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. Twelve regional qualifiers were held by the

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(ICC), with 62 teams

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were originally scheduled to compete in the Southern sub region group in the Africa Qualifier, but later withdrew. competing during 2018 in five regions – Africa (3 groups), Americas (2), Asia (2), East Asia Pacific (2) and Europe (3). The top 25 sides from these progressed to five Regional Finals in 2019, with seven teams then going on to compete in the

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,The

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initially qualified to the Asia Regional Final, but later automatically progressed to the qualifier tournament as the host. along with the six lowest ranked sides from the

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. The first African sub-regional qualifier (North-Western sub region) was held in

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, with the two other groups staged in

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and

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. The top two teams in each group advanced to the regional finals tournament, which will determine two African entrants to the

. In April 2018, the

(ICC) granted full international status to

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men's matches played between member sides from 1 January 2019 onwards. Therefore, all the matches in the Regional Finals were played as

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s (T20Is). From the North-Western sub region group, both

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and

qualified for the Africa Regional Finals.

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of Ghana was named the player of the tournament in the North-Western group. The second group, the Eastern sub region, started on 7 July 2018. Both

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qualified for the Africa Regional Finals from the Eastern sub region group. Uganda's Riazat Ali Shah was named the player of the tournament for the Eastern group. From the Southern sub region group,

and

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qualified for the Africa Regional Finals. The Regional Finals were held in

in May 2019. Namibia and Kenya both progressed to the T20 World Cup Qualifier after finishing first and second respectively in the Regional Finals. In July 2019, the ICC suspended

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, with the team barred from taking part in ICC events. As a result of their suspension, the ICC confirmed that

would replace them in the T20 World Cup Qualifier tournament.

Teams

North-Western sub region

The North-Western sub region group was held in

from 14 to 21 April 2018.

Points table

(H) Host, (Q) Qualified to next stage

Fixtures

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Eastern sub region

The Eastern sub region group was held in

from 7 to 14 July 2018.

Points table

(H) Host, (Q) Qualified to next stage

Fixtures

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Southern sub region

The Southern sub region group was held in

from 28 October to 3 November 2018.

, initially listed as an entrant, withdrew before the tournament draw was released.

Points table

(H) Host, (Q) Qualified to next stage

Fixtures

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Regional Finals

The Regional Finals were held in Uganda from 20 to 24 May 2019, with the top two sides progressing to the

tournament in the UAE. Originally, the finals were scheduled to start on 19 May, but all three fixtures were washed out, with the matches rescheduled for the tournament's reserve day. Ahead of the final day of fixtures, Kenya, Namibia and Nigeria were all in contention of finishing in the top two places and progressing to the 2019 ICC T20 World Cup Qualifier tournament. However, all of the matches on the last day were washed out, therefore Namibia and Kenya both progressed to the T20 World Cup Qualifier after finishing first and second respectively in the Regional Finals. In August 2019, the ICC confirmed that Nigeria had also progressed to the T20 World Cup Qualifier, after Zimbabwe had been suspended from taking part in international cricket tournaments in the previous month.

Points table

Fixtures

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Notes

References

External links

Africa group at the International Cricket Council

Series home at ESPN Cricinfo (Finals)
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