The 2024 ICC Men's T20 World Cup was the ninth edition of the ICC Men's T20 World Cup, a biennial world cup for cricket in Twenty20 International (T20I) format, organized by the International Cricket Council (ICC). The qualification process for the world cup included two stages: direct qualification and regional qualification. The regional qualification for East Asia-Pacific (EAP) was held in two stages: sub-regional qualifiers and regional final. The EAP region's sub-regional phase consisted of two sub-regional qualifiers, hosted by Vanuatu Cricket Association and Japan Cricket Association from 9 to 15 September and 15 to 18 October 2022 respectively.
Cook Islands and Fiji both played their first men's T20I matches during qualifier A. Vanuatu progressed to the regional final after finishing atop the qualifier A's points table. Cook Island's Ma'ara Ave was named player of the series having scored the most runs (290) while Fiji's Seru Tupou took the most wickets (10) in the tournament.
Japan progressed to the regional final after finishing atop the qualifier B's points table. Japan's Lachlan Yamamoto-Lake was named player of the series while Kendel Kadowaki-Fleming scored the most runs (179) and Indonesia's Ketut Artawan, Japan's Sabaorish Ravichandran and South Korea's Aamir Lal took the most wickets (7 each) in the tournament.
Qualifier A
+ Squads for the qualifier A Ma'ara Ave (c) Liam Denny Cory Dickson Hayden Dickson Mamanu Emile William Kokaua Glenn Miller (wk) Aue Parima (wk) Thomas Parima Gabe Raymond Tomakanute Ritawa Dan Simpson Davis Teinaki Ben Vakatini Tomasi Vanuarua Jone Wesele (c) Noa Acawei (vc) Josaia Baleicikobia Metuisela Beitaki (wk) Petero Cabebula Sosiceni Delai Samuela Draunivudi Delaimatuku Maraiwai Sekove Ravoka Siteri Tabuisulu Seru Tupou Peni Vuniwaqa Tevita Waqavakatoga Sosiceni Weleilakeba James Baker (c) Sean Cotter Douglas Finau Caleb Jasmat Uala Kaisala (wk) Benjamin Mailata Andrew Michael Dom Michael Darren Roache Bismarck Schuster Uili Sofi Samson Sola Sean Solia Fereti Suluoto Saumani Tiai Patrick Matautaava (c) Jarryd Allan (wk) Junior Kaltapau Andrew Mansale Williamsing Nalisa Nalin Nipiko Simpson Obed Joshua Rasu Rival Samson Apolinaire Stephen Ronald Tari Darren Wotu Womejo Wotu Obed Yosef Sean Solia was originally announced as captain of the Samoan squad, but was later named in the New Zealand A squad for their tour of India. The Cook Islands squad consisted of seven players based in the islands and seven players based in Auckland. The squad convened in Auckland to play three practice matches against an Auckland Māori side in preparation for the qualifier. Before the start of the tournament, Samoa's Benjamin Mailata also withdrew from the squad.
Qualifier A fixtures
Qualifier B
+ Squads for the qualifier B Kadek Gamantika (c) Muhammad Afis Gede Arta Ketut Artawan Ferdinando Banunaek Wayan Budiarta Kadek Darmawan Danilson Hawoe Maxi Koda Muhaddis Ketut Pastika (wk) Gede Priandana Kirubasankar Ramamoorthy Ahmad Ramdoni (wk) Tri Rubbi Padmakar Surve Anjar Tadarus Kendel Kadowaki-Fleming (c) Reo Sakurano-Thomas (vc) Kento Dobell Ryan Drake Shogo Kimura Kohei Kubota Piyush Kumbhare Wataru Miyauchi (wk) Supun Navaratne (wk) Sabaorish Ravichandran Alexander Shirai-Patmore (wk) Declan Suzuki Ibrahim Takahashi Makoto Taniyama Lachlan Yamamoto-Lake Jun Hyunwoo (c) Amir Altaf Kim Daeyeon Kuldeep Gurjar Lee Hwanhee An Hyobeom Asif Iqbal Lee Kangmin Aamir Lal Iqbal Mudassir Alam Nakash Nishat Nazmussakib Soochan Park Lee Sangwook Raja Shoaib (wk) Sana Ullah Wataru Miyauchi replaced Ryan Drake in Japan's squad before the start of the tournament.
Qualifier B fixtures
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