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. 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 pre-qualified already.[1]
| Dates | TBD – 2025 |
|---|---|
| Administrator(s) | Asian Cricket Council ICC East Asia-Pacific |
| Cricket format | Twenty20 International |
| Tournament format(s) | Round-robin tournament |
| Host(s) | TBD |
| Participants | 9 |
| Matches | TBD |
Teams and qualification
editIndia and Sri Lanka directly qualified for the T20 World Cup as co-hosts, while Afghanistan, Australia and Bangladesh qualified as a top eight team from the previous edition. New Zealand and Pakistan qualified through ICC Men's T20I Team Rankings.[2]
In this cycle, a total of fourteen teams are participating in the Asian sub-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 sub-regional phase is divided into two events with seven teams competing in each event. The top two teams of each sub-regional qualifier will advance to the Regional final.[3] The winner of the two sub-regional qualifiers in the East Asia Pacific region will also advance to the combined Asia-EAP regional final.[4]
| Asia | East Asia Pacific | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Qualifier A | Qualifier B | Qualifier A | Qualifier B |
The following teams will enter the final qualification stage for the remaining three quotas from Asia–East Asia Pacific region.[5][6]
| Method of qualification | Number of teams | Teams |
|---|---|---|
| Direct qualifiers | 3 |
 Nepal[a]
|
 Oman[a]
| ||
 Papua New Guinea[a]
| ||
| Asia Qualifier A | 2 |
 Kuwait
|
 Malaysia
| ||
| Asia Qualifier B | 2 |
 TBD
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| TBD
| ||
| EAP Qualifier A | 1 |
 Samoa
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| EAP Qualifier B | 1 |
TBD
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| Total | 9 |
- ^ a b c Received a bye after competing in the 2024 T20 World Cup
References
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