| Dates | 26 September – 4 October 2025 |
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| Administrator | Africa Cricket Association |
| Cricket format | Twenty20 International |
| Tournament format(s) | Group round-robin and Playoffs |
| Host | Zimbabwe |
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| Runners-up | |
| Participants | 8 |
| Matches | 20 |
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| Most wickets | |
| Part of a series on the |
| 2026 Men's T20 World Cup |
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| Qualification Overview |
| Qualified teams |
| General Information |
The 2025 ICC Men's T20 World Cup Africa Regional Final was a cricket tournament that formed part of the qualification process for the 2026 Men's T20 World Cup. It was played in Zimbabwe from 26 September to 4 October 2025. [1] [2] [3]
The top two sides in the tournament join South Africa in the 2026 T20 World Cup who had pre-qualified as one of the top eight teams from the previous edition. [4] [5] [6] Namibia and Zimbabwe secured their places at the 2026 T20 World Cup. [7]
In this cycle, a total of 18 teams participated in the African sub-regional phase, which was divided into three events with six teams competing in each event. [8] [9] [10]
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 | 2 | ||
| Africa Qualifier A | 21–26 September 2024 | 2 | ||
| Africa Qualifier B | 19–24 October 2024 | 2 | ||
| Africa Qualifier C | 23–28 November 2024 | 2 | ||
| Total | 8 |
Shrideep Mangela was ruled out of Uganda's squad due to injury, and was replaced by Ronald Lutaaya. [19]
On 26 September, Sean Williams was released from Zimbabwe squad for his personal reasons and was replaced by Clive Madande. [20]
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| Pos | Team | Pld | W | L | NR | Pts | NRR | Qualification |
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| 1 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 6.556 | Advanced to the semi-final | |
| 2 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 2 | −1.553 | ||
| 3 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 2 | −1.822 | Advanced to the play-offs | |
| 4 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 2 | −2.613 |
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Sukhdeep Singh 34 (36) Alexander Busing-Volschenk 2/11 (3 overs) |
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Suhail Vayani 27 (25) Ridwan Abdulkareem 3/24 (4 overs) | Sulaimon Runsewe 51* (44) |
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| Pos | Team | Pld | W | L | NR | Pts | NRR | Qualification |
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| 1 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 5.262 | Advanced to the semi-final | |
| 2 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 4 | −1.013 | ||
| 3 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0.394 | Advanced to the play-offs | |
| 4 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | −5.198 |
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Arun Yadav 62 (32) Boemo Khumalo 2/23 (3 overs) |
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Raghav Dhawan 39 (37) Khalidy Juma 4/13 (4 overs) |
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Brendan Taylor 123 (54) Boemo Kgosiemang 2/50 (4 overs) |
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Brian Bennett 111 (60) Khalidy Juma 2/39 (4 overs) | Abhik Patwa 32 (22) Brad Evans 4/16 (4 overs) |
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Vinoo Balakrishnan 24 (22) Riazat Ali Shah 2/7 (2 overs) |
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Vincent Adewoye 42 (18) Boemo Kgosiemang 3/26 (4 overs) | Katlo Piet 22* (20) Joshua Asia 4/11 (4 overs) |
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Sumeet Verma 88 (41) Kelvin Thuchila 1/8 (3 overs) | Aaftab Limdawala 22 (39) Alpesh Ramjani 4/13 (4 overs) |
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Suhail Vayani 30* (21) Botlhe Keganne 2/15 (3 overs) | Tharindu Perera 19 (20) Moazzam Baig 4/10 (4 overs) |
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Dhiren Gondaria 60 (53) Laksh Bakrania 2/20 (4 overs) | Amal Rajeevan 39 (37) Nitish Hirani 4/21 (4 overs) |
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| Pos. | Team | Remarks |
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| 1 | Qualified for the 2026 Men's T20 World Cup | |
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