Dates | TBD – September 2025 |
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Administrator(s) | Africa Cricket Association |
Cricket format | Twenty20 International |
Tournament format(s) | TBA |
Host(s) | Zimbabwe |
Participants | 8 |
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2026 Men's T20 World Cup |
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The 2025 ICC Men's T20 World Cup Africa 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 Zimbabwe in September 2025. [1] [2]
The top two sides in the tournament will join South Africa in the 2026 T20 World Cup who have already pre-qualified. [3] [4]
South Africa directly qualified for the T20 World Cup as a top eight team from the previous edition. [5]
In this cycle, a total of 18 teams are participating in the African sub-regional phase, which is divided into three events with six teams competing in each event. [6] [7] [8]
Africa Sub-regional Qualifiers | ||
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Qualifier A | Qualifier B | Qualifier C |
The top two sides of each sub-regional qualifier advanced to the regional final, where they joined Namibia and Uganda who received a bye after participating in the 2024 ICC Men's T20 World Cup.
Method of qualification | Date | Venue(s) | No. of teams | Team |
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2024 ICC Men's T20 World Cup | 29 June 2024 | United States West Indies | 2 | Namibia |
Uganda | ||||
Africa Qualifier A | 21–26 September 2024 | Tanzania | 2 | Malawi |
Tanzania | ||||
Africa Qualifier B | 19–24 October 2024 | Kenya | 2 | Kenya |
Zimbabwe | ||||
Africa Qualifier C | 23–28 November 2024 | Nigeria | 2 | Botswana |
Nigeria | ||||
Total | 8 |
Pos | Team | Pld | W | L | NR | Pts | NRR | Qualification |
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1 | Botswana | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | Advance to the 2026 T20 World Cup |
2 | Kenya | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | |
3 | Malawi | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | |
4 | Namibia | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | |
5 | Nigeria | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | |
6 | Tanzania | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | |
7 | Uganda | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | |
8 | Zimbabwe | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — |
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