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 ICC Men's T20 World Cup. It will be held sometime in 2025.
| Dates | TBD – 2025 |
|---|---|
| Administrator(s) | Africa Cricket Association |
| Cricket format | Twenty20 International |
| Tournament format(s) | TBA |
| Host(s) | TBA |
| Participants | 8 |
The top two sides in the tournament will join South Africa in the 2026 T20 World Cup who have already pre-qualified.[1][2]
Teams and qualification
editSouth Africa directly qualified for the T20 World Cup as a top eight team from the previous edition.[3]
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. [4][5][6]
| Africa Sub-regional Qualifiers | ||
|---|---|---|
| Qualifier A | Qualifier B | Qualifier C |
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.
| Method of qualification |
Date | Venue(s) | No. of teams | Team |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 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 |
Tanzania
|
 Malawi
| ||||
| Africa Qualifier B | 19–24 October 2024 |  Kenya |
2 |
Kenya
|
 Zimbabwe
| ||||
| Africa Qualifier C | 23–28 November 2024 |  Nigeria |
2 |
 TBD
|
| TBD
| ||||
| Total | 8 |
Points table
edit| Pos | Team | 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 | — |
References
edit- ^ "How does qualification for the 2026 T20 World Cup work?". Wisden. Retrieved 10 June 2024.
- ^ "Stop clock set to become a permanent fixture in white-ball internationals from T20 World Cup 2024". International Cricket Council. Retrieved 15 March 2024.
- ^ "All you need to know about 2026 T20 World Cup qualification". Cricbuzz. Retrieved 18 May 2024.
- ^ "Tanzania Cricket to host 2026 ICC Men's T20 World Cup Sub-Regional Africa Qualifier A in September 2024". Czarsports. Retrieved 13 July 2023.
- ^ "Kenya Cricket to host 2026 ICC Men's T20 World Cup Sub-Regional Africa Qualifier B in October 2024". Czarsports. Retrieved 13 July 2023.
- ^ "Nigeria Cricket to host 2026 ICC Men's T20 World Cup Sub-Regional Africa Qualifier C in November 2024". Czarsports. Retrieved 13 July 2023.