European T20 Premier League

Euro T20 Slam

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, originally for six teams. The initial player draft was held. The organiser, which was also responsible for the Canadian Global T20 tournament, announced a number of postponements as a combination of organisational issues and the COVID-19 pandemic effectively rendered the tournament abandoned.

European T20 Premier League

In January 2025, it was confirmed that a broadly similar venture with the same boards and six initial teams, had received the International Cricket Council's sanction to begin play in July 2025, effectively rebranding the T20 Slam as European T20 Premier League. 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. In June 2025, the European T20 Premier League was postponed from its planned July–August 2025, The tournament had originally been scheduled to take place from 15 July to 3 August 2025, but the franchise ownership process was not completed in time. Potential investors were reportedly focused on opportunities to acquire stakes in teams in The Hundred. In August 2025, the ETPL appointed Oakvale Capital as its exclusive investment banker to raise capital for the competition. The league remained backed by Cricket Ireland, Cricket Scotland and the Royal Dutch Cricket Association, with Abhishek Bachchan among its investors.

In January 2026 ETPL announced its first three franchise ownership groups. Former Australia captain Steve Waugh became part of the ownership group behind the Amsterdam franchise while former New Zealand internationals Nathan McCullum and Kyle Mills were involved with the Edinburgh franchise Glenn Maxwell was also announced as a co-owner of the Belfast franchise Later, Chris Gayle joined the Glasgow franchise while Faf du Plessis, Jonty Rhodes and Heinrich Klaasen became co-owners of Rotterdam Dockers. In May 2026, Rahul Dravid was announced as owner of the Dublin Guardians, completing the league's six-team structure.

The inaugural season will be played from 26 August to 20 September 2026.

Current

In January 2025, the six represented cities were announced. On 21 January, the ETPL announced the first three franchise owners, Amsterdam Flames, Edinburgh Castle Rockers, and Belfast Wolves. On 20 April, Glasgow Mugafians was announced as one of the franchises. On 28 April, the franchise rebranded to Glasgow Cosmic. On 30 April, Jonty Rhodes, Faf du Plessis, and Heinrich Klaasen were announced as the owners of Rotterdam Dockers. On 11 May, the final team was announced as the Dublin Guardians, with Rahul Dravid led consortium as their owners.

170km 106miles Glasgow Cosmic Edinburgh Castle Rockers Belfast Wolves Dublin Guardians Rotterdam Dockers Amsterdam Flames
Team		City	Debut	Captain	Head coach	Owner(s)
	Amsterdam Flames	Amsterdam	2026	Scott Edwards	Ryan Cook	Steve Waugh Jamie Dwyer Tim Thomas
	Belfast Wolves	Belfast		Glenn Maxwell	Kevin O'Brien	Rohan Lund Glenn Maxwell
	Dublin Guardians	Dublin		Ravichandran Ashwin	Rahul Dravid	Rahul Dravid
	Edinburgh Castle Rockers	Edinburgh		Mitchell Santner	James Foster	Nathan McCullum Kyle Mills
	Glasgow Cosmic	Glasgow		George Munsey	Matthew Hayden	Matthew Hayden Tansha Batra Mugafi Group
	Rotterdam Dockers	Rotterdam		Faf du Plessis	Adrian Birrell	Jonty Rhodes Faf du Plessis Heinrich Klaasen John Abraham