ICC Men's T20 World Cup Asia Qualifier explained

ICC Men's T20 World Cup Asia Qualifier
Administrator:	International Cricket Council
Cricket Format:	Twenty20 International
First:	2023 Asia Qualifier
Champions:	(1 title)
Most Runs:	Meet Bhavsar (262) (Qualifier A) Ahmad Faiz (115) (Qualifier B) Kushal Bhurtel (185) (Regional Final)
Most Wickets:	Hisham Sheikh (12) (Qualifier A) Syazrul Idrus (10) (Qualifier B) Bilal Khan (11) (Regional Final)

The ICC Men's T20 World Cup Asia Qualifier is a Twenty20 International tournament run under the auspices of the International Cricket Council (ICC). The tournament served as the final qualifying event for the ICC Men's T20 World Cup.

The first edition was held in 2023 as a qualification process for the 2024 ICC Men's T20 World Cup.^{[1] [2]}

History

2023 Qualifiers

See main article: 2023 ICC Men's T20 World Cup Asia Qualifier.

The first ever regional Twenty20 World Cup Qualifier was played as qualification for the 2024 ICC Men's T20 World Cup.

The first stage of the qualification pathway in the Asia region consisted of two sub-regional qualifiers, held in July and September 2023 in Malaysia and Qatar respectively.^{[3] [4] [5]} Malaysia won all of their matches in the Qualifier B tournament and advanced to the regional final.^[6] Kuwait won the Qualifier A to advance to the regional final after defeating Saudi Arabia in their final match.^[7] The teams were:

Qualifier A	Qualifier B		Regional Final
			Direct qualifiers	Sub-regional qualifiers
valign=top			valign=top

In the regional final, Kuwait and Malaysia were joined by Nepal, Oman, and Bahrain (all of whom contested in the 2022 ICC Men's T20 World Cup Global Qualifier A in Oman), as well as Hong Kong and Singapore (who contested in the 2022 ICC Men's T20 World Cup Global Qualifier B in Zimbabwe), and the United Arab Emirates (who were knocked out of the first round of the 2022 ICC Men's T20 World Cup in Australia).^[8]

The regional final was held in Nepal from 30 October to 5 November 2023.^{[9] [10]} The two finalists (Nepal and Oman) qualified for the 2024 ICC Men's T20 World Cup.^{[11] [12]}

Results

Year	Host(s)	Final venue	Final
width=18%	Winner	width=24%	Result	width=18%	Runner-up
2023			Tribhuvan University International Cricket Ground	184/9 (20 overs) Super Over:21/0	Match tied (Oman won the Super Over) Scorecard	184/6 (20 overs) Super Over:10/1

See also

• ICC Men's Cricket World Cup Qualifier
• ICC Cricket World Cup League 2
• International Cricket Council

Notes and References

1. Web site: Twelve teams to get automatic entry into 2024 men's T20 World Cup . ESPNcricinfo . 10 April 2022.
2. Web site: Qualification pathway for ICC Men's T20 World Cup 2024 announced . International Cricket Council . 31 May 2022.
3. Web site: 20 April 2023 . Road to T20 World Cup 2024 goes through Scotland and PNG . 20 April 2023 . International Cricket Council.
4. Web site: Asia regional qualification towards 2024 ICC Men's T20 World Cup to be held in 2023 . czarsports. 9 July 2022 . 31 March 2023.
5. Web site: Dada . Madhav . June 2, 2023 . Qatar Cricket and Malaysia Cricket to host the 2024 T20 World Cup Asia Sub-Regional Qualifiers . June 12, 2023 . Home of T20.
6. Web site: Malaysia win T20 World Cup Asia B Qualifier . New Straits Times . August 2023 . 1 August 2023.
7. Web site: Kuwait edge Saudi in thriller, qualify for the Asia Regional Final . International Cricket Council . 17 October 2023.
8. Web site: Lamichhane pulls out of Nepal Tri-series . The Kathmandu Post . 17 October 2023.
9. Web site: ICC Men's T20 World Cup Asia Qualifier B gets underway in Malaysia . International Cricket Council . 26 July 2023.
10. News: ICC Men's T20I World Cup Asia Finals 2023 Schedule. Singapore Cricket Association . 20 September 2023. 20 September 2023.
11. Web site: Everything you need to know about the T20 World Cup Asia Qualifier Final . International Cricket Council. 27 October 2023.
12. Web site: Nepal and Oman qualify for 2024 men's T20 World Cup . ESPNcricinfo . 3 November 2023.