The 2021 ICC Women's T20 World Cup EAP Qualifier was a

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tournament that was scheduled to be played in Samoa in September 2021. The matches would have been played as

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s (WT20Is), with the top team progressing to the 2022 ICC Women's T20 World Cup Qualifier tournament. The

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were scheduled to make their debut at an ICC women's event. However, in August 2021, the

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(ICC) confirmed that the tournament had been cancelled due to the

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. As a result, Papua New Guinea qualified as the highest-ranked EAP team as of 30 November 2021.

Teams

The following teams were scheduled to compete in the tournament: * * * * * * * *

References

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