2022–23 ICC Men's T20 World Cup Europe Qualifier
The 2022–23 ICC Men's T20 World Cup Europe Qualifier was a cricket tournament that formed part of the qualification process for the 2024 ICC Men's T20 World Cup. In May 2022, the International Cricket Council (ICC) confirmed all the fixtures and venues for the three sub-regional Qualifiers. The sub-regional phase of European qualification for the previous T20 World Cup was eventually cancelled due to the COVID-19 pandemic. As a result, only four teams had the opportunity to qualify from a regional finals event. Jersey and Germany progressed from that event and thereby gained a bye through the sub-regional stage in the process for the 2024 T20 World Cup. In this cycle, twenty-eight countries from the European region competed in the sub-regional phase of the tournament, divided into three events being played in June and July 2022. Qualifier C was the first event played, which took place in Belgium between 28 June and 4 July 2022. Qualifiers A and B followed, with both of them hosted in Finland between 12 and 31 July 2022. The winner of each sub-regional qualifier progressed to the regional final. Denmark became the first team to advance to the regional final, after they beat Portugal by nine wickets in the final of sub-regional Qualifier C. Italy were the second team to progress to the regional final, when they beat the Isle of Man by seven wickets in the final of sub-regional Qualifier A. Austria were the last team to qualify from the sub-regional matches, after beating Norway in the final of the sub-regional Qualifier B.

Scotland and Ireland enter the regional final as they had failed to qualify directly for the 2024 T20 World Cup. The regional final was played in Edinburgh, Scotland in July 2023. On 27 July 2023, Ireland secured qualification for the T20 World Cup when their fifth game at the regional final was abandoned due to rain. Later the same day, Scotland also qualified after a fifth consecutive victory. Scotland defeated Ireland by 8 runs in the last game to win the tournament. Teams

Qualifier A

Squads

Group 1

Points table

Fixtures

Group 2

Points table

Fixtures

Play-offs

7th place play-off

5th place play-off

3rd place play-off

Final

Qualifier B

Squads

Group 1

Points table

Fixtures

Group 2

Points table

Fixtures

Play-offs

7th place play-off

5th place play-off

3rd place play-off

Final

Qualifier C

Squads

On 22 June 2022, Saud Munir replaced Amjad Khan in the Denmark squad due to work commitments. Group 1

Points table

Fixtures

Group 2

Points table

Fixtures

Consolation play-offs
Following a car accident on 1 July 2022 that involved three match officials, the ICC rescheduled the consolation play-off matches. 5th place semi-finals

7th place play-off

5th place play-off

Play-offs

Semi-finals

3rd place play-off

Final

Regional Final

Squads
The following squads were named ahead of the tournament:

Gareth Delany was ruled out of Ireland's squad due to a broken wrist, and he was replaced by Theo van Woerkom. Chris Sole was ruled out of Scotland's squad due to injury, and he was replaced by Adrian Neill. 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. After the tournament began, Vijayshankar Chikkannaiah was replaced in Germany's squad by Talha Khan due to injury. Ahead of Germany's last two matches of the tournament, Abdul Shakoor was replaced by Matt Montgomery after sustaining an injury. 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. Points table

Fixtures

References

External links
 Series home at ESPNcricinfo (Qualifier A)
 Series home at ESPNcricinfo (Qualifier B)
 Series home at ESPNcricinfo (Qualifier C)
 Series home at ESPNcricinfo (Regional Final)

Qualifiers
Associate international cricket competitions in 2022
Associate international cricket competitions in 2023
ICC Men's T20 World Cup Europe Qualifier
ICC Men's T20 World Cup Europe Qualifier
ICC Men's T20 World Cup Europe Qualifier
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