2023 Men's T20 World Cup Europe regional final
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ICC Europe
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| Dates | 20 – 28 July 2023 |
|---|---|
| Administrator(s) | International Cricket Council ICC Europe |
| Cricket format | Twenty20 International |
| Tournament format | Round-robin |
| Host | Scotland |
| Champions |  Scotland |
| Runners-up |  Ireland |
| Participants | 7 |
| Matches | 21 |
| Player of the series | Richie Berrington |
| Most runs | Ollie Hairs Richie Berrington (248 each)[1] |
| Most wickets | Brad Currie Mark Adair (12 each)[2] |
The 2024 ICC Men's T20 World Cup was the ninth edition of the ICC Men's T20 World Cup, a biennial world cup for cricket in Twenty20 International (T20I) format, organized by the International Cricket Council (ICC).[3][4] The qualification process for the World Cup included two stages: direct qualification and regional qualification. The regional qualification for Europe was held in two stages: sub-regional qualifiers and regional final.[5][6][7]
The EAP regional final was hosted by Cricket Scotland from 20 to 28 July 2023.[8][9] Scotland and Ireland qualified for the T20 World Cup after finishing atop the points table.[10] Scotland's Richie Berrington was named player of the series having along with Ollie Hairs scored the most runs (248 each) while Brad Currie and Ireland's Mark Adair took the most wickets (12 each) in the tournament.
A total of 28 teams participated in the sub-regional phase, which was divided into three events. The winners of each sub-regional qualifier advanced to the regional final, where they joined Ireland and Scotland who received a bye due to their participation in the 2022 T20 World Cup and Germany and Jersey who received a bye after taking part in the 2022 global qualifiers.[5][6][7]
| Method of qualification | Date | Venue(s) | No. of teams | Team |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2022 Men's T20 World Cup | 13 November 2022 | Australia | 2 | Ireland |
| Scotland | ||||
| 2022 global qualifier A | 24 February 2022 | Oman | 1 |  Germany |
| 2022 global qualifier B | 17 July 2022 | Zimbabwe | 1 |  Jersey |
| Sub-regional qualifier A | 12 – 19 July 2022 | Finland | 1 |  Italy |
| Sub-regional qualifier B | 24 – 31 July 2022 | Finland | 1 |  Austria |
| Sub-regional qualifier C | 28 June – 4 July 2022 | Scotland | 1 |  Denmark |
| Total | 7 |
Squads
Gareth Delany was ruled out of Ireland's squad due to a broken wrist, and he was replaced by Theo van Woerkom.[20] Chris Sole was ruled out of Scotland's squad due to injury, and he was replaced by Adrian Neill.[21] Denmark's captain Hamid Shah missed the team's first four matches, and Taranjit Bharaj took over as captain while Shah was absent; Shah returned for the remaining games.[22] After the tournament began, Vijayshankar Chikkannaiah was replaced in Germany's squad by Talha Khan due to injury.[23] Ahead of Germany's last two matches of the tournament, Abdul Shakoor was replaced by Matt Montgomery after sustaining an injury.[24] Patrick Gouge was added to Jersey's squad ahead of their last game of the tournament, in place of Benjamin Ward, who was struck by a ball in the previous game.[25]
