2020–21 ICC Men's T20 World Cup Asia Qualifier

The 2020–21 ICC Men's T20 World Cup Asia Qualifier is scheduled to be a tournament played as part of qualification process for the 2022 ICC Men's T20 World Cup, between March and September 2020.[1] In April 2018, the International Cricket Council (ICC) granted full international status to Twenty20 men's matches played between member sides from 1 January 2019 onwards. Therefore, all the matches in the Regional Qualifiers will be played as Twenty20 Internationals (T20Is).[2] The Asia Qualifier will consist of Eastern and Western sub-regional groups, with the Western tournament scheduled to take place in Kuwait in April 2020.[3] The winners of each sub-regional group will progress to one of two global qualifiers.[4]

However, on 24 March 2020, the International Cricket Council (ICC) confirmed that all ICC qualifying events scheduled to take place before 30 June 2020 had been postponed due to the COVID-19 pandemic.[5]

Western sub-region
2020 ICC T20 World Cup Asian Western Sub-Regional Qualifier
Dates16 – 21 April 2020
Administrator(s)Asian Cricket Council
Cricket formatT20I
Host(s) Kuwait
Participants5

The Western sub-region tournament was originally scheduled to take place in Kuwait from 16 - 20 April 2020, but was postponed due to the COVID-19 pandemic.[5]

Participating teams

Eastern sub-region
2020 ICC T20 World Cup Asian Eastern Sub-Regional Qualifier
Dates26 June – 2 July 2020
Administrator(s)Asian Cricket Council
Cricket formatT20I
Host(s) Malaysia
Participants6

The Eastern sub-region tournament was originally scheduled to take place in Malaysia from 26 June - 2 July 2020, but was postponed due to the COVID-19 pandemic.[5]

Participating teams

References
  1. "ICC expands qualifiers for 2021 T20 World Cup to 16 teams". ESPN Cricinfo. Retrieved 23 January 2020.
  2. "All T20I matches to get international status". International Cricket Council. 26 April 2018. Retrieved 8 January 2020.
  3. "Breaking news". Kuwait Cricket Official (via Facebook). Retrieved 8 January 2020.
  4. "ICC Men's T20 World Cup 2021 qualification process confirmed". International Cricket Council. Retrieved 23 January 2020.
  5. "COVID-19 update – ICC qualifying events". International Cricket Council. Retrieved 26 March 2020.
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