Watch The Final Eight Matches on ESPN Play Beginning November 27

ESPN Caribbean will present exclusive live and on-demand coverage of the final eight knockout stage matches of the 2013 I.C.C. World Twenty20 Qualifiers on ESPN Play (www.espnplay.com), ESPN’s multiscreen live and on-demand broadband platform beginning November 27, with Match 60. Coverage will be brought from the matches assigned specifically to the Sheikh Zayed Stadium in Abu Dhabi, as 16 teams vie for the top six spots to advance to the 2014 I.C.C. World Twenty20 tournament.

The 16 teams have been divided into two groups with last year’s winner, Ireland, in Group A alongside Canada, Hong Kong, Italy, Namibia, Uganda, USA and the host, United Arab Emirates. Group B comprises of Afghanistan, Bermuda, Denmark, Netherlands, Nepal, Kenya, Papua New Guinea (PNG) and Scotland.

Action bowls off Wednesday 27 November at 12:50 a.m. (ET) with the eliminators to determine which teams will face the already-determined winners of Group A and B in the Semi-Finals. These teams will battle to finalize the top four finishers in the tournament. The matches on Thursday 28 November will confirm the Fifth and Sixth-Place teams with the Semi-Finals to be played on Friday 29 November. The Finals, as well as the Third-Place Playoffs, will take place Saturday 30 November.

The top six teams will enter the first round of the 2014 I.C.C. World Twenty20 tournament, which will be broadcast exclusively by ESPN Caribbean next March, alongside Zimbabwe and hosts, Bangladesh. The top two teams will proceed to the second round alongside England, New Zealand, South Africa and Sri Lanka in Group 1; and Pakistan, India, Australia and West Indies in Group 2.

I.C.C. WT20Q Live on ESPN Play (All Times Eastern)

Date

Time

Match

27 Nov

12:50 - 4:00 a.m.

Match 60: 2nd Group A vs. 3rd Group B

27 Nov

4:50 - 8:00 a.m.

Match 63: 3rd Group A vs. 2nd Group B

28 Nov

12:50 - 4:00 a.m.

Match 64: Winner Match 61 vs. Loser Match 60

28 Nov

4:50 - 8:00 a.m.

Match 66: Winner Match 62 vs. Loser Match 63

29 Nov

4:50 - 8:00 a.m.

Match 68 (Semi-Final 1): Winner Group B vs. Winner Match 60

29 Nov

8:50 a.m. - 12:00 p.m.

Match 70 (Semi-Final 2): Winner Group A vs. Winner Match 63

30 Nov

4:50 - 8:00 a.m.

Match 71 (Third-Place Playoffs): Loser Semi-Final 1 vs. Loser Semi-Final 2

30 Nov

8:50 a.m. - 12:00 p.m.

Match 72 (Finals): Winner Semi-Final 1 vs. Winner Semi-Final 2


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