ICC Men's T20 World Cup East Asia-Pacific QLF A 2022/23

The ICC Men's T20 World Cup East Asia-Pacific (EAP) Sub-Regional Qualifier A functions as a preliminary stage in the qualification pathway for the ICC Men's T20 World Cup. It is not a standalone permanent league but a specific tournament within the broader ICC qualification structure for the 2026 World Cup cycle. The governing body is the ICC East Asia-Pacific (ICC EAP), a regional subdivision of the International Cricket Council founded in 1996.

The specific tournament involving Samoa, Vanuatu, Cook Islands, and Fiji was held in August 2024 in Apia, Samoa. The format was a single round-robin group stage where each team played every other team once. There were no play-offs or super-six stages for this specific Sub-Regional Qualifier A; it was a simple group. Fiji and Vanuatu finished lower in the standings.

The winner of Sub-Regional Qualifier A (Samoa) and the winner of Sub-Regional Qualifier B (Japan) advanced to the 2025 Asia–EAP Regional Final held in Oman. In the 2024 Sub-Regional Qualifier A, Samoa won the tournament, finishing top of the table on Net Run Rate ahead of Cook Islands, despite both teams finishing with 8 points. This victory qualified Samoa for the next stage of the World Cup qualification process.

Historically, Papua New Guinea and Japan are the most successful teams in EAP regional competitions, including the ICC EAP Cricket Trophy (first held in 2005 in ODI format, T20 added later). The EAP Cricket Trophy serves as the regional championship, while the T20 World Cup Qualifiers are the specific pathway to the global event. The EAP region is administratively distinct from the ICC Asia region, though for recent T20 World Cup cycles (2022/2023 and 2024/2026), the qualification pathways for Asia and EAP have been combined into a single 'Asia–EAP Regional Final' to determine spots for the Global Qualifier. The EAP region is unique in that it includes two Full Members (Test nations), Australia and New Zealand, whereas other regions like Africa or Europe do not have Full Members. However, these Full Members do not participate in the Sub-Regional Qualifiers; these are contested by Associate members and developing nations. The distinction from other regions is primarily administrative and geographic, covering Oceania, East Asia, and Southeast Asia, and the recent trend of combining with Asia for qualification efficiency.