The fixture list of any tournament is the most anticipated thing before the start of the tournament itself. The fans wait for it intently as they want to see how many matches their favorite team will play in the tournament and against who all it will play in the said tournament.
The fixture list can be extremely delightful or saddening for the teams and their supporters based of the opponents they face and where they play them.
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The schedule of the ICC T20 World Cup 2022 was recently announced in a grand event across the 7 host cities of Australia which would be hosting the event. The fans of all the countries were eagerly awaiting the announcement to see which teams they will play and what ground they will play their matches in.
There are a total of 12 teams in the tournament with 8 automatic qualifiers and the other 4 will come from a qualifying tournament which will be played the week before the main tournament begins. Let’s take a look at the entire schedule and discuss the main highlights
Match No | Date | Teams Name | Rounds | Group |
1. | 16/10/2022 | Sri Lanka vs Namibia | 1st | Group A |
2. | 16/10/2022 | Qualifier 2 vs Qualifier 3 | 1st | Group A |
3. | 17/10/2022 | West Indies vs Scotland | 1st | Group B |
4. | 17/10/2022 | Qualifier 1 vs Qualifier 4 | 1st | Group B |
5. | 18/10/2022 | Namibia vs Qualifier 3 | 1st | Group A |
6. | 18/10/2022 | Sri Lanka vs Qualifier 2 | 1st | Group A |
7. | 19/10/2022 | Scotland vs Qualifier 4 | 1st | Group Bi |
8. | 19/10/2022 | West Indies vs Qualifier 1 | 1st | Group B |
9. | 20/10/2022 | Sri Lanka vs Qualifier 3 | 1st | Group A |
10. | 20/10/2022 | Namibia vs Qualifier 2 | 1st | Group A |
11. | 21/10/2022 | West Indies vs Qualifier 4 | 1st | Group B |
12. | 21/10/2022 | Scotland vs Qualifier 1 | 1st | Group B |
13. | 22/10/2022 | New Zealand vs Australia | Super 12 | Group 1 |
14. | 22/10/2022 | England vs Afghanistan | Super 12 | Group 1 |
15. | 23/10/2022 | Group A winner vs Group B Runner up | Super 12 | Group 1 |
16. | 23/10/2022 | India vs Pakistan | Super 12 | Group 2 |
17. | 24/10/2022 | Bangladesh vs Group A Runner up | Super 12 | Group 2 |
18. | 24/10/2022 | South Africa vs Group B winner | Super 12 | Group 2 |
19. | 25/10/2022 | Australia vs Group A Winner | Super 12 | Group 1 |
20. | 26/10/2022 | England vs Group B Runner up | Super 12 | Group 1 |
21. | 26/10/2022 | New Zealand vs Afghanistan | Super 12 | Group 1 |
22 | 27/10/2022 | South Africa vs Bangladesh | Super 12 | Group 2 |
23. | 27/10/2022 | India vs Group A Runner up | Super 12 | Group 2 |
24. | 28/10/2022 | Pakistan vs Group B Winner | Super 12 | Group 2 |
25. | 28/10/2022 | Afghanistan vs Group B Runner up | Super 12 | Group 1 |
26. | 29/10/2022 | England vs Australia | Super 12 | Group 1 |
27. | 29/10/2022 | New Zealand vs Group A Winner | Super 12 | Group 2 |
28. | 30/10/2022 | Bangladesh vs Group B Winner | Super 12 | Group 2 |
29. | 30/10/2022 | Pakistan vs Group A Runner up | Super 12 | Group 2 |
30. | 30/10/2022 | India vs South Africa | Super 12 | Group 1 |
31 | 31/10/2022 | Australia vs Group B Runner up | Super 12 | Group 1 |
32 | 1/11/2022 | Afghanistan vs Group A Winner | Super 12 | Group 1 |
33. | 1/11/2022 | England vs New Zealand | Super 12 | Group 2 |
34. | 2/11/2022 | Group B Winner vs Group A Runner up | Super 12 | Group 2 |
35. | 2/11/2022 | India vs Bangladesh | Super 12 | Group 2 |
36. | 3/11/2022 | Pakistan vs South Africa | Super 12 | Group 1 |
37. | 4/11/2022 | New Zealand vs Group B Runner up | Super 12 | Group 1 |
38. | 4/11/2022 | Australia vs Afghanistan | Super 12 | Group 1 |
39. | 5/11/2022 | England vs Group A Winner | Super 12 | Group 1 |
40. | 6/11/2022 | South Africa vs Group A Runner up | Super 12 | Group 2 |
41. | 6/11/2022 | Pakistan vs Bangladesh | Super 12 | Group 2 |
42. | 6/11/2022 | India vs Group B Winner | Super 12 | Group 2 |
43. | 9/11/2022 | Semi final 1 | Semi final |
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44. | 9/11/2022 | Semi final 2 | Semi final |
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45. | 9/11/2022 | Final | Final |
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The Qualifiers
The Qualifiers that will take place the week before the tournament will be played between the teams that could not automatically qualify. It is surprising to see teams like Sri Lanka and West Indies in this stage of the world cup. The first qualifying match is between Sri Lanka and Namibia and West Indies vs Scotland is also one of the important qualifying matches in this stage of the tournament. There will be a total of 8 teams playing this stage and 4 from here will go to the main tournament.
These were the fixtures of the major 6 teams in the group stage of the tournament and the hope is that 4 out of these 6 teams will make it to semi finals. A lot of exciting matches for the fans of all the teams involved.
The knockouts
After the group stages of the tournament is completed on the 6th of November, then will come the meaty stage of the competition, the Knockouts. All the teams that will be competing in this tournament will be looking to get into this stage and have a chance to win it all.
