The 2022 ICC Men's T20 World Cup is the eighth ICC Men's T20 World Cup tournament.[3] It is being played in Australia from 16 October to 13 November 2022.[4][5] Originally, the tournament was to be held in 2020, however, in July 2020, the International Cricket Council (ICC) confirmed that the tournament had been postponed, due to the COVID-19 pandemic.[6] In August 2020, the ICC also confirmed that Australia would host the rearranged tournament in 2022,[7] with the T20 World Cup scheduled to take place in India in 2021 as originally planned,[8] but was later moved to UAE and Oman.[9] On 21 January 2022, the ICC confirmed all the fixtures for the tournament.[10][11] Hosts Australia are also the defending champions.[12]