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(ICC), with 62 teams competed 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 Asian sub-regional qualifier was held in

Kuwait Kuwait (; ar, الكويت ', or ), officially the State of Kuwait ( ar, دولة الكويت '), is a country in Western Asia. It is situated in the northern edge of Eastern Arabia at the tip of the Persian Gulf, bordering Iraq to the nort ...

from 20 to 27 April 2018. The second sub-regional qualifier took place in

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between 3 and 12 October 2018. The top three teams in each group advanced to the regional finals tournament, which will determine two Asian 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 will be played as

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

were the first team to qualify for the regional final. They were joined by

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and

. From the Eastern sub-region group,

Nepal Nepal (; ne, नेपाल ), formerly the Federal Democratic Republic of Nepal ( ne, सङ्घीय लोकतान्त्रिक गणतन्त्र नेपाल ), is a landlocked country in South Asia. It is mai ...

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and

qualified for the regional final. However, in March 2019, the ICC announced that the UAE would host the qualifier tournament. Later the same month, the ICC released the match schedule for all the Regional Finals, with the UAE omitted from the Asia Regional Final. The number of teams that could qualify from the Asia Regional Final was also reduced from two to one. The Regional Finals were held in

in July 2019. Singapore progressed to the T20 World Cup Qualifier after winning the Regional Finals.

Teams

Western sub-region tournament

Points table

(H) Host. (Q) Advanced to the Regional Finals. Kuwait advanced to the Regional Finals after defeating Saudi Arabia in the third-place play-off match

Fixtures

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Third-place play-off

Final

Eastern sub-region tournament

Points table

(H) Host (Q) Qualified

Fixtures

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Regional Finals

The Regional Finals were held in Singapore from 22 to 28 July 2019. The last match of the Finals, between

and tournament hosts

, saw the winner of the fixture, Singapore, qualify for the

. Kuwait's Muhammad Kashif was named the Player of the Series, after scoring 143 runs during the Finals.

Points table

Fixtures

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Notes

References

External links

Asia group at the International Cricket Council

Series home at ESPN Cricinfo (Finals)
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