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2025 Men's T20 World Cup Europe Regional Final

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2025 ICC Men's T20 World Cup
Europe Regional Final
Dates5 – 11 July 2025
Administrator(s)European Cricket Council
Tournament format(s)Twenty20 International
Host(s) Netherlands
Participants5

The 2025 ICC Men's T20 World Cup Europe 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 from 5 to 11 July 2025.

The top two sides in the tournament will join England and Ireland in the 2026 T20 World Cup who have already pre-qualified.[1][2]

Teams and qualification

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England qualified directly for the T20 World Cup as a top eight team from the previous edition. Ireland qualified directly through ICC Men's T20I Team Rankings.[3]

In this cycle, a total of 30 teams participated in the European sub-regional phase, which was divided into three events with ten teams competing in each event in two groups of five.[4][5][6][7]

Europe Sub-regional Qualifiers
Qualifier A Group 1  France  Isle of Man  Italy  Luxembourg  Turkey
Group 2  Austria  Hungary  Israel  Portugal  Romania
Qualifier B Group 1  Belgium  Croatia  Jersey  Serbia   Switzerland
Group 2  Germany  Gibraltar  Norway  Slovenia  Sweden
Qualifier C Group 1  Cyprus  Czech Republic  Denmark  Greece  Spain
Group 2  Bulgaria  Estonia  Finland  Guernsey  Malta
Europe Regional Final
Direct qualifiers  Netherlands  Scotland
Sub-regional qualifiers  Guernsey  Italy  Jersey

The winners of each sub-regional qualifier advanced to the regional final, where they joined Scotland and Netherlands who received a bye after participating in the 2024 ICC Men's T20 World Cup. Italy advanced from Qualifier A,[8] Jersey advanced from Qualifier B[9] and Guernsey advanced from Qualifier C.[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
2
 Netherlands
 Scotland
Europe Qualifier A 9 – 16 June 2024  Italy
1
 Italy
Europe Qualifier B 7 – 14 July 2024  Germany
1
 Jersey
Europe Qualifier C 21 – 28 August 2024  Guernsey
1
 Guernsey
Total 5

Points table

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Pos Team Pld W L NR Pts NRR Qualification
1  Guernsey 0 0 0 0 0 Advanced to the
2026 Men's T20 World Cup
2  Italy 0 0 0 0 0
3  Jersey 0 0 0 0 0
4  Netherlands 0 0 0 0 0
5  Scotland 0 0 0 0 0
First match(es) will be played: 5 July 2025. Source: [citation needed]

References

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  1. ^ "How does qualification for the 2026 T20 World Cup work?". Wisden. Retrieved 10 June 2024.
  2. ^ "Stop clock set to become a permanent fixture in white-ball internationals from T20 World Cup 2024". International Cricket Council. Retrieved 15 March 2024.
  3. ^ "All you need to know about 2026 T20 World Cup qualification". Cricbuzz. Retrieved 18 May 2024.
  4. ^ "Italy, Germany, Denmark set to host ICC event for first-time ever in 2024". Asian News International. 14 December 2023. Retrieved 16 December 2023.
  5. ^ "Italy Cricket to host 2026 ICC Men's T20 World Cup Europe Sub-regional Qualifier "A" in June 2024". Czarsportz. 14 December 2023. Retrieved 16 December 2023.
  6. ^ "Germany Cricket to host 2026 ICC Men's T20 World Cup Europe Sub-regional Qualifier "B" in July 2024". Czarsportz. 14 December 2023. Retrieved 16 December 2023.
  7. ^ "Guernsey Cricket to host 2026 ICC Men's T20 World Cup Europe Sub-regional Qualifier "C" in August 2024". Czarsportz. 14 December 2023. Retrieved 16 December 2023.
  8. ^ "Italy advance in Men's T20 World Cup 2026 Qualification after victory in Rome". International Cricket Council. Retrieved 17 June 2024.
  9. ^ "Jersey win in Germany to advance in ICC Men's T20 World Cup 2026 pathway". International Cricket Council. Retrieved 15 July 2024.
  10. ^ "Guernsey reach T20 World Cup qualifiers". BBC Sport. 28 August 2024. Retrieved 28 August 2024.
  11. ^ "Hard work pays off in historic Guernsey win". Guernsey Press. 29 August 2024. Retrieved 29 August 2024.