2022–23 Men's T20 World Cup Europe Qualifier

The 2022–23 ICC Men's T20 World Cup Europe Qualifier was a cricket tournament that formed part of the qualification process for the 2024 ICC Men's T20 World Cup. In May 2022, the International Cricket Council (ICC) confirmed all the fixtures and venues for the three sub-regional Qualifiers.

The sub-regional phase of European qualification for the previous T20 World Cup was eventually cancelled due to the COVID-19 pandemic. As a result, only four teams had the opportunity to qualify from a regional finals event. Jersey and Germany progressed from that event and thereby gained a bye through the sub-regional stage in the process for the 2024 T20 World Cup.

In this cycle, twenty-eight countries from the European region competed in the sub-regional phase of the tournament, divided into three events being played in June and July 2022. Qualifier C was the first event played, which took place in Belgium between 28 June and 4 July 2022. Qualifiers A and B followed, with both of them hosted in Finland between 12 and 31 July 2022.

The winner of each sub-regional qualifier progressed to the regional final. Denmark became the first team to advance to the regional final, after they beat Portugal by nine wickets in the final of sub-regional Qualifier C. Italy were the second team to progress to the regional final, when they beat the Isle of Man by seven wickets in the final of sub-regional Qualifier A. Austria were the last team to qualify from the sub-regional matches, after beating Norway in the final of the sub-regional Qualifier B.

Scotland and Ireland enter the regional final as they had failed to qualify directly for the 2024 T20 World Cup. The regional final was played in Edinburgh, Scotland in July 2023. On 27 July 2023, Ireland secured qualification for the T20 World Cup when their fifth game at the regional final was abandoned due to rain. Later the same day, Scotland also qualified after a fifth consecutive victory. Scotland defeated Ireland by 8 runs in the last game to win the tournament.

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