Apart from Nepal and Ireland, the Group A comprises of Hong Kong, Papua New Guinea (PNG), Namibia, America and Jersey in the 14-team Qualifier. Afghanistan, United Arab Emirates, Netherlands, Scotland, Canada, Kenya and Oman are in Group B, announced the Internatinal Cricket Council (ICC) on Thursday. Top six teams from the Qualifier will earn tickets to the next year’s World Twenty in India.

Nepal open their campaign with a match against America on July 10 before taking on Namibia the next day. Hosts Ireland will be their next opponents on July 13 before playing Hong Kong two days later. All first four matches has been scheduled in Belfast. The last two fixures—against PNG on July 17 and Jersey on July 18—will be held in Dublin.

Unlike past, Nepal have drawn directly in the Qualifier since earning international Twenty20 status last year thanks to their impressive performance in World Twenty20 in Dhaka. Nepal had to go rigiourous Asian Cricket Council (ACC) competitions to make it to the Twenty20 Qualifier previously. Nepal had qualified for the 2014 World Cup in Dhaka after finishing third in the Qualifiers two years earlier in the UAE.

The sides that top the two groups will automatically qualify for the ICC World Twenty20 India 2016, while the sides that finish second and third in each of the two groups will play cross-over matches with the two winners joining the table-toppers for the India tournament.

The losing sides of the two play-off matches will then play the fourth-placed sides from each of the two groups in cross-over matches with the winners completing the 16-team lineup for the ICC World T20 in 2016.