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| Dates | 18 October – 2 November 2019[1] |
|---|---|
| Administrator | International Cricket Council |
| Cricket format | Twenty20 International |
| Tournament format(s) | Round-robin, Playoffs |
| Host |  United Arab Emirates |
| Champions |  Netherlands (3rd title) |
| Runners-up |  Papua New Guinea |
| Participants | 14 |
| Matches | 51 |
| Player of the series |  Gerhard Erasmus |
| Most runs |  Paul Stirling (291) |
| Most wickets |  Bilal Khan (18) |
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The2019 ICC Men's T20 World Cup Qualifier was acricket tournament held during October and November 2019 in the United Arab Emirates to determine the teams that would qualify for the2021 ICC Men's T20 World Cup tournament.[2][3] The six teams finishing highest in the qualifier tournament joinedSri Lanka andBangladesh in the first group stage of the 2020 ICC Men's T20 World Cup.[4] The tournament formed part of theICC T20 World Cup Qualifier series, with the Netherlands winning the final.[5]
In April 2018, theInternational Cricket Council (ICC) granted full international status toTwenty20 men's matches played betweenmember sides from 1 January 2019 onwards. Therefore, all the matches in the Regional Finals and the Qualifier itself, were played as fullTwenty20 Internationals (T20Is).[6] In July 2019, the ICC suspendedZimbabwe Cricket, with the team barred from taking part in ICC events, over "government interference".[7][8] The following month, the ICC namedNigeria as Zimbabwe's replacement in the tournament.[9]
Papua New Guinea were the first team to qualify for the 2020 ICC Men's T20 World Cup from the tournament, after they won Group A, finishing above theNetherlands onnet run rate.[10] It was the first time that Papua New Guinea had qualified for a World Cup in any format.[11]Ireland became the second team to qualify when they won Group B, also on net run rate.[12] Both teams also advanced to the playoff section of the qualifier.[13] They were joined by theNetherlands,Namibia andScotland from Group A, andOman, theUnited Arab Emirates andHong Kong from Group B.[14]
In the first qualifier match in the playoffs, the Netherlands qualified for the T20 World Cup when they beat the United Arab Emirates by eight wickets, after the UAE only scored 80 runs in their innings.[15] The second qualifier match saw Namibia advance to their first T20 World Cup after beating Oman by 54 runs.[16] Scotland beat tournament hosts the United Arab Emirates in the third qualifier by 90 runs to secure their place in the Men's T20 World Cup.[17] The final qualifier match saw Oman become the last team to qualify for the Men's T20 World Cup, after they narrowly beat Hong Kong by 12 runs.[18]
Scotland beat Oman by five wickets to win the fifth-place playoff match.[19] In the first semi-final, the Netherlands beat Ireland by 21 runs to advance to the final.[20] They were joined in the final with Papua New Guinea, after they beat Namibia by 18 runs in the second semi-final.[21] Ireland beat Namibia by 27 runs to win the third-place playoff.[22] The final saw the Netherlands beat Papua New Guinea by seven wickets to win the tournament.[23] Namibia's captain,Gerhard Erasmus, was named the player of the tournament.[24]
Sub-regional qualification groups began on 26 February 2018 in Argentina.[25] In theAmericas group, both theCayman Islands andBermuda registered wins againstArgentina.[26][27] A total of 61Associate Member teams out of originally scheduled 62 teams competed.[n 1] Of these teams, 25 of them progressed to the regional finals in 2019,[28] with the top seven[n 2] teams progressing to the qualifier tournament.[3] They were joined by the top six teams from the2015 qualifier that were outside the top ten places in theICC T20I Championship by the cut-off date of 31 December 2018,[3] and the tournament host.[29]
| Means of qualification[30] | Date | Host | Berths | Qualified |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Automatic qualifications | ||||
| ICC T20I Championship (Ranked 11th – 16th who played in the last WT20)[31][32] | 31 December 2018 | Ranking table | 5 | |
| Host | 1 | United Arab Emirates[29] | ||
| Regional qualifications | ||||
| East Asia-Pacific | 22–24 March 2019 | Papua New Guinea[33] | 1 | Papua New Guinea[34] |
| Africa | 20–24 May 2019 |  Uganda[35] | 3 | Namibia[36] Kenya[37] Nigeria[38] |
| Europe | 15–20 June 2019 |  Guernsey[39] | 1 |  Jersey[40] |
| Asia | 22–28 July 2019 |  Singapore[41] | 1 | Singapore[42] |
| Americas | 18–25 August 2019 |  Bermuda[43] | 2 |  Canada[44] Bermuda[45] |
| Total | 14 | |||
Host nation,Australia, and the nine best teams (according to the ICC T20I Championship ranking of 31 December 2018) who played in the last edition of ICC Men's T20 World Cup qualified for the final tournament directly. The remaining six entrants from the last tournament competed in the Regional Qualifiers of the World Cup qualifying tournaments. Of the teams in the ICC T20I Championship ranking, initially theUnited Arab Emirates andNepal could only qualify through regional competitions.[28] However, in March 2019, the ICC announced that the UAE would host the qualifier tournament, resulting in their automatic qualification.[46] Later the same month, the ICC released the match schedule for all the Regional Finals, with the UAE omitted from the fixture list for the Asia Regional Final.[41] The number of teams that could qualify from the Asia Regional Final was also reduced from two to one.[41]
The final rankings for automatic qualification as of 31 December 2018 were as follows:[32]
| Rank | Team | Matches | Points | Rating | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 |  Pakistan | 36 | 4,979 | 138 | Advanced to final tournament Super 12s stage |
| 2 |  India | 42 | 5,298 | 126 | |
| 3 |  England | 22 | 2,586 | 118 | |
| 4 |  Australia | 28 | 3,266 | 117 | Final tournament host (and Super 12s stage) |
| 5 |  South Africa | 22 | 2,502 | 114 | Advanced to final tournament Super 12s stage |
| 6 |  New Zealand | 25 | 2,803 | 112 | |
| 7 |  West Indies | 27 | 2,725 | 101 | |
| 8 |  Afghanistan | 27 | 2,490 | 92 | |
| 9 |  Sri Lanka | 29 | 2,518 | 87 | Advanced to final tournament group stage |
| 10 |  Bangladesh | 30 | 2,321 | 77 | |
| 11 |  Scotland | 15 | 927 | 62 | Advanced to Men's T20 World Cup qualifier |
| 12 |  Zimbabwe | 20 | 1,097 | 55 | |
| 13 | United Arab Emirates | 13 | 649 | 50 | Advanced to Men's T20 World Cup qualifier as host |
| 14 | Netherlands | 12 | 598 | 50 | Advanced to Men's T20 World Cup qualifier |
| 15 |  Hong Kong | 10 | 420 | 42 | |
| 16 | Oman | 7 | 270 | 39 | |
| 17 | Ireland | 19 | 638 | 34 | |
| Reference:ICC rankings for Tests, ODIs, Twenty20 & WomenICC page, 31 December 2018 | |||||
| "Matches" is the number of matches played in the 20 months since 1 May 2017, plus half the number in the 24 months before that. | |||||
62 teams were originally scheduled to compete in 12 regional qualification groups during 2018 across five regions, with 61 taking part.[3][n 1] The top 25 teams progressed to five regional finals in 2019,[47] with eight teams progressing to the 2019 qualifier tournament.[28][n 2] The host nation of each sub-regional group and regional final groups are shown inbold. All the sub-regional stage matches in the European section were held in the Netherlands.
| Bermuda[68] | Canada[69] | Hong Kong[70] | Ireland[71] | Jersey[72] | Kenya[73] | Namibia[74] |
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| Netherlands[75] | Nigeria[76] | Oman[77] | Papua New Guinea[78] | Scotland[79] | Singapore[80] | United Arab Emirates[81] |
Ahead of the tournament,Mohammad Naveed was withdrawn from the UAE's squad, withAhmed Raza named as captain in his place.[82]Qadeer Ahmed andShaiman Anwar were also dropped from the UAE's squad, withWaheed Ahmed,Darius D'Silva andJunaid Sidique added to their squad.[83] Two days before the start of the tournament, the ICC confirmed that the three players dropped from the UAE's squad had all been suspended after they had breached cricket's anti-corruption rules.[84][85] Mohammad Naveed and Shaiman Anwar were believed to be planning to fix matches in the tournament, while Qadeer Ahmed was approached to fix a match during the UAE'stour of Zimbabwe in April 2019.[86] On 21 October 2019,Ashfaq Ahmed became the fourth UAE cricketer to be suspended by the ICC. Ahmed had played in the first two matches for the team in the tournament.[87]
On 21 October 2019,Ghulam Shabber, the UAE'swicket-keeper, did not show up for the pre-match meeting ahead of the fixture againstHong Kong.[88] It later transpired that Shabber had left the country without an explanation,[89] before being traced to Pakistan.[90] On 26 October 2019, in an interview forThe National, Shabber denied any involvement with corruption and announced his retirement from cricket, citing the poor remuneration for playing. He said that "if there is something with regards to anti-corruption, I am ready to cooperate in Pakistan. But I have decided cricket is not in my future".[91]
Following the conclusion of the group stage, the ICC's Event Technical Committee approved two replacements in the UAE's squad.Faizan Asif replaced Ashfaq Ahmed andVriitya Aravind was named as Ghulam Shabber's replacement.[92] On 30 October 2019, theEmirates Cricket Board (ECB) confirmed that they had suspended Shabber for absconding,[93] and that he was part of the ICC's anti-corruption investigation.[94] In March 2021, Mohammad Naveed and Shaiman Anwar were both found guilty of corruption,[95] with each player given an eight-year ban from all cricket, backdated to 16 October 2019.[96] In July 2021, the ICC also handed eight-year bans toAmir Hayat and Ashfaq Ahmed for violating the anti-corruption code.[97] Their bans were both backdated to 13 September 2020.[98] In September 2021, the ICC also issued a four-year ban to Ghulam Shabber, following the conclusion of their anti-corruption investigation.[99]
In September 2019, ahead of the2019–20 Oman Pentangular Series, Hong Kong'sBabar Hayat declared that he was no longer available to play for Hong Kong.[100] BrothersTanveer Ahmed andEhsan Nawaz also withdrew themselves for selection.[100]
Anantha Krishna was ruled out of Singapore's squad after suffering an injury in a training session. He was replaced byAahan Gopinath Achar.[101] On 24 October 2019, the ICC announced that thebowling actions ofAbiodun Abioye (Nigeria),Tom Sole (Scotland) andSelladore Vijayakumar (Singapore) were all found to beillegal.[102] They were all suspended from bowling in international cricket matches until an assessment shows that their bowling action is legal.[103]
Ahead of the playoff matches,Dylan Budge replacedOllie Hairs in Scotland's squad, after Hairs suffered a fracture in his foot.[104] Ireland also made a replacement, withBarry McCarthy coming into their squad, replacingDavid Delany, who was ruled out with a knee injury.[105]
In October 2019, the ICC named the officials for the tournament, withG. S. Lakshmi becoming the first woman to be named as a referee at an ICC event.[106]
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The ICC also named three match referees for the tournament.[106]
Ahead of the main tournament, each team played two warm-up matches.[107][108]
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| Pos | Team | Pld | W | L | T | NR | Pts | NRR |
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| 1 | Papua New Guinea | 6 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 10 | 2.086 |
| 2 | Netherlands | 6 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 10 | 1.776 |
| 3 | Namibia | 6 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 1.080 |
| 4 | Scotland | 6 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 0.258 |
| 5 | Kenya | 6 | 2 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 4 | −1.156 |
| 6 | Singapore | 6 | 2 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 4 | −1.375 |
| 7 | Bermuda | 6 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | −2.839 |
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Netherlands won by 30 runs ICC Academy Ground,Dubai Umpires:Chris Brown (NZ) andRaveendra Wimalasiri (SL) Player of the match:Max O'Dowd (Ned) |
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Netherlands won by 44 runs ICC Academy Ground,Dubai Umpires:Sharfuddoula (Ban) andRaveendra Wimalasiri (SL) Player of the match:Ryan ten Doeschate (Ned) |
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Scotland won by 31 runs ICC Academy Ground No 2,Dubai Umpires:Ahmed Shah Pakteen (Afg) andAhsan Raza (Pak) Player of the match:Richie Berrington (Sco) |
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Papua New Guinea won by 81 runs ICC Academy Ground No 2,Dubai Umpires:Roland Black (Ire) andAhmed Shah Pakteen (Afg) Player of the match:Assad Vala (PNG) |
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Singapore won by 5 wickets ICC Academy Ground No 2,Dubai Umpires:Chris Brown (NZ) andSharfuddoula (Ban) Player of the match:Navin Param (Sin) |
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Scotland won by 4 runs ICC Academy Ground,Dubai Umpires:Ahsan Raza (Pak) andSharfuddoula (Ban) Player of the match:Hamza Tahir (Sco) |
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Kenya won by 45 runs ICC Academy Ground,Dubai Umpires:Ahmed Shah Pakteen (Afg) andRaveendra Wimalasiri (SL) Player of the match:Dhiren Gondaria (Ken) |
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Namibia won by 24 runs ICC Academy Ground,Dubai Umpires:Chris Brown (NZ) andSam Nogajski (Aus) Player of the match:JJ Smit (Nam) |
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Netherlands won by 5 wickets ICC Academy Ground,Dubai Umpires:Roland Black (Ire) andAhsan Raza (Pak) Player of the match:Roelof van der Merwe (Ned) |
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Namibia won by 6 wickets ICC Academy Ground No 2,Dubai Umpires:Allahudien Paleker (SA) andAhsan Raza (Pak) Player of the match:Bernard Scholtz (Nam) |
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Kenya won by 7 wickets ICC Academy Ground No 2,Dubai Umpires:Roland Black (Ire) andAlex Wharf (Eng) Player of the match:Irfan Karim (Ken) |
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Scotland won by 46 runs Dubai International Cricket Stadium,Dubai Umpires:Chris Brown (NZ) andAllahudien Paleker (SA) Player of the match:Calum MacLeod (Sco) |
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Papua New Guinea won by 43 runs Dubai International Cricket Stadium,Dubai Umpires:Sam Nogajski (Aus) andAllahudien Paleker (SA) Player of the match:Damien Ravu (PNG) |
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Namibia won by 87 runs Dubai International Cricket Stadium,Dubai Umpires:Lyndon Hannibal (SL) andAlex Wharf (Eng) Player of the match:Gerhard Erasmus (Nam) |
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Netherlands won by 92 runs Dubai International Cricket Stadium,Dubai Umpires:Sundaram Ravi (Ind) andRashid Riaz (Pak) Player of the match:Colin Ackermann (Ned) |
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Namibia won by 87 runs Dubai International Cricket Stadium,Dubai Umpires:Lyndon Hannibal (SL) andSam Nogajski (Aus) Player of the match:Gerhard Erasmus (Nam) |
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| Pos | Team | Pld | W | L | T | NR | Pts | NRR |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Ireland | 6 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 1.591 |
| 2 | Oman | 6 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 0.997 |
| 3 | United Arab Emirates | 6 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 0.682 |
| 4 | Hong Kong | 6 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 0.480 |
| 5 | Canada | 6 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 0.240 |
| 6 | Jersey | 6 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 0.089 |
| 7 | Nigeria | 6 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | −4.673 |
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Oman won by 7 wickets Sheikh Zayed Cricket Stadium,Abu Dhabi Umpires:Allahudien Paleker (SA) andAlex Wharf (Eng) Player of the match:Fayyaz Butt (Oma) |
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Jersey won by 69 runs Sheikh Zayed Cricket Stadium,Abu Dhabi Umpires:Lyndon Hannibal (SL) andAlex Wharf (Eng) Player of the match:Jonty Jenner (Jer) |
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United Arab Emirates won by 5 wickets Sheikh Zayed Cricket Stadium,Abu Dhabi Umpires:Sam Nogajski (Aus) andRashid Riaz (Pak) Player of the match:Rohan Mustafa (UAE) |
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Canada won by 53 runs Tolerance Oval,Abu Dhabi Umpires:Lyndon Hannibal (SL) andRashid Riaz (Pak) Player of the match:Nitish Kumar (Can) |
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Oman won by 7 wickets Sheikh Zayed Cricket Stadium,Abu Dhabi Umpires:Allahudien Paleker (SA) andSundaram Ravi (Ind) Player of the match:Aamir Kaleem (Oma) |
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United Arab Emirates won by 8 wickets Sheikh Zayed Cricket Stadium,Abu Dhabi Umpires:Sundaram Ravi (Ind) andAlex Wharf (Eng) Player of the match:Rameez Shahzad (UAE) |
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Hong Kong won by 8 runs Sheikh Zayed Cricket Stadium,Abu Dhabi Umpires:Sundaram Ravi (Ind) andRaveendra Wimalasiri (SL) Player of the match:Scott McKechnie (HK) |
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Hong Kong won by 32 runs Tolerance Oval,Abu Dhabi Umpires:Rashid Riaz (Pak) andRaveendra Wimalasiri (SL) Player of the match:Kinchit Shah (HK) |
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Ireland won by 8 wickets Tolerance Oval,Abu Dhabi Umpires:Chris Brown (NZ) andAhsan Raza (Pak) Player of the match:Mark Adair (Ire) |
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Oman won by 8 wickets Sheikh Zayed Cricket Stadium,Abu Dhabi Umpires:Roland Black (Ire) andSharfuddoula (Ban) Player of the match:Jatinder Singh (Oma) |
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Hong Kong won by 5 wickets Tolerance Oval,Abu Dhabi Umpires:Sharfuddoula (Ban) andRaveendra Wimalasiri (SL) Player of the match:Mohammad Ghazanfar (HK) |
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United Arab Emirates won by 14 runs Sheikh Zayed Cricket Stadium,Abu Dhabi Umpires:Ahmed Shah Pakteen (Afg) andAhsan Raza (Pak) Player of the match:Muhammad Usman (UAE) |
| Semi-final play-off | Semi-finals † | Final | ||||||||||||
| B1 | Ireland | 137/9 | ||||||||||||
| A2 | Netherlands | 81/2 | A2 | Netherlands | 158/4 | |||||||||
| B3 | United Arab Emirates | 80/9 | A2 | Netherlands | 134/3 | |||||||||
| A1 | Papua New Guinea | 128/8 | ||||||||||||
| A1 | Papua New Guinea | 130/5 | ||||||||||||
| A3 | Namibia | 161/7 | A3 | Namibia | 112/5 | |||||||||
| B2 | Oman | 107 | 3rd place play-off | |||||||||||
| B1 | Ireland | 135 | ||||||||||||
| A3 | Namibia | 108 | ||||||||||||
| 5th place play-off semi-finals | 5th place play-off † | ||||||||
| A4 | Scotland | 198/6 | |||||||
| B3 | United Arab Emirates * | 108 | |||||||
| A4 | Scotland | 168/5 | |||||||
| B2 | Oman | 167/7 | |||||||
| B4 | Hong Kong | 122/9 | |||||||
| B2 | Oman * | 134/7 | |||||||
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Netherlands won by 8 wickets Dubai International Cricket Stadium,Dubai Umpires:Roland Black (Ire) andLyndon Hannibal (SL) Player of the match:Brandon Glover (Ned) |
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Namibia won by 54 runs Dubai International Cricket Stadium,Dubai Umpires:Chris Brown (NZ) andSundaram Ravi (Ind) Player of the match:JJ Smit (Nam) |
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Scotland won by 90 runs Dubai International Cricket Stadium,Dubai Umpires:Ahsan Raza (Pak) andAlex Wharf (Eng) Player of the match:George Munsey (Sco) |
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Oman won by 12 runs Dubai International Cricket Stadium,Dubai Umpires:Sam Nogajski (Aus) andAllahudien Paleker (SA) Player of the match:Jatinder Singh (Oma) |
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Scotland won by 5 wickets ICC Academy Ground,Dubai Umpires:Rashid Riaz (Pak) andRaveendra Wimalasiri (SL) Player of the match:Matthew Cross (Sco) |
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Netherlands won by 21 runs Dubai International Cricket Stadium,Dubai Umpires:Sharfuddoula (Ban) andAlex Wharf (Eng) Player of the match:Roelof van der Merwe (Ned) |
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Papua New Guinea won by 18 runs Dubai International Cricket Stadium,Dubai Umpires:Sam Nogajski (Aus) andAllahudien Paleker (SA) Player of the match:Norman Vanua (PNG) |
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Ireland won by 27 runs Dubai International Cricket Stadium,Dubai Umpires:Allahudien Paleker (SA) andAlex Wharf (Eng) Player of the match:Simi Singh (Ire) |
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Netherlands won by 7 wickets Dubai International Cricket Stadium,Dubai Umpires:Sam Nogajski (Aus) andAhsan Raza (Pak) Player of the match:Brandon Glover (Ned) |
These were the final standings following the conclusion of the tournament. The top six places were used for seeding purposes for the 2020 Men's T20 World Cup.[112]
| Position | Team |
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| 1st | Netherlands |
| 2nd | Papua New Guinea |
| 3rd | Ireland |
| 4th | Namibia |
| 5th | Scotland |
| 6th | Oman |
| 7th | United Arab Emirates |
| 8th | Hong Kong |
| 9th | Canada |
| 10th | Jersey |
| 11th | Kenya |
| 12th | Singapore |
| 13th | Bermuda |
| 14th | Nigeria |
1st to 6th Qualified for the2021 ICC Men's T20 World Cup.
