Oman and Nepal grew to become the 18th and nineteenth groups to safe their spots within the 2026 ICC Males’s T20 World Cup on Wednesday. At the moment atop the standings of the Tremendous 6 stage within the T20 World Cup Asia-EAP Regional remaining held in Muscat, the rising Asian groups secured their qualification after the United Arab Emirates hammered Samoa by 77 runs to raised their command over the third qualifying spot within the qualifier standings.
Having featured ultimately yr’s T20 World Cup within the USA and the Caribbean, Oman arrived within the Qualifiers as one of many favourites to progress via. Three of the six groups are slated to progress to the marquee 20-team World Cup, slated to be held between February 6 and March 7 in India and Sri Lanka.
The upcoming version can even be the second 20-team World Cup after the earlier version in 2024, the place each Nepal and Oman had made first-round appearances. General, that is the third time Oman has progressed into the World Cup, after 2016 and 2024. So is Nepal after 2014 and 2024.
🚨 UAE beat Samoa by 77 runs within the Tremendous Six of the T20 World Cup Asia & EAP Qualifiers 2025! 🇦🇪
✅ Nepal and Oman qualify for the T20 World Cup in India and Sri Lanka! 🇳🇵🇴🇲 pic.twitter.com/oyv1ZSX3mK
— ICC Asia Cricket (@ICCAsiaCricket) October 15, 2025
With the UAE transferring as much as 4 factors within the group, their shot for the ultimate spot within the World Cup can solely be challenged Japan. With two video games in hand, together with the subsequent towards the UAE, Japan can outrun their opponents in the event that they handle two wins over the subsequent three days.
T20 World Cup 2026 – Full Listing of Certified Groups
| Crew | Technique of qualification |
Final time certified |
Whole occasions certified |
|
| India |
Co-hosts |
2024 | 10 | |
| Sri Lanka | 2024 | 10 | ||
| Afghanistan |
2024 ICC Males’s T20 World Cup |
2024 | 8 | |
| Australia | 2024 | 10 | ||
| Bangladesh | 2024 | 10 | ||
| England | 2024 | 10 | ||
| South Africa | 2024 | 10 | ||
| 2024 | 2 | |||
| West Indies | 2024 | 10 | ||
| Eire |
ICC T20I Rankings |
2024 | 9 | |
| New Zealand | 2024 | 10 | ||
| Pakistan | 2024 | 10 | ||
| Canada | Americas Qualifier | 2024 | 2 | |
| Italy |
Europe Qualifier |
— | 1 | Debut |
| Netherlands | 2024 | 7 | ||
| Namibia |
Africa Qualifier |
2024 | 4 | |
| Zimbabwe | 2022 | 7 | ||
| Oman |
Asia & EAP Qualifier |
First spherical (2016, 2021, 2024) | ||
| Nepal | First spherical (2014, 2024) | |||
| TBD |