2025 Men's T20 World Cup Asia–EAP Regional Final
Qualifying tournament for the 2026 Men's T20 World Cup
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The 2025 ICC Men's T20 World Cup Asia-EAP Regional Final was a cricket tournament that formed part of the qualification process for the 2026 Men's T20 World Cup. It was held in Oman from 8 to 17 October 2025.[1]
ICC East Asia-Pacific
| Dates | 8 – 17 October 2025 |
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| Administrator(s) | Asian Cricket Council ICC East Asia-Pacific |
| Cricket format | Twenty20 International |
| Tournament format(s) | Group round-robin and Super 6s |
| Host | Oman |
| Champions |  Nepal (1st title) |
| Runners-up |  Oman |
| Participants | 9 |
| Matches | 21 |
| Player of the series |  Alishan Sharafu |
| Most runs | Alishan Sharafu (283) |
| Most wickets |  Mirza Mohammed Baig (16) |
The top three sides Nepal, Oman and United Arab Emirates joined Afghanistan, Australia, Bangladesh, India, New Zealand, Pakistan and Sri Lanka in the 2026 T20 World Cup who had already pre-qualified.[2][3] India and Sri Lanka directly qualified for the T20 World Cup as co-hosts,[4] while Afghanistan, Australia and Bangladesh qualified as by finishing among the top eight teams from the previous edition and New Zealand and Pakistan qualified through the ICC Men's T20I Team Rankings.[5]
Teams and qualification
In this cycle, a total of 14 teams participated in the Asian sub-regional phase and 8 teams were participating in the EAP sub-regional phase. The Asian sub-regional phase was divided into two events of seven teams[6][7] and the EAP sub-regional phase was divided into two events of four teams.[8][9]
The top two sides of each Asia sub-regional qualifier along with the winners of EAP sub-regional qualifiers advanced to a combined regional final, where they will join Nepal, Oman and Papua New Guinea who received a bye after participating in the 2024 ICC Men's T20 World Cup.[10][11]
| Method of qualification | Date | Venue(s) | No. of teams | Team |
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| 2024 T20 World Cup | 29 June 2024 |  United States West Indies | 3 | Nepal |
| Oman | ||||
 Papua New Guinea | ||||
| EAP Qualifier A | 17–24 August 2024 |  Samoa | 1 | Samoa |
| Asia Qualifier A | 30 August – 9 September 2024 |  Malaysia | 2 |  Kuwait |
| Malaysia | ||||
| EAP Qualifier B | 28 September – 5 October 2024 |  South Korea | 1 |  Japan |
| Asia Qualifier B | 19–28 November 2024 | Qatar | 2 | Qatar |
| United Arab Emirates | ||||
| Total | 9 |
Squads
Preparations
Samoa in Malaysia
Samoa toured Malaysia to play two 20-over matches against Malaysia A in September.
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Malaysia A 108 (16.1 overs) | |
Benjamin Mailata 62 (45) Amir Khan 2/20 (4 overs) |
Aiman Zaquan Ridzuan 33 (29) Solomon Nash 3/12 (3 overs) |
- Samoa won the toss and elected to bat.
Kuwait in Oman
| Kuwait men's cricket team in Oman in 2025 | |||
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| Oman | Kuwait | ||
| Dates | 29 – 30 September 2025 | ||
| Captains | Jatinder Singh[b] | Mohammed Aslam | |
| Twenty20 International series | |||
| Results | Oman won the 2-match series 2–0 | ||
| Most runs | Vinayak Shukla (75) | Clinto Anto (44) | |
| Most wickets | Sufyan Mehmood (5) | Muhammad Aqif Farooq (3) | |
1st T20I
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- Oman won the toss and elected to field.
- Nadeem Khan (Oma) made his T20I debut.
2nd T20I
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Vinayak Shukla 51* (46) Muhammad Aqif Farooq 3/24 (4 overs) |
- Oman won the toss and elected to field.
- Hasnain Ul Wahab (Oma) and Muhammad Aqif Farooq (Kuw) both made their T20I debuts.
Warm-up matches
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Group stage
The group division and the fixtures of the Asia–EAP Regional Final were announced by the International Cricket Council on 10 July 2025.[20][1]
Group A
Points table
| Pos | Team | Pld | W | L | NR | Pts | NRR | Qualification |
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| 1 | United Arab Emirates |
2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0.584 | Advanced to the Super 6 |
| 2 | Qatar |
2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0.225 | |
| 3 | Malaysia |
2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | −0.873 | Eliminated |
Fixtures
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Mirza Mohammed Baig 30 (29) Muhammad Rohid 2/13 (4 overs) |
- Qatar won the toss and elected to bat.
- Zubair Ali, Shariq Munir (Qat) and Zahid Ali (UAE) all made their T20I debuts.
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- Qatar won the toss and elected to field.
- Owais Ahmed (Qat) became the first player for Qatar to take a hat-trick in men's T20Is.[citation needed]
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- United Arab Emirates won the toss and elected to field.
- Muhammad Arfan (UAE) made his T20I debut.
Group B
Points table
Fixtures
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Kushal Bhurtel 66 (56) Anudeep Chenthamara 2/22 (4 overs) |
- Kuwait won the toss and elected to field.
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Ali Zaheer 41 (31) Declan Suzuki-McComb 3/22 (2 overs) |
Esam Rahman 64 (39) Shiraz Khan 1/23 (2 overs) |
- Japan won the toss and elected to field.
- Esam Rahman (Jpn) made his T20I debut.
Group C
Points table
| Pos | Team | Pld | W | L | NR | Pts | NRR | Qualification |
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| 1 | Oman (H) |
2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 1.874 | Advanced to the Super 6 |
| 2 | Samoa |
2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | −0.302 | |
| 3 | Papua New Guinea |
2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | −1.574 | Eliminated |
Fixtures
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Fereti Sululoto 22 (16) Shah Faisal 2/12 (4 overs) |
- Oman won the toss and elected to field.
- Sean Solia and Ili Tugaga (Sam) both made their T20I debuts.
- Ross Taylor played his first T20I for Samoa after having previously played 102 T20Is for New Zealand, becoming the 22nd cricketer to represent two international teams in men's T20Is.[22]
Super 6
Points table
| Pos | Team | Pld | W | L | NR | Pts | NRR | Qualification |
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| 1 | Nepal |
5 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 10 | 1.849 | Qualified for the 2026 Men's T20 World Cup |
| 2 | Oman |
5 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 8 | 0.456 | |
| 3 | United Arab Emirates |
5 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 6 | 1.493 | |
| 4 | Qatar |
5 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 4 | −0.114 | Eliminated |
| 5 | Japan |
5 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 2 | −1.033 | |
| 6 | Samoa |
5 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 0 | −2.809 |
Fixtures
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Jatinder Singh 66 (40) Mirza Mohammed Baig 4/28 (4 overs) |
Shariq Munir 34 (25) Jitenkumar Ramanandi 3/22 (3 overs) |
- Qatar won the toss and elected to field.
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- United Arab Emirates won the toss and elected to bat.
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Rohit Paudel 58 (42) Daniel Louis 3/22 (3 overs) |
Imal Liyanage 56 (35) Sandeep Lamichhane 5/18 (3.5 overs) |
- Qatar won the toss and elected to field.
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Esam Rahman 60* (47) Mirza Mohammed Baig 2/24 (4 overs) |
Shariq Munir 41 (29) Benjamin Ito-Davis 3/28 (4 overs) |
- Qatar won the toss and elected to field.
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Alishan Sharafu 86 (51) Solomon Nash 2/42 (4 overs) |
- Samoa won the toss and elected to field.
- Mayank Kumar (UAE) made his T20I debut.
- Muhammad Farooq (UAE) took his first hat-trick in T20Is.[23]
- As a result of this match, both Nepal and Oman qualified for the 2026 Men's T20 World Cup.[24][25]
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Kushal Bhurtel 69 (51) Nadeem Khan 4/20 (4 overs) |
- Nepal won the toss and elected to bat.
- Kushal Malla (Nep) scored his 1,000th run in T20Is.[26]
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- United Arab Emirates won the toss and elected to field.
- As a result of this match, United Arab Emirates qualified for the 2026 Men's T20 World Cup.[27][28]
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Benjamin Mailata 35 (38) Daniel Louis 2/21 (3 overs) |
Zubair Ali 55* (46) Kurtis Hynam-Nyberg 1/15 (2 overs) |
- Qatar won the toss and elected to field.
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- Oman won the toss and elected to field.
Notes
- Aamir Kaleem captained Oman in the first and last match of the qualifier.
- Mohammad Nadeem captained Oman in the second T20I.