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 Men's T20 World Cup. It will be held in Malaysia in August 2025.[1]
| Dates | August – 2025 |
|---|---|
| Administrator(s) | Asian Cricket Council ICC East Asia-Pacific |
| Cricket format | Twenty20 International |
| Tournament format(s) | TBA |
| Host(s) |  Malaysia |
| 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.[2][3]
Teams and qualification
editIndia and Sri Lanka directly qualified for the T20 World Cup as co-hosts,[4] while Afghanistan, Australia and Bangladesh qualified as among top eight teams from the previous edition. New Zealand and Pakistan qualified through ICC Men's T20I Team Rankings.[5]
In this cycle, a total of 14 teams are participating in the Asian sub-regional phase and 8 teams are participating in the EAP sub-regional phase. The Asian sub-regional phase is divided into two events of seven teams[6][7] and the EAP sub-regional phase is divided into to two events of four teams.[8][9]
| Asia | East Asia-Pacific | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Qualifier A | Qualifier B | Qualifier A | Qualifier B |
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 |
Points table
edit| Pos | Team | Pld | W | L | NR | Pts | NRR | Qualification |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Japan
|
0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | Advance to the 2026 T20 World Cup |
| 2 | Kuwait
|
0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | |
| 3 | Malaysia
|
0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | |
| 4 | Nepal
|
0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | |
| 5 | Oman
|
0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | |
| 6 | Papua New Guinea
|
0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | |
| 7 | Qatar
|
0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | |
| 8 | Samoa
|
0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | |
| 9 | United Arab Emirates
|
0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — |
References
edit- ^ "आईसीसी टी-२० विश्वकप एसिया ईपीपी छनोट मलेसियामा हुने" [The ICC T20 World Cup Asia EPP Qualifier will be held in Malaysia]. Onlinekhabar. Retrieved 28 September 2024.
- ^ "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.
- ^ "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.
- ^ "Qatar Cricket to host 2026 ICC Men's T20 World Cup Asia Qualifier B in November 2024". Czarsports. 23 September 2024.
- ^ "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.
- ^ "Dramatic final day sees Samoa win East Asia-Pacific Sub Regional Qualifier A". International Cricket Council. 26 August 2024. Retrieved 14 September 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.