Qualifier 2 in IPL playoffs explained: Format and complete history of results

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KEY TAKEAWAYS:

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  Qualifier 2 is the IPL's last knockout match where one team books the final, and the other goes home.
  
  
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  The Q2 winner has gone on to win the title roughly one-fifth of the time.
  
  
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  IPL 2026's Qualifier 2 will be held on May 29 in New Chandigarh, at the Maharaja Yadavindra Singh International Cricket Stadium.
  

What is Qualifier 2 and why does it matter?​

Before 2011, the IPL used a simple four-team semi-final knockout. Lose and your season was over. The revamped playoff structure that arrived ahead of the 2011 season changed all of that and nowhere is the drama more concentrated than in Qualifier 2.

This is cricket's toughest room. Two teams, one match, no margin for error. One side is the loser of Qualifier 1, a team that had earned the privilege of two bites at the cherry after finishing in the top two of the league stage, now forced to fight back from the edge.

The other is the winner of the Eliminator, a team that clawed its way back from third or fourth on the points table and has already survived sudden death.

The beauty of Qualifier 2 is the tension it creates. For the Q1 loser, it is a bitter fall from grace and a desperate attempt at redemption. For the Eliminator winner, it is a team on a momentum surge, already having beaten the odds once. Neither side can afford a bad day.

Win, and you're in the final. Lose, and the season is finished.

Explained:Qualifier 1 | Eliminator

Complete History of Every Qualifier 2: 2011 to 2025​

Year	Match	Venue	Winner	Q2 Winner Fate
2011	RCB v MI	Bengaluru	RCB	Lost the Final
2012	CSK v DD	Chennai	CSK	Lost the Final
2013	RR v MI	Kolkata	MI	Won the IPL
2014	KXIP v CSK	Mumbai	KXIP	Lost the Final
2015	RCB v CSK	Ranchi	CSK	Lost the Final
2016	GL v SRH	Delhi	SRH	Won the IPL
2017	KKR v MI	Bengaluru	MI	Won the IPL
2018	SRH v KKR	Kolkata	SRH	Lost the Final
2019	DC v CSK	Vizag	CSK	Lost the Final
2020	DC v SRH	Abu Dhabi	DC	Lost the Final
2021	DC v KKR	Sharjah	KKR	Lost the Final
2022	RCB v RR	Ahmedabad	RR	Lost the Final
2023	GT v MI	Ahmedabad	GT	Lost the Final
2024	SRH v RR	Chennai	SRH	Lost the Final
2025	MI v PBKS	Ahmedabad	PBKS	Lost the Final

IPL 2026: Qualifier 2 Details​

IPL 2026's Qualifier 2 is scheduled for May 29 at the Maharaja Yadavindra Singh International Cricket Stadium in New Chandigarh, the same venue that hosts the Eliminator a day earlier on May 27.

The stadium, which made its IPL debut in 2025 as one of the revised playoff venues, provides a modern setting for one of cricket's most high-stakes knockout contests.

The match will feature the loser of Qualifier 1 played at Dharamshala on May 26 against the winner of the Eliminator. Only one of them will advance to the Final at the Narendra Modi Stadium in Ahmedabad on May 31.

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