The 2013 ICC World Twenty20 Qualifier was played in November 2013 in the

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and is a part of the ICC World Twenty20 Qualifier series. This edition of the qualifier for the

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was an expanded version comprising ten qualifiers from regional Twenty20 tournaments in addition to the top six finishers of the previous edition. The groups were announced by the ICC on 7 August 2013. Ireland met Afghanistan in the final for the third time with Ireland winning their 2nd title against Afghanistan and 3rd title overall. The top 6 nations (previously 2) qualified for the 2014 ICC World Twenty20: Ireland, Afghanistan, Netherlands and making their World Twenty20 debut the UAE, Nepal and Hong Kong.

Format

The tournament runs for 16 days with 72 fixtures amongst 16 teams, divided into two groups of eight. Each group plays a

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. The bottom three teams of each group are immediately eliminated from contention for the top six positions but will play matches to determine which teams finish in positions 11 to 16. The top three teams from each group compete in the first place playoffs to determine the teams finishing in the top four positions. The other two teams are relegated to the fifth place playoffs where they compete with the fourth- and fifth-ranked teams from each group for the positions of five to ten. Both the first and fifth place playoffs are played in a six-team,

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format. The bottom four teams play in the quarter-finals. The winners of the quarter-finals compete with the top two teams in the semi-finals. Playoffs follow to determine the finishing positions of the teams. The top six teams qualify for the

. They will join the hosts

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and

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in the preliminary group stage, from which only two teams will advance.

Qualification

Regional qualification

Squads

The following squads were named ahead of the tournament:

Match officials

Officiating the tournament were three regional match referees and 17 umpires, one of whom was from the Elite Panel and three were on the ICC Associate and Affiliate Panel of Umpires. ;Umpires *

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* John Ward * Sharfuddoula *

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* Chettithody Shamshuddin * S. Ravi * Mark Hawthorne * Buddhi Pradhan * Chris Gaffaney * Derek Walker * Shozab Raza * Ian Ramage *

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* Adrian Holdstock * Ranmore Martinesz * Gregory Brathwaite * Joel Wilson ;Match referees * David Jukes * Dev Govindjee * Graeme Labrooy

Warm-up matches

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Fixtures and results

Group A

Points table

Results

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Group B

Points table

Results

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Consolation playoffs

Results

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5th place playoffs

Bracket

Results

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1st place playoffs

Bracket

^† Teams qualified for the

upon reaching this stage.

Results

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Final standings

Qualified for the

and

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References

External links

Official website

Cricketeurope Site

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Format

Qualification

Regional qualification

Squads

Match officials

Warm-up matches

Fixtures and results

Group A

Points table

Results

Group B

Points table

Results

Consolation playoffs

Results

5th place playoffs

Bracket

Results

1st place playoffs

Bracket

Results

Final standings

See also

References

External links