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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 sub-regional qualifier was held in

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and the other was held in the

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. The top two teams in each group advanced to the regional final tournament, which would determine two American 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 Southern sub region group, both

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and the

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qualified for the Americas Regional Finals. From the Northern sub region,

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and

also qualified for the Americas Regional Finals. The Regional Finals were held in

from 18 to 25 August 2019. Following the conclusion of matches that took place on 22 August 2019,

and

had both progressed to the T20 World Cup Qualifier.

Teams

Southern sub-region

The Southern sub region group was held in

from 26 February to 3 March 2018.

Points table

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

Fixtures

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Northern sub-region

The Northern sub region was held in the

from 20 to 26 September 2018. Originally, the sub region matches were scheduled to start on 19 September, but were postponed by one day because of

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Points table

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

Fixtures

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Regional Finals

The Regional Finals were held in Bermuda from 18 to 25 August 2019, with the matches played at the

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and

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. On 21 August 2019, the

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confirmed that all the remaining matches scheduled to be played at the Bermuda National Stadium would be moved to White Hill Field, due to the condition of the pitch.

won the Regional Finals to progress to the

. They were joined by

, who finished in second place.

Points table

Fixtures

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Notes

References

External links

Series home at ESPNcricinfo (Northern sub-regional qualifier)

Series home at ESPNcricinfo (Regional Final)
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