Another group stage, comprising eight teams across two pools, will follow four initial groups of five, ahead of the semi-finals
The T20 World Cup in 2024, which is set to feature 20 teams, will take on a different format to the last two editions.
In 2021 and 2022, a first-round stage has seen eight teams compete over two groups for four spots in the Super 12.
But with four additional nations included in the next tournament two years away, countries will be split into four pools of five from the outset.
Rather than moving into a quarter-final, the top two in each group will then progress into another round-robin phase, the Super Eight, comprising two sets of four.
Only after that stage will the knockouts begin with the semi-finals.
Effectively, this marks a return to what the competition used to look like, but on a bigger scale.
The Netherlands qualified for 2024 by finishing in the top four of their Super 12 group in Australia (Brenton Edwards/AFP via Getty Images)
Until the 2014 World T20, there was a full group stage followed by a Super Eight to precede the semi-finals, but that changed when the number of participants grew from 12 in the first four editions to 16 in the fifth.
Twelve teams have so far confirmed their qualification for the 2024 contest. West Indies, who are on the lookout for a new T20I captain following Nicholas Pooran's resignation on Monday, will qualify automatically as co-hosts alongside the United States, who are taking part in their first T20 World Cup.
England, Pakistan, New Zealand, Sri Lanka, India, Australia, South Africa and the Netherlands have also sealed their spots by finishing in the top four of their respective Super 12 groups in Australia. Afghanistan and Bangladesh have qualified by virtue of holding the next-highest T20I rankings.
The remaining eight slots will be determined through a batch of regional qualifiers, with two countries each from Europe, Asia and Africa accounting for six of those berths, with one each through the Americas and East Asia-Pacific regions.
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