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

The 2020–21 ICC Men's T20 World Cup Africa Qualifier is scheduled to be a tournament played as part of qualification process for the 2022 ICC Men's T20 World Cup, during April and November 2021.[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 Africa Qualifier will start with a sub-regional qualifier consisting of two groups, with the top two teams in each group progressing to the Regional Final.[3] Kenya and Nigeria, the two highest ranked teams as of 1 January 2020, progressed directly to the Regional Final.[3]

The sub-regional tournament was scheduled to take place in South Africa from 27 April to 3 May 2020, 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.[4] In December 2020, the ICC updated the qualification pathway following the disruption from the pandemic.[5]

Group A
2021 ICC Men's T20 World Cup Africa Sub-regional Qualifier
DatesApril 2021 –
Administrator(s)African Cricket Association
Cricket formatT20I
Host(s) South Africa
Participants7

The following teams were placed into Group A:

Group B
2021 ICC Men's T20 World Cup Africa Sub-regional Qualifier
DatesApril 2021 –
Administrator(s)African Cricket Association
Cricket formatT20I
Host(s) South Africa
Participants6

The following teams were placed into Group B:

Regional Final
2021 ICC Men's T20 World Cup Africa Qualifier Regional Final
DatesNovember 2021 –
Administrator(s)African Cricket Association
Cricket formatT20I
Host(s) Nigeria
Participants6

Six teams will contest the Africa Regional Final:

  •  Kenya
  •  Nigeria
  • Group-A Winner
  • Group-A Runner-Up
  • Group-B Winner
  • Group-B Runner-Up

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 Men's T20 World Cup 2021 qualification process confirmed". International Cricket Council. Retrieved 23 January 2020.
  4. "COVID-19 update – ICC qualifying events". International Cricket Council. Retrieved 26 March 2020.
  5. "2022 T20 World Cup qualification pathway". Cricket Europe. Retrieved 14 December 2020.
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