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2025 Men's T20 World Cup Africa Regional Final
The 2025 ICC Men's T20 World Cup Africa Regional Final was a cricket tournament that formed part of the qualification process for the 2026 Men's T20 World Cup. It was played in Zimbabwe from 26 September to 4 October 2025.
| Dates |
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| Africa Cricket Association |
| Twenty20 International |
| Group round-robin and Playoffs |
| Zimbabwe |
| Zimbabwe (1st title) |
| Namibia |
| 8 |
| 20 |
| Brian Bennett (314) |
| Jan Nicol Loftie-Eaton (10) Brad Evans (10) Richard Ngarava (10) |
The 2025 ICC Men's T20 World Cup Africa Regional Final was a cricket tournament that formed part of the qualification process for the 2026 Men's T20 World Cup. It was played in Zimbabwe from 26 September to 4 October 2025.
The top two sides in the tournament join South Africa in the 2026 T20 World Cup who had pre-qualified as one of the top eight teams from the previous edition. Namibia and Zimbabwe secured their places at the 2026 T20 World Cup.
In this cycle, a total of 18 teams participated in the African sub-regional phase, which was divided into three events with six teams competing in each event.
The top two sides of each sub-regional qualifier advanced to the regional final, where they joined Namibia and Uganda who received a bye after participating in the 2024 ICC Men's T20 World Cup.
| Method ofqualification | Date | Venue(s) | No. of teams | Team |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 ICC Men's T20 World Cup | 29 June 2024 | United States West Indies | 2 | Namibia |
| Uganda | ||||
| Africa Qualifier A | 21–26 September 2024 | Tanzania | 2 | Malawi |
| Tanzania | ||||
| Africa Qualifier B | 19–24 October 2024 | Kenya | 2 | Kenya |
| Zimbabwe | ||||
| Africa Qualifier C | 23–28 November 2024 | Nigeria | 2 | Botswana |
| Nigeria |
| Botswana | Kenya | Malawi | Namibia | Nigeria | Tanzania | Uganda | Zimbabwe |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Karabo Motlhanka (c) | |||||||
| Vinoo Balakrishnan | |||||||
| Monroux Kasselman | |||||||
| Botlhe Keganne | |||||||
| Boemo Kgosiemang | |||||||
| Boemo Khumalo | |||||||
| Dhruv Maisuria | |||||||
| Losika Makgale | |||||||
| Karabo Modise | |||||||
| Abednico Motshegetsi | |||||||
| Reginald Nehonde | |||||||
| Tharindu Perera | |||||||
| Katlo Piet | |||||||
| Jack Richards | |||||||
| Thatayaone Tshose | Dhiren Gondaria (c) | ||||||
| Sachin Bhudia | |||||||
| Sachin Gill | |||||||
| Nitish Hirani | |||||||
| Jasraj Kundi | |||||||
| Peter Langat | |||||||
| Neil Mugabe | |||||||
| Francis Mutua | |||||||
| Lucas Oluoch | |||||||
| Rakep Patel | |||||||
| Rushab Patel | |||||||
| Vishil Patel | |||||||
| Vraj Patel | |||||||
| Pushkar Sharma | |||||||
| Sukhdeep Singh | Moazzam Baig (c) | ||||||
| Sami Sohail (vc) | |||||||
| Bright Balala | |||||||
| Chisomo Chete (wk) | |||||||
| Mike Choamba | |||||||
| Daniel Jakiel | |||||||
| Donnex Kansonkho | |||||||
| Gift Kansonkho | |||||||
| Aaftab Limdawala | |||||||
| Trust Makaya | |||||||
| Salim Nihute | |||||||
| Kazim Somani | |||||||
| Chisomo Tchale | |||||||
| Kelvin Thuchila | |||||||
| Suhail Vayani | Gerhard Erasmus (c) | ||||||
| Jan Balt | |||||||
| Jack Brassell | |||||||
| Jan-Izak de Villiers | |||||||
| Jan Frylinck | |||||||
| Zane Green (wk) | |||||||
| Malan Kruger | |||||||
| Dylan Leicher | |||||||
| Nicol Loftie-Eaton | |||||||
| Bernard Scholtz | |||||||
| Ben Shikongo | |||||||
| JJ Smit | |||||||
| Louren Steenkamp | |||||||
| Ruben Trumpelmann | |||||||
| Alexander Busing-Volschenk | Sylvester Okpe (c) | ||||||
| Ridwan Abdulkareem | |||||||
| Sesan Adedeji | |||||||
| Vincent Adewoye | |||||||
| Peter Aho | |||||||
| David Ankrah | |||||||
| Joshua Asia | |||||||
| Solomon Chilemanya (wk) | |||||||
| Isaac Danladi | |||||||
| Abdulrahman Jimoh | |||||||
| Isaac Okpe | |||||||
| Sulaimon Runsewe | |||||||
| Selim Salau | |||||||
| Chiemelie Udekwe | |||||||
| Prosper Useni | Kassim Nassoro (c) | ||||||
| Laksh Bakrania (vc) | |||||||
| Ajith Augastin | |||||||
| Khalidy Juma | |||||||
| Salum Jumbe | |||||||
| Ally Kimote | |||||||
| Simba Mbaki | |||||||
| Dhrumit Mehta | |||||||
| Yalinde Nkanya | |||||||
| Abhik Patwa | |||||||
| Amal Rajeevan (wk) | |||||||
| Ivan Selemani | |||||||
| Sivaraj Selvaraj | |||||||
| Mukesh Suthar | |||||||
| Arun Yadav | Riazat Ali Shah (c) | ||||||
| Joseph Baguma | |||||||
| Raghav Dhawan | |||||||
| Cyrus Kakuru (wk) | |||||||
| Cosmas Kyewuta | |||||||
| Ronald Lutaaya | |||||||
| Shrideep Mangela | |||||||
| Juma Miyagi | |||||||
| Innocent Mwebaze | |||||||
| Dinesh Nakrani | |||||||
| Frank Nsubuga | |||||||
| Robinson Obuya | |||||||
| Alpesh Ramjani | |||||||
| Henry Ssenyondo | |||||||
| Gaurav Tomar (wk) | |||||||
| Sumeet Verma | Sikandar Raza (c) | ||||||
| Brian Bennett | |||||||
| Ryan Burl | |||||||
| Brad Evans | |||||||
| Trevor Gwandu | |||||||
| Clive Madande | |||||||
| Tinotenda Maposa | |||||||
| Tadiwanashe Marumani (wk) | |||||||
| Wellington Masakadza | |||||||
| Tony Munyonga | |||||||
| Tashinga Musekiwa | |||||||
| Blessing Muzarabani | |||||||
| Dion Myers | |||||||
| Richard Ngarava | |||||||
| Brendan Taylor (wk) | |||||||
| Sean Williams |
Shrideep Mangela was ruled out of Uganda's squad due to injury, and was replaced by Ronald Lutaaya.
On 26 September, Sean Williams was released from Zimbabwe squad for his personal reasons and was replaced by Clive Madande.
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| 1 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 6.556 | Advanced to the semi-final | |
| 2 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 2 | −1.553 | ||
| 3 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 2 | −1.822 | Advanced to the play-offs | |
| 4 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 2 | −2.613 |
| Pos | Teamvte | Pld | W | L | NR | Pts | NRR | Qualification |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 5.262 | Advanced to the semi-final | |
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| 4 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | −5.198 |
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| Zimbabwe | Qualified for the 2026 Men's T20 World Cup | |
| Namibia | ||
| Kenya | ||
| Tanzania | ||
| Uganda | ||
| Nigeria | ||
| Malawi | ||
| Botswana |
- 2025 Men's T20 World Cup Africa Regional Final at ESPNcricinfo
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