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. Cyprus Cricket is set to host its first ICC T20 World Cup pathway event, and first ICC event since 2009, when they hosted the ICC European Division Four Championships, which was a regional qualifying event for the World Cricket League (WCL) cycle that fed into the 2011 ICC Men’s Cricket World Cup qualification process.
Cyprus Cricket will be hosting the Men’s National teams of Austria, Croatia, France, Guernsey, Jersey, Malta, Slovenia, Sweden and Switzerland in Qualifier A from May 16th – 23rd, 2026. The teams have been divided into two (2) groups, and will follow a single round-robin group stage format, followed by FINAL between the top two (2) teams from each group and position Play-off matches from third (3rd) to eighth (8th) place.
Group A: Jersey, France, Switzerland, Cyprus and Croatia
Group B: Austria, Guernsey, Malta, Sweden and Slovenia
2028 ICC Men’s T20 World Cup Europe Sub-regional Qualifier A Schedule
16th May 2026: France vs Cyprus ; Jersey vs Switzerland ; Guernsey vs Sweden ; Austria vs Malta
17th May 2026: Malta vs Guernsey ; Slovenia vs Austria ; Croatia vs France ; Cyprus vs Jersey
19th May 2026: Jersey vs France ; Switzerland vs Croatia ; Sweden vs Slovenia ; Guernsey vs Austria
20th May 2026: Slovenia vs Guernsey ; Sweden vs Malta ; Switzerland vs Cyprus ; Croatia vs Jersey
22nd May 2026: France vs Switzerland ; Cyprus vs Croatia ; Austria vs Sweden ; Malta vs Slovenia
23rd May 2026: 3rd/4th Play-Off ; FINAL ; 7th/8th Play-Off ; 5th/6th Play-Off