2026 Men's T20 World Cup qualification

The 2026 ICC Men's T20 World Cup qualification is an ongoing process by which teams will qualify for the 2026 Men's T20 World Cup.^[1] A series of regional qualification tournaments will determine the teams which will take part in the tournament.^[2]

2026 ICC Men's T20 World Cup qualification

Dates	9 June 2024 – 17 October 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)
← 2024 2028 →

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 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	4 October 2025
Americas	3	2	1	10	6 December 2024	22 June 2025
Asia East Asia-Pacific	10	5 2	3	16 9	30 August 2024 17 August 2024	4 October 2025
Europe	4	2	2	32	9 June 2024	11 July 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 7 in the previous tournament, excluding Hosts

  Qualified via the T20I Rankings

  Qualified via the regional qualifiers

  Teams whose qualification status is yet to be decided

  Participated in the regional qualifiers but failed to qualify

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	30 June 2024	—	3	2024	9	Super 8 (2009)
New Zealand					2024	10	Runners-up (2021)
Pakistan					2024	10	Winners (2009)
Canada	Americas Qualifier	15–22 June 2025	Canada	1	2024	2	Group stage (2024)
Italy	Europe Qualifier	5–11 July 2025	Netherlands	2	—	1	Debut
Netherlands					2024	7	Super 12 (2022)
TBD	Africa Qualifier	19 September – 4 October 2025	Zimbabwe[6]	2
TBD
TBD	Asia & EAP Qualifier	1–17 October 2025	Oman	3
TBD
TBD
Total				20

Americas Qualifier

The qualification stages are as follows:

• Americas Sub-regional Qualifier: Nine teams played round-robin matches from 6 to 16 December 2024 in Argentina
• Americas Regional Final: Four teams played double round-robin matches from 15 to 22 June 2025 in Canada.

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	Bahamas  Bermuda  Cayman Islands

Americas sub-regional qualifier

Main article: 2024 Men's T20 World Cup Americas Sub-regional Qualifier

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	L	NR	Pts	NRR	Qualification
1	Bermuda	8	7	0	1	15	3.601	Advanced to the regional final
2	Cayman Islands	8	6	2	0	12	2.089
3	Bahamas	8	6	2	0	12	0.258
4	Argentina	8	5	2	1	11	0.266	Eliminated
5	Belize	8	3	5	0	6	−0.551
6	Mexico	8	2	6	0	4	−0.326
7	Panama	8	2	6	0	4	−1.304
8	Suriname	8	2	6	0	4	−1.309
9	Brazil	8	2	6	0	4	−2.213

Source: ESPNcricinfo^[7]

Americas regional final

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

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	L	NR	Pts	NRR	Qualification
1	Canada (H)	6	6	0	0	12	4.843	Qualified for the 2026 Men's T20 World Cup
2	Bermuda	6	3	3	0	6	0.186
3	Cayman Islands	6	3	3	0	6	−0.705
4	Bahamas	6	0	6	0	0	−4.234

Source: ESPNcricinfo^[8]
(H) Host

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 played round-robin matches from 23 to 28 November 2024 in Nigeria
• Africa Regional Final: Eight teams play round-robin matches from 19 September to 4 October 2025 in Zimbabwe.

Africa sub-regional qualifiers

In the sub-regional phase, Qualifier A was held in Tanzania in September 2024,^[9] Qualifier B was held in Kenya in October 2024^[10] and Qualifier C was held in Nigeria in November 2024.^[11] 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 Men's T20 World Cup.

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

Africa Qualifier A

Main article: 2024 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^[12]

Africa Qualifier B

Main article: 2024 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^[13]

Africa Qualifier C

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

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	L	NR	Pts	NRR	Qualification
1	Nigeria	5	5	0	0	10	5.372	Advanced to the regional final
2	Botswana	5	4	1	0	8	1.796
3	Sierra Leone	5	3	2	0	6	2.474	Eliminated
4	Eswatini	5	2	3	0	4	−0.337
5	Saint Helena	5	1	4	0	2	−1.369
6	Ivory Coast	5	0	5	0	0	−10.698

Source: ESPNcricinfo^[14]

Africa regional final

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

Group A

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	L	NR	Pts	NRR	Qualification
1	Kenya	0	0	0	0	0	—	Advance to the semi-final
2	Namibia	0	0	0	0	0	—
3	Nigeria	0	0	0	0	0	—	Advanced to the play-offs
4	Malawi	0	0	0	0	0	—

First match(es) will be played: 26 September 2025. Source: ^{[citation needed]}

Group B

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	L	NR	Pts	NRR	Qualification
1	Botswana	0	0	0	0	0	—	Advance to the semi-final
2	Tanzania	0	0	0	0	0	—
3	Uganda	0	0	0	0	0	—	Advanced to the play-offs
4	Zimbabwe	0	0	0	0	0	—

First match(es) will be played: 26 September 2025. Source: ^{[citation needed]}

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 played round-robin matches from 19 to 28 November 2024 in Qatar.
• Asia–EAP Regional Final: Nine teams play round-robin matches in 3 groups, followed by Super-six round-robin from 1 to 17 October 2025 in Oman

Asia sub-regional qualifiers

In the Asia sub-regional phase, Qualifier A was held in Malaysia in August and September 2024.^[15] and Qualifier B was held in Qatar in November 2024.^[16] 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 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 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^[17]

Asia Qualifier B

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

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	L	NR	Pts	NRR	Qualification
1	United Arab Emirates	6	6	0	0	12	2.541	Advanced to the regional final
2	Qatar	6	5	1	0	10	0.876
3	Bahrain	6	3	3	0	6	0.958	Eliminated
4	Saudi Arabia	6	3	3	0	6	0.869
5	Thailand	6	3	3	0	6	−1.330
6	Cambodia	6	1	5	0	2	−1.467
7	Bhutan	6	0	6	0	0	−2.367

Source: ESPNcricinfo^[18]

East Asia-Pacific sub-regional qualifiers

In the East-Asia Pacific sub-regional phase, Qualifier A was held in Samoa in August 2024^[19] and Qualifier B was held in South Korea in September and October 2024.^[20] 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 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	Eliminated
3	Fiji	6	3	3	0	6	−0.858
4	Vanuatu	6	1	5	0	2	−0.306

Source: ESPNcricinfo^[21]

EAP Qualifier B

Main article: 2024 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^[22]

Asia–East Asia-Pacific regional final

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

Asia Regional final
Direct qualifier	Sub-regional qualifier
Nepal  Oman  Papua New Guinea	Japan  Kuwait  Malaysia  Qatar  Samoa  United Arab Emirates

Group A

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	L	NR	Pts	NRR	Qualification
1	Malaysia	0	0	0	0	0	—	Advanced 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]}

Group B

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	L	NR	Pts	NRR	Qualification
1	Japan	0	0	0	0	0	—	Advanced 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]}

Group C

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	L	NR	Pts	NRR	Qualification
1	Oman	0	0	0	0	0	—	Advanced 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]}

Super 6

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	L	NR	Pts	NRR	Qualification
1	A1	0	0	0	0	0	—	Qualified 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]}

Europe Qualifier

The qualification stages are as follows:^[23]

• 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: Five teams will be playing round-robin matches from 5 to 11 July 2025 in Netherlands.

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

Europe sub-regional qualifiers

In the sub-regional phase, Qualifier A was held in Italy in June 2024,^[24] Qualifier B was held in Germany in July 2024^[25] and Qualifier C was held in Guernsey in August 2024.^[26] The winners of each sub-regional qualifier advanced to the regional final.

Europe Qualifier A

Main article: 2024 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[27]

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[27]

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 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[28]

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[28]

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 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 Eliminated Source: ESPNcricinfo[29]

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 Eliminated Source: ESPNcricinfo[29]

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 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 Men's T20 World Cup. Italy advanced from Qualifier A,^[30] Jersey advanced from Qualifier B^[31] and Guernsey advanced from Qualifier C.^[32][33] The top two sides of regional final will advance to the 2026 T20 World Cup.

Method of qualification	No. of teams	Teams
2024 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	Netherlands (H)	4	3	1	0	6	1.281	Qualified to the 2026 Men's T20 World Cup
2	Italy	4	2	1	1	5	0.612
3	Jersey	4	2	1	1	5	0.306
4	Scotland	4	1	2	1	3	−0.117
5	Guernsey	4	0	3	1	1	−2.517

Source: ESPNcricinfo^[34]
(H) Host