Cricket tournament
| Dates | TBD – July 2025 |
|---|---|
| Administrator(s) | Africa Cricket Association |
| Cricket format | Twenty20 International |
| Tournament format(s) | TBA |
| Host(s) | TBA |
| Participants | 8 |
| ← 2023 | |
| Part of a series on the |
| 2026 Men's T20 World Cup |
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| Background |
| Stages |
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Qualification Overview |
| Africa Qualifier |
| Americas Qualifier |
Asia–EAP Qualifier
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| Europe Qualifier |
| Qualified teams |
| Hosts |
| 2024 T20WC |
| T20I Rankings |
Regional qualifiers
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| General Information |
| ← 20242028 → |
The 2025 ICC Men's T20 World Cup Africa 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 sometime in 2025.
The top two sides in the tournament will join South Africa in the 2026 T20 World Cup who have already pre-qualified.
Teams and qualification
South Africa directly qualified for the T20 World Cup as a top eight team from the previous edition.
In this cycle, a total of 18 teams are participating in the African sub-regional phase, which is divided into three events with six teams competing in each event.
| Africa Sub-regional Qualifiers | ||
|---|---|---|
| Qualifier A | Qualifier B | Qualifier C |
The top two sides of each sub-regional qualifier advanced to the regional final, where they joined Namibia and Uganda who received a bye after participating in the 2024 ICC Men's T20 World Cup.
| 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 |  Namibia
|
 Uganda
| ||||
| Africa Qualifier A | 21–26 September 2024 |  Tanzania |
2 |  Malawi
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| Tanzania
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| Africa Qualifier B | 19–24 October 2024 |  Kenya |
2 | Kenya
|
 Zimbabwe
| ||||
| Africa Qualifier C | 23–28 November 2024 |  Nigeria |
2 |  Botswana
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| Nigeria
| ||||
| Total | 8 |
Points table
| Pos | Team | Pld | W | L | NR | Pts | NRR | Qualification |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Botswana
|
0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | Advance to the 2026 T20 World Cup |
| 2 | Kenya
|
0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | |
| 3 | Malawi
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0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | |
| 4 | Namibia
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0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | |
| 5 | Nigeria
|
0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | |
| 6 | Tanzania
|
0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | |
| 7 | Uganda
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0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | |
| 8 | Zimbabwe
|
0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — |
References
- "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.
- "All you need to know about 2026 T20 World Cup qualification". Cricbuzz. Retrieved 18 May 2024.
- "Tanzania Cricket to host 2026 ICC Men's T20 World Cup Sub-Regional Africa Qualifier A in September 2024". Czarsports. Retrieved 13 July 2023.
- "Kenya Cricket to host 2026 ICC Men's T20 World Cup Sub-Regional Africa Qualifier B in October 2024". Czarsports. Retrieved 13 July 2023.
- "Nigeria Cricket to host 2026 ICC Men's T20 World Cup Sub-Regional Africa Qualifier C in November 2024". Czarsports. Retrieved 13 July 2023.
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| Qualification | |
| ← 2024 Men's T20 World Cup2028 Men's T20 World Cup → | |
| Men's T20 World Cup | |
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| International Cricket Council | |
| Tournaments | |
| Qualifying | |
| Squads | |
| Finals | |
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