2022–23 ICC Men's T20 World Cup East Asia-Pacific Qualifier
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The 2022–23 ICC Men's T20 World Cup East Asia-Pacific Qualifier was a cricket tournament that formed part of the qualification process for the 2024 ICC Men's T20 World Cup.[1][2][3] The first stage of the qualification pathway in the East Asia-Pacific (EAP) region consisted of two sub-regional qualifiers: Qualifier A in Vanuatu in September 2022,[4] and Qualifier B in Japan in October 2022.[5]
The Cook Islands and Fiji both played their first official men's T20I matches during Qualifier A.[6] Vanuatu finished top of Qualifier A with five wins out of six matches, and advanced to the regional final.[7] Cook Islands captain Ma'ara Ave was named the player of the tournament, after top-scoring, with 290 runs at an average of 72.50.[8] Japan progressed from Qualifier B after finishing above Indonesia on net run rate.[9] Japan's Lachlan Yamamoto-Lake was named the player of the tournament.[10]
The winner of each of the sub-regional qualifiers progressed to the EAP regional final, played in 2023, where they were joined by Philippines and Papua New Guinea.[11] The winner of the Regional Final, Papua New Guinea, qualified for the 2024 T20 World Cup jointly held in the West Indies and the United States.[12][13]