2025 Men's T20 World Cup Asia–EAP Regional Final

The 2025 ICC Men's T20 World Cup Asia-Pacific 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 Oman from 8 to 17 October 2025.^[1]

2025 Men's T20 World Cup
Asia-EAP Regional Final

Dates	8 – 17 October 2025
Administrator(s)	Asian Cricket Council ICC East Asia-Pacific
Cricket format	Twenty20 International
Tournament format(s)	Group stage and Super 6s
Host(s)	Oman
Participants	9
Matches	21
← 2023

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.^[2][3] India and Sri Lanka directly qualified for the T20 World Cup as co-hosts,^[4] while Afghanistan, Australia and Bangladesh qualified as by finishing among the top eight teams from the previous edition and New Zealand and Pakistan qualified through the ICC Men's T20I Team Rankings.^[5]

Teams and qualification

In this cycle, a total of 14 teams participated in the Asian sub-regional phase and 8 teams were participating in the EAP sub-regional phase. The Asian sub-regional phase was divided into two events of seven teams^[6][7] and the EAP sub-regional phase was divided into two events of four teams.^[8][9]

The top two sides of each Asia sub-regional qualifier along with the winners of EAP sub-regional qualifiers will advance to a combined regional final, where they will join Nepal, Oman and Papua New Guinea who received a bye after participating in the 2024 ICC Men's T20 World Cup.^[10][11]

Method of qualification	Date	Venue(s)	No. of teams	Team
2024 ICC Men's T20 World Cup	29 June 2024	United States West Indies	3	Nepal
				Oman
				Papua New Guinea
EAP Qualifier A	17 – 24 August 2024	Samoa	1	Samoa
Asia Qualifier A	30 August – 9 September 2024	Malaysia	2	Kuwait
				Malaysia
EAP Qualifier B	28 September – 5 October 2024	South Korea	1	Japan
Asia Qualifier B	19 – 28 November 2024	Qatar	2	Qatar
				United Arab Emirates
Total			9

Group stage

Group division and fixtures of Asia–EAP Regional Final was announced by International Cricket Council on 10 July 2025.^[12][1]

Group A

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	L	NR	Pts	NRR	Qualification
1	Malaysia	0	0	0	0	0	—	Advance to the Super 6
2	Qatar	0	0	0	0	0	—
3	United Arab Emirates	0	0	0	0	0	—

First match(es) will be played: 8 October 2025. Source: ^{[citation needed]}

8 October 2025 14:30

Qatar	v	United Arab Emirates

Oman Cricket Academy Ground Turf 1, Al Amarat

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9 October 2025 10:00

Malaysia	v	Qatar

Oman Cricket Academy Ground Turf 1, Al Amarat

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10 October 2025 10:00

Malaysia	v	United Arab Emirates

Oman Cricket Academy Ground Turf 1, Al Amarat

Group B

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	L	NR	Pts	NRR	Qualification
1	Japan	0	0	0	0	0	—	Advance to the Super 6
2	Kuwait	0	0	0	0	0	—
3	Nepal	0	0	0	0	0	—

First match(es) will be played: 8 October 2025. Source: ^{[citation needed]}

8 October 2025 19:00 (N)

Kuwait	v	Nepal

Oman Cricket Academy Ground Turf 1, Al Amarat

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9 October 2025 14:30

Japan	v	Kuwait

Oman Cricket Academy Ground Turf 1, Al Amarat

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10 October 2025 14:30

Japan	v	Nepal

Oman Cricket Academy Ground Turf 1, Al Amarat

Group C

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	L	NR	Pts	NRR	Qualification
1	Oman	0	0	0	0	0	—	Advance to the Super 6
2	Papua New Guinea	0	0	0	0	0	—
3	Samoa	0	0	0	0	0	—

First match(es) will be played: 8 October 2025. Source: ^{[citation needed]}

8 October 2025 10:00

Oman	v	Samoa

Oman Cricket Academy Ground Turf 1, Al Amarat

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9 October 2025 19:00 (N)

Papua New Guinea	v	Samoa

Oman Cricket Academy Ground Turf 1, Al Amarat

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10 October 2025 19:00 (N)

Oman	v	Papua New Guinea

Oman Cricket Academy Ground Turf 1, Al Amarat

Super 6

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	L	NR	Pts	NRR	Qualification
1	A1	0	0	0	0	0	—	Qualify for the 2026 Men's T20 World Cup
2	A2	0	0	0	0	0	—
3	B1	0	0	0	0	0	—
4	B2	0	0	0	0	0	—
5	C1	0	0	0	0	0	—
6	C2	0	0	0	0	0	—

First match(es) will be played: 12 October 2025. Source: ^{[citation needed]}

12 October 2025 10:00

C1	v	A2

Oman Cricket Academy Ground Turf 1, Al Amarat

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12 October 2025 14:30

A1	v	B1

Oman Cricket Academy Ground Turf 1, Al Amarat

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12 October 2025 19:00 (N)

C2	v	B2

Oman Cricket Academy Ground Turf 1, Al Amarat

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13 October 2025 14:30

C1	v	A1

Oman Cricket Academy Ground Turf 1, Al Amarat

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13 October 2025 19:00 (N)

B1	v	A2

Oman Cricket Academy Ground Turf 1, Al Amarat

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15 October 2025 10:00

B2	v	A2

Oman Cricket Academy Ground Turf 1, Al Amarat

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15 October 2025 14:30

C2	v	A1

Onan Cricket Academy Ground Turf 1, Al Amarat

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15 October 2025 19:00 (N)

C1	v	B1

Oman Cricket Academy Ground Turf 1, Al Amarat

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16 October 2025 14:30

A1	v	B2

Oman Cricket Academy Ground Turf 1, Al Amarat

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16 October 2025 19:00 (N)

A2	v	C2

Oman Cricket Academy Ground Turf 1, Al Amarat

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17 October 2025 10:00

B2	v	C1

Oman Cricket Academy Ground Turf 1, Al Amarat

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17 October 2025 14:30

C2	v	B1

Oman Cricket Academy Ground Turf 1, Al Amarat