2026 Men's T20 World Cup qualification

[9] The top two sides of each sub-regional qualifier will advance to the regional final, where they will join Namibia and Uganda who received a bye after participating in the 2024 Men's T20 World Cup.

The qualification stages are as follows: In the Asia sub-regional phase, Qualifier A was held in Malaysia in August and September 2024.

[15] The top two sides of each Asia sub-regional qualifier will advance to a combined regional final, where they will join Nepal and Oman who received a bye after participating in the 2024 Men's T20 World Cup along with the EAP finalists.

[19] The winners of EAP sub-regional qualifiers will advance to a combined regional final, where they will join Papua New Guinea who received a bye after participating in the 2024 ICC Men's T20 World Cup along with the Asia finalists.

The winners of each sub-regional qualifier advanced to the regional final, where they joined Scotland and Netherlands who received a bye after participating in the 2024 Men's T20 World Cup.

Highlighted are the countries that will be participating in the 2026 Men's T20 World Cup.
Qualified as hosts
Qualified by finishing in Top 7 in the previous tournament , excluding Hosts
Qualified via the T20I Rankings
Teams whose qualification status is yet to be decided
Participated in the regional qualifiers but failed to qualify