2021 Men's T20 World Cup East Asia-Pacific Qualifier

The 2021 ICC Men's T20 World Cup East Asia-Pacific Qualifier was scheduled to be a tournament played as part of qualification process for the 2022 ICC Men's T20 World Cup. It was scheduled to take place from 11 to 16 October 2021 in Japan, with the top team progressing to one of two global qualifiers.[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 would have been played as Twenty20 Internationals (T20Is).[2]

Originally the qualifier was scheduled to take place between March and September 2020, but was postponed due to the COVID-19 pandemic.[3] In December 2020, the ICC updated the qualification pathway following the disruption from the pandemic.[4] In August 2021, the ICC confirmed that the tournament had been cancelled due to the COVID-19 pandemic.[5] As a result, the Philippines advanced to the Global Qualifiers as the highest-ranked team in the EAP region.[6]

Regional Final

2021 ICC Men's T20 World Cup East Asia-Pacific Qualifier Regional Final
Dates11 – 16 October 2021
Administrator(s)East Asia-Pacific
Cricket formatT20I
Host(s) Japan
Participants8
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Participating teams

The following teams were scheduled to take part:[7]

References

  1. ^ "Qualification to Men's T20 World Cup 2022 in Australia confirmed". International Cricket Council. Retrieved 14 December 2020.
  2. ^ "All T20I matches to get international status". International Cricket Council. 26 April 2018. Retrieved 1 January 2020.
  3. ^ "ICC expands qualifiers for 2021 T20 World Cup to 16 teams". ESPN Cricinfo. Retrieved 23 January 2020.
  4. ^ "2022 T20 World Cup qualification pathway". Cricket Europe. Archived from the original on 10 April 2021. Retrieved 14 December 2020.
  5. ^ "ICC Confirm Cancellation of EAP Tournaments in 2021". Japan Cricket Association. Retrieved 31 August 2021.
  6. ^ "ICC's East-Asia Pacific qualifiers in Japan cancelled". CricBuzz. September 2021. Retrieved 1 September 2021.
  7. ^ "COVID-19 update – ICC qualifying events". International Cricket Council. Retrieved 26 March 2020.


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