The tournament will provide crucial preparation for all the Teams, who will once again be part of the 2027 ICC U19 Women’s T20 World Cup Asia Qualifier (except Nepal, who are the host’s, and Japan and Indonesia, who are part of ICC East Asia-Pacific region in ICC pathway tournaments).

ACC U19 Women’s Premier Cup 2026 Schedule

11th July 2026: Nepal vs Qatar; UAE vs Oman; Indonesia vs Kuwait; Hong Kong, China vs Singapore; Thailand vs Myanmar.

12th July 2026: Malaysia vs Kuwait; Nepal vs Singapore; Hong Kong, China vs Qatar; Oman vs Bhutan; Japan vs Myanmar.

14th July 2026: Nepal vs Hong Kong, China; Indonesia vs Malaysia; Thailand vs Japan; UAE vs Bhutan; Qatar vs Singapore.

15th July 2026: Quarter Final 1; Quarter Final 2; Quarter Final 3; Quarter Final 4; Placement Match 1 (Non-Quarter Finalist 2 vs Non-Quarter Finalist 3); Placement Match 2 (Non-Quarter Finalist 4 vs Non-Quarter Finalist 5).

16th July 2026: Placement Match 3 (Non-Quarter Finalist 1 vs Winner of Placement Match 1); Placement Match 4 (Loser of Placement Match 1 vs Winner of Placement Match 2).

17th July 2026: Semi Final 1; Semi Final 2.

18th July 2026: 3rd/4th Place Playoff; FINAL

The men’s and women’s cricket competitions at the Los Angeles 2028 Olympic Games will each feature just six (6) teams, making qualification one of the toughest challenges in modern international cricket.

With only six (6) coveted spots available, every ICC tournament, bilateral series and ranking point over the coming months will carry enormous significance.

Six Teams. Ninety Athletes. One Olympic Dream.

Each competition will consist of six national teams, with every country allowed to name a 15-player squad, creating a total athlete quota of 90 players for both the men’s and women’s tournaments.

The limited field means several established cricketing nations could miss out entirely, while Associate nations enjoying rapid growth suddenly have a realistic opportunity to reach the Olympic stage.

How Teams Will Qualify

Under the qualification system, the host nation, the United States, receives automatic qualification provided it meets the eligibility requirements established by the ICC and IOC (T20I Team Ranking of 15 or better in the ICC T20I Men’s Team Rankings at any point of time during the qualification period until 31st December 2026 and as of 01st March 2027 for ICC T20I Women’s Team Rankings). An unused host country place (if USA Men or Women don’t finish in Top 15 or above at any point in time until 31st December 2026 and 01st March 2027 respectively) will be reallocated to the next highest placed eligible team, regardless of the continent, not yet qualified, as per the ICC T20 Men’s or Women’s Team Ranking.

A total of four (4) direct quota places will be allocated. These will be allocated to the highest-ranked eligible NOCs continentally (i.e. the top ranked NOCs from different continents – Europe, Africa and Asia and Oceania), taken from the ICC Men’s T20 Team Rankings on 31st December 2026, resulting in four (4) teams in total.

The next eight (8) highest -ranked eligible teams not yet qualified, based on the ICC Men’s T20 Team Rankings on 31st December 2026 will compete in the Qualifier for both Men’s and Women’s categories, to determine the final spot in the main event.

If the West Indies is ranked among the eight (8) highest-ranked teams not yet qualified, the ICC shall organise a West Indies Nations Regional Tournament to determine which NOC will represent the region at the Final Global Olympic Qualification Tournament or in the main event. As Great Britain takes part in the Olympics, only one British nation, England, will be considered as part of the quotas.

The qualification framework has been designed to align with the Olympic movement’s objective of global participation rather than simply selecting the highest-ranked cricket nations.

Olympic Tournament Format

Once the qualification procedure concludes, the six (6) participating teams will be divided into two (2) groups of three (3). Each side will first play the other two (2) teams in its group before progressing to a crossover phase against teams finishing in corresponding positions from the opposite group.

Following these matches, an overall standings table will determine the medal contests:

• First vs Second – Gold Medal Match
• Third vs Fourth – Bronze Medal Match

This format guarantees every team multiple matches while ensuring the strongest performers reach the medal rounds.

Huge Opportunity for Associate Cricket

Perhaps the biggest winners from the qualification system are the rapidly improving Associate Members. With only six (6) teams participating and qualification no longer solely dependent on traditional cricket powerhouses, countries such as Netherlands, Scotland, Namibia, Nepal, Oman, United Arab Emirates, Canada and others now have a genuine pathway to Olympic qualification if they perform consistently throughout the qualification cycle.

For many emerging cricket nations, reaching the Olympics would represent the biggest achievement in their cricketing history.

Every ICC Event Now Matters

Unlike previous global tournaments where qualification often depended on a single event, the road to Los Angeles places greater importance on sustained performances across the ICC calendar. Ranking points, regional tournaments and qualification events will all play crucial roles in deciding which six (6) nations eventually walk onto the Olympic field in July 2028.

Austria Men’s Tour of Hungary Schedule

Hungary: Vinoth Ravindran, Sandep Mohandas, Leo Bloomfield, Gábor Török, Ibrar Ahmad, Kamran Wahid, Kasir Sayem, Matthew Ainsworth, Muhammad Ali Nawaz, Robert Ainsworth, Muhammad Saqlain, Muhammed Soban, Muhammad Abbas Ghani and Dheeraj Gaikwad

27th June 2026: Hungary vs Austria – 1st T20I (Scorecard)

28th June 2026: Austria vs Hungary – 2nd T20I (Scorecard) and 3rd T20I (Scorecard)

Switzerland Women are currently on an unbeaten run in T20Is, having won all their twelve (12) T20I matches played till date, against five (5) teams faced in their run so far, after making their T20I debut as a team back in July 2025 in Belgium.

Switzerland Women’s Tour of Denmark Schedule

Switzerland: Danashi Medagoda, Meghna Rajan, Ananya Srinivasan, Samiha Dabholkar, Vani Dhanuka, Sunishka Gowda, Samiha Konuganti, Naina Metty Saju, Parinitha Mundra, Melissa Pienaar, Amrita Sasidharan, Divya Sreekumar, Natalie St Cyr Clarke and Sejal Vinod

Denmark: Divya Golechha, Nita Parma Dalgaard, Line Ostergaard, Luise Holmgaard, Camilla Ostergaard, Maria Lyngby Karlsen, Sophie Ostergaard, Anne-Sofie Brock Slebsager, Farhat Afroz, Samvida Sri Munagala, Kiaya Pandya, Sarah Hojholt, Sughra Ahmed and Emilia Brock-Nielsen

27th June 2026: Denmark vs Switzerland – 1st WT20I (Scorecard) and 2nd WT20I (Scorecard)

28th June 2026: Switzerland vs Denmark – 3rd WT20I (Scorecard) and 4th WT20I (Scorecard)

Denmark Cricket will be hosting the Men’s National teams of Belgium, Estonia, Gibraltar, Hungary, Norway, Romania, Serbia and Türkiye in the tournament from July 08th – 15th,2026. All the teams have been divided into two (2) groups, which will follow a single round-robin group stage format, followed by the Semifinals and the FINAL. Scotland, who were originally scheduled to take part in this tournament, will no longer do so, on account of them replacing Bangladesh in the 2026 Men’s T20 World Cup.

Group A: Belgium, Romania, Gibraltar and Serbia

Group B: Norway, Denmark, Estonia, Hungary and Türkiye

2028 ICC Men’s T20 World Cup Europe Sub-regional Qualifier B Schedule

08th July 2026: Denmark vs Estonia (Scorecard) ; Belgium vs Gibraltar (Scorecard) ; Norway vs Hungary (Scorecard) ; Romania vs Serbia (Scorecard)

09th July 2026: Türkiye vs Denmark (Scorecard) ; Estonia vs Norway (Scorecard)

10th July 2026: Gibraltar vs Romania (Scorecard) ; Hungary vs Estonia (Scorecard) ; Serbia vs Belgium (Scorecard) ; Norway vs Türkiye (Scorecard)

12th July 2024: Denmark vs Norway (Scorecard) ; Belgium vs Romania (Scorecard) ; Türkiye vs Hungary (Scorecard) ; Gibraltar vs Serbia (Scorecard)

13th July 2026: Hungary vs Denmark (Scorecard) ; Estonia vs Türkiye (Scorecard)

14th July 2026: 3rd/4th Play-off (Scorecard) ; FINAL (Scorecard)

Norway: Khizer Ahmed, Walid Gul Ghauri, Hayatullah Niazi, Muhammad Sher Sahak, Chaudhary Usman Akram, Darshana Abeyrathna Kuruge, Mohammad Ibrahim Rahimi, Mohammad Saif Ul Islam, Muhammad Shabbaz Butt, Qamar Mushtaque, Faisal Raza, Vinay Ravi, Wahidullah Sahak and Ahmadullah Shinwari

Gibraltar: Kieron Ferrary, Louis Bruce, Alexander Hillman, Anthony Hillman, Avinash Pai, Chris Pyle, Iain Latin, Jack Horrocks, James Fitzgerald, Kabir Mirpuri, Kayron Stagno, Matt Walker, Mohamed Roshan and Samarth Bodha

Serbia: Slobodan Tošić, Mark Pavlović, Leslie Dunbar, Alexander Dizija, Nemanja Zimonjić, Vukašin Zimonjić, Wintley Burton, Braithyn Pečić, Matthew Kostić, Luka Woods, Aleksa Lazić, Peter Nedeljković, Milan Janićijević, Bogdan Dugić and Shachin Shinde

Estonia: Arslan Amjad, Steffan Gooch, Aditya Savio, Harri Aggarwal, Zeeshan Ali, Henri Pattenden, Bilal Masud, Habib Khan, Sahil Chauhan, Ashraful Shuvo, Kalle Vislapuu, Aditya Panwar, Rohan Aggarwal and Rudesh Sekaran

As per the original Men’s Associate FTP, T20Is (either a Tri-series or Bi-lateral) were scheduled as part of each Tri-series in the CWC League 2 ODI Championship, but it depends on the participating boards on their own arrangements, as it is not part of ICC funding.

Scotland – Canada – United Arab Emirates ODI Tri-series Schedule

03rd August 2026: Scotland vs UAE – 122nd ODI (Scorecard)

05th August 2026: UAE vs Canada – 123rd ODI (Scorecard)

07th August 2026: Canada vs Scotland – 124th ODI (Scorecard)

09th August 2026: Scotland vs UAE – 125th ODI (Scorecard)

11th August 2026: UAE vs Canada – 126th ODI (Scorecard)

13th August 2026: Canada vs Scotland – 127th ODI (Scorecard)

2028 ICC Men’s T20 World Cup Americas Sub-regional Qualifier A Schedule

21st June 2026: Panama vs Belize (Abandoned) ; Bermuda vs Bahamas (Abandoned)

22nd June 2026: Belize vs Bermuda (Scorecard) ; Brazil vs Panama (Scorecard)

24th June 2026: Panama vs Bahamas (Scorecard) ; Brazil vs Belize (Scorecard)

25th June 2026: Bermuda vs Panama (Scorecard) ; Bahamas vs Brazil (Scorecard)

27th June 2026: Bahamas vs Belize (Scorecard) ; Bermuda vs Brazil (Scorecard)

Bermuda: Terryn Fray, Derrick Brangman, Delray Rawlins, Sinclair Smith, Onias Bascome, Jonté Smith, Dominic Sabir, Isaiah O’Brien, Zeko Burgess, Luke Horan, Zeri Tomlinson, Chare Smith, Nzari Paynter and Charles Trott

Brazil: Michel Assunção, Luiz F. Müller, Chrystian Machado, Lucas Maximo, Luiz H. Morais, Gabriel Oliveira, Luiz A. Gonçalves, Riouelme Verni, Luiz G. Frazão, Willian Maximo, Miguel Hernandes, Yasar Haroon, Breno Passoni and Richard Avery

Belize: Gareth Banner Jr., Maurice Castillo, Andrew Banner Jr., Ordel Casasola, Lawrence Banner, Alex Oxley, Nathan Banner, Kenthon Moses, Roy Broaster, Tayshaun Moses, Kenroy Bevans, Ishaka Patterson, Greg Scott and Leon Mcfadzean

Panama: Anil Ahir, Nathan Inson, Irfan Tarajia, Yahya Bawe, Faizan Patel, Ahmed Patel, Parth Ahir, M. Sohel Patel, Dilipkumar Ahir, Sagarkumar Ahir, Sohel Desai, Parth Patel, Rizwan Mangera and Abdullah Bhoola

Serbia Women have been dominant in the head-to-head meetings with Bulgarian team so far in six (6) T20I matches, being the winners in all of them. This will be the opportunity for the Bulgarian team to improve on the head-to-head stats in a home series.

Serbia Women Tour of Bulgaria Schedule

26th June 2026: Bulgaria vs Serbia – 1st WT20I (Scorecard)

27th June 2026: Serbia vs Bulgaria – 2nd WT20I (Scorecard) and 3rd WT20I (Scorecard)

28th June 2026: Bulgaria vs Serbia – 4th WT20I (Scorecard)

The Olympic Council of Asia (OCA) and Aichi-Nagoya Asian Games and Asian Para Games Organizing Committee (AINAGOC) will be hosting the sports discipline of Cricket during the 2026 Asian Games programme, to be co-hosted by Japan’s Aichi Prefecture and its capital Nagoya from September 19th – October 04th, 2026. The qualifying tournaments for both Men’s and Women’s competitions were organized by Asian Cricket Council (ACC) in May and June 2026.

Women’s National teams of Thailand, Malaysia and China qualified through the Qualifier held in Malaysia in May 2026, while Men’s National teams of Nepal, Malaysia, Hong Kong-China and Oman qualified through the Qualifier held in Singapore in June 2026.

Asian Games 2026 cricket teams and tournament format

The Women’s event will take place from September 17th – 22nd, with all teams starting directly in a knock-out format in the quarterfinals. The Men’s event will be taking place from September 24th – October 03rd, 2026. The Finalists and the winner of the 3rd/4th play-off in both Men’s and Women’s events will get the medals. The groupings for both Men’s and Women’s competitions will be taking place by a Team draw on 23rd July 2026.

The previous edition of Asian Games in Hangzhou, which featured cricket as a medal discipline, did not see any participation from any Gulf region cricket boards, due to player eligibility rules of Regional Games, which are different to ICC eligibility rules. Hence, As per the discussion held in 2024 between the Associate Cricket boards in the Gulf region (UAE, Oman, Qatar, Kuwait, Saudi Arabia and Bahrain), all countries will be developing their own Squads made up of Nationals, with the intention to field them in future Asian Games or Olympics (if there is any qualification events for that). Best players from these squads will also be integrated in the senior squad for ICC events as well. Bi-lateral series will happen for the Nationals squads every now and then and also plans are on the table for Gulf region tournament for all Nationals squads of each member.

Asian Games 2026 Cricket Schedule – Women’s

17th September 2026: Quarterfinal#1 (Scorecard) ; Quarterfinal#2 (Scorecard)

18th September 2026: Quarterfinal#3 (Scorecard) ; Quarterfinal#4 (Scorecard)

20th September 2026: Semifinal#1 (Scorecard) ; Semifinal#2 (Scorecard)

22nd September 2026: Bronze Medal (Scorecard) ; Gold/Silver Medal (Scorecard)

For Uzbekistan Men, this tournament will be their first-ever competition in the T20 format with ranking points, and will be the first-ever meeting for them with the remaining teams in T20Is. The inaugural edition was hosted last year in July, and included the host’s Singapore, and the eventual Champions, Malaysia, alongside Hong Kong-China and Samoa.

Asia Pacific Champions Trophy 2026 Schedule

22nd June 2026: Indonesia vs Thailand (Abandoned) ; Singapore vs Uzbekistan (Scorecard)

23rd June 2026: Uzbekistan vs Indonesia (Scorecard) ; Thailand vs Singapore (Scorecard)

25th July 2026: Thailand vs Uzbekistan (Scorecard) ; Singapore vs Indonesia (Scorecard)

26th July 2026: 3rd/4th Play-off (Scorecard) ; FINAL (Scorecard)