2026 ICC Men's T20 World Cup qualification

2026 ICC Men's T20 World Cup qualification

Dates	9 June 2024 – 2025
Administrator(s)	International Cricket Council Africa Cricket Association Asian Cricket Council ICC Americas ICC East Asia-Pacific ICC Europe
Cricket format	Twenty20 International
Participants	87
Matches	188 (Sub-regional)
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The 2026 ICC Men's T20 World Cup qualification is an ongoing process by which teams will qualify for the 2026 ICC Men's T20 World Cup. ^[1] A series of regional qualification tournaments will determine the teams which will take part in the tournament. ^[2]

Format

The top eight teams from the previous edition along with the 2026 hosts and the next best two to four teams (depending on the finishing positions of the hosts in the previous edition) from the ICC Men's T20I Team Rankings will get qualified automatically for the tournament. ^[2] The remaining eight teams will be decided by regional qualifiers. Each regional qualifier will be held in two stages: ^[3]

• Sub-regional qualifiers: This stage comprises one or more tournaments depending on the ICC region. Matches are held in either single round-robin or double round-robin format. The stipulated number of teams advance into the next stage.
• Regional final: Top teams unable to earn automatic qualification along with teams advancing from the sub-regional qualifier take part in this stage. Matches are held in either single round-robin or double round-robin format. The stipulated number of teams advance to the 2026 ICC Men's T20 World Cup.

Summary of the qualification process for 2026 T20WC

ICC Region	Slots per region	No. of direct qualified teams	Remaining slots	Regional qualifiers
				No. of participants	Start date	End date
Africa	3	1	2	20	21 September 2024	2025
Americas	3	2	1	10	December 2024	2025
Asia EAP	10	5 2	3	16 9	30 August 2024 17 August 2024	2025
Europe	4	2	2	32	9 June 2024	2025
Total	20	12	8	87

Qualified teams

Highlighted are the countries that will be participating in the 2026 Men's T20 World Cup.

  Qualified as hosts

  Qualified by finishing in Top 8 in the previous tournament

  Qualified via the T20I Rankings

  Teams whose qualification status is yet to be decided

  Participated in the regional qualifiers but failed to qualify

Hosts India and Sri Lanka qualified directly as hosts. ^[4] As hosts India reached the Super 8 stage of the previous T20 World Cup, only seven teams were required to avail of Super 8 qualification. The extra quota thus went to qualification by world rankings. ^[5]

Details of the teams qualified for 2026 T20WC

Team	Method of qualification	Date of qualification	Venue(s)	No. of teams	Last time qualified	Total times qualified	Previous best performance
India	Co-hosts	16 November 2021	—	2	2024	10	Winners (2007, 2024)
Sri Lanka					2024	10	Winners (2014)
Afghanistan	2024 ICC Men's T20 World Cup (Top 7 teams from the previous tournament, excluding the hosts)	17 June 2024	United States   West Indies	7	2024	8	Semi-finals (2024)
Australia					2024	10	Winners (2021)
Bangladesh					2024	10	Super 8 (2007, 2024)
England					2024	10	Winners (2010, 2022)
South Africa					2024	10	Runners-up (2024)
United States					2024	2	Super 8 (2024)
West Indies					2024	10	Winners (2012, 2016)
Ireland	ICC Men's T20I Team Rankings	29 June 2024	—	3	2024	9	Super 8 (2009)
New Zealand					2024	10	Runners-up (2021)
Pakistan					2024	10	Winners (2009)
TBD	Africa Qualifier	2025	TBA	2
TBD
TBD	Americas Qualifier	2025	TBA	1
TBD	Asia & EAP Qualifier	2025	TBA	3
TBD
TBD
TBD	Europe Qualifier	2025	TBA	2
TBD
Total				20

Africa Qualifier

The qualification stages are as follows:

• Africa Qualifier A: Six teams played round-robin matches from 21 to 26 September 2024 in Tanzania
• Africa Qualifier B: Six teams played round-robin matches from 19 to 24 October 2024 in Kenya
• Africa Qualifier C: Six teams to play round-robin matches from 21 to 30 November 2024 in Nigeria
• Africa Regional Final: To be decided

Africa sub-regional qualifiers

In the sub-regional phase, Qualifier A was held in Tanzania in September 2024, ^[6] Qualifier B was held in Kenya in October 2024 ^[7] and Qualifier C will be held in Nigeria in November 2024. ^[8] The top two sides of each sub-regional qualifier will advance to the regional final, where they will join Namibia and Uganda who received a bye after participating in the 2024 ICC Men's T20 World Cup.

v t e Africa Sub-regional Qualifiers
Qualifier A	Qualifier B	Qualifier C
Cameroon   Ghana   Lesotho   Malawi   Mali   Tanzania	Gambia   Kenya   Mozambique   Rwanda   Seychelles   Zimbabwe	Botswana   Eswatini   Ivory Coast   Nigeria   Sierra Leone   Saint Helena

Africa Qualifier A

Main article: 2024 ICC Men's T20 World Cup Africa Sub-regional Qualifier A

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	L	NR	Pts	NRR	Qualification
1	Tanzania	5	5	0	0	10	4.774	Advanced to the regional final
2	Malawi	5	4	1	0	8	3.241
3	Ghana	5	3	2	0	6	1.575	Eliminated
4	Cameroon	5	2	3	0	4	−1.191
5	Lesotho	5	1	4	0	2	−2.283
6	Mali	5	0	5	0	0	−6.637

Source: ESPNcricinfo ^[9]

Africa Qualifier B

Main article: 2024 ICC Men's T20 World Cup Africa Sub-regional Qualifier B

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	L	NR	Pts	NRR	Qualification
1	Zimbabwe	5	5	0	0	10	8.893	Advanced to the regional final
2	Kenya	5	4	1	0	8	3.108
3	Mozambique	5	3	2	0	6	−1.259	Eliminated
4	Rwanda	5	2	3	0	4	−1.853
5	Seychelles	5	1	4	0	2	−4.425
6	Gambia	5	0	5	0	0	−7.219

Source: ESPNcricinfo ^[10]

Africa Qualifier C

Main article: 2024 ICC Men's T20 World Cup Africa Sub-regional Qualifier C

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	L	NR	Pts	NRR	Qualification
1	Botswana	0	0	0	0	0	—	Advance to the regional final
2	Eswatini	0	0	0	0	0	—
3	Ivory Coast	0	0	0	0	0	—
4	Nigeria	0	0	0	0	0	—
5	Saint Helena	0	0	0	0	0	—
6	Sierra Leone	0	0	0	0	0	—

First match(es) will be played: 23 November 2024. Source: ESPNcricinfo

Africa regional final

Main article: 2025 ICC Men's T20 World Cup Africa Regional Final

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	L	NR	Pts	NRR
1	Kenya	0	0	0	0	0	—
2	Malawi	0	0	0	0	0	—
3	Namibia	0	0	0	0	0	—
4	Tanzania	0	0	0	0	0	—
5	Uganda	0	0	0	0	0	—
6	Zimbabwe	0	0	0	0	0	—
7	Winner of Qualifier C	0	0	0	0	0	—
8	Runner-up of Qualifier C	0	0	0	0	0	—

First match(es) will be played: unknown. Source: ^{[ citation needed ]}

Americas Qualifier

The Americas qualifier will be held in two stages, the sub-regional qualifier and the regional final.

v t e Americas Qualifier
Sub-regional Qualifier	Regional Final
	Direct qualifiers	Sub-regional qualifiers
Argentina   Bahamas   Belize   Bermuda   Brazil   Cayman Islands   Mexico   Panama   Suriname	Canada

Asia–East Asia-Pacific Qualifier

The qualification stages are as follows:

• EAP Qualifier A: Four teams played double round-robin matches from 17 to 24 August 2024 in Samoa.
• Asia Qualifier A: Seven teams played round-robin matches from 30 August to 9 September 2024 in Malaysia.
• EAP Qualifier B: Four teams played double round-robin matches from 28 September to 5 October 2024 in South Korea.
• Asia Qualifier B: Seven teams to play round-robin matches from 19 to 28 November 2024 in Qatar.
• Asia–EAP Regional Final: To be decided.

Asia sub-regional qualifiers

In the Asia sub-regional phase, Qualifier A was held in Malaysia in August and September 2024. ^[11] and Qualifier B will be held in Qatar in November 2024. ^[12] The top two sides of each Asia sub-regional qualifier will advance to a combined regional final, where they will join Nepal and Oman who received a bye after participating in the 2024 ICC Men's T20 World Cup along with the EAP finalists.

Asia Sub-regional Qualifiers
Qualifier A	Qualifier B
Hong Kong   Kuwait   Malaysia   Maldives   Mongolia   Myanmar   Singapore	Bahrain   Bhutan   Cambodia   Qatar   Saudi Arabia   Thailand   United Arab Emirates

Asia Qualifier A

Main article: 2024 ICC Men's T20 World Cup Asia Sub-regional Qualifier A

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	L	NR	Pts	NRR	Qualification
1	Malaysia	6	5	1	0	10	2.612	Advanced to the regional final
2	Kuwait	6	4	1	1	9	5.053
3	Hong Kong	6	4	1	1	9	4.945	Eliminated
4	Singapore	6	4	2	0	8	3.141
5	Maldives	6	2	4	0	4	−1.368
6	Myanmar	6	1	5	0	2	−3.712
7	Mongolia	6	0	6	0	0	−7.145

Source: ESPNcricinfo ^[13]

Asia Qualifier B

Main article: 2024 ICC Men's T20 World Cup Asia Sub-regional Qualifier B

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	L	NR	Pts	NRR	Qualification
1	Bahrain	0	0	0	0	0	—	Advance to the regional final
2	Bhutan	0	0	0	0	0	—
3	Cambodia	0	0	0	0	0	—
4	Qatar	0	0	0	0	0	—
5	Saudi Arabia	0	0	0	0	0	—
6	Thailand	0	0	0	0	0	—
7	United Arab Emirates	0	0	0	0	0	—

First match(es) will be played: 19 November 2024. Source: ESPNcricinfo ^[14]

East Asia-Pacific sub-regional qualifiers

In the East-Asia Pacific sub-regional phase, Qualifier A was held in Samoa in August 2024 ^[15] and Qualifier B was held in South Korea in September and October 2024. ^[16] The winners of EAP sub-regional qualifiers will advance to a combined regional final, where they will join Papua New Guinea who received a bye after participating in the 2024 ICC Men's T20 World Cup along with the Asia finalists.

East Asia-Pacific Sub-regional Qualifiers
Qualifier A	Qualifier B
Cook Islands   Fiji   Samoa   Vanuatu	Indonesia   Japan   Philippines   South Korea

EAP Qualifier A

Main article: 2024 ICC Men's T20 World Cup East Asia-Pacific Sub-regional Qualifier A

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	L	NR	Pts	NRR	Qualification
1	Samoa	6	4	2	0	8	1.270	Advanced to the regional final
2	Cook Islands	6	4	2	0	8	−0.008
3	Fiji	6	3	3	0	6	−0.858
4	Vanuatu	6	1	5	0	2	−0.306

Source: ESPNcricinfo ^[17]

EAP Qualifier B

Main article: 2024 ICC Men's T20 World Cup East Asia-Pacific Sub-regional Qualifier B

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	L	NR	Pts	NRR	Qualification
1	Japan	6	6	0	0	12	3.527	Advanced to the regional final
2	Philippines	6	3	3	0	6	1.235	Eliminated
3	Indonesia	6	3	3	0	6	−1.834
4	South Korea	6	0	6	0	0	−2.840

Source: ESPNcricinfo ^[18]

Asia–East Asia-Pacific regional final

Main article: 2025 ICC Men's T20 World Cup Asia–East Asia-Pacific Regional Final

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	L	NR	Pts	NRR	Qualification
1	Japan	0	0	0	0	0	—	Advance to the 2026 T20 World Cup
2	Kuwait	0	0	0	0	0	—
3	Malaysia	0	0	0	0	0	—
4	Nepal	0	0	0	0	0	—
5	Oman	0	0	0	0	0	—
6	Papua New Guinea	0	0	0	0	0	—
7	Samoa	0	0	0	0	0	—
8	Winner of Asia Qualifier B	0	0	0	0	0	—
9	Runner-up of Asia Qualifier B	0	0	0	0	0	—

First match(es) will be played: unknown. Source: ^{[ citation needed ]}

Europe Qualifier

v t e Europe Sub-regional Qualifiers
Qualifier A	Group 1	France	Isle of Man	Italy	Luxembourg	Turkey
	Group 2	Austria	Hungary	Israel	Portugal	Romania
Qualifier B	Group 1	Belgium	Croatia	Jersey	Serbia	Switzerland
	Group 2	Germany	Gibraltar	Norway	Slovenia	Sweden
Qualifier C	Group 1	Cyprus	Czech Republic	Denmark	Greece	Spain
	Group 2	Bulgaria	Estonia	Finland	Guernsey	Malta
Europe Regional Final
Direct qualifiers		Netherlands	Scotland	—
Sub-regional qualifiers		Guernsey	Italy	Jersey	—

The qualification stages are as follows: ^[19]

• Europe Qualifier A: Ten teams divided into two groups of five played round-robin and knockout matches from 9 to 16 June 2024 in Italy.
• Europe Qualifier B: Ten teams divided into two groups of five played round-robin and knockout matches from 7 to 14 July 2024 in Germany.
• Europe Qualifier C: Ten teams divided into two groups of five played round-robin and knockout matches from 21 to 28 August 2024 in Guernsey.
• Europe Regional Final: To be decided.

Europe sub-regional qualifiers

In the sub-regional phase, Qualifier A was held in Italy in June 2024, ^[20] Qualifier B was held in Germany in July 2024 ^[21] and Qualifier C was held in Guernsey in August 2024. ^[22] The winners of each sub-regional qualifier advanced to the regional final.

Europe Qualifier A

Main article: 2024 ICC Men's T20 World Cup Europe Sub-regional Qualifier A

Group A

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	L	NR	Pts	NRR	Qualification
1	Italy	4	4	0	0	8	2.429	Advanced to the final
2	France	4	3	1	0	6	0.702	Advanced to the 3rd place play-off
3	Isle of Man	4	2	2	0	4	1.180	Advanced to the 5th place play-off
4	Luxembourg	4	1	3	0	2	−1.000	Advanced to the 7th place play-off
5	Turkey	4	0	4	0	0	−3.308	Eliminated

Source: ESPNcricinfo ^[23]

Group B

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	L	NR	Pts	NRR	Qualification
1	Romania	4	4	0	0	8	1.404	Advanced to the final
2	Austria	4	3	1	0	6	1.466	Advanced to the 3rd place play-off
3	Portugal	4	1	3	0	2	−0.493	Advanced to the 5th place play-off
4	Israel	4	1	3	0	2	−0.984	Advanced to the 7th place play-off
5	Hungary	4	1	3	0	2	−1.075	Eliminated

Source: ESPNcricinfo ^[23]

Europe Qualifier A – Final

Winner	Margin	Runners-up
Italy 244/4 (20 overs)	Italy won by 160 runs scorecard	Romania 84 (17.4 overs)

Europe Qualifier B

Main article: 2024 ICC Men's T20 World Cup Europe Sub-regional Qualifier B

Group A

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	L	NR	Pts	NRR	Qualification
1	Jersey	4	3	0	1	7	7.333	Advanced to the final
2	Croatia	4	2	1	1	5	−0.266	Advanced to the 3rd place play-off
3	Belgium	4	2	2	0	4	−0.363	Eliminated
4	Switzerland	4	2	2	0	4	−1.089
5	Serbia	4	0	4	0	0	−4.247

Source: ESPNcricinfo ^[24]

Group B

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	L	NR	Pts	NRR	Qualification
1	Norway	4	4	0	0	8	2.709	Advanced to the final
2	Germany	4	2	1	1	5	0.583	Advanced to the 3rd place play-off
3	Sweden	4	2	2	0	4	1.895	Eliminated
4	Slovenia	4	1	2	1	3	−3.363
5	Gibraltar	4	0	4	0	0	−2.126

Source: ESPNcricinfo ^[24]

Europe Qualifier B – Final

Winner	Margin	Runners-up
Jersey 71/4 (7.1 overs)	Jersey won by 6 wickets scorecard	Norway 69 (15.4 overs)

Europe Qualifier C

Main article: 2024 ICC Men's T20 World Cup Europe Sub-regional Qualifier C

Group A

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	L	NR	Pts	NRR	Qualification
1	Denmark	4	3	0	1	7	4.867	Advanced to the final
2	Spain	4	3	0	1	7	1.263	Advanced to the 3rd place play-off
3	Czech Republic	4	2	2	0	4	−0.373	Advanced to the 5th place play-off
4	Cyprus	4	1	3	0	2	−1.629	Advanced to the 7th place play-off
5	Greece	4	0	4	0	0	−2.876

Source: ESPNcricinfo ^[25]

Group B

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	L	NR	Pts	NRR	Qualification
1	Guernsey	4	3	1	0	6	2.952	Advanced to the final
2	Finland	4	3	1	0	6	2.184	Advanced to the 3rd place play-off
3	Estonia	4	3	1	0	6	−0.102	Advanced to the 5th place play-off
4	Malta	4	1	3	0	2	−0.577	Advanced to the 7th place play-off
5	Bulgaria	4	0	4	0	0	−3.975

Source: ESPNcricinfo ^[25]

Europe Qualifier C – Final

Winner	Margin	Runners-up
Guernsey 159/4 (18.4 overs)	Guernsey won by 6 wickets scorecard	Denmark 158/7 (20 overs)

Europe regional final

Main article: 2025 ICC Men's T20 World Cup Europe Regional Final

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, ^[26] Jersey advanced from Qualifier B ^[27] and Guernsey advanced from Qualifier C. ^{[28] [29]} The top two sides of regional final will advance to the 2026 T20 World Cup.

Method of qualification	No. of teams	Team
2024 ICC Men's T20 World Cup	2	Netherlands
		Scotland
Europe Qualifier A	1	Italy
Europe Qualifier B	1	Jersey
Europe Qualifier C	1	Guernsey
Total	5

Europe regional final standings

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	L	NR	Pts	NRR	Qualification
1	Guernsey	0	0	0	0	0	—	Advance to the 2026 ICC Men's T20 World Cup
2	Italy	0	0	0	0	0	—
3	Jersey	0	0	0	0	0	—
4	Netherlands	0	0	0	0	0	—
5	Scotland	0	0	0	0	0	—

First match(es) will be played: TBD. Source: ^{[ citation needed ]}

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