2025 Men's T20 World Cup Africa Regional Final
| Dates | 26 September – 4 October 2025 |
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| Administrator | Africa Cricket Association |
| Cricket format | Twenty20 International |
| Tournament format(s) | Group round-robin and Playoffs |
| Host | Zimbabwe |
| Champions |  Zimbabwe (1st title) |
| Runners-up |  Namibia |
| Participants | 8 |
| Matches | 20 |
| Most runs | Brian Bennett (314) |
| Most wickets | 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.[1][2][3]
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.[4][5][6] Namibia and Zimbabwe secured their places at the 2026 T20 World Cup.[7]
Teams and qualification
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.[8][9][10]
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 of qualification |
Date | Venue(s) | No. of teams | Team |
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| 2024 ICC Men's T20 World Cup | 29 June 2024 |  United States West Indies |
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Namibia
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 Uganda
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| Africa Qualifier A | 21–26 September 2024 |  Tanzania |
2 |
 Malawi
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| Tanzania
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| Africa Qualifier B | 19–24 October 2024 |  Kenya |
2 |
Kenya
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| Zimbabwe
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| Africa Qualifier C | 23–28 November 2024 |  Nigeria |
2 |
 Botswana
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| Nigeria
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| Total | 8 |
Squads
| Botswana[11]
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Kenya[12]
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Malawi[13]
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Namibia[14]
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Nigeria[15]
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Tanzania[16]
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Uganda[17]
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Zimbabwe[18]
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Shrideep Mangela was ruled out of Uganda's squad due to injury, and was replaced by Ronald Lutaaya.[19]
On 26 September, Sean Williams was released from Zimbabwe squad for his personal reasons and was replaced by Clive Madande.[20]
Warm-up matches
Warm-up matches
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Group stage
Group A
| Pos | Team | Pld | W | L | NR | Pts | NRR | Qualification |
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| 1 | Namibia
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3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 6.556 | Advanced to the semi-final |
| 2 | Kenya
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3 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 2 | −1.553 | |
| 3 | Nigeria
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3 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 2 | −1.822 | Advanced to the play-offs |
| 4 | Malawi
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3 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 2 | −2.613 |
Source: ESPNcricinfo[21]
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Sukhdeep Singh 34 (36)
Alexander Busing-Volschenk 2/11 (3 overs) |
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Suhail Vayani 27 (25)
Ridwan Abdulkareem 3/24 (4 overs) |
Sulaimon Runsewe 51* (44)
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- Nigeria won the toss and elected to field.
- This was the first men's T20I to be played at the venue.[23]
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- Nigeria won the toss and elected to field.
- Jan Frylinck (Nam) scored his 1,000th run and his first century in T20Is.[24]
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- Malawi won the toss and elected to bat.
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- Nigeria won the toss and elected to bat.
- Nitish Hirani (Ken) made his T20I debut.
Group B
| Pos | Team | Pld | W | L | NR | Pts | NRR | Qualification |
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| 1 | Zimbabwe (H)
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3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 5.262 | Advanced to the semi-final |
| 2 | Tanzania
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3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 4 | −1.013 | |
| 3 | Uganda
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3 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0.394 | Advanced to the play-offs |
| 4 | Botswana
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3 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | −5.198 |
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Arun Yadav 62 (32)
Boemo Khumalo 2/23 (3 overs) |
- Botswana won the toss and elected to bat first.
- Sivaraj Selvaraj (Tan) made his T20I debut.
- Amal Rajeevan (Tan) scored his 1,000th run in T20Is.[26]
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Raghav Dhawan 39 (37)
Khalidy Juma 4/13 (4 overs) |
- Uganda won the toss and elected to field.
- Gaurav Tomar (Uga) made his T20I debut.
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Brendan Taylor 123 (54)
Boemo Kgosiemang 2/50 (4 overs) |
- Botswana won the toss and elected to field.
- Brendan Taylor (Zim) scored his first century in T20Is.[27]
- Botlhe Keganne (Bot) made his T20I debut.
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Brian Bennett 111 (60)
Khalidy Juma 2/39 (4 overs) |
Abhik Patwa 32 (22)
Brad Evans 4/16 (4 overs) |
- Tanzania won the toss and elected to field.
- Brian Bennett (Zim) scored his first century in T20Is.[28]
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Vinoo Balakrishnan 24 (22)
Riazat Ali Shah 2/7 (2 overs) |
- Uganda won the toss and elected to field.
- Abednico Motshegetsi and Jack Richards (Bot) both made their T20I debuts.
Play-offs
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Vincent Adewoye 42 (18)
Boemo Kgosiemang 3/26 (4 overs) |
Katlo Piet 22* (20)
Joshua Asia 4/11 (4 overs) |
- Nigeria won the toss and elected to bat.
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Sumeet Verma 88 (41)
Kelvin Thuchila 1/8 (3 overs) |
Aaftab Limdawala 22 (39)
Alpesh Ramjani 4/13 (4 overs) |
- Uganda won the toss and elected to bat.
- Alpesh Ramjani (Uga) took his 100th wicket in T20Is.
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Suhail Vayani 30* (21)
Botlhe Keganne 2/15 (3 overs) |
Tharindu Perera 19 (20)
Moazzam Baig 4/10 (4 overs) |
- Malawi won the toss and elected to bat.
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- Uganda won the toss and elected to bat.
Finals
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- Kenya won the toss and elected to bat.
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Dhiren Gondaria 60 (53)
Laksh Bakrania 2/20 (4 overs) |
Amal Rajeevan 39 (37)
Nitish Hirani 4/21 (4 overs) |
- Tanzania won the toss and elected to field.
- Simba Mbaki (Tan) made his T20I debut.
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- Zimbabwe won the toss and elected to field.
- Richard Ngarava became the first Zimbabwean bowler to take 100 wickets in men's T20Is.
Final standings
| Pos. | Team | Remarks |
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| 1 | Zimbabwe
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Qualified for the 2026 Men's T20 World Cup |
| 2 | Namibia
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| 3 | Kenya
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| 4 | Tanzania
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| 5 | Uganda
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| 6 | Nigeria
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| 7 | Malawi
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| 8 | Botswana
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