The sub-regional phase of European qualification for the previous T20 World Cup was eventually cancelled due to the COVID-19 pandemic.[4] As a result, only four teams had the opportunity to qualify from a regional finals event.[5]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.[6]
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.[7] Qualifier C was the first event played,[8] which took place in Belgium between 28 June and 4 July 2022.[9] Qualifiers A and B followed, with both of them hosted in Finland between 12 and 31 July 2022.[10]
The winner of each sub-regional qualifier progressed to the regional final.[3]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.[11]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.[12][13]Austria were the last team to qualify from the sub-regional matches, after beating Norway in the final of the sub-regional Qualifier B.[14][15]
Scotland and Ireland enter the regional final as they had failed to qualify directly for the 2024 T20 World Cup.[16][17] The regional final was played in Edinburgh, Scotland in July 2023.[18] 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.[19] Later the same day, Scotland also qualified after a fifth consecutive victory.[20][21] Scotland defeated Ireland by 8 runs in the last game to win the tournament.[22]
Christodoulos Bogdanos, Spiridon Bogdos, Gerasimos Fatouros, Andreas Gasteratos, Alexandros Karvelas, Aristides Karvelas, Panagiotis Magafas (Gre), Marcus Campopiano, Ali Hasan, Crishan Kalugamage, Bashar Khan, Harry Manenti, Anthony Mosca and Justin Mosca (Ita) all made their T20I debuts.
Jonathan Scamans 22 (18) Liam Karlsson 4/20 (4 overs)
Abhijit Venkatesh 35 (43) Raaz Mohammad 3/17 (4 overs)
Finland won by 12 runs Tikkurila Cricket Ground, Vantaa Umpires: Adnan Khan (Esp) and Adriaan van den Dries (Ned) Player of the match: Raaz Mohammad (Fin)
Sweden won the toss and elected to field.
Matthew Jenkinson (Fin) and Waqas Haider (Swe) both made their T20I debuts.
Christopher Turkich 15 (41) Zaker Taqawi 5/17 (4 overs)
Umar Nawaz 29 (20) John Vujnovich 2/26 (2 overs)
Sweden won by 8 wickets Kerava National Cricket Ground, Kerava Umpires: Sriharsha Kuchimanchi (Fin) and Adriaan van den Dries (Ned) Player of the match: Zaker Taqawi (Swe)
Sweden won the toss end elected to field.
Sohail Ahmad, Wasal Bitis, Jeffrey Grzinic, Boro Jerkovic, Aman Maheshwari, Daniel Marsic, Jason Newton, Christopher Turkich, Daniel Turkich, Sheldon Valjalo and John Vujnovich (Cro) all made their T20I debuts.
Italy won by 91 runs Tikkurila Cricket Ground, Vantaa Umpires: Adnan Khan (Esp) and Adriaan van den Dries (Ned) Player of the match: Marcus Campopiano (Ita)
Croatia won by 3 runs Tikkurila Cricket Ground, Vantaa Umpires: Srinidhi Ravindra (Fin) and Adriaan van den Dries (Ned) Player of the match: Daniel Turkich (Cro)
Sweden won by 107 runs Tikkurila Cricket Ground, Vantaa Umpires: Adnan Khan (Esp) and Sriharsha Kuchimanchi (Fin) Player of the match: Hamid Mahmood (Swe)
Greece won the toss and elected to field.
Ali Abdulla Popalzae (Gre) and Ankit Dubey (Swe) both made their T20I debuts.
Romania won by 51 runs Kerava National Cricket Ground, Kerava Umpires: Sriharsha Kuchimanchi (Fin) and Srinidhi Ravindra (Fin) Player of the match: Vasu Saini (Rom)
Turkey won the toss and elected to field.
Manmeet Koli, Rohit Kumar (Rom), Gokhan Alta, Ilyas Ataullah, Cagri Bayraktar, Zafer Durmaz, Shamsullah Ehsan, Ishak Elec, Emin Kuyumcu, Romeo Nath, Mecit Ozturk and Ali Turkmen (Tur) all made their T20I debuts.
George Burrows 60 (46) Ayo Mene-Ejegi 4/30 (4 overs)
Simo Ivetic 29 (35) Matthew Ansell 2/10 (4 overs)
Isle of Man won by 68 runs Tikkurila Cricket Ground, Vantaa Umpires: Adnan Khan (Esp) and Srinidhi Ravindra (Fin) Player of the match: George Burrows (IoM)
Simo Ivetic 27 (38) Taranjeet Singh 4/17 (4 overs)
Romania won by 31 runs Tikkurila Cricket Ground, Vantaa Umpires: Sriharsha Kuchimanchi (Fin) and Srinidhi Ravindra (Fin) Player of the match: Taranjeet Singh (Rom)
Isle of Man won by 74 runs Kerava National Cricket Ground, Kerava Umpires: Srinidhi Ravindra (Fin) and Adriaan van den Dries (Ned) Player of the match: George Burrows (IoM)
Muhammad Siddiqui 18 (12) Sahel Zadran 5/13 (3.1 overs)
Austria won by 141 runs Kerava National Cricket Ground, Kerava Umpires: Shanaka Fernando (Ita) and Sriharsha Kuchimanchi (Fin) Player of the match: Mirza Ahsan (Aut)
Slovenia won the toss and elected to field.
Shahid Arshad, Awais Ikram, Mazhar Khan, Sudhakar Koppolu, Taher Muhammad, Mark Oman, Primoz Pustoslemsek, Ayyaz Qureshi, Muhammad Siddiqui, Ramanjot Singh and Nilesh Ujawe (Svn) all made their T20I debuts.
Guernsey won by 17 runs Kerava National Cricket Ground, Kerava Umpires: Mark Jameson (Ger) and Sriharsha Kuchimanchi (Fin) Player of the match: Shiv Gill (Lux)
Austria won by 2 wickets Tikkurila Cricket Ground, Vantaa Umpires: Mark Jameson (Ger) and Srinidhi Ravindra (Fin) Player of the match: Razmal Shigiwal (Aut)
Muhammad Siddiqui 48 (33) Asad Ali Rehemtulla 3/32 (4 overs)
Aravinda De Silva 55 (49) Nilesh Ujawe 2/12 (4 overs)
Bulgaria won by 3 wickets Tikkurila Cricket Ground, Vantaa Umpires: Shanaka Fernando (Ita) and Mark Jameson (Ger) Player of the match: Aravinda De Silva (Bul)
Timothy Barker 36 (23) Muhammad Siddiqui 3/21 (4 overs)
Ramanjot Singh 46 (42) Atif Kamal 3/15 (3 overs)
Luxembourg won by 5 runs Tikkurila Cricket Ground, Vantaa Umpires: Shanaka Fernando (Ita) and Jesper Jensen (Den) Player of the match: Muhammad Siddiqui (Svn)
Abdulmalik Jabarkhel (Fra), Kenardo Fletcher, Sathya Narayanan and Jai Sinh (Sui) all made their T20I debuts.
Gustav McKeon became the first player for France to score a century in men's T20Is,[46] and also the youngest player to score a century in men's T20Is (18 years and 280 days).[47]
Czech Republic won by 42 runs Tikkurila Cricket Ground, Vantaa Umpires: Jesper Jensen (Den) and Sriharsha Kuchimanchi (Fin) Player of the match: Sudesh Wickramasekara (Cze)
Czech Republic won the toss and elected to bat.
Abul Farhad (Cze) and Ramesh Tanna (Est) both made their T20I debuts.
Czech Republic won by 7 wickets Kerava National Cricket Ground, Kerava Umpires: Mark Jameson (Ger) and Srinidhi Ravindra (Fin) Player of the match: Faheem Nazir (Sui)
Czech Republic won by 4 wickets Tikkurila Cricket Ground, Vantaa Umpires: Jesper Jensen (Den) and Sriharsha Kuchimanchi (Fin) Player of the match: Sudesh Wickramasekara (Cze)
Luxembourg won by 7 runs Tikkurila Cricket Ground, Vantaa Umpires: Shanaka Fernando (Ita) and Sriharsha Kuchimanchi (Fin) Player of the match: Jai Sinh (Sui)
Belgium won by 2 wickets Royal Brussels Cricket Club, Waterloo Umpires: Vinay Malhotra (Ger) and Adriaan van den Dries (Ned) Player of the match: Murid Ekrami (Bel)
Michael Cohen 27* (29) Amandeep Singh 3/11 (4 overs)
Portugal won by 47 runs Royal Brussels Cricket Club, Waterloo Umpires: Mark Jameson (Ger) and Ryan Milne (Sco) Player of the match: Amandeep Singh (Por)
Israel won the toss and elected to field.
Abraham Amado, Shailesh Bangera, Michael Cohen, Josh Evans, Eitamar Kahamker, Niv Nagavkar, Yair Nagavkar, Eliezar Samson, Gabriel Schachat, Eshkol Solomon, Elan Talker (Isr), Syed Maisam Ali and Kuldeep Gholiya (Por) all made their T20I debuts.
Israel won by 12 runs Royal Brussels Cricket Club, Waterloo Umpires: Jonathan Kennedy (Ire) and Vinay Malhotra (Ger) Player of the match: Gabriel Schachat (Isr)
Malta won by 7 wickets Royal Brussels Cricket Club, Waterloo Umpires: Vinay Malhotra (Ger) and Adriaan van den Dries (Ned) Player of the match: Basil George (Mlt)
Belgium won by 5 wickets Royal Brussels Cricket Club, Waterloo Umpires: Jonathan Kennedy (Ire) and Adriaan van den Dries (Ned) Player of the match: Shaheryar Butt (Bel)
Gareth Delany was ruled out of Ireland's squad due to a broken wrist, and he was replaced by Theo van Woerkom.[66]Chris Sole was ruled out of Scotland's squad due to injury, and he was replaced by Adrian Neill.[67] 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.[68] After the tournament began, Vijayshankar Chikkannaiah was replaced in Germany's squad by Talha Khan due to injury.[69] Ahead of Germany's last two matches of the tournament, Abdul Shakoor was replaced by Matt Montgomery after sustaining an injury.[70]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.[71]