The 2022–23 ICC Men's T20 World Cup Europe Qualifier was a cricket tournament that formed part of the qualification process for the

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. In May 2022, the

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(ICC) confirmed all the fixtures and venues for the three sub-regional Qualifiers. The sub-regional phase of European qualification for the previous T20 World Cup was eventually cancelled due to the

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. As a result, only four teams had the opportunity to qualify from a regional finals event.

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and

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progressed from that event and thereby gained a bye through the sub-regional stage in the process for the 2024 T20 World Cup. In this cycle, twenty-eight countries from the

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competed in the sub-regional phase of the tournament, divided into three events being played in June and July 2022. Qualifier C was the first event played, which took place in Belgium between 28 June and 4 July 2022. Qualifiers A and B followed, with both of them hosted in Finland between 12 and 31 July 2022. The winner of each sub-regional qualifier progressed to the regional final.

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became the first team to advance to the regional final, after they beat

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by nine wickets in the final of sub-regional Qualifier C.

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were the second team to progress to the regional final, when they beat the

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by seven wickets in the final of sub-regional Qualifier A.

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were the last team to qualify from the sub-regional matches, after beating

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in the final of the sub-regional Qualifier B.

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and

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enter the regional final as they had failed to qualify directly for the 2024 T20 World Cup. The regional final was played in

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, Scotland in July 2023. On 27 July 2023, Ireland secured qualification for the T20 World Cup when their fifth game at the regional final was abandoned due to rain. Later the same day, Scotland also qualified after a fifth consecutive victory. Scotland defeated Ireland by 8 runs in the last game to win the tournament.

Teams

Qualifier A

Squads

Group stage

Group 1

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Group 2

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Play-offs

7th place play-off

5th place play-off

3rd place play-off

Final

Qualifier B

Squads

Group stage

Group 1

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Group 2

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Play-offs

7th place play-off

5th place play-off

3rd place play-off

Final

Qualifier C

Squads

On 22 June 2022, Saud Munir replaced Amjad Khan in the Denmark squad due to work commitments.

Group stage

Group 1

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Group 2

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Consolation play-offs

Following a car accident on 1 July 2022 that involved three match officials, the ICC rescheduled the consolation play-off matches.

5th place semi-finals

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7th place play-off

5th place play-off

Play-offs

Semi-finals

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3rd place play-off

Final

Regional Final

Squads

The following squads were named ahead of the tournament:

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was ruled out of Ireland's squad due to a broken wrist, and he was replaced by Theo van Woerkom.

Chris Sole Christopher Barclay Sole (born 27 February 1994) is a Scottish cricketer. He made his first-class debut in the 2015–17 ICC Intercontinental Cup on 9 August 2016 against the United Arab Emirates. He made his One Day International (ODI) debut ...

was ruled out of Scotland's squad due to injury, and he was replaced by Adrian Neill. Denmark's captain

Hamid Shah Hamid Ali Mazhar Shah (born 2 August 1992) is a Danish cricketer, who plays for Denmark's national cricket team. He made his debut for the Danish national side in July 2010. He is a right-handed all-rounder who bowls off spin. Career Born in ...

missed the team's first four matches, and

Taranjit Bharaj Taranjit Bharaj (born 3 March 1993) is an Indian-born Danish cricketer, who plays for Denmark's national cricket team. He is a right-handed batsman and a right-arm offbreak bowler. In April 2018, he was named in Denmark's squad for the 2018 ICC ...

took over as captain while Shah was absent; Shah returned for the remaining games. After the tournament began, Vijayshankar Chikkannaiah was replaced in Germany's squad by Talha Khan due to injury. Ahead of Germany's last two matches of the tournament, Abdul Shakoor was replaced by Matt Montgomery after sustaining an injury. Patrick Gouge was added to Jersey's squad ahead of their last game of the tournament, in place of

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, who was struck by a ball in the previous game.

Points table

Fixtures

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References

External links

Qualifier A – Series home at ESPNcricinfo

Qualifier B – Series home at ESPNcricinfo

Qualifier C – Series home at ESPNcricinfo

Regional Final – Series home at ESPNcricinfo
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