2020–21 ICC Men's T20 World Cup East Asia-Pacific Qualifier
The 2020–21 ICC Men's T20 World Cup East Asia-Pacific Qualifier is scheduled to be a tournament played as part of qualification process for the 2022 ICC Men's T20 World Cup. It is scheduled to take place from 11 to 16 October 2021 in Japan, with the top team progressing to one of two global qualifiers.[1] In April 2018, the International Cricket Council (ICC) granted full international status to Twenty20 men's matches played between member sides from 1 January 2019 onwards. Therefore, all the matches in the Regional Qualifiers will be played as Twenty20 Internationals (T20Is).[2]
Originally the qualifier was scheduled to take place between March and September 2020, but was postponed due to the COVID-19 pandemic.[3] In December 2020, the ICC updated the qualification pathway following the disruption from the pandemic.[4]
Regional Final
Dates | 11 – 16 October 2021 |
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Administrator(s) | East Asia-Pacific |
Cricket format | T20I |
Host(s) | Japan |
Participants | 8 |
Participating teams
The following teams are scheduled to take part:[5]
References
- "Qualification to Men's T20 World Cup 2022 in Australia confirmed". International Cricket Council. Retrieved 14 December 2020.
- "All T20I matches to get international status". International Cricket Council. 26 April 2018. Retrieved 1 January 2020.
- "ICC expands qualifiers for 2021 T20 World Cup to 16 teams". ESPN Cricinfo. Retrieved 23 January 2020.
- "2022 T20 World Cup qualification pathway". Cricket Europe. Retrieved 14 December 2020.
- "COVID-19 update – ICC qualifying events". International Cricket Council. Retrieved 26 March 2020.