With one group stage fixture remaining, find out how Hampshire men can qualify for the Quarter or Semi-Finals<\/p>\n
Tuesday 26 August 2025<\/p>\n
Hampshire head into their final group stage clash of the 2025 Metro Bank One Day Cup with qualification for the knockout rounds still in the balance. The outcome of today\u2019s fixture against Gloucestershire \u2013 along with results elsewhere \u2013 will determine whether Hampshire progress straight to the Semi-Finals, enter the Quarter-Finals, or miss out on the knockouts altogether.<\/p>\n
Here\u2019s how the qualification picture looks:<\/p>\n
If Hampshire win against Gloucestershire<\/p>\n
Worcestershire lose: Hampshire finish top of the group and progress directly to a home Semi-Final to be hosted at Utilita Bowl, Sunday 31st August.<\/p>\n
Worcestershire win: Hampshire finish second and qualify for the Quarter-Finals.<\/p>\n
If Hampshire lose to Gloucestershire<\/p>\n
Worcestershire win and Essex lose: Hampshire finish third and qualify for the Quarter-Finals.<\/p>\n
Worcestershire win and Essex win: Hampshire finish fourth and do not qualify for the knock-out rounds<\/p>\n
If Hampshire tie\/no result with Gloucestershire<\/p>\n
Knockout Schedule<\/p>\n
Qualification for the knockout stages of the Men’s Metro Bank One Day Cup is secured by finishing in the top three of the group. <\/p>\n
Teams finishing second and third will play a quarter final on\u00a0Thursday 28th August, with the first placed team progressing directly to the\u00a0semi-final stages on Sunday 31st August.<\/p>\n
Utilita Bowl is\u00a0unavailable on Thursday 28th August, should the team qualify second in the group, home advantage will be conceded. If the team qualify in first position, the semi-final will be hosted at Utilita Bowl on Sunday 31st August.<\/p>\n
The group stages will conclude on Tuesday 26th August and, should the team qualify for the knockout phase, Hampshire members will receive more information about accessing tickets for home or away matches at this point.<\/p>\n
How to follow<\/p>\n
With so much riding on today\u2019s fixture, Hampshire fans will be keeping a close eye on both the action at Bristol and results elsewhere as the group stage reaches its conclusion.<\/p>\n
A live stream will be available for the match,\u00a0along with a live match centre with the scorecard, statistics and insight available throughout the match.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"With one group stage fixture remaining, find out how Hampshire men can qualify for the Quarter or Semi-Finals…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":94126,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[34],"tags":[1721,101,56,54,55],"class_list":["post-94125","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-cricket","tag-cricket","tag-sports","tag-uk","tag-united-kingdom","tag-unitedkingdom"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/94125","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=94125"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/94125\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/94126"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=94125"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=94125"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=94125"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}