2026 Men's T20 World Cup qualification
The 2026 ICC Men's T20 World Cup qualification was the qualifying process by which teams qualified for the 2026 Men's T20 World Cup.
The qualification process for the 2026 tournament included two stages: direct qualification and regional qualification. 12 teams were awarded direct qualification while 81 teams took part in the regional qualification to compete for the remaining 8 spots. The regional qualification included series of sub-regional qualifiers and regional finals held between June 2024 and October 2025.
Format
The top eight teams from the previous edition along with the 2026 hosts and the next best two to four teams from the ICC Men's T20I Team Rankings 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
India and Sri Lanka 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.| Team | Method of qualification | Date of qualification | Venue | No. of teams | Last time qualified | Total times qualified | Previous best performance | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Co-hosts | rowspan=2 | 2024 | 10 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Co-hosts | 2024 | 10 | Winners | - | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 2024 ICC Men's T20 World Cup | 17 June 2024 | cr|AUSAmericas QualifierThe qualification stages are as follows:Americas Sub-regional Qualifier: Nine teams played round-robin matches from 6 to 16 December 2024 in ArgentinaAmericas Regional Final: Four teams played double round-robin matches from 15 to 22 June 2025 in Canada.Africa QualifierThe qualification stages are as follows:Africa Qualifier A: Six teams played round-robin matches from 21 to 26 September 2024 in TanzaniaAfrica Qualifier B: Six teams played round-robin matches from 19 to 24 October 2024 in KenyaAfrica Qualifier C: Six teams played round-robin matches from 23 to 28 November 2024 in NigeriaAfrica Regional Final: Eight teams play round-robin matches from 26 September to 4 October 2025 in Zimbabwe.Africa sub-regional qualifiersIn the sub-regional phase, Qualifier A was held in Tanzania in September 2024, Qualifier B was held in Kenya in October 2024 and Qualifier C was held in Nigeria in November 2024. The top two sides of each sub-regional qualifier will advance to the regional final, where they will join Namibia and Uganda who received a bye after participating in the 2024 Men's T20 World Cup.Asia–East Asia-Pacific QualifierThe qualification stages are as follows:EAP Qualifier A: Four teams played double round-robin matches from 17 to 24 August 2024 in Samoa.Asia Qualifier A: Seven teams played round-robin matches from 30 August to 9 September 2024 in Malaysia.EAP Qualifier B: Four teams played double round-robin matches from 28 September to 5 October 2024 in South Korea.Asia Qualifier B: Seven teams played round-robin matches from 19 to 28 November 2024 in Qatar.Asia–EAP Regional Final: Nine teams play round-robin matches in 3 groups, followed by Super-six round-robin from 1 to 17 October 2025 in OmanAsia sub-regional qualifiersIn the Asia sub-regional phase, Qualifier A was held in Malaysia in August and September 2024. and Qualifier B was held in Qatar in November 2024. The top two sides of each Asia sub-regional qualifier advanced to a combined regional final, where they joined Nepal and Oman who received a bye after participating in the 2024 Men's T20 World Cup along with the EAP finalists.East Asia-Pacific sub-regional qualifiersIn the East-Asia Pacific sub-regional phase, Qualifier A was held in Samoa in August 2024 and Qualifier B was held in South Korea in September and October 2024. The winners of EAP sub-regional qualifiers advanced to a combined regional final, where they joined Papua New Guinea who received a bye after participating in the 2024 ICC Men's T20 World Cup along with the Asia finalists.Europe QualifierThe qualification stages are as follows:Europe Qualifier A: Ten teams divided into two groups of five played round-robin and knockout matches from 9 to 16 June 2024 in Italy.Europe Qualifier B: Ten teams divided into two groups of five played round-robin and knockout matches from 7 to 14 July 2024 in Germany.Europe Qualifier C: Ten teams divided into two groups of five played round-robin and knockout matches from 21 to 28 August 2024 in Guernsey.Europe Regional Final: Five teams played round-robin matches from 5 to 11 July 2025 in Netherlands.Europe sub-regional qualifiersIn the sub-regional phase, Qualifier A was held in Italy in June 2024, Qualifier B was held in Germany in July 2024 and Qualifier C was held in Guernsey in August 2024. The winners of each sub-regional qualifier advanced to the regional final.Europe Qualifier A;;
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Europe regional finalThe 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 Men's T20 World Cup. Italy advanced from Qualifier A, Jersey advanced from Qualifier B and Guernsey advanced from Qualifier C. Italy and Netherlands advanced to the 2026 T20 World Cup as the top two sides of the regional final.
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