This edition of the qualifier for the 2014 ICC World Twenty20 was an expanded version comprising ten qualifiers from regional Twenty20 tournaments in addition to the top six finishers of the previous edition.

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.

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

They will join the hosts Bangladesh and Zimbabwe in the preliminary group stage, from which only two teams will advance.

The following squads were named ahead of the tournament:[6] 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.