2025 Men's T20 World Cup Asia–EAP Regional Final
| Dates | 8 – 17 October 2025 |
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| Administrator(s) | Asian Cricket Council ICC East Asia-Pacific |
| Cricket format | Twenty20 International |
| Tournament format(s) | Group stage and Super 6s |
| Host(s) |  Oman |
| Participants | 9 |
| Matches | 21 |
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| 2026 Men's T20 World Cup |
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The 2025 ICC Men's T20 World Cup Asia-Pacific Regional Final will be a cricket tournament that forms part of the qualification process for the 2026 Men's T20 World Cup. It will be held in Oman from 8 to 17 October 2025.[1]
The top three sides in the tournament will join Afghanistan, Australia, Bangladesh, India, New Zealand, Pakistan and Sri Lanka in the 2026 T20 World Cup who have already pre-qualified.[2][3] India and Sri Lanka directly qualified for the T20 World Cup as co-hosts,[4] while Afghanistan, Australia and Bangladesh qualified as by finishing among the top eight teams from the previous edition and New Zealand and Pakistan qualified through the ICC Men's T20I Team Rankings.[5]
Teams and qualification
[edit]In this cycle, a total of 14 teams participated in the Asian sub-regional phase and 8 teams were participating in the EAP sub-regional phase. The Asian sub-regional phase was divided into two events of seven teams[6][7] and the EAP sub-regional phase was divided into two events of four teams.[8][9]
The top two sides of each Asia sub-regional qualifier along with the winners of EAP sub-regional qualifiers will advance to a combined regional final, where they will join Nepal, Oman and Papua New Guinea who received a bye after participating in the 2024 ICC Men's T20 World Cup.[10][11]
| Method of qualification |
Date | Venue(s) | No. of teams | Team |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 ICC Men's T20 World Cup | 29 June 2024 |  United States West Indies |
3 |
 Nepal
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| Oman
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 Papua New Guinea
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| EAP Qualifier A | 17 – 24 August 2024 |  Samoa |
1 |
Samoa
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| Asia Qualifier A | 30 August – 9 September 2024 |  Malaysia |
2 |
 Kuwait
|
| Malaysia
| ||||
| EAP Qualifier B | 28 September – 5 October 2024 |  South Korea |
1 |
 Japan
|
| Asia Qualifier B | 19 – 28 November 2024 |  Qatar |
2 |
Qatar
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 United Arab Emirates
| ||||
| Total | 9 |
Group stage
[edit]Group division and fixtures of Asia–EAP Regional Final was announced by International Cricket Council on 10 July 2025.[12][13]
Group A
[edit]
| Pos | Team | Pld | W | L | NR | Pts | NRR | Qualification |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Malaysia
|
0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | Advanced to the Super 6 |
| 2 | Qatar
|
0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | |
| 3 | United Arab Emirates
|
0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — |
Group B
[edit]
| Pos | Team | Pld | W | L | NR | Pts | NRR | Qualification |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Japan
|
0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | Advanced to the Super 6 |
| 2 | Kuwait
|
0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | |
| 3 | Nepal
|
0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — |
Group C
[edit]
| Pos | Team | Pld | W | L | NR | Pts | NRR | Qualification |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Oman
|
0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | Advanced to the Super 6 |
| 2 | Papua New Guinea
|
0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | |
| 3 | Samoa
|
0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — |
Super 6
[edit]
| Pos | Team | Pld | W | L | NR | Pts | NRR | Qualification |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | A1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | Qualified for the 2026 Men's T20 World Cup |
| 2 | A2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | |
| 3 | B1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | |
| 4 | B2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | |
| 5 | C1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | |
| 6 | C2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — |
12 October 2025
10:00 |
C1
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A2
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12 October 2025
14:30 |
A1
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v
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B1
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13 October 2025
14:30 |
C1
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v
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A1
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15 October 2025
10:00 |
B2
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v
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A2
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15 October 2025
14:30 |
C2
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v
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A1
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16 October 2025
14:30 |
A1
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v
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B2
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17 October 2025
10:00 |
B2
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v
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C1
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17 October 2025
14:30 |
C2
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v
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B1
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References
[edit]- ^ "ICC announces schedule for East Asia-Pacific and Asia World Cup Qualifiers". International Cricket Council. Retrieved 10 July 2025.
- ^ "How does qualification for the 2026 T20 World Cup work?". Wisden. Retrieved 10 June 2024.
- ^ "Stop clock set to become a permanent fixture in white-ball internationals from T20 World Cup 2024". International Cricket Council. Retrieved 15 March 2024.
- ^ "Sri Lanka, India to co-host ICC Men's T20 World Cup in 2026". www.adaderana.lk. Retrieved 14 September 2024.
- ^ "T20 World Cup 2026: Pakistan, New Zealand, Ireland secure automatic qualification despite failing to make it to Super Eight". sportstar.thehindu.com. 2 July 2024. Retrieved 30 August 2024.
- ^ "Malaysia Cricket to host 2026 ICC Men's T20 World Cup Asia Qualifier A in August/September 2024". Czarsports. 31 May 2024. Retrieved 10 June 2023.
- ^ "Qatar Cricket to host 2026 ICC Men's T20 World Cup Asia Qualifier B in November 2024". Czarsports. 23 September 2024.
- ^ "Samoa Cricket to host 2026 ICC Men's T20 World Cup EAP Sub-regional Qualifier A in August 2024". Czarsportz. 2 January 2024. Retrieved 7 January 2024.
- ^ "A historic first for South Korea as dates and venues for the 2024 Pathway Events are announced". International Cricket Council. 5 March 2024. Retrieved 5 March 2024.
- ^ "Dramatic final day sees Samoa win East Asia-Pacific Sub Regional Qualifier A". International Cricket Council. 26 August 2024. Retrieved 14 September 2024.
- ^ "Malaysia and Kuwait advance to ICC Men's T20 WC Asia-East Asia Pacific Regional Final 2025". International Cricket Council. 9 September 2024. Retrieved 14 September 2024.
- ^ "All eyes on Oman in October for T20 World Cup qualifier event". International Cricket Council. Retrieved 10 July 2025.
- ^ "ICC announces schedule for East Asia-Pacific and Asia World Cup Qualifier". International Cricket Council. Retrieved 10 July 2025.