2025 Men's T20 World Cup Asia–EAP Regional Final

2025 Men's T20 World Cup
Asia-EAP Regional Final

Dates	8 – 17 October 2025
Administrator(s)	Asian Cricket Council ICC East Asia-Pacific
Cricket format	Twenty20 International
Tournament format(s)	Group stage and Super 6s
Host(s)	Oman
Participants	9
Matches	21
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The 2025 ICC Men's T20 World Cup Asia-Pacific Regional Final will be a cricket tournament that forms part of the qualification process for the 2026 Men's T20 World Cup. It will be held in Oman from 8 to 17 October 2025. ^[1]

The top three sides in the tournament will join Afghanistan, Australia, Bangladesh, India, New Zealand, Pakistan and Sri Lanka in the 2026 T20 World Cup who have already pre-qualified. ^{[2] [3]} India and Sri Lanka directly qualified for the T20 World Cup as co-hosts, ^[4] while Afghanistan, Australia and Bangladesh qualified as by finishing among the top eight teams from the previous edition and New Zealand and Pakistan qualified through the ICC Men's T20I Team Rankings. ^[5]

Teams and qualification

In this cycle, a total of 14 teams participated in the Asian sub-regional phase and 8 teams were participating in the EAP sub-regional phase. The Asian sub-regional phase was divided into two events of seven teams ^{[6] [7]} and the EAP sub-regional phase was divided into two events of four teams. ^{[8] [9]}

The top two sides of each Asia sub-regional qualifier along with the winners of EAP sub-regional qualifiers will advance to a combined regional final, where they will join Nepal, Oman and Papua New Guinea who received a bye after participating in the 2024 ICC Men's T20 World Cup. ^{[10] [11]}

Method of qualification	Date	Venue(s)	No. of teams	Team
2024 ICC Men's T20 World Cup	29 June 2024	United States West Indies	3	Nepal
				Oman
				Papua New Guinea
EAP Qualifier A	17 – 24 August 2024	Samoa	1	Samoa
Asia Qualifier A	30 August – 9 September 2024	Malaysia	2	Kuwait
				Malaysia
EAP Qualifier B	28 September – 5 October 2024	South Korea	1	Japan
Asia Qualifier B	19 – 28 November 2024	Qatar	2	Qatar
				United Arab Emirates
Total			9

Squads

Japan [12]	Kuwait	Malaysia	Nepal	Oman
Kendel Kadowaki-Fleming (c) Abhishek Anand Charles Hinze Benjamin Ito-Davis Wataru Miyauchi Esam Rahman Sabaorish Ravichandran Reo Sakurano-Thomas Abdul Samad Alexander Shirai-Patmore Shoma Sugaya-Slater Declan Suzuki-McComb Ibrahim Takahashi Makoto Taniyama Lachlan Yamamoto-Lake
Papua New Guinea	Qatar	Samoa [13]	United Arab Emirates
		Caleb Jasmat (c) Daniel Burgess Douglas Finau Samuel French Kurtis Hynam-Nyberg Benjamin Mailata Noah Mead Solomon Nash Samson Sola Sean Solia Fereti Sululoto Ross Taylor Saumani Tiai Ili Tugaga Darius Visser

Warm-ups

Warm-up matches
3 October 2025 Oman   v   Kuwait 3 October 2025 Papua New Guinea   v   United Arab Emirates 3 October 2025 Japan   v   Samoa 4 October 2025 Malaysia   v   Samoa 4 October 2025 Oman   v     Nepal 5 October 2025 Japan   v   United Arab Emirates 5 October 2025 Kuwait   v   Qatar 6 October 2025 Nepal     v   Qatar 6 October 2025 Malaysia   v   Papua New Guinea

Group stage

Group division and fixtures of Asia–EAP Regional Final was announced by International Cricket Council on 10 July 2025. ^{[14] [1]}

Group A

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	L	NR	Pts	NRR	Qualification
1	Malaysia	0	0	0	0	0	—	Advance to the Super 6
2	Qatar	0	0	0	0	0	—
3	United Arab Emirates	0	0	0	0	0	—

First match(es) will be played: 8 October 2025. Source: ESPNcricinfo ^[15]

8 October 2025 14:30 Scorecard

Qatar	v	United Arab Emirates

Oman Cricket Academy Ground Turf 1, Al Amarat

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9 October 2025 10:00 Scorecard

Qatar	v	Malaysia

Oman Cricket Academy Ground Turf 1, Al Amarat

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10 October 2025 10:00 Scorecard

Malaysia	v	United Arab Emirates

Oman Cricket Academy Ground Turf 1, Al Amarat

Group B

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	L	NR	Pts	NRR	Qualification
1	Japan	0	0	0	0	0	—	Advance to the Super 6
2	Kuwait	0	0	0	0	0	—
3	Nepal	0	0	0	0	0	—

First match(es) will be played: 8 October 2025. Source: ESPNcricinfo ^[15]

8 October 2025 19:00 (N) Scorecard

Kuwait	v	Nepal

Oman Cricket Academy Ground Turf 1, Al Amarat

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9 October 2025 14:30 Scorecard

Japan	v	Kuwait

Oman Cricket Academy Ground Turf 1, Al Amarat

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10 October 2025 14:30 Scorecard

Japan	v	Nepal

Oman Cricket Academy Ground Turf 1, Al Amarat

Group C

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	L	NR	Pts	NRR	Qualification
1	Oman	0	0	0	0	0	—	Advance to the Super 6
2	Papua New Guinea	0	0	0	0	0	—
3	Samoa	0	0	0	0	0	—

First match(es) will be played: 8 October 2025. Source: ESPNcricinfo ^[15]

8 October 2025 10:00 Scorecard

Oman	v	Samoa

Oman Cricket Academy Ground Turf 1, Al Amarat

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9 October 2025 19:00 (N) Scorecard

Papua New Guinea	v	Samoa

Oman Cricket Academy Ground Turf 1, Al Amarat

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10 October 2025 19:00 (N) Scorecard

Oman	v	Papua New Guinea

Oman Cricket Academy Ground Turf 1, Al Amarat

Super 6

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	L	NR	Pts	NRR	Qualification
1	A1	0	0	0	0	0	—	Qualify for the 2026 Men's T20 World Cup
2	A2	0	0	0	0	0	—
3	B1	0	0	0	0	0	—
4	B2	0	0	0	0	0	—
5	C1	0	0	0	0	0	—
6	C2	0	0	0	0	0	—

First match(es) will be played: 12 October 2025. Source: ESPNcricinfo ^[15]

12 October 2025 10:00 Scorecard

C1	v	A2

Oman Cricket Academy Ground Turf 1, Al Amarat

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12 October 2025 14:30 Scorecard

A1	v	B1

Oman Cricket Academy Ground Turf 1, Al Amarat

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12 October 2025 19:00 (N) Scorecard

C2	v	B2

Oman Cricket Academy Ground Turf 1, Al Amarat

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13 October 2025 14:30 Scorecard

C1	v	A1

Oman Cricket Academy Ground Turf 1, Al Amarat

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13 October 2025 19:00 (N) Scorecard

B1	v	A2

Oman Cricket Academy Ground Turf 1, Al Amarat

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15 October 2025 10:00 Scorecard

B2	v	A2

Oman Cricket Academy Ground Turf 1, Al Amarat

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15 October 2025 14:30 Scorecard

C2	v	A1

Onan Cricket Academy Ground Turf 1, Al Amarat

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15 October 2025 19:00 (N) Scorecard

C1	v	B1

Oman Cricket Academy Ground Turf 1, Al Amarat

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16 October 2025 14:30 Scorecard

A1	v	B2

Oman Cricket Academy Ground Turf 1, Al Amarat

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16 October 2025 19:00 (N) Scorecard

A2	v	C2

Oman Cricket Academy Ground Turf 1, Al Amarat

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17 October 2025 10:00 Scorecard

B2	v	C1

Oman Cricket Academy Ground Turf 1, Al Amarat

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17 October 2025 14:30 Scorecard

C2	v	B1

Oman Cricket Academy Ground Turf 1, Al Amarat

References

1. "ICC announces schedule for East Asia-Pacific and Asia World Cup Qualifiers". International Cricket Council. Retrieved 10 July 2025.
2. "How does qualification for the 2026 T20 World Cup work?". Wisden. Retrieved 10 June 2024.
3. "Stop clock set to become a permanent fixture in white-ball internationals from T20 World Cup 2024". International Cricket Council. Retrieved 15 March 2024.
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5. "T20 World Cup 2026: Pakistan, New Zealand, Ireland secure automatic qualification despite failing to make it to Super Eight". sportstar.thehindu.com. 2 July 2024. Retrieved 30 August 2024.
6. "Malaysia Cricket to host 2026 ICC Men's T20 World Cup Asia Qualifier A in August/September 2024". Czarsports. 31 May 2024. Retrieved 10 June 2023.
7. "Qatar Cricket to host 2026 ICC Men's T20 World Cup Asia Qualifier B in November 2024". Czarsports. 23 September 2024.
8. "Samoa Cricket to host 2026 ICC Men's T20 World Cup EAP Sub-regional Qualifier A in August 2024". Czarsportz. 2 January 2024. Retrieved 7 January 2024.
9. "A historic first for South Korea as dates and venues for the 2024 Pathway Events are announced". International Cricket Council. 5 March 2024. Retrieved 5 March 2024.
10. "Dramatic final day sees Samoa win East Asia-Pacific Sub Regional Qualifier A". International Cricket Council. 26 August 2024. Retrieved 14 September 2024.
11. "Malaysia and Kuwait advance to ICC Men's T20 WC Asia-East Asia Pacific Regional Final 2025". International Cricket Council. 9 September 2024. Retrieved 14 September 2024.
12. "Men's Japan National Team for the final stage of qualification for the ICC Men's T20 World Cup announced! Here is the Japan team that will be going to Oman in October!". Japan Cricket Association . Retrieved 8 September 2025– via Facebook.
13. "ICC event winner in for Samoa's T20 World Cup push". International Cricket Council . Retrieved 5 September 2025.
14. "All eyes on Oman in October for T20 World Cup qualifier event". International Cricket Council. Retrieved 10 July 2025.
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External links

• 2025 Men's T20 World Cup Asia–EAP Regional Final at ESPNcricinfo