The 2026 ICC Men's T20 World Cup qualification is an ongoing

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by which teams will qualify for the

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. A series of regional qualification tournaments will determine the teams which will take part in the tournament.

Format

The top eight teams from the previous edition along with the 2026 hosts and the next best two to four teams (depending on the finishing positions of the hosts in the previous edition) from the

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qualified automatically for the tournament. The remaining eight teams will be decided by regional qualifiers. Each regional qualifier will be held in two stages: * Sub-regional qualifiers: This stage comprises one or more tournaments depending on the ICC region. Matches are held in either single round-robin or double round-robin format. The stipulated number of teams advance into the next stage. * Regional final: Top teams unable to earn automatic qualification along with teams advancing from the sub-regional qualifier take part in this stage. Matches are held in either single round-robin or double round-robin format. The stipulated number of teams advance to the 2026 ICC Men's T20 World Cup.

Qualified teams

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and

Sri Lanka Sri Lanka, officially the Democratic Socialist Republic of Sri Lanka, also known historically as Ceylon, is an island country in South Asia. It lies in the Indian Ocean, southwest of the Bay of Bengal, separated from the Indian subcontinent, ...

qualified directly as hosts. As hosts India reached the Super 8 stage of the previous T20 World Cup, only seven teams were required to avail of Super 8 qualification. The extra quota thus went to qualification by world rankings.

Americas Qualifier

The qualification stages are as follows: * Americas Sub-regional Qualifier: Nine teams played round-robin matches from 6 to 16 December 2024 in

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* Americas Regional Final: Four teams played

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matches from 15 to 22 June 2025 in

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Americas sub-regional qualifier

Americas regional final

Africa Qualifier

The qualification stages are as follows: * Africa Qualifier A: Six teams played round-robin matches from 21 to 26 September 2024 in

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* Africa Qualifier B: Six teams played round-robin matches from 19 to 24 October 2024 in

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* Africa Qualifier C: Six teams played round-robin matches from 23 to 28 November 2024 in

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* Africa Regional Final: Eight teams play round-robin matches from 19 September to 4 October 2025 in

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Africa sub-regional qualifiers

In the sub-regional phase, Qualifier A was held in

in September 2024, Qualifier B was held in

in October 2024 and Qualifier C was held in

in November 2024. The top two sides of each sub-regional qualifier will advance to the regional final, where they will join

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and

Uganda Uganda, officially the Republic of Uganda, is a landlocked country in East Africa. It is bordered to the east by Kenya, to the north by South Sudan, to the west by the Democratic Republic of the Congo, to the south-west by Rwanda, and to the ...

who received a bye after participating in the

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Africa Qualifier A

Africa Qualifier B

Africa Qualifier C

Africa regional final

Asia–East Asia-Pacific Qualifier

The qualification stages are as follows: * EAP Qualifier A: Four teams played

matches from 17 to 24 August 2024 in

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. * Asia Qualifier A: Seven teams played round-robin matches from 30 August to 9 September 2024 in

Malaysia Malaysia is a country in Southeast Asia. Featuring the Tanjung Piai, southernmost point of continental Eurasia, it is a federation, federal constitutional monarchy consisting of States and federal territories of Malaysia, 13 states and thre ...

. * EAP Qualifier B: Four teams played

matches from 28 September to 5 October 2024 in

South Korea South Korea, officially the Republic of Korea (ROK), is a country in East Asia. It constitutes the southern half of the Korea, Korean Peninsula and borders North Korea along the Korean Demilitarized Zone, with the Yellow Sea to the west and t ...

. * Asia Qualifier B: Seven teams played round-robin matches from 19 to 28 November 2024 in

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. * Asia–EAP Regional Final: Nine teams play round-robin matches from 1 to 17 October 2025 in

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Asia sub-regional qualifiers

In the Asia sub-regional phase, Qualifier A was held in

in August and September 2024. and Qualifier B was held in

in November 2024. The top two sides of each Asia sub-regional qualifier will advance to a combined regional final, where they will join

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and

who received a bye after participating in the

along with the EAP finalists.

Asia Qualifier A

Asia Qualifier B

East Asia-Pacific sub-regional qualifiers

In the East-Asia Pacific sub-regional phase, Qualifier A was held in

in August 2024 and Qualifier B was held in

in September and October 2024. The winners of EAP sub-regional qualifiers will advance to a combined regional final, where they will join

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who received a bye after participating in the

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along with the Asia finalists.

EAP Qualifier A

EAP Qualifier B

Asia–East Asia-Pacific regional final

Europe Qualifier

The qualification stages are as follows: * Europe Qualifier A: Ten teams divided into two groups of five played round-robin and

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matches from 9 to 16 June 2024 in

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. * Europe Qualifier B: Ten teams divided into two groups of five played round-robin and

matches from 7 to 14 July 2024 in

Germany Germany, officially the Federal Republic of Germany, is a country in Central Europe. It lies between the Baltic Sea and the North Sea to the north and the Alps to the south. Its sixteen States of Germany, constituent states have a total popu ...

. * Europe Qualifier C: Ten teams divided into two groups of five played round-robin and

matches from 21 to 28 August 2024 in

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. * Europe Regional Final: Five teams will be playing round-robin matches from 5 to 11 July 2025 in

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Europe sub-regional qualifiers

In the sub-regional phase, Qualifier A was held in

in June 2024, Qualifier B was held in

in July 2024 and Qualifier C was held in

in August 2024. The winners of each sub-regional qualifier advanced to the regional final.

Europe Qualifier A

; ;

Europe Qualifier B

; ;

Europe Qualifier C

; ;

Europe regional final

The winners of each sub-regional qualifier advanced to the regional final, where they joined

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and

who received a bye after participating in the

advanced from Qualifier A,

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advanced from Qualifier B and

advanced from Qualifier C. The top two sides of regional final will advance to the 2026 T20 World Cup.

Europe regional final standings

References

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