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

The 2020–21 ICC Men's T20 World Cup Europe Qualifier is scheduled to be a tournament played as part of qualification process for the 2022 ICC Men's T20 World Cup. The sub regional tournaments are scheduled to take place in June and July 2021 in Finland and Belgium, with the regional final taking place in October 2021 in Spain.[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 top team in each group will progress to the Regional Final,[3] with the top two teams from the final progressing to one of the two Global Qualifiers.[4] Jersey, the highest ranked team as of 1 January 2020, progressed directly to the Regional Final.[5] On 28 January 2020, the ICC confirmed the teams and locations of the participants in the Europe Qualifier, with Finland hosting its first ever ICC event.[6]

Originally the qualifiers were scheduled to be played between May and November 2020, in Belgium, Finland and Spain.[7][8][9] 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.[10] The European groups were originally scheduled to take place at the La Manga Club in Spain in late August 2020, with the Regional Final also taking place at La Manga, possibly as late as November 2020.[11] However, due to the impact of the pandemic, the qualifiers are now planned to take place in 2021, with two events in Finland and one in Belgium.[12]

Teams

The teams were placed into the following groups:[13][14][15]

Group A Group B Group C

Group A
2021 ICC Men's T20 World Cup Europe Qualifier Group A
Dates8 – 13 July 2021
Administrator(s)European Cricket Council
Cricket formatT20I
Host(s) Finland
Participants8

Group A was originally scheduled to take place from 16 to 22 May 2020 at the La Manga Club in Spain.[13][14] The event was rescheduled to take place at the end of August 2020, but was later postponed again.[16] In December 2020, ICC announced that the 8 team tournament will be played between 8 and 13 July, 2021. Finland will be the hosts of this tournament.[12]

Group B
2021 ICC Men's T20 World Cup Europe Qualifier Group B
Dates24 – 30 June 2021
Administrator(s)European Cricket Council
Cricket formatT20I
Host(s) Finland
Participants8

Group B was originally scheduled to take place from 24 to 30 June 2020 at the Kerava National Cricket Ground in Kerava and Tikkurila Cricket Ground and in Vantaa in Finland.[13][14][17] The event was rescheduled to take place at the end of August 2020, but was later postponed again.[16] In December 2020, ICC announced that the 8 team tournament will be played between 30 June and 5 July, 2021. Finland will be the hosts of this tournament.[12]

Group C
2021 ICC Men's T20 World Cup Europe Qualifier Group C
Dates5 – 10 July 2021
Administrator(s)European Cricket Council
Cricket formatT20I
Host(s) Belgium
Participants8

Group C was originally scheduled to take place from 10 to 16 June 2020 in Belgium at the Royal Brussels Cricket Club in Waterloo and the Belgian Oval in Ghent.[13][14][18] The event was rescheduled to take place at the end of August 2020, but was later postponed again.[16] The event was rescheduled to take place at the end of August 2020, but was later postponed again.[16] In December 2020, ICC announced that the 8 team tournament will be played between 5 and 10 July, 2021. Belgium will be the hosts of this tournament.[12]

Regional Final
2021 ICC Men's T20 World Cup Europe Qualifier Regional Final
Dates15 – 21 October 2021
Administrator(s)European Cricket Council
Cricket formatT20I
Host(s) Spain
Participants4

Four teams will contest the Europe Regional Final:

  •  Jersey
  • Group A Winner
  • Group B Winner
  • Group C Winner

In December 2020, ICC announced that this 4 team tournament will be played between 15 and 21 October, 2021. Spain will be the hosts of this tournament.[12]

References
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  13. "24 teams to compete in first step of Europe qualification for ICC Men's T20 world Cup 2021". International Cricket Council. Retrieved 28 January 2020.
  14. "ICC introduces expanded 24-team European qualifier schedule for 2021 Men's T20 World Cup". The Cricketer. Retrieved 28 January 2020.
  15. "Belgium announce busy warm-up plans for T20 qualifiers". Cricket Europe. Retrieved 9 February 2020.
  16. "Turneringsstart – hvornår og hvordan?". Dansk Cricket Forbund. Retrieved 14 May 2020.
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