2026 Men's T20 World Cup Europe Sub-regional Qualifier A
Qualification tournament for the 2028 T20WC in Europe region
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The 2026 ICC Men's T20 World Cup Europe Sub-regional Qualifier A was a cricket tournament that formed part of the qualification process for the 2028 Men's T20 World Cup.[1][2] It was played in Cyprus from 16 to 23 May 2026.[3][4]
Dates16 – 23 May 2026
AdministratorICC Europe
Cricket formatTwenty20 International
Tournament format(s)Group stage and Knockouts
| Dates | 16 – 23 May 2026 |
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| Administrator | ICC Europe |
| Cricket format | Twenty20 International |
| Tournament format(s) | Group stage and Knockouts |
| Host | Cyprus |
| Champions |  Jersey |
| Runners-up |  Guernsey |
| Participants | 10 |
| Matches | 24 |
| Most runs |  Connor Carroll (395) |
| Most wickets | Julius Sumerauer (11) |
The finalists of the tournament advanced to the regional final, where they were joined by Scotland who were given a bye after having participated in the previous T20 World Cup, and three other teams from sub-regional qualifiers B and C.
Channel Island rivals Jersey and Guernsey won their groups to advance to the final.[5] Jersey won the final by four-wickets, chasing down a target of 140 with two overs to spare and in doing so made it through to the final round of qualifying for the T20 World Cup for the sixth time.[6]
Initially, only the winner of the tournament was set to advance to the regional final. However, after a review of the regional qualification pathway in August 2026, the top two teams were granted places in the regional final.[7]
Venue
| Episkopi | 2026 Men's T20 World Cup Europe Sub-regional Qualifier A (Cyprus) | |
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| Happy Valley Ground | ||
| Capacity: N/A | ||
| Matches: 24[a] | ||
Squads
 Austria[8] |
Croatia[9] |
 Cyprus |
 France[10] |
Guernsey[11] |
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| Jersey[12] |
 Malta |
 Slovenia[13] |
 Sweden[14] |
 Switzerland |
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Group stage
Group A
| Pos | Team | Pld | W | L | NR | Pts | NRR | Qualification |
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| 1 | Jersey |
4 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 4.352 | Advanced to the final |
| 2 | France |
4 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 6 | 1.537 | Advanced to the 3rd place play-off |
| 3 | Croatia |
4 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 4 | −2.100 | Advanced to the 5th place play-off |
| 4 | Switzerland |
4 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 2 | −1.333 | Advanced to the 7th place play-off |
| 5 | Cyprus (H) |
4 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | −1.829 | Eliminated |
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Adam Senn 45 (37) Abdurrahman Ahmadzai 2/9 (4 overs) |
- Cyprus won the toss and elected to bat.
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Arjun Vinod 18 (15) Julius Sumerauer 4/21 (3.5 overs) |
- Switzerland won the toss and elected to bat.
- Musa Khan Ahmadzai (Sui) made his T20I debut.
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Gustav McKeon 59 (30) Damien Hall 1/31 (4 overs) |
Connor Carroll 71 (34) Usman Khan 4/20 (3.4 overs) |
- France won the toss and elected to bat.
- Connor Carroll, Damien Hall, Jared Newton and Matija Separovic (Cro) all made their T20I debuts.
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Julius Sumerauer 43 (16) Adam Senn 4/34 (4 overs) |
Adam Senn 28 (27) Julius Sumerauer 3/29 (4 overs) |
- Jersey won the toss and elected to bat.
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Mohammad Khan Rafah 47 (26) Zak Tribe 2/2 (1.2 overs) |
- Jersey won the toss and elected to field.
- Harrison Carlyon (Jer) scored his 1000th run in T20Is.[16]
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Connor Carroll 150* (72) Malyar Stanikzai 2/37 (4 overs) |
Jai Sinh 55 (37) Damien Hall 2/28 (4 overs) |
- Croatia won the toss and elected to bat.
- Connor Carroll became the first player from Croatia to score a century in T20Is.[citation needed]
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Arjun Vinod 33 (28) Adam Senn 4/32 (4 overs) |
Alexander Senn 32 (47) Musa Khan Ahmadzai 3/7 (3.1 overs) |
- Cyprus won the toss and elected to field.
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Harrison Carlyon 83 (42) Nikola Davidovic 1/33 (2 overs) |
Connor Carroll 74 (31) Zak Tribe 3/13 (3 overs) |
- Croatia won the toss and elected to field.
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Christian Roberts 34 (34) Aneesh Kumar 2/14 (3 overs) |
Malyar Stanikzai 34 (22) Mohammad Khan Rafah 3/22 (4 overs) |
- France won the toss and elected to bat.
- Shankar Panguluri (Sui) made his T20I debut.
- Gustav McKeon (Fra) became the first player for France to score 1000 runs in T20Is.[citation needed]
Group B
| Pos | Team | Pld | W | L | NR | Pts | NRR | Qualification |
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| 1 | Guernsey |
4 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 2.286 | Advanced to the final |
| 2 | Sweden |
4 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 0.422 | Advanced to the 3rd place play-off |
| 3 | Austria |
4 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 0.284 | Advanced to the 5th place play-off |
| 4 | Malta |
4 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 4 | −0.084 | Advanced to the 7th place play-off |
| 5 | Slovenia |
4 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | −3.181 | Eliminated |
Source: ESPNcricinfo[15]
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Matthew Stokes 51 (41) Zabiullah Zahid 2/17 (4 overs) |
Yatharth Chauhan 48 (40) Ed Robinson 2/12 (2.4 overs) |
- Sweden won the toss and elected to field.
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Muhammad Qasim 58 (42) Kumud Jha 2/21 (3 overs) |
Imran Asif 39* (21) Salman Sharjeel 1/16 (1 over) |
- Austria won the toss and elected to field.
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Mehboob Ali 26 (26) Martin-Dale Bradley 4/9 (4 overs) |
Ollie Nightingale 28 (23) Jaswinder Singh 1/8 (1 over) |
- Guernsey won the toss and elected to field.
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Izaz Ali 83 (42) Bilal Zalmai 3/27 (4 overs) |
Armaan Randhawa 50* (30) Dileep Pallekonda 3/26 (4 overs) |
- Slovenia won the toss and elected to bat.
- Jack Kovacic and Shiva Mani (Slo) both made their T20I debuts.
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Owen Groves 77* (66) Awais Ahmad 1/15 (3 overs) |
Ajay Mundra 76* (46) Saeed Waqar Ali 2/23 (2 overs) |
- Slovenia won the toss and elected to bat.
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Josh Butler 68 (49) Waqar Zalmai 2/23 (2 overs) |
Karanbir Singh 59 (30) Luke Bichard 3/24 (3 overs) |
- Austria won the toss and elected to field.
- Josh Butler (Gue) scored his 1000th run in T20Is.[17]
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Jack Kovacic 25 (16) Josh Butler 3/16 (4 overs) |
Martin-Dale Bradley 23* (14) Jack Kovacic 2/18 (4 overs) |
- Slovenia won the toss and elected to bat.
- Arul Kumaran (Slo) made his T20I debut.
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Wynand Boshoff 40 (26) Mehboob Ali 2/33 (4 overs) |
Priyan Pushparajan 52 (36) Sami Rahmani 2/30 (4 overs) |
- Malta won the toss and elected to field.
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Aqib Iqbal 27 (23) Sami Rahmani 4/27 (4 overs) |
Yatharth Chauhan 45* (39) Baseer Khan 4/14 (4 overs) |
- Sweden won the toss and elected to field.
Play-offs
7th place play-off
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Muhammad Qasim 29 (23) Ashwin Vinod 3/21 (4 overs) |
Harsha Deshan 36* (22) Muhammad Qasim 3/29 (4 overs) |
- Switzerland won the toss and elected to field.
5th place play-off
3rd place play-off
Final
Notes
- Included matches played at Happy Valley Ground 2.