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European T20 Premier League
Tournament logo
Countries
Administrator
FormatT20 cricket
First edition2026
Next edition2027
Tournament formatRound-robin league and playoffs
Number of teams6
Websiteetplofficial.com
2026 European T20 Premier League

The European T20 Premier League (ETPL) is an upcoming professional twenty20 cricket league in Europe. It will be organised by Cricket Scotland, Cricket Ireland, and Royal Dutch Cricket Association, and will be played during summer each year from 2026. The League will comprise six teams across Scotland, Ireland, Northern Ireland[a], and the Netherlands.[1][2][3]

History

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Euro T20 Slam

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In March 2019, Cricket Scotland, Cricket Ireland and the Royal Dutch Cricket Association officially announced a sanctioned cross-border European Twenty20 professional franchise tournament, the Euro T20 Slam,[4] originally for six teams and for which an initial player draft was held. The organiser, which was also responsible for the Canadian Global T20 tournament, announced a number of postponements in the following years, but a combination of organisational issues and the COVID-19 pandemic effectively rendered the tournament abandoned without holding one season.

European T20 Premier League

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In January 2025 it was confirmed that a broadly similar venture,[5] again with the same three boards and privately funded, but organised by a committee to be put together by the three national boards themselves, and with six initial teams, had received International Cricket Council sanction to begin play in July 2025, effectively replacing the defunct Euro T20 Slam branding with a new European T20 Premier League.[6][7][5] Scheduled for July and early August 2025, the event avoids most of the southern hemisphere and Caribbean franchise tournaments, including the Indian Premier League. Bollywood entertainer Abhishek Bachchan was announced as part owner of the league at the same time as its sanctioning.[8] The tournament was postponed again to 2026.[1]

Format

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The ETPL is expected to be played in a single round-robin format, where each team faces every other team once during the league stage. The top four teams at the end of the group stage qualify for the playoffs, which are planned to follow the Page playoff system.

The league is expected to operate under International Cricket Council regulations. In the group stage, teams are awarded two points for a win, one point for a no-result, and zero points for a loss. If a match ends in a tie after both sides have completed their allotted overs, a super over is used to decide the winner.

Teams in the league stage are ranked based on:

  1. Higher number of points
  2. If equal, better net run rate
  3. If equal, higher number of wins
  4. If equal, fewer losses
  5. If still equal, results of head-to-head matches

In the playoffs, if a match has no result, a super over is used to determine the winner. If a super over cannot be played or also ends in a tie, the team that finished higher in the league stage standings is declared the winner.

Teams

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Current teams

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Glasgow Cosmic
Glasgow Cosmic
Edinburgh Castle Rockers
Edinburgh Castle Rockers
Belfast Wolves
Belfast Wolves
Dublin Guardians
Dublin Guardians
Rotterdam Dockers
Rotterdam Dockers
Amsterdam Flames
Amsterdam Flames

In January 2025, only the names of the host cities were announced.[9] The following 21 January, the ETPL announced the first three franchise owners in Sydney, which were Amsterdam Flames, Edinburgh Castle Rockers, and Belfast Wolves.[10][11][12] Later on 20 April, Glasgow Mugafians was announced as one of the franchises.[13] A few days later, on 28 April, the franchise rebranded its social media to Glasgow Cosmic.[14] On 30 April 2026, Jonty Rhodes, Faf du Plessis, and Heinrich Klaasen were announced as the owners of Rotterdam Dockers.[15][16] On 11 May 2026, the final team was announced as the Dublin Guardians, with a Rahul Dravid led consortium as their owners.[17]

Team City Home ground Debut Captain Head coach Owner(s)
Amsterdam Flames Netherlands Amsterdam VRA Cricket Ground 2026 Mitchell Marsh Steve Waugh,
Jamie Dwyer,
Tim Thomas
Dublin Guardians Republic of Ireland Dublin Malahide Cricket Ground Ravichandran Ashwin Rahul Dravid
Edinburgh Castle Rockers Scotland Edinburgh The Grange Club Mitchell Santner James Foster Nathan McCullum,
Kyle Mills
Glasgow Cosmic Scotland Glasgow The Grange Club Tansha Batra,
Chris Gayle
Belfast Wolves Northern Ireland Belfast Stormont Cricket Ground Glenn Maxwell Rohan Lund,
Glenn Maxwell
Rotterdam Dockers Netherlands Rotterdam VRA Cricket Ground Faf du Plessis Jonty Rhodes,
Faf du Plessis,
Heinrich Klaasen

Tournament season and results

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Season Final Player of the series No. of teams
Winner Result Runners-up Venue
2026

Team performances

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Seasons

Teams
 2026
Amsterdam Flames
Dublin Guardians
Edinburgh Castle Rockers
Glasgow Cosmic
Belfast Wolves
Rotterdam Dockers
  •   C: Champions
  •   RU: Runner-up
  •   SF: Team qualified for the semi-final of the competition

Venues

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Venues of European T20 Premier League
Netherlands Ireland Scotland Northern Ireland
VRA Cricket Ground Malahide Cricket Ground The Grange Club Stormont Cricket Ground
Capacity: 5,000 Capacity: 11,500 Capacity: 5,000 Capacity: 7,000

References

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  1. ^ a b "European T20 Premier League: Franchise tournament in Ireland, Scotland and the Netherlands will be postponed". BBC Sport. 5 June 2025. Retrieved 7 June 2025.
  2. ^ "New tournament for 2025". Cricket Ireland. Retrieved 5 January 2025.
  3. ^ "Ireland, Scotland and the Netherlands combine for new T20 franchise tournament". The Cricketer. Retrieved 5 January 2025.
  4. ^ "Euro T20 Slam organisers eye August window confirmed". ESPNcricinfo. 20 March 2019. Retrieved 5 January 2025.
  5. ^ a b "ICC sanction new European T20 Premier League". RTE News. 4 January 2025. Retrieved 5 January 2025.
  6. ^ "ICC announces formal sanction of European T20 Premier League". Sportstar. Retrieved 5 January 2025.
  7. ^ "ICC Greenlights European T20 Premier League for 2025". Footboom. Retrieved 5 January 2025.
  8. ^ Dixon, Ed (7 January 2025). "European T20 Premier League bags investment from Bollywood actor Abhishek Bachchan". SportsPro. Retrieved 7 January 2025.
  9. ^ "Abhishek Bachchan becomes co-owner of ICC-sanctioned European T20 Premier League". BrandWagon Online. Retrieved 7 January 2025.
  10. ^ "Waugh invests in European T20 Premier League". BBC Sport. Retrieved 21 January 2026.
  11. ^ "Smith, Marsh to play in new Europe-based T20 league; Waugh, Maxwell among owners". ESPNcricinfo. Retrieved 21 January 2026.
  12. ^ "ETPL unveils Steve Waugh, Glenn Maxwell, Kyle Mills as owners". Cricbuzz. Retrieved 21 January 2026.
  13. ^ "ETPL, Led By Abhishek Bachchan, Announces Glasgow Franchise. Chris Gayle, Mugafi Group Acquire Team Ownership". NDTV. Retrieved 20 April 2026.
  14. ^ "Glasgow Cosmic". Retrieved 28 April 2026 – via X.
  15. ^ "SA stars Jonty, Faf, Klaasen acquire Rotterdam franchise in ETPL". ANI. 30 April 2026. Retrieved 1 May 2026.
  16. ^ "Du Plessis, Rhodes, Klaasen join forces in 'easy business decision' to co-own ETPL team". ESPNcricinfo. Retrieved 1 May 2026.
  17. ^ "ETPL: Rahul Dravid acquires Dublin Guardians franchise for European T20 tournament". BBC Sport. 11 May 2026. Retrieved 12 May 2026.
  1. ^ Northern Ireland does not have a cricket association, but at least one team is likely to be from Belfast.
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