2025 Men's T20 World Cup Europe Regional Final
Qualifying tournament for the 2026 T20WC
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The 2025 ICC Men's T20 World Cup Europe 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 the Netherlands in July 2025.[1][2][3]
| Dates | 5 – 11 July 2025 |
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| Administrator | ICC Europe |
| Cricket format | Round-robin |
| Tournament format | Twenty20 International |
| Host |  Netherlands |
| Champions | Netherlands |
| Runners-up |  Italy |
| Participants | 5 |
| Matches | 10 |
| Player of the series | Harry Manenti |
| Most runs | Max O'Dowd (204) |
| Most wickets | Harry Manenti (8) |
Netherlands won the tournament, while Italy qualified for a World Cup for the first time by clinching second place ahead of Jersey on net run-rate after the two teams finished level on points.[4][5]
They will join England and Ireland as Europe's representatives at the 2026 T20 World Cup.[6][7] England qualified directly as a top eight team from the previous edition, while Ireland qualified directly through ICC Men's T20I Team Rankings.[8][9]
Teams and qualification
In this cycle, a total of 30 teams participated in the European sub-regional phase, which was divided into three events with ten teams competing in each event in two groups of five.[10][11][12][13]
The 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 ICC Men's T20 World Cup. Italy advanced from Qualifier A,[14] Jersey advanced from Qualifier B,[15] and Guernsey advanced from Qualifier C.[16][17]
| Method of qualification | Date | Venue(s) | No. of teams | Team |
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| 2024 ICC Men's T20 World Cup | 29 June 2024 |  United States West Indies | 2 | Netherlands |
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| Europe Qualifier A | 9 – 16 June 2024 | Italy | 1 | Italy |
| Europe Qualifier B | 7 – 14 July 2024 |  Germany | 1 |  Jersey |
| Europe Qualifier C | 21 – 28 August 2024 |  Guernsey | 1 | Guernsey |
| Total | 5 |
Squads
| Guernsey[18][19] |
Italy[20] |
Jersey[21][22] |
Netherlands[23] |
Scotland[24] |
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Warm-up matches
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- Jersey won the toss and elected to field.
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Michael Levitt 70 (46) Charlie Forshaw 3/26 (4 overs) |
- Netherlands won the toss and elected to bat.
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Syed Naqvi 36 (21) Harry Johnson 3/35 (4 overs) |
- Italy won the toss and elected to bat.
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- Italy won the toss and elected to field.
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- Jersey won the toss and elected to bat.
Points table
| Pos | Team | Pld | W | L | NR | Pts | NRR | Qualification |
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| 1 | Netherlands (H) |
4 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 6 | 1.281 | Qualified for the 2026 Men's T20 World Cup |
| 2 | Italy |
4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 0.612 | |
| 3 | Jersey |
4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 0.306 | Eliminated |
| 4 | Scotland[a] |
4 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 3 | −0.117 | Qualified for the 2026 Men's T20 World Cup |
| 5 | Guernsey |
4 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 1 | −2.517 | Eliminated |
- Although Scotland were eliminated in the qualifier; they qualified for the tournament based on ICC Rankings to replace Bangladesh after the latter's withdrawal.[25]
Fixtures
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- Netherlands won the toss and elected to field.
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Justin Mosca 66* (37) Harry Johnson 1/18 (2 overs) |
- Italy won the toss and elected to field.
- Emilio Gay (Ita) made his T20I debut.
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- Scotland won the toss and elected to bat.
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- Italy won the toss and elected to bat.
- Harry Manenti (Ita) took his first five-wicket haul in T20Is.[citation needed]
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Martin-Dale Bradley 26 (25) Michael Levitt 3/11 (3 overs) |
- Netherlands won the toss and elected to bat.
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- Jersey won the toss and elected to field.
- Scotland were eliminated as a result of this match. Later invited to 2026 T20 World Cup by ICC via T20I Ranking (14th) after withdrawal of Bangladesh.
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- Italy won the toss and elected to bat.
- Both Italy and the Netherlands qualified for 2026 T20 World Cup as a result of this match.