ICC Twenty20 World Cup 2014 - Initial Stage
The WT20 format this year will see 16 teams for the first time participating ub the T20 World Trophy 2014. There are 2 initial groups Group A and Group B each with 4 teams. Zimbabwe and Bangladesh have qualified automatically and there will be further six associate/affiliate teams who qualifies from the 2013 ICC World Twenty20 Qualifier.
The top two teams from each group, Group A & B will proceed to the Super Ten stage of the tournament. The top two teams each from the two Super Ten groups would play the semi-finals and finals, to be played at the Sher-e-Bangla National Cricket Stadium, Mirpur. The winner of this final shall be crowned world champions in Twenty20 cricket. West Indies are the defending champions, having won the 2012 edition in Sri Lanka.
