2023 Men's T20 World Cup Europe regional final
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| Dates | 20 – 28 July 2023 |
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| Administrator(s) | International Cricket Council ICC Europe |
| Cricket format | Twenty20 International |
| Tournament format | Round-robin |
| Host | Scotland |
| Champions |  Scotland |
| Runners-up |  Ireland |
| Participants | 7 |
| Matches | 21 |
| Player of the series | Richie Berrington |
| Most runs | Ollie Hairs Richie Berrington (248 each)[1] |
| Most wickets | Brad Currie Mark Adair (12 each)[2] |
The 2024 ICC Men's T20 World Cup was the ninth edition of the ICC Men's T20 World Cup, a biennial world cup for cricket in Twenty20 International (T20I) format, organized by the International Cricket Council (ICC).[3][4] The qualification process for the World Cup included two stages: direct qualification and regional qualification. The regional qualification for Europe was held in two stages: sub-regional qualifiers and regional final.[5][6][7]
The EAP regional final was hosted by Cricket Scotland from 20 to 28 July 2023.[8][9] Scotland and Ireland qualified for the T20 World Cup after finishing atop the points table.[10] Scotland's Richie Berrington was named player of the series having along with Ollie Hairs scored the most runs (248 each) while Brad Currie and Ireland's Mark Adair took the most wickets (12 each) in the tournament.
Teams and qualification
A total of 28 teams participated in the sub-regional phase, which was divided into three events. The winners of each sub-regional qualifier advanced to the regional final, where they joined Ireland and Scotland who received a bye due to their participation in the 2022 T20 World Cup and Germany and Jersey who received a bye after taking part in the 2022 global qualifiers.[5][6][7]
| Method of qualification |
Date | Venue(s) | No. of teams | Team |
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| 2022 Men's T20 World Cup | 13 November 2022 | Australia | 2 |
Ireland
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| Scotland
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| 2022 global qualifier A | 24 February 2022 | Oman | 1 |
 Germany
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| 2022 global qualifier B | 17 July 2022 | Zimbabwe | 1 |
 Jersey
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| Sub-regional qualifier A | 12 – 19 July 2022 | Finland | 1 |
 Italy
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| Sub-regional qualifier B | 24 – 31 July 2022 | Finland | 1 |
 Austria
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| Sub-regional qualifier C | 28 June – 4 July 2022 | Scotland | 1 |
 Denmark
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| Total | 7 |
Squads
Gareth Delany was ruled out of Ireland's squad due to a broken wrist, and he was replaced by Theo van Woerkom.[20] Chris Sole was ruled out of Scotland's squad due to injury, and he was replaced by Adrian Neill.[21] Denmark's captain Hamid Shah missed the team's first four matches, and Taranjit Bharaj took over as captain while Shah was absent; Shah returned for the remaining games.[22] After the tournament began, Vijayshankar Chikkannaiah was replaced in Germany's squad by Talha Khan due to injury.[23] Ahead of Germany's last two matches of the tournament, Abdul Shakoor was replaced by Matt Montgomery after sustaining an injury.[24] Patrick Gouge was added to Jersey's squad ahead of their last game of the tournament, in place of Benjamin Ward, who was struck by a ball in the previous game.[25]
Points table
| Pos | Team | Pld | W | L | NR | Pts | NRR | Qualification |
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| 1 | Scotland
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6 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 12 | 4.110 | Qualified for the 2024 Men's T20 World Cup |
| 2 | Ireland
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6 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 9 | 2.716 | |
| 3 | Italy
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6 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 7 | −0.965 | |
| 4 | Jersey
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6 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 6 | 0.431 | |
| 5 | Germany
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6 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 5 | −0.440 | |
| 6 | Denmark
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6 | 1 | 5 | 0 | 2 | −0.894 | |
| 7 | Austria
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6 | 0 | 5 | 1 | 1 | −5.885 |
Fixtures
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- Italy won the toss and elected to field.
- Stefano di Bartolomeo, Ben Manenti and Syed Naqvi (Ita) all made their T20I debuts.
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- Germany won the toss and elected to field.
- Germany were set a revised target of 138 runs in 11 overs due to rain.
- Brad Currie and Brandon McMullen (Sco) both made their T20I debuts.
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- Austria won the toss and elected to bat.
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- Jersey won the toss and elected to field.
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Taranjit Bharaj 43 (37)
Ghulam Ahmadi 2/18 (4 overs) |
Joshua van Heerden 42 (33)
Abdullah Mahmood 3/22 (4 overs) |
- Germany won the toss and elected to field.
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- Italy won the toss and elected to field.
- Ollie Hairs (Sco) scored his first century in T20Is.[27]
- Gavin Main (Sco) took his first five-wicket haul in T20Is.[28]
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Armaan Randhawa 28 (45)
Nicolaj Laegsgaard 4/19 (4 overs) |
- Denmark won the toss and elected to field.
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- Ireland won the toss and elected to field.
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- Denmark won the toss and elected to field.
- Eshan Karimi (Den) made his T20I debut.
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George Munsey 132 (61)
Abdullah Akbarjan 2/22 (4 overs) |
Jaweed Sadran 15 (14)
Michael Leask 3/11 (4 overs) |
- Austria won the toss and elected to field.
- Tomas Mackintosh (Sco) made his T20I debut.
- George Munsey achieved the highest individual score for Scotland in men's T20Is.[29]
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- Germany won the toss and elected to field.
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- Denmark won the toss and elected to field.
- The match was reduced to 18 overs per side due to rain.
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Joshua van Heerden 35 (21)
Stefano di Bartolomeo 5/14 (4 overs) |
- Italy won the toss and elected to field.
- Matt Montgomery (Ger) made his T20I debut.
- Stefano di Bartolomeo became the first player for Italy to take a five-wicket haul in men's T20Is.[28]
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- Denmark won the toss and elected to field.
- Patrick Gouge (Jer) made his T20I debut.
- Nicolaj Laegsgaard (Den) took his first hat-trick in T20Is.[30]
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- Ireland won the toss and elected to field.
- Brad Currie (Sco) took his first five-wicket haul in T20Is.[31]
References
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- ^ 2023 Men's T20 World Cup Europe regional final Records, bowling most wickets career at ESPNcricinfo Statsguru. Retrieved 28 July 2023.
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- ^ a b "Qualification pathway for Men's T20 World Cup 2024 announced". International Cricket Council. Archived from the original on 31 May 2022. Retrieved 31 May 2022.
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- ^ "Austria Squad - ICC Men's T20 World Cup Europe Region Qualifier, 2023 Squad". ESPNcricinfo. Retrieved 16 January 2026.
- ^ "Denmark Squad - ICC Men's T20 World Cup Europe Region Qualifier, 2023 Squad". ESPNcricinfo. Retrieved 16 January 2026.
- ^ "Germany Squad - ICC Men's T20 World Cup Europe Region Qualifier, 2023 Squad". ESPNcricinfo. Retrieved 16 January 2026.
- ^ "Ireland Squad - ICC Men's T20 World Cup Europe Region Qualifier, 2023 Squad". ESPNcricinfo. Retrieved 16 January 2026.
- ^ "Italy Squad - ICC Men's T20 World Cup Europe Region Qualifier, 2023 Squad". ESPNcricinfo. Retrieved 16 January 2026.
- ^ "Jersey Squad - ICC Men's T20 World Cup Europe Region Qualifier, 2023 Squad". ESPNcricinfo. Retrieved 16 January 2026.
- ^ "Scotland Squad - ICC Men's T20 World Cup Europe Region Qualifier, 2023 Squad". ESPNcricinfo. Retrieved 16 January 2026.
- ^ "T20 World Cup Qualifier squad change; van Woerkom receives first call-up". Cricket Ireland. Retrieved 13 July 2023.
- ^ Cricket Scotland [@CricketScotland] (20 July 2023). "Squad update" (Tweet) – via Twitter.
- ^ "I morgen er det alvor" [It's serious tomorrow] (in Danish). Danish Cricket Federation. Retrieved 20 July 2023 – via Facebook.
- ^ German Cricket Federation [@Cricket_Germany] (21 July 2023). "Unfortunately our batsman Vijay Shankar has picked up an injury and will be replaced in the squad by Talha Khan. Get well soon Vijay" (Tweet) – via Twitter.
- ^ German Cricket Federation [@Cricket_Germany] (26 July 2023). "Unfortunately we have another injured player in our squad and Abdul Shakoor will be replaced by Matthew Montgomery for the last two matches in Scotland" (Tweet) – via Twitter.
- ^ Jersey Cricket Board [@cricketinjersey] (28 July 2023). "Todays sees @goujon24 make his T20i debut replacing injured Ben Ward. Congratulations Paddy 👏" (Tweet) – via Twitter.
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- ^ "T20 World Cup Europe qualifier: Scotland thrash Austria thanks to George Munsey's 132". BBC Sport. 25 July 2023. Retrieved 25 July 2023.
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