remaining four teams will be decided after a series of matches in
Dubai and Abu Dhabi. The contestants include Nepal, UAE, Hongkong, Namibia,
Scotland, Netherlands, Italy and Papua New Guinea.
The 2014 ICC World
Twenty20 to be held in Bangladesh from 16 March 2014 to 6 April 2014 and a
total of 16 teams are participating in this tournament.
Afghanistan Cricket team also qualified for its maiden ICC
World Cup after defeating Kenya by seven wickets at World Cricket League
Championship in Sharjah on 4 October 2013.
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