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 sometime in 2025.
Dates | May – 2025 |
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Administrator(s) | European Cricket Council |
Cricket format | Twenty20 International |
Tournament format(s) | TBA |
Host(s) | TBA |
Participants | 5 |
The top two sides in the tournament will join England and Ireland in the 2026 T20 World Cup who have already pre-qualified.[1][2]
Teams and qualification
editEngland 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.[3]
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.[4][5][6][7]
Europe Sub-regional Qualifiers | ||||||
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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 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,[8] Jersey advanced from Qualifier B[9] and Guernsey advanced from Qualifier C.[10][11]
Method of qualification |
Date | Venue(s) | No. of teams | Team |
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2024 ICC Men's T20 World Cup | 29 June 2024 | United States West Indies |
2 |
Netherlands |
Scotland | ||||
Europe Qualifier A | 9 – 16 June 2024 | Italy | 1 |
Italy |
Europe Qualifier B | 7 – 14 July 2024 | Germany | 1 |
Jersey |
Europe Qualifier C | 21 – 28 August 2024 | Guernsey | 1 |
Guernsey |
Total | 5 |
Points table
editPos | Team | Pld | W | L | NR | Pts | NRR | Qualification |
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1 | Guernsey | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | Advance to the 2026 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 | — |
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.
- ^ "Italy, Germany, Denmark set to host ICC event for first-time ever in 2024". Asian News International. 14 December 2023. Retrieved 16 December 2023.
- ^ "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.
- ^ "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.
- ^ "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.
- ^ "Italy advance in Men's T20 World Cup 2026 Qualification after victory in Rome". International Cricket Council. Retrieved 17 June 2024.
- ^ "Jersey win in Germany to advance in ICC Men's T20 World Cup 2026 pathway". International Cricket Council. Retrieved 15 July 2024.
- ^ "Guernsey reach T20 World Cup qualifiers". BBC Sport. 28 August 2024. Retrieved 28 August 2024.
- ^ "Hard work pays off in historic Guernsey win". Guernsey Press. 29 August 2024. Retrieved 29 August 2024.