The 2026 Men's T20 World Cup East Asia–Pacific (EAP) Sub–regional Qualifier was a cricket tournament that formed part of the qualification process for the 2028 Men's T20 World Cup. It was hosted by Japan in May 2026.
The nine participating teams were split into three groups of three, with the top two sides from each group advancing to the Super six stage. The top four teams from the Super six stage advanced to the regional final.
The three teams eliminated after the group stage contested a tri-series.
Venues The following venues were confirmed for the tournament: Sano, Tochigi Nisshin, Aichi Sano International Cricket Ground Kōrogi Sports Park Capacity: 2,000 Capacity: 300 Matches: 21 Matches: 6
Squads Ma'ara Ave (c, wk) Cory Dickson (vc) Paul Cummings Hayden Dickson Luca Grace Aue Parima (wk) Thomas Parima James Pickering (wk) Teaute Ravarua Adison Rowe Jeremiah Shields Quin Stephens Oscar Taylor Jared Tutty Seru Tupou (c) Noa Acawei Josaia Baleicikobia Metuisela Beitaki (wk) Peni Dakainivanua Ledua Gauna Taleivuli Jikoibure Manase Ravula Siteri Tabuisulu Kitione Tayaga Vilisoni Veiqravi Peni Vuniwaqa Savenaca Waqabaca Viliame Waqavakatoga Danilson Hawoe (c) Gede Arta Ketut Artawan Ferdinando Banunaek Kavin Chaddha Kadek Gamantika Sudhakar Jegannathan Dharma Kesuma (wk) Sampath Kharvi Gede Priandana Apriliandi Rahayu Dhanesh Shetty Anjar Tadarus Gaurav Tiwari Yudha Verdian Kendel Kadowaki-Fleming (c) Abhishek Anand Charlie Hara-Hinze Benjamin Ito-Davis Wataru Miyauchi (wk) Esam Rahman Sabaorish Ravichandran Reo Sakurano-Thomas Abdul Samad Alex Shirai-Patmore (wk) Shoma Sugaya-Slater Declan Suzuki Ibrahim Takahashi Makoto Taniyama Assad Vala (c) Ryan Ani Sese Bau Michael Charlie Gaba Frank John Kariko Kabua Morea Alei Nao Patrick Nou Aue Oru Boio Ray Lega Siaka Tony Ura (wk) Hila Vare Henry Tyler (c, wk) Rhys Burinaga Gurbhupinder Chohan Josef Doctora Andrew Donovan Huzaifa Mohammed Arashdeep Samra Kulwinderjeet Singh Surinder Singh Amanpreet Sirah Daniel Smith Christopher Stamp (wk) Nivek Tanner Jonathon Tuffin Sean Solia (c) Daniel Burgess Sean Cotter Samuel French (wk) Caleb Jasmat Maletino Maiava Benjamin Mailata Noah Mead Solomon Nash Samson Sola Fereti Sululoto (wk) Saumani Tiai Ili Tugaga Darius Visser Balage Dilruksha (c, wk) Sageer Ahmad Aiden Broomfield Kuldeep Gurjar Jun Hyunwoo (wk) Areeb Khalid Aamir Lal Daham Madampage Sameera Maduranga Nadeem Muhammad Alex Parsons Hyeon Parsons Sameera Pitabeddara Chamith Ranasinghe Joshua Rasu (c) Jarryd Allan (wk) Bettan Viraliliu (wk) Tim Cutler Rodrick Lekai Andrew Mansale Patrick Matautaava Williamsing Nalisa Nalin Nipiko Clement Tommy (wk) Nicholas Venables Junior Kaltapau Darren Wotu Womajo Wotu
Group stage
Group 1 Points table
Fixtures
Group 2 Points table
Fixtures
Group 3 Points table
Fixtures
Super six
Points table
Fixtures
Tri-nation series
Points table
Fixtures
Team of the tournament Darius Visser Tony Ura Sean Solia (c) Lega Siaka Hayden Dickson Joshua Rasu Sese Bau Sabaorish Ravichandran Alex Shirai-Patmore (wk) Saumani Tiai John Kariko Kavin Chaddha (12th man)
Notes
References
External links Series home at ESPNcricinfo (Qualifier) Series home at ESPNcricinfo (7th-place Tri-series)