2025 ICC Men's T20 World Cup Asia Regional Final

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2025 ICC Men's T20 World Cup Asia Regional Final
DatesTBD – 2025
Administrator(s) Asian Cricket Council
Cricket format Twenty20 International
Tournament format(s) Round-robin tournament
Host(s)TBD
Participants6
MatchesTBD
2023

2025 ICC Men's T20 World Cup Asia Regional Final will be a cricket tournament that forms part of the qualification process for the 2026 ICC Men's T20 World Cup. Winners and Runners-up of the tournament will join Afghanistan, Bangladesh, India, Pakistan and Sri Lanka in the 2026 T20 World Cup who have pre-qualified already. [1]

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Teams and qualification

In this cycle, a total of fourteen teams are participating in the sub-regional phase, while the two leading associates, Nepal and Oman, who took part in the 2024 T20 World Cup, enter the process at the regional final stage. The sub-regional phase is divided into two events with seven teams competing in each event. Top two teams of each sub-regional qualifier will advance to the Regional final. [2]

India and Sri Lanka directly qualified for the T20 World Cup as co-hosts while, Afghanistan and Bangladesh qualified as a top eight team from the previous edition. Pakistan qualified through ICC Men's T20I Team Rankings. The following teams entered the qualification process for the remaining two quotas for Asia. [3] [4]

Method of qualificationNumber of teamsTeams
Direct qualifiers
2
Flag of Nepal.svg    Nepal [lower-alpha 1]
Flag of Oman.svg  Oman [lower-alpha 1]
Sub-regional qualifier A
2
Flag.svgTBD
Flag.svgTBD
Sub-regional qualifier B
2
Flag.svgTBD
Flag.svgTBD
Total
6
  1. 1 2 Received a bye after competing in the 2024 T20 World Cup

Points table

PosTeamPldWLNRPts NRR
1Flag of Nepal.svg    Nepal 00000
2Flag of Oman.svg  Oman 00000
3Winner of Qualifier A00000
4Runner-up of Qualifier A00000
5Winner of Qualifier B00000
6Runner-up of Qualifier B00000
First match(es) will be played: unknown. Source: [ citation needed ]

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