2025 ICC Men's T20 World Cup Asia–East Asia-Pacific Regional Final
The 2025 ICC Men's T20 World Cup Asia–East Asia-Pacific 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) | Asian Cricket Council ICC East Asia-Pacific |
| Cricket format | Twenty20 International |
| Tournament format(s) | TBA |
| Host(s) | TBA |
| Participants | 9 |
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.[1][2]
Teams and qualification
editIndia and Sri Lanka directly qualified for the T20 World Cup as co-hosts,[3] while Afghanistan, Australia and Bangladesh qualified as top eight teams from the previous edition. New Zealand and Pakistan qualified through ICC Men's T20I Team Rankings.[4]
In this cycle, a total of 14 teams are participating in the Asian sub-regional phase and 8 teams are participating in the EAP aub-regional phase, while the three leading associates, Nepal, Oman and Papua New Guinea, who took part in the 2024 T20 World Cup, enter the process at the regional final stage. The Asian sub-regional phase is divided into two events of seven teams with the top two teams of each sub-regional qualifier advancing to the combined regional final.[5] The EAP sub-regional phase is divided into to two events of four teams with the winners of each sub-regional qualifier advancing to the combined regional final.[6][7]
| Asia | East Asia Pacific | Regional Final | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Qualifier A | Qualifier B | Qualifier A | Qualifier B | Direct qualifiers | Sub-regional qualifiers |
- ^ a b c Received a bye after competing in the 2024 ICC Men's T20 World Cup
- ^ a b Advanced from Asia Qualifier A[8]
- ^ Advanced from EAP Qualifier A[9]
Points table
edit| Pos | Team | Pld | W | L | NR | Pts | NRR |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 |  Kuwait
|
0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — |
| 2 |  Malaysia
|
0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — |
| 3 |  Nepal
|
0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — |
| 4 |  Oman
|
0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — |
| 5 |  Papua New Guinea
|
0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — |
| 6 |  Samoa
|
0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — |
| 7 | Winner of Asia Qualifier B | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — |
| 8 | Runner-up of Asia Qualifier B | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — |
| 9 | Winner of EAP Qualifier B | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — |
References
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- ^ "Sri Lanka, India to co-host ICC Men's T20 World Cup in 2026". www.adaderana.lk. Retrieved 14 September 2024.
- ^ "T20 World Cup 2026: Pakistan, New Zealand, Ireland secure automatic qualification despite failing to make it to Super Eight". sportstar.thehindu.com. 2 July 2024. Retrieved 30 August 2024.
- ^ "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.
- ^ "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.
- ^ "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.
- ^ "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.
- ^ "Dramatic final day sees Samoa win East Asia-Pacific Sub Regional Qualifier A". International Cricket Council. 26 August 2024. Retrieved 14 September 2024.