The Men's ODI World Cup Qualifier playoff will be held in Nepal in December, the ICC confirmed on Friday (November 6). The tournament will kickstart on December 4 with the hosts taking on Italy at the Tribhuvan University Cricket Ground. At the Mulapani Cricket Ground, Namibia will play Uganda simultaneously. The remaining four teams in the competition are Jersey, Kuwait, Canada, and the United Arab Emirates. These eight teams will compete for the four remaining ODI World Cup qualifying spots in 2027. The 10-team qualifier already has Ireland and West Indies as the two highest-ranked teams outside the eight automatic World Cup qualifiers, excluding Full Member hosts South Africa and Zimbabwe. The USA, Scotland, the Netherlands and Oman have qualified from the ICC Men’s Cricket World Cup League 2. The 10-team global qualifier winner will advance directly to the ODI World Cup group stages, which will be held in South Africa, Zimbabwe, and Namibia next year. The Super Series will be open to the teams that came in second, third, and fourth in the global qualifier.