The International Cricket Council has announced that the final stages of the ICC World Twenty 20 Qualifier 2013 will be held at Zayed Cricket Stadium in Abu Dhabi. The double-header qualifying finals on the last two days of the tournament on 29th and 30th November will be played at 2 pm and 6 pm respectively.

The ICC World Cup T-20 has 16 teams, split into two groups of eight who will compete for six available spots in the ICC World Twenty 2014 in Bangladesh. The sides that top the two groups at the conclusion of the group stages will automatically qualify for Bangladesh World cup in 2014. The sides that finish second and third in each of the two groups will play cross-over matches with the two winners also progressing to the ICC World Twenty 20 in 2014. The sides that finish fourth and fifth in each of the two groups will also play cross-over matches.

Winners of these two matches then play against the losers of the match between second versus the third cross-over fixtures. The winners of these matches will then also qualify for the ICC World Twenty20 in Bangladesh in 2014.The teams for the qualifying round in Group-A are Ireland, Namibia, Canada, Uganda, USA, Italy, Hong Kong and the United Arab Emirates. In Group-B the teams are Afghanistan, Netherlands, Scotland, Kenya, Bermuda, Denmark, Nepal and Papua New Guinea.