A decision on the tournament was originally deferred until the ICC's meeting on 10 June 2020, with a further announcement scheduled to be made in July 2020. However, the following month a senior ICC official said that it would be "too big a risk" to host the tournament in 2020, The ICC also stated that reports of postponing the tournament were inaccurate, with multiple contingency plans being looked at. In April 2020, the ICC confirmed that despite the COVID-19 pandemic, the tournament was still planned to go ahead as scheduled. Mitchell Marsh was named the Player of the Match, with David Warner being named the Player of the Tournament. In the final, Australia beat New Zealand by eight wickets to win their first T20 World Cup. It was the second time that Australia had qualified for the final of the T20 World Cup, after reaching the final of the 2010 tournament. They were joined in the final by Australia, who beat Pakistan by five wickets in the second semi-final. It was the first time that New Zealand had qualified for a T20 World Cup final. New Zealand became the first team to reach the final, after they beat England by five wickets in the semi-finals. The preliminary rounds of the tournament were played in the UAE and Oman. The tournament began on 17 October 2021, with the tournament's final taking place on 14 November 2021. However, in June 2021, the ICC announced that the tournament had been moved to the United Arab Emirates due to growing concerns over the COVID-19 pandemic situation in India, and a possible third wave of the pandemic in the country. In August 2020, the ICC confirmed that India would host the 2021 tournament as planned, with Australia being named as the host for the succeeding 2022 tournament. Originally the event was scheduled to be held in Australia from 18 October to 15 November 2020, but in July 2020, the International Cricket Council (ICC) confirmed that this tournament had been postponed, due to the COVID-19 pandemic. The West Indies were the defending champions, but were eventually eliminated in the Super 12 stage. The 2021 ICC Men's T20 World Cup was the seventh ICC Men's T20 World Cup tournament, with the matches played in the United Arab Emirates and Oman from 17 October to 14 November 2021.