The fifth edition of ICC Women’s World Twenty20 is scheduled to be hosted in India from 15 March to 3 April 2016. The event will also be known as ICC Women’s World T20 2016 and Women’s Twenty20 World Cup 2016. 8 major Indian cities will host the tournament featuring 10 national women cricket teams. Australia women’s team is the three-time title defending champion in wwt20 2016.
Venues
Board of Cricket Control in India (BCCI) revealed list of 8 cities which will host the prestigious ICC women’s t20 world cup 2016. New Delhi, Mohali, Dharamsala, Mumbai, Kolkata, Bangalore, Nagpur and Chennai will host a total of 22 matches of the competition.
Teams
Top 8 teams from 2014 world twenty20 event, directly qualified for the main event. Rest two teams made their way to 2016 ICC women’s world t20 by playing final of 2015 world twenty20 qualifier. Bangladesh and Ireland qualified for 5th WWT20. Let’s have a look at the complete list of 10 teams qualified for ICC Women’s t20 world cup.
- Australia
- England
- India
- West Indies
- Sri Lanka
- South Africa
- New Zealand
- Pakistan
- Bangladesh
- Ireland
Related: squads for women’s t20 world cup 2016
Fixtures
Warm-up matches
| Date | Time | Fixture | Venue |
| 10 March | 15:00 | India vs Ireland | Bengaluru |
| 19:30 | Sri Lanka vs Bangladesh | Bengaluru | |
| 19:30 | New Zealand vs Pakistan | Chennai | |
| 12 March | 15:00 | Bangladesh vs Ireland | Bengaluru |
| 15:00 | New Zealand vs England | Chennai | |
| 19:30 | Sri Lanka vs India | Bengaluru | |
| 19:30 | Pakistan vs South Africa | Chennai | |
| 14 March | 15:00 | West Indies vs Australia | Chennai |
| 19:30 | South Africa vs England | Chennai |
Main event matches
| Date | Time (IST) | Fixture | Venue | Result |
| 15 March | 15:30 | India vs Bangladesh | Bengaluru | India won by 72 runs |
| 19:30 | New Zealand vs Sri Lanka | New Delhi | New Zealand won by 7 wickets | |
| 16 March | 19:30 | West Indies vs Pakistan | Chennai | West Indies won by 4 runs |
| 17 March | 15:30 | England vs Bangladesh | Bengaluru | England won by 36 runs |
| 18 March | 15:30 | New Zealand vs Ireland | Mohali | New Zealand won by 93 runs |
| 19:30 | Australia vs South Africa | Nagpur | Australia won by 6 wickets | |
| 19 March | 15:30 | India vs Pakistan | New Delhi | Pakistan won by 2 runs |
| 20 March | 15:30 | West Indies vs Bangladesh | Chennai | West Indies won by 49 runs |
| 19:30 | Sri Lanka vs Ireland | Mohali | Sri Lanka won by 14 runs | |
| 21 March | 15:30 | Australia vs New Zealand | Nagpur | New Zealand won by 6 wickets |
| 22 March | 15:30 | India vs England | Dharamsala | England won by 2 wickets |
| 23 March | 19:30 | South Africa vs Ireland | Chennai | South Africa won by 67 runs |
| 24 March | 15:30 | Australia vs Sri Lanka | New Delhi | Australia won by 9 wickets |
| 19:30 | England vs West Indies | Dharamsala | England won by 1 wicket | |
| 19:30 | Pakistan vs Bangladesh | New Delhi | Pakistan won by 9 wickets | |
| 26 March | 15:30 | Australia vs Ireland | New Delhi | Australia won by 7 wickets |
| 19:30 | South Africa vs New Zealand | Bengaluru | New Zealand won by 7 wickets | |
| 27 March | 15:30 | India vs West Indies | Mohali | West Indies won by 3 runs |
| 19:30 | England vs Pakistan | Chennai | England won by 68 runs | |
| 28 March | 15:30 | South Africa vs Sri Lanka | Bengaluru | Sri Lanka won by 10 runs |
| 30 March | 14:30 | 1st Semi-Final: Australia vs England | New Delhi | Australia won by 5 runs |
| 31 March | 14:30 | 2nd Semi-Final: New Zealand vs West Indies | Mumbai | West Indies won by 6 runs |
| 3 April | 14:30 | Final: Australia vs West Indies | Kolkata | West Indies won by 8 wickets |
Broadcasting rights
Star Sports is the official broadcaster of ICC Women’s World T20 2016 in Indian sub-continent region. This is the first time 13 women’s world twenty20 games will be telecasted all over the world.