2025 Men's T20 World Cup Europe Regional Final

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2025 ICC Men's T20 World Cup
Europe Regional Final
Dates5 – 11 July 2025
Administrator(s) ICC Europe
Cricket formatRound Robin
Tournament format(s) Twenty20 International
Host(s)Flag of the Netherlands.svg  Netherlands
Participants5
Matches10

The 2025 ICC Men's T20 World Cup Europe 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 the Netherlands in July 2025. [1] [2]

Contents

The top two sides in the tournament will join England and Ireland in the 2026 T20 World Cup who have already pre-qualified. [3] [4]

Teams and qualification

England qualified directly for the T20 World Cup as a top eight team from the previous edition. Ireland qualified directly through ICC Men's T20I Team Rankings. [5]

In this cycle, a total of 30 teams participated in the European sub-regional phase, which was divided into three events with ten teams competing in each event in two groups of five. [6] [7] [8] [9]

Europe Sub-regional Qualifiers Europe Regional Final
Qualifier A Qualifier B Qualifier C Direct qualifiersSub-regional qualifiers
Group 1Group 2Group 1Group 2Group 1Group 2

The winners of each sub-regional qualifier advanced to the regional final, where they joined Scotland and Netherlands who received a bye after participating in the 2024 ICC Men's T20 World Cup. Italy advanced from Qualifier A, [10] Jersey advanced from Qualifier B [11] and Guernsey advanced from Qualifier C. [12] [13]

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
2
Flag of the Netherlands.svg  Netherlands
Flag of Scotland.svg  Scotland
Europe Qualifier A 9 – 16 June 2024Flag of Italy.svg  Italy
1
Flag of Italy.svg  Italy
Europe Qualifier B 7 – 14 July 2024Flag of Germany.svg  Germany
1
Flag of Jersey.svg  Jersey
Europe Qualifier C 21 – 28 August 2024Flag of Guernsey.svg  Guernsey
1
Flag of Guernsey.svg  Guernsey
Total5

Points table

PosTeamPldWLNRPts NRR Qualification
1Flag of Guernsey.svg  Guernsey 00000Advance to the
2026 Men's T20 World Cup
2Flag of Italy.svg  Italy 00000
3Flag of Jersey.svg  Jersey 00000
4Flag of the Netherlands.svg  Netherlands (H)00000
5Flag of Scotland.svg  Scotland 00000
First match(es) will be played: 5 July 2025. Source: [ citation needed ]
(H) Host


References

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  2. "VCC hosts ICC Men's T20 WCQ Europe 2025 at Sportpark Westvliet!". Voorburg Cricket Club. Retrieved 24 February 2025.
  3. "How does qualification for the 2026 T20 World Cup work?". Wisden. Retrieved 10 June 2024.
  4. "Stop clock set to become a permanent fixture in white-ball internationals from T20 World Cup 2024". International Cricket Council. Retrieved 15 March 2024.
  5. "All you need to know about 2026 T20 World Cup qualification". Cricbuzz. Retrieved 18 May 2024.
  6. "Italy, Germany, Denmark set to host ICC event for first-time ever in 2024". Asian News International. 14 December 2023. Retrieved 16 December 2023.
  7. "Italy Cricket to host 2026 ICC Men's T20 World Cup Europe Sub-regional Qualifier "A" in June 2024". Czarsportz. 14 December 2023. Retrieved 16 December 2023.
  8. "Germany Cricket to host 2026 ICC Men's T20 World Cup Europe Sub-regional Qualifier "B" in July 2024". Czarsportz. 14 December 2023. Retrieved 16 December 2023.
  9. "Guernsey Cricket to host 2026 ICC Men's T20 World Cup Europe Sub-regional Qualifier "C" in August 2024". Czarsportz. 14 December 2023. Retrieved 16 December 2023.
  10. "Italy advance in Men's T20 World Cup 2026 Qualification after victory in Rome". International Cricket Council. Retrieved 17 June 2024.
  11. "Jersey win in Germany to advance in ICC Men's T20 World Cup 2026 pathway". International Cricket Council. Retrieved 15 July 2024.
  12. "Guernsey reach T20 World Cup qualifiers". BBC Sport. 28 August 2024. Retrieved 28 August 2024.
  13. "Hard work pays off in historic Guernsey win". Guernsey Press. 29 August 2024. Retrieved 29 August 2024.