Bangladesh will host the ICC Men’s Qualifier for the 2028 Los Angeles Olympics from February 5 to 13, 2028, though a place at the Games is not yet guaranteed. The ICC confirmed the host nations and dates for the final qualifying events on Sunday.

The decision was finalised at an ICC meeting in Bali, Indonesia, which concluded on Saturday, November 14. BCB president Tamim Iqbal, who attended the meeting, confirmed to Daily Waadaa that Bangladesh had won the bid, and the board had worked for a long time to secure it.

The women’s qualifier follows in the United States from February 26 to March 5, 2028. Eight teams will contest each event, split into two groups of four, and each side plays the other three in its group once, making 13 matches per tournament.

The two group winners meet in the final, and the winner takes the last Olympic berth available from the qualifying pathway. It is the closing stage of the route for cricket’s return to the Games after 128 years, and its only earlier Olympic appearance came in Paris in 1900.

Six teams will contest each of the men’s and women’s events at the Olympics. One top-ranked side from each of Asia, Oceania, Europe and Africa qualifies directly through the ICC T20 rankings, while the United States, as hosts, can enter both events subject to ranking requirements.

The sixth team will come from the qualifier, which features the next eight highest-ranked sides. That field is what Bangladesh will host in the men’s event, with the winner of the final securing the last place in Los Angeles.

In the women’s game, India, Great Britain, Australia and South Africa have already qualified as the top-ranked sides in Asia, Europe, Oceania and Africa respectively, securing their places ahead of the qualifier.

The Olympics run from July 14 to 30, 2028. Cricket starts before the opening ceremony at the Fairgrounds Cricket Stadium in Pomona, California, about 50 kilometres from Los Angeles, with the women’s event from July 12 to 20 and the men’s from July 22 to 29.