ICC Men's T20 World Cup East Asia Pacific Qualifier 2025: Schedule, squads & where to watch live

T20 World Cup East Asia Pacific Qualifier 2025: When and where will it be held?

The qualifier in Oman is set to get underway on Wednesday, October 8 and run until Friday, October 17. Twenty-two matches will take place, with all games hosted at the Oman Cricket Academy in Al Amerat. New Zealand legend Ross Taylor will make his international return as the 41-year-old turns out for his mother’s birth country, Samoa.

How will the T20 World Cup East Asia Pacific Qualifier work?

The initial phase of the competition will see teams split into three groups of three. Each team will play two group games, with the bottom side eliminated as the rest progress to the Super Sixes. Each team in the Super Sixes will have four fixtures, as teams that met in the original group stages will not play each other again. The top three sides will progress to the ICC Men’s T20 World Cup in India and Sri Lanka next year.

Who is playing in the T20 World Cup East Asia Pacific Qualifier 2025?

Group A

United Arab Emirates

Malaysia

Qatar

Group B

Nepal

Japan

Kuwait

Group C

Oman

Papua New Guinea

Samoa

T20 World Cup East Asia Pacific Qualifier 2025 schedule:

Wednesday, October 8

Oman vs Samoa, Group C, 10am (local time)

Qatar vs United Arab Emirates, Group A, 2:30pm

Kuwait vs Nepal, Group B, 7pm

Thursday, October 9

Malaysia vs Qatar, Group A, 10am

Japan vs Kuwait, Group B, 2:30pm

Papua New Guinea vs Samoa, Group C, 7pm

Friday, October 10

Malaysia vs United Arab Emirates, Group A, 10am

Japan vs Nepal, Group B, 2:30pm

Oman vs Papua New Guinea, Group C, 7pm

Sunday, October 12

TBA (C1) vs TBA (B2), Super Six, 10am

TBA (A1) vs TBA (B1), Super Six, 2:30pm

TBA (C2) vs TBA (B2), Super Six, 7pm

Monday, October 13

TBA (C1) vs TBA (A1), Super Six, 2:30pm

TBA (B1) vs TBA (A2), Super Six, 7pm

Wednesday, October 15

TBA (B2) vs TBA (A2), Super Six, 10am

TBA (C2), vs TBA (A1), Super Six, 2:30pm

TBA (C1) vs TBA (B1), Super Six, 7pm

Thursday, October 16

TBA (A1) vs TBA (B2), Super Six, 2:30pm

TBA (A2) vs TBA (C2), Super Six, 7pm

Friday, October 17

TBA (B2) vs TBA (C1), Super Six, 10am

TBA (C1) vs TBA (B1), Super Six, 2:30pm

*all timings local

All squads for the T20 World Cup East Asia Pacific Qualifier 2025

Oman

Jatinder Singh (c), Vinayak Shukla (vc), Shakeel Ahmed, Aryan Bisht, Shah Faisal, Zikria Islam, Aamir Kaleem, Nadeem Khan, Sufyan Mehmood, Hammad Mirza, Mohammed Nadeem, Jiten Ramanandi, Hassnain Shah, Samay Shrivastava, Hasnain Ul Wahab

United Arab Emirates

Muhammad Waseem (c), Haider Ali, Zahid Ali, Basil Hameed, Rahul Chopra (wk), Muhammad Farooq, Jonathan Figy, Muhammad Irfan, Harshit Kaushik, Dhruv Parashar, Muhammad Rohid, Alishan Sharafu, Aryansh Sharma (wk), Junaid Siddique, Simranjeet Singh

Malaysia

Syed Aziz (c), Muhammad Amir, Ahmad Faiz, Ainool Hafizs, Khizar Hayat, Muhammad Haziq Aiman, Aslam Khan, Sharvin Muniandy, Pavandeep Singh, Virandeep Singh, Muhamad Syahadat, Arif Ullah, Vijay Unni, Muhammad Wafiq, Aqeel Wahid

Qatar

Mirza Mohammed Baig (c), Owais Ahmed, Zubair Ali, Saqlain Arshad, Muhammad Asim, Shariq Azam, Amir Farooq, Shahzaib Jamil, Ikramullah Khan, Daniel Louis, Imal Liyanage (wk), Muhammad Murad, Mujeeb-ur-Rehman, Muhammad Tanveer, Arif Nasir Uddin

Nepal

Rohit Paudel (c), Dipendra Singh Airee (vc), Mohammad Aadil Alam, Lokesh Bam, Kushal Bhurtel, Gulsan Jha, Sundeep Jora, Sandeep Lamichhane, Sompal Kami, Karan KC, Kushal Malla, Lalit Rajbanshi, Aarif Sheikh, Aasif Sheikh (wk), Nandan Yadav

Japan

Kendel Kadowaki-Fleming (c), Abdul Samad, Abhishek Anand, Charles Hinze, Benjamin Ito-Davis, Wataru Miyauchi (wk), Esam Rahman, Sabaorish Ravichandran, Reo Sakurano-Thomas, Alexander Shirai-Patmore (wk), Shoma Sugaya-Slater, Declan Suzuki-McComb, Ibrahim Takahashi, Makoto Taniyama, Lachlan Yamamoto-Lake

Kuwait

Mohammed Aslam (c), Clinto Anto, Meet Bhavsar, Anudeep Chenthamara, Muhammad Aqif Farooq, Shiraz Khan, Nimish Lathief, Usman Patel (wk), Yasin Patel, Naveenraj Rajendran, Ravija Sandaruwan, Mohamed Shafeeq, Bilal Tahir, Muhammad Umar, Ali Zaheer

Papua New Guinea

Assad Vala (c), Malcolm Aporo, Sese Bau, John Kariko, Ainui Loi, Michael Charlie, Kabua Morea, Alei Nao, Patrick Nou, Damien Ravu, Boio Ray, Doko Rupa, Lega Siaka, Gaudi Toka, Hila Vare (wk)

Samoa

Caleb Jasmat (c), Daniel Burgess, Douglas Finau, Samuel French (wk), Kurtis Hynam-Nyberg, Benjamin Mailata, Noah Mead, Solomon Nash, Samson Sola, Sean Solia, Fereti Suluoto (wk), Ross Taylor, Saumani Tiai, Ili Tugaga, Darius Visser

Where to watch live T20 World Cup East Asia Pacific Qualifier 2025

All matches will be broadcast for free, live on ICC.tv