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New Delhi: Italy men's team has bagged a historic qualification into ICC Men T20 World Cup 2026. After suffering a crushing 9-wicket defeat to the Netherlands in their last ICC Men T20 World Cup Europe Qualifier 2025 game on Friday, July 11, the Italian team still qualified to their first-ever Cricket World Cup. A top-two finish in the standings was enough to secure their ticket to India for next year's global event.
The ICC Men T20 World Cup 2026 will be hosted in India and Sri Lanka, with the date fixed to be next year (February and March).
THE MOMENT ITALY & NETHERLANDS QUALIFIED INTO THE T20I WORLD CUP IN INDIA & SRI LANKA pic.twitter.com/Bx9X4xMWOn
— Johns. (@CricCrazyJohns) July 11, 2025
Italy will make their first-ever appearance in the ICC Men's T20 World Cup #T20WorldCup pic.twitter.com/sqN3ICFVfH
— ICC (@ICC) July 11, 2025
At the 2024 ICC Men s T20 World Cup playing in the West Indies and the USA, three teams participated in the event for the first time: Uganda, Canada and the United States, with the USA impressively going through to the Super 8 stage.
The Italian team, after an impressive show in the ICC Men T20 World Cup Europe Qualifier 2025, with a spectacular 12-run win against Scotland on July 9, will be keen on putting on a decent one in the T20 World Cup 2026 next year.
The success of the Netherlands and Italy in qualifying to the T20 world cup in 2026 on Friday caused a heartbreak to Jersey. Although the Jersey men's team got a total of 5 points in four games of the ICC Men's T20 World Cup Europe Qualifier 2025, the team still missed the cut ranking third behind Italy because of a lower Net Run Rate (NRR).
ICC Men's T20 World Cup Europe Qualifier 2025
Had Italy won their last game of ICC Men T20 World Cup Europe Qualifier 2025 against the Netherlands at the Sportpark Westvliet in The Hague on Friday Jersey would have come second on the points table and gone to the 2026 T20 world cup.
15 teams done
A total of 15 teams—India, Sri Lanka, Afghanistan, Australia, Bangladesh, England, South Africa, West Indies, USA, Canada, Ireland, New Zealand, Pakistan, Netherlands, and Italy—have qualified for the T20 World Cup 2026, and five more teams—two from the Africa Qualifier, which will be played from September 19 to October 4 in Zimbabwe, and three from the Asia–EAP Regional Final—will book their berth.
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