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

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2025 Men's T20 World Cup
Asia-EAP Regional Final
Dates8 – 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)Flag of Oman.svg Oman
Participants9
Matches21
← 2023

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]

Contents

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 advanced 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		DateVenue(s)No. of teamsTeam
2024 ICC Men's T20 World Cup 29 June 2024Flag of the United States.svg United States
WestIndiesCricketFlagPre1999.svg West Indies
3
Flag of Nepal.svg    Nepal
Flag of Oman.svg  Oman
Flag of Papua New Guinea.svg  Papua New Guinea
EAP Qualifier A 17 – 24 August 2024Flag of Samoa.svg Samoa
1
Flag of Samoa.svg  Samoa
Asia Qualifier A 30 August – 9 September 2024Flag of Malaysia.svg Malaysia
2
Flag of Kuwait.svg  Kuwait
Flag of Malaysia.svg  Malaysia
EAP Qualifier B 28 September – 5 October 2024Flag of South Korea.svg South Korea
1
Flag of Japan.svg  Japan
Asia Qualifier B 19 – 28 November 2024Flag of Qatar.svg Qatar
2
Flag of Qatar.svg  Qatar
Flag of the United Arab Emirates.svg  United Arab Emirates
Total9

Squads

Flag of Japan.svg  Japan [12] Flag of Kuwait.svg  Kuwait Flag of Malaysia.svg  Malaysia Flag of Nepal.svg    Nepal Flag of Oman.svg  Oman
Flag of Papua New Guinea.svg  Papua New Guinea Flag of Qatar.svg  Qatar Flag of Samoa.svg  Samoa [13] Flag of the United Arab Emirates.svg  United Arab Emirates

Kuwait in Oman

Before the qualifiers, Kuwait played 2 T20Is in Oman.

29 September 2025
Oman  Flag of Oman.svg
v
Flag of Kuwait.svg  Kuwait
30 September 2025
Oman  Flag of Oman.svg
v
Flag of Kuwait.svg  Kuwait

Warm-ups

Group stage

The group division and the fixtures of the Asia–EAP Regional Final were announced by the International Cricket Council on 10 July 2025. [14] [1]

Group A

PosTeam
PldWLNRPts NRR Qualification
1Flag of Malaysia.svg  Malaysia 00000—Advance to the Super 6
2Flag of Qatar.svg  Qatar 00000—
3Flag of the United Arab Emirates.svg  United Arab Emirates 00000—
First match(es) will be played: 8 October 2025. Source: ESPNcricinfo [15]

Group B

PosTeam
PldWLNRPts NRR Qualification
1Flag of Japan.svg  Japan 00000—Advance to the Super 6
2Flag of Kuwait.svg  Kuwait 00000—
3Flag of Nepal.svg    Nepal 00000—
First match(es) will be played: 8 October 2025. Source: ESPNcricinfo [15]

Group C

PosTeam
PldWLNRPts NRR Qualification
1Flag of Oman.svg  Oman 00000—Advance to the Super 6
2Flag of Papua New Guinea.svg  Papua New Guinea 00000—
3Flag of Samoa.svg  Samoa 00000—
First match(es) will be played: 8 October 2025. Source: ESPNcricinfo [15]

Super 6

PosTeam
PldWLNRPts NRR Qualification
1A100000—Qualify for the 2026 Men's T20 World Cup
2A200000—
3B100000—
4B200000—
5C100000—
6C200000—
First match(es) will be played: 12 October 2025. Source: ESPNcricinfo [15]
12 October 2025
10:00
Scorecard
C1
v
A2
12 October 2025
14:30
Scorecard
A1
v
B1
12 October 2025
19:00 (N)
Scorecard
C2
v
B2
13 October 2025
14:30
Scorecard
C1
v
A1
13 October 2025
19:00 (N)
Scorecard
B1
v
A2
15 October 2025
10:00
Scorecard
B2
v
A2
15 October 2025
14:30
Scorecard
C2
v
A1
15 October 2025
19:00 (N)
Scorecard
C1
v
B1
16 October 2025
14:30
Scorecard
A1
v
B2
16 October 2025
19:00 (N)
Scorecard
A2
v
C2
17 October 2025
10:00
Scorecard
B2
v
C1
17 October 2025
14:30
Scorecard
C2
v
B1

References

  1. 1 2 "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.
  4. ↑ "Sri Lanka, India to co-host ICC Men's T20 World Cup in 2026". www.adaderana.lk. Retrieved 14 September 2024.
  5. ↑ "T20 World Cup 2026: Pakistan, New Zealand, Ireland secure automatic qualification despite failing to make it to Super Eight". Sportstar . 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.
  15. 1 2 3 4 "Men's T20 World Cup Asia & EAP Qualifier 2025/26 - Points Table". ESPNcricinfo. Retrieved 18 September 2025.
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