Cricket at the 2026 Asian Games – Men's tournament
Cricket tournament
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The Men's cricket event will be held as part of the 2026 Asian Games from 24 September to 3 October 2026 at the Kōrogi Sports Park in Aichi Prefecture, Nisshin, Japan.[1][2] A total of 10 teams will participate with the matches played in Twenty-20 format.
| Men's cricket event at the 2026 Asian Games | |
|---|---|
| Venue | Kōrogi Sports Park |
| Location | Nisshin, Japan |
| Dates | 24 September – 3 October 2026 |
| Nations | 10 |
Participating nations
On 28 April 2025, the organizing committee approved the inclusion of cricket and mixed martial arts to the programme, following a request from OCA.[2] The tournament features 10 nations.[3][4]
| Mode of Qualification | Date | Hosts | Berths | Qualified teams |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Host country | 28 April 2025 | N/a | 1 |  Japan |
| ICC Full Members | N/a | N/a | 5 |  Afghanistan |
 Bangladesh | ||||
 India | ||||
 Pakistan | ||||
 Sri Lanka | ||||
| 2026 Asian Games Qualifier | 31 May – 8 June 2026 |  Singapore |
4 |  Hong Kong |
 Malaysia | ||||
 Nepal | ||||
 Oman | ||||
| Total | 10 | |||
Seedings
The seeds were decided as per the ICC Men's T20I Team Rankings on 23 July, 2026.
Format
The 6 lowest-seeded teams were placed into two groups of three through an official team draw for the preliminary stage, played in a single round-robin format from September 24 to September 26. The top two teams from each group advance to the quarter-finals, where they join the four highest-seeded teams who received automatic byes based on their ICC rankings.
The knockouts then proceed through the quarter-finals and semi-finals, culminating in the gold medal match played between the semi-final winners, with the semi-final losers competing in the bronze medal match from September 28 to October 3.[5]
Squads
| Afghanistan |
Bangladesh |
Hong Kong |
India[6] |
Japan[7] |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| ||||
| Malaysia |
Nepal |
Oman |
Pakistan[8] |
Sri Lanka |
Preliminary stage
The draw was held on 23 July 2026 to determine the preliminary stage and the knockout stage.[9][10]
Group A
| Pos | Team | Pld | W | L | T | NR | Pts | NRR | Qualification |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Afghanistan |
0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | Advanced to the knockout stage |
| 2 | Japan (H) |
0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | |
| 3 | Nepal |
0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — |
Match 1 24 September 2026 09:00 |
TBD |
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TBD |
Match 3 25 September 2026 14:00 |
TBD |
v |
TBD |
Match 5 26 September 2026 09:00 |
TBD |
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TBD |
Group B
| Pos | Team | Pld | W | L | T | NR | Pts | NRR | Qualification |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Hong Kong |
0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | Advanced to the knockout stage |
| 2 | Malaysia |
0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | |
| 3 | Oman |
0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — |
Match 2 24 September 2026 14:00 |
TBD |
v |
TBD |
Match 4 25 September 2026 09:00 |
TBD |
v |
TBD |
Match 6 26 September 2026 14:00 |
TBD |
v |
TBD |
Knockout stage
| Quarterfinals | Semifinals | Gold medal match | ||||||||
| India | ||||||||||
| TBD | ||||||||||
| Pakistan | ||||||||||
| TBD | ||||||||||
| Bangladesh | ||||||||||
| TBD | ||||||||||
| Bronze medal match | ||||||||||
| Sri Lanka | ||||||||||
| TBD | ||||||||||
Quarterfinals
Semifinals
Semifinal 1 1 October 2026 09:00 |
TBD |
v |
TBD |
Semifinal 2 1 October 2026 14:00 |
TBD |
v |
TBD |
Bronze medal match
3 October 2026 09:00 |
TBD |
v |
TBD |
Gold medal match
3 October 2026 14:00 |
TBD |
v |
TBD |
Final standing
| Rank | Team | Pld | W | L | T | NR |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
 |
 N/A | |||||
 |
N/A | |||||
 |
N/A | |||||
| 4 | N/A | |||||
| 5 | N/A | |||||
| 6 | N/A | |||||
| 7 | N/A | |||||
| 8 | N/A | |||||
| 9 | N/A | |||||
| 10 | N/A | |||||