The ICC Men's T20 World Cup Sub Regional East Asia-Pacific Qualifier B 2024 will begin at the Yeonhui Cricket Ground at Incheon, South Korea on Saturday, September 28.

Host South Korea, Japan, Indonesia and Philippines are the four teams that will take part in the tournament. 

The ICC Men's T20 World Cup Sub Regional East Asia-Pacific Qualifier B 2024 is part of the qualification process conducted by the International Cricket Council (ICC) for the Men’s T20 World Cup in 2026 to be hosted jointly by India and Sri Lanka.

Each team will play two matches against the other three sides in a double round-robin league phase with the group-topper being declared winners of the tournament. All the matches will be held at the Yeonhui Cricket Ground in Incheon, South Korea.

There will be a total of 12 matches in the ICC Men's T20 World Cup Sub Regional East Asia-Pacific Qualifier B 2024 with two matches each day from September 28 to October 5 and two rest days in between.

Out of the four teams in the ICC Men's T20 World Cup Sub Regional East Asia-Pacific Qualifier B 2024, Japan are the top-ranked T20I side at 50th in ICC’s latest ranking list. 

Philippines are ranked 58th whereas Indonesia are in the 60th place. Meanwhile, host South Korea are not ranked in the current list.

The winners of the ICC Men's T20 World Cup Sub Regional East Asia-Pacific Qualifier B 2024 will proceed to the regional final which will have a total of nine teams participating in it. 

The top-three teams from the regional final tournament, to be held in 2025, will qualify for the T20 World Cup 2026.

Nepal, Oman and Papua New Guinea, having played in the T20 World Cup 2024, received byes in the sub-regional qualifiers and will directly feature in the regional final. 

They will be joined by four teams, two each from Qualifier A and Qualifier B of the Asia sub-regionals. The regional final will also have the winners of the East Asia Pacific sub-regional qualifier A and B rounding off the nine-team list.

Currently, Kuwait and Malaysia from Qualifier A of Asia sub-regionals and Samoa from Qualifier A of the East Asia sub-regionals have made it to the regional final. 

Where to watch ICC Men's T20 World Cup Sub Regional East Asia-Pacific Qualifier B 2024 live in India

Live streaming of the ICC Men's T20 World Cup Sub Regional East Asia-Pacific Qualifier B 2024 will be available on the FanCode app and website in India.

There will be no live telecast of the ICC Men's T20 World Cup Sub Regional East Asia-Pacific Qualifier B 2024 on any TV channels in India.

ICC Men's T20 World Cup Sub Regional East Asia-Pacific Qualifier B 2024 schedule and live match start times

All match times are in India Standard Time (IST)

Saturday, September 28 

Japan vs Philippines - 06:30 AM

South Korea vs Indonesia - 10:30 AM

Sunday, September 29

Indonesia vs Philippines - 06:30 AM

South Korea vs Japan - 10:30 AM

Tuesday, October 1 

Indonesia vs Japan - 06:30 AM

South Korea vs Philippines - 10:30 AM

Wednesday, October 2

Japan vs Philippines - 06:30 AM

South Korea vs Indonesia - 10:30 AM

Friday, October 4

Indonesia vs Philippines - 06:30 AM

South Korea vs Japan - 10:30 AM

Saturday, October 5

Indonesia vs Japan - 06:30 AM

South Korea vs Philippines - 10:30 AM

ICC Men's T20 World Cup Sub Regional East Asia-Pacific Qualifier B 2024 squads

South Korea: Jun Hyunwoo (c), Alam Nakash, An Hyobeom, Balage Dilruksha, Altaf Gill, Kuldeep Gurjar, Iqbal Mudassir, Kim Daeyeon, Aamir Lal, Lee Kangmin (wk), Sameera Maduranga, Fazil Muhammad, Sameera Pitabeddara, Raja Shoaib (wk)

Japan: Kendel Kadowaki-Fleming (c), Koji Hardgrave-Abe, Charles Hinze, Benjamin Ito-Davis, Kohei Kubota, Piyush Kumbhare, Wataru Miyauchi (wk), Sabaorish Ravichandran, Reo Sakurano-Thomas, Alexander Shirai-Patmore (wk), Declan Suzuki, Ibrahim Takahashi, Makoto Taniyama, Lachlan Yamamoto-Lake

Indonesia: Kadek Gamantika (c), Ahmad Ramdoni (wk), Danilson Hawoe, Dharma Kesuma, Dewa Wiswi, Fernandinho Banunaek, Gaurav Tiwari, Gede Priandana, Gede Arta, Ketut Artawan, Kirubasankar Ramamoorthy, Maxi Koda, Anjar Tadarus, Padmakar Surve

Philippines: Daniel Smith (c), Rhys Burinaga, Gurbhupinder Chohan, Andrew Donovan, Kepler Lukies, Huzaifa Mohammed, Liam Myott, Miggy Podosky, Arshdeep Samra, Kulwinder Sangha, Amanpreet Sirah, Nivek Tanner, Jonathon Tuffin, Henry Tyler

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