2021 ICC Women's T20 World Cup EAP Qualifier explained

2021 ICC Women's T20 World Cup EAP Qualifier
Administrator:	International Cricket Council
Cricket Format:	Twenty20 International
Host:	Samoa
Fromdate:	3
Todate:	8 September 2021
Participants:	8
Previous Year:	2019
Previous Tournament:	2019 ICC Women's Qualifier EAP
Next Year:	2023
Next Tournament:	2023 ICC Women's T20 World Cup EAP Qualifier

The 2021 ICC Women's T20 World Cup EAP Qualifier was a cricket tournament that was scheduled to be played in Samoa in September 2021.^[1] The matches would have been played as Women's Twenty20 Internationals (WT20Is), with the top team progressing to the 2022 ICC Women's T20 World Cup Qualifier tournament.^[1] The Philippines were scheduled to make their debut at an ICC women's event.^[2] However, in August 2021, the International Cricket Council (ICC) confirmed that the tournament had been cancelled due to the COVID-19 pandemic.^[3] As a result, Papua New Guinea qualified as the highest-ranked EAP team as of 30 November 2021.^[4]

Teams

The following teams were scheduled to compete in the tournament:^[5]

Notes and References

1. Web site: Qualification for ICC Women's T20 World Cup 2023 announced . International Cricket Council . 12 December 2020.
2. Web site: ICC announce qualification process for 2023 Women's T20 World Cup . The Cricketer . 12 December 2020.
3. Web site: ICC Confirm Cancellation of EAP Tournaments in 2021 . Japan Cricket Association . 31 August 2021.
4. Web site: Men's and women's T20 World Cup East Asia Pacific qualifiers cancelled . Cricinfo . 1 September 2021.
5. Web site: ICC T20 World Cup 2023 qualifiers set to begin in August 2021 . Women's CricZone . 12 December 2020.