ICC Men's T20 World Cup East Asia Pacific Qualifier 2025: Schedule, Squads & Venues

The ICC Men’s T20 World Cup East Asia Pacific Qualifier 2025 is a pivotal tournament in the cricket calendar, serving as a gateway for teams from the East Asia Pacific region to secure a spot in the 2026 ICC Men’s T20 World Cup. This tournament is scheduled to be organised from October 8, 2025, to October 17, 2025. This qualifier will be held at the Al Amerat Cricket Ground (Ministry Turf 1) in Al Amerat, Oman.

The tournament features nine teams: Oman, Papua New Guinea, Samoa, United Arab Emirates, Qatar, Kuwait, Nepal, Malaysia, and Japan. These teams are divided into three groups, competing in a round-robin format, followed by Super Six matches to determine the top three teams that will advance to the 2026 T20I World Cup. All these nine teams want to play in the ICC World Cup against one of the best cricket teams in the world. This qualifier not only showcases the emerging cricketing talents of the East Asia Pacific region but also adds to the growing global appeal of the T20 format. The players of these teams will try to fight for their spot in international cricket and play against the best cricketers in the world.

What is the ICC Men's T20 World Cup East Asia Pacific Qualifier?

The ICC Men’s T20 World Cup East Asia Pacific Qualifier is a regional cricket tournament that serves as a gateway for teams from the East Asia Pacific region to qualify for the ICC Men’s T20I World Cup. In this tournament, the emerging teams from East Asia participate so that they can compete in a structured format. The nine teams from different countries, including Oman, Papua New Guinea, Samoa, UAE, Nepal, Malaysia, Japan, and others, face each other round-robin group stage followed by Super Six matches. The top three teams, who will win the tournament, will earn a spot in the global T20 World Cup, which will provide them with international exposure and competitive experience. This qualifier highlights talented players from East Asia, and many of these emerging players are among the fittest cricketers in the world.

What is the ICC Men's T20 World Cup East Asia Pacific Qualifier Format?

One of the famous tournaments, the ICC Men’s T20 World Cup East Asia Pacific Qualifier 2025, which gives the not-so-qualified cricket teams to participate in the ICC World Cup, is around the corner. This tournament follows a structured format designed to identify the top teams from the East Asia region. The nine teams participating are divided into groups and compete in a round-robin stage, where each team plays against every other team in its group. The top teams from each group then advance to the Super Six stage, carrying forward points earned in earlier matches. The Super Six matches determine the overall rankings, and the best-performing teams secure qualification for the ICC Men’s T20I World Cup.

Full Schedule of ICC Men's T20 World Cup East Asia Pacific Qualifier 2025

In the article below, we have shown the ICC Men's T20 World Cup East Asia Pacific Qualifier Schedule for the 2025 season for your information. The cricket enthusiasts can easily watch the live streaming of these cricket matches, where 9 teams from the East Asia region are participating.

ICC Men's T20 World Cup East Asia Pacific Qualifier Squads

The ICC Men’s T20 World Cup East Asia Pacific Qualifier features squads from nine emerging cricketing nations, including Oman, Papua New Guinea, Samoa, United Arab Emirates, Qatar, Kuwait, Nepal, Malaysia, and Japan. Each squad is carefully selected to balance experienced players with young talent, aiming to perform strongly in both the round-robin and Super Six stages. Ross Taylor is also coming out of his retirement for this tournament, and he will be part of Samoa's squad. Here are the detailed squads of all teams.

U.A.E: Muhammad Waseem, Basil Hameed, Rahul Chopra, Alishan Sharafu, Aryansh Sharma, Harshit Kaushik, Muhammad Farooq, Dhruv Parashar, Haider Ali, Junaid Siddique, Muhammad Irfan, Muhammad Rohit, Simarjeet Singh, Zahid Ali, Jonathan Figy.

Nepal: Dipendra Singh Airee, Aarif Sheikh, Aasif Sheikh, Kushal Bhurtel, Sundeep Jora, Lokesh Bam, Rohit Paudel, Gulsan Jha, Karan KC, Kushal Malla, Sompal Kami, Sandeep Lamichhane, Mohammad Aadil Alam, Nandan Yadav, Lalit Rajbanshi.

Malaysia: Aslam Khan Malik, Arif Ullah, Ahmad Faiz Mohammad Noor, Muhammad Syahadat Ramli, Muhammad Haziq Aiman Mohd Hafiz, Syed Aziz Syed Mubarak, Sharvin Muniandy, Virandeep Singh, Muhammad Wafiq Irfan Zarbani, Muhammad Amir Azim Abd Shukor, Pavandeep Singh Jagjit Singh, Khizar Hayat Durrani, Vijay Unni Suresh, Ahamed Aqeel Wahid, and Ainool Hafizs Md Yatim.

Samoa: Caleb Jasmat (Captain), Ross Taylor, Darius Visser, Sean Solia, Daniel Burgess, Douglas Finau, Sam French, Kurtis Hynam-Nyberg, Ben Mailata, Noah Mead, Solomon Nash, Samson Sola, Fereti Sululoto, Saumani Tiai, and Ili Tugaga.

Qatar: Mirza Baig (Captain), Ikramullah Khan, Owais Ahmed, Daniel Louis, Zubair Ali, Imal Liyanage, Saqlain Arshard, Muhammad Murad, Muhammad Asim, Mujeeb-ur-Rehman, Shariq Azam, Muhammad Tanveer, Amir Farooq, Arif Nasiruddin, and Shahzaib Jamil.

Kuwait: Mohamed Aslam (Captain), Usman Patel, Ravija Sandaruwan, Meet Bhavsar, Mohamed Shafeeq, Yasin Patel, Bilal Tahir, Shiraz Khan, Nimish Lathief, Ali Zaheer, Clinto Anto, Naveenraj, Muhammad Umar, Anudeep Chenthamara, and Muhammad Aqif.
Oman: Jatinder Singh (Captain), Vinayak Shukla, Mohammed Nadeem, Aamir Kaleem, Hammad Mirza, Shakeel Ahmad, Aryan Bisht, Samay Shrivastava, Hassnain Ali Shah, Nadeem Khan, Zikriya Islam, Sufyan Mehmood, Shah Faisal, Hasnain ul Wahab, and Jitenkumar Ramanandi.

Papua New Guinea: Assad Vala (Captain), Sese Bau, Doko Rupa, Boio Ray, Patrick Nou, Hila Vare, Damien Ravu, Gaudi Toka, Malcolm Aporo, Alei Nao, Kabua Morea, Michael Charlie, John Kariko, Ainui Loi and Lega Siaka.

Japan: Kendel Kadowaki-Fleming (Captain), Abhishek Anand, Benjamin Gou Ito-Davis, Charlie Hara-Hinze, Wataru Miyauchi, Esam Rahman, Sabaorish Ravichandran, Reo Sakurano-Thomas, Abdul Samad, Alexander Shirai-Patmore, Shoma Sugaya-Slater, Declan Suzuki-McComb, Ibrahim Takahashi, Makoto Taniyama and Lachlan Yamamoto-Lake.