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2025 Men's T20 World Cup Europe Regional Final

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2025 ICC Men's T20 World Cup
Europe Regional Final
DatesMay – 2025
Administrator(s)European Cricket Council
Cricket formatTwenty20 International
Tournament format(s)TBA
Host(s)TBA
Participants5

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.

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

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England 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
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
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

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Pos Team Pld W L NR Pts NRR Qualification
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
First match(es) will be played: TBD. Source: [citation needed]

References

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  1. ^ "How does qualification for the 2026 T20 World Cup work?". Wisden. Retrieved 10 June 2024.
  2. ^ "Stop clock set to become a permanent fixture in white-ball internationals from T20 World Cup 2024". International Cricket Council. Retrieved 15 March 2024.
  3. ^ "All you need to know about 2026 T20 World Cup qualification". Cricbuzz. Retrieved 18 May 2024.
  4. ^ "Italy, Germany, Denmark set to host ICC event for first-time ever in 2024". Asian News International. 14 December 2023. Retrieved 16 December 2023.
  5. ^ "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.
  6. ^ "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.
  7. ^ "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.
  8. ^ "Italy advance in Men's T20 World Cup 2026 Qualification after victory in Rome". International Cricket Council. Retrieved 17 June 2024.
  9. ^ "Jersey win in Germany to advance in ICC Men's T20 World Cup 2026 pathway". International Cricket Council. Retrieved 15 July 2024.
  10. ^ "Guernsey reach T20 World Cup qualifiers". BBC Sport. 28 August 2024. Retrieved 28 August 2024.
  11. ^ "Hard work pays off in historic Guernsey win". Guernsey Press. 29 August 2024. Retrieved 29 August 2024.