The International Cricket Council (ICC) have announced the Europe qualification pathway for the ICC Men’s T20 World Cup 2028, featuring three (3) sub-regional qualification events (Sub-regional Qualifier A, Sub-regional Qualifier B and Sub-regional Qualifier C) to be staged across Cyprus, Denmark and Finland in 2026. Cricket Finland return to host another Europe Sub-Regional Qualifier, building on the legacy of having hosted two (2) European Sub-regional qualifier events in 2022.
Cricket Finland will be hosting Men’s National teams of Bulgaria, Czechia, Germany, Greece, Isle of Man, Israel, Luxembourg, Portugal, Spain in Qualifier C from August 14th – 21st, 2026. The teams have been divided into two (2) groups, and will follow a single round-robin group stage format, followed by the Semifinals and the FINAL. The winner of the qualifier will join Scotland, Jersey and Denmark in the European Qualifier for two (2) qualification spots into the Global Qualifier, as per the updated structure announced by ICC after their Annual General Meeting in July 2026 in Scotland.
Group A: Spain, Isle of Man, Finland, Luxembourg and Bulgaria
Group B: Germany, Portugal, Czechia, Israel and Greece
2028 ICC Men’s T20 World Cup Europe Sub-regional Qualifier C Schedule
14th August 2026: Finland vs Spain (Scorecard) ; Israel vs Portugal (Scorecard) ; Isle of Man vs Luxembourg (Scorecard) ; Czechia vs Germany (Scorecard)
15th August 2026: Greece vs Czechia (Scorecard) ; Spain vs Isle of Man (Scorecard) ; Portugal vs Germany (Scorecard) ; Bulgaria vs Finland (Scorecard)
17th August 2026: Germany vs Israel (Scorecard) ; Isle of Man vs Bulgaria (Scorecard) ; Greece vs Portugal (Scorecard) ; Luxembourg vs Spain (Scorecard)
18th August 2026: Greece vs Germany (Scorecard) ; Finland vs Luxembourg (Scorecard) ; Israel vs Czechia (Scorecard) ; Spain vs Bulgaria (Scorecard)
20th August 2026: Bulgaria vs Luxembourg (Scorecard) ; Czechia vs Portugal (Scorecard) ; Finland vs Isle of Man (Scorecard) ; Greece vs Israel (Scorecard)
21st August 2026: 7th/8th Play-off (Scorecard) ; 5th/6th Play-off (Scorecard) ; 3rd/4th Play-off (Scorecard) ; FINAL (Scorecard)
Germany Men’s Tour of Finland 2026
11th August 2026: Finland vs Germany – T20I (Scorecard)
Isle of Man: Matt Ansell, Joe Burrows, Jacob Butler, Spencer Clarke, Josh Clough, JJ Griffin, Carl Hartmann, Dollin Jansen, Nathan Knights, Chris Langford, Corbin Liebenberg, Adam McAuley, George Newton and Christian Webster
Portugal: Dhavalkumar Norotam, Craig Cachopa, Edward James Fleming, Christopher De Freitas, Rahulkumar Hashu, Siraj Ullah Khadem, Hardeep Singh Khuttan, Jeremy Martins, Moises Constantino Henriques, Jordan Pereira Netto, Carlos Miguel Dias Varela Nunes, Sebastian de Oliveira, Upen Shantu and Cameron Dean Shekleton
Greece: Galanas Georgios, Sinan Khan, Bogdanos Christodoulos, Billy Konstas, Andreas Gastelatos, Emmanuel Emmanuel, Blake Alured De Laune Faunce, Sajid Afridi, Nikodimos Kavadiас, Triantafyllidis Dimitrios, Samander Shadab, Filippos Nair and Spyridon Vasiliakis
Czechia: Sahil Grover, Ajhar Alam, Davidson Devaraj Ramani, Joseph Cope, Mohammad Ratul Khan, Neeraj Tyagi, Rhuturaj Mukund Magare, Ritik Tomar, Sabawoon Davizi, Saqlain Saqib Mukhtar, Sazib Bhuiyan, Sojib Miah, Sudesh Roy Dias Wickramasekara and Venkatesh Marghashayam
Finland: Aravind Kumar Mohan, Aniketh Pusthay, Faraaz Abbas, Zahidullah Kamal, Nicholas Salonen, Faheem Nellancheri, Amjad Sher, Hammadullah Shinwari, Mahesh Tambe, Piumal Eeshwara Acharige, Junaid Khan, Madhawa Basnayaka, Vanraaj Padhaal and Akhil Arjunan Saraladevi