Men's T20 World Cup Americas Qualifier B 2025/26

The ICC Men's T20 World Cup Americas Sub-Regional Qualifier B operates as a specific tier within the global qualification pathway for the ICC Men's T20 World Cup. Introduced in the 2026 cycle for the 2028 World Cup, the format splits the previous single Americas Sub-Regional Qualifier into two parallel tracks to manage team numbers and reduce travel costs. The "Sub-Regional B" designation features emerging teams from South and Central America, including Argentina, Suriname, Mexico, and Panama, while Sub-Regional A includes higher-ranked nations such as Canada, the USA, and Bermuda.

The tournament structure relies on a double round-robin group stage without playoffs. Each team plays every other participant twice, and the winner advances directly to the Americas Regional Final. This final serves as the next step toward the World Cup rather than offering automatic promotion or relegation between the sub-regional tiers. Team placement remains based on ICC rankings and regional grouping rather than a dynamic promotion system found in other competitions.

In the 2026 edition, hosted in George Town by the Cayman Islands, four teams competed: the hosts, Argentina, Suriname, and Mexico. The Cayman Islands secured victory with a perfect record of six wins from six matches, finishing four points ahead of second-placed Argentina. Notable individual performances included Pedro Baron of Argentina as the top run-scorer with 275 runs and Hernan Fennell of Argentina achieving a double hat-trick against the hosts. The Cayman Islands restricted their opponents to under 100 runs in five of their six matches.

This competition differs from annual leagues like the CONCACAF Nations League as it is a fixed-cycle qualifier tied to the World Cup. The exact founding year of the dedicated Americas T20 World Cup Qualifier remains unclear, but the current structured pathway with Sub-Regional tiers began in 2024 or 2026. The event is distinct from the ICC Americas T20 Championship, which was a separate regional development competition.