The 2021 ICC Men's T20 World Cup Africa Qualifier was a

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tournament that was played as part of qualification process for the

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, during October and November 2021. In April 2018, the

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(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 Qualifiers will be played as

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s (T20Is). The Africa Qualifier started with a sub-regional qualifier consisting of two groups, with the top team in each group progressing to the Regional Final.

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and

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, the two highest ranked teams as of 1 January 2020, progressed directly to the Regional Final. The sub-regional tournament was scheduled to take place in South Africa from 27 April to 3 May 2020; however, on 24 March 2020, the

(ICC) confirmed that all ICC qualifying events scheduled to take place before 30 June 2020 had been postponed due to the

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. In December 2020, the ICC updated the qualification pathway following the disruption from the pandemic. In March 2021, the sub-regional qualifers were postponed again, with them both being moved back to October 2021. In July 2021, the

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announced that the ICC had confirmed Rwanda as the host nation for all of the matches in the Africa Qualifier. Qualifier A matches were played at two venues in

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, the

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and the IPRC Cricket Ground.

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finished in first place in Qualifier A to join Kenya and Nigeria in the Regional Final. Dinesh Nakrani of Uganda was named player of the series. Qualifier B was won by

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, who claimed the fourth and final place in the Regional Final. Uganda won the Regional Final, winning five of their six matches, to progress to the Global Qualifiers.

Qualifier A

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Qualifier B

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Regional Final

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References

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Series home at ESPN Cricinfo (Sub-regional Qualifier A)

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