Italy may have fumbled their way out of the last two soccer World Cup qualifying campaigns but their cricket counterparts smashed their way into uncharted territory by booking a maiden Twenty20 World Cup berth on Friday.

Italy and Netherlands have both made it to the T20 World Cup 2026 even as the Dutch thrashed the Italian side by nine wickets in the last match of the European qualifiers on Friday. This will be the first time ever that Italy will be represented in an ICC World Cup at any level.

Netherlands also qualified for the event after comfortably chasing 135. Scotland, who have featured in the last four editions of the T20 World Cup, were knocked out after suffering a last-ball defeat against Jersey earlier in the day.