A series of ICC World Cricket League tournaments and the 2014 Cricket World Cup Qualifier were played between 2009 and 2014 which formed part of the Cricket World Cup qualification process for the 2015 Cricket World Cup. It was the second time the World Cricket League was used for World Cup qualification. Following the establishment of the various leagues during the preceding cycle, it was composed of eight divisions.[1] In addition, a series of qualifying regional tournaments were played. The divisions were played in roughly consecutive order, with the lower divisions played first. The top two from each division gained promotion to the following, higher division, meaning that some teams played in more than one division during the tournament.[2] The first tournament, in May 2009, was the 2009 ICC World Cricket League Division Seven in Guernsey.[3]
| Administrator(s) | International Cricket Council |
|---|---|
| Cricket format | One Day International List A |
| Tournament format(s) | Round-robin and Knockout |
Tournaments summary
edit| Details | Dates[1] | Host nation(s) | Final | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Venue | Winner | Result | Runner-up | |||
| 2009 Division Seven |
17–24 May 2009[4][5][3] |  Guernsey
|
King George V Sports Ground, Castel |
 Bahrain207/7 (46.1 overs) |
Bahrain won by 3 wickets Scorecard Archived 22 September 2012 at the Wayback Machine |
Guernsey 204/9 (50.0 overs) |
| 2009 Division Six |
29 August – 5 September 2009[4][5][6] |  Singapore
|
Kallang Cricket Ground, Singapore |
Singapore 242/8 (50.0 overs) |
Singapore won by 68 runs Scorecard Archived 5 September 2009 at the Wayback Machine |
Bahrain 174 all out (48.4 overs) |
| 2010 Division Five |
20–27 February 2010[7] |  Nepal
|
Tribhuvan University International Cricket Ground, Kirtipur | Nepal 175/5 (46.5 overs) |
Nepal won by 5 wickets Scorecard |
 United States172 all out (47.2 overs) |
| 2010 Division One |
1–10 July 2010 |  Netherlands
|
VRA Ground, Amstelveen |
 Ireland233/4 (44.5 overs) |
Ireland won by 6 wickets Scorecard |
 Scotland232 all out (48.5 overs) |
| 2010 Division Four |
14–21 August 2010 |  Italy
|
Ovale di Rastignano, Pianoro |
United States 188/2 (21.4 overs) |
United States won by 8 wickets Scorecard |
Italy 185/9 (50 overs) |
| 2010 Division Eight |
6–12 November 2010 |  Kuwait
|
Kuwait Oil Company Hubara Ground, Ahmadi City | Kuwait 164/4 (33.1 overs) |
Kuwait won by 6 wickets Scorecard |
 Germany163/8 (50 overs) |
| 2011 Division Three |
22–29 January 2011 |  Hong Kong
|
Kowloon Cricket Club | Hong Kong 207/6 (47.1 overs) |
Hong Kong won by 4 wickets Scorecard |
 Papua New Guinea202 (50 overs) |
| 2011 Division Two |
8–15 April 2011 |  United Arab Emirates
|
DSC Cricket Stadium, Dubai | United Arab Emirates 201/5 (45.3 overs) |
United Arab Emirates won by 5 wickets Scorecard |
 Namibia200 (49.3 overs) |
| 2011 Division Seven |
1–8 May 2011 |  Botswana
|
Botswana Cricket Association Oval 1, Gaborone | Kuwait 219/9 (50 overs) |
Kuwait won by 72 runs Scorecard |
 Nigeria147 (36.5 overs) |
| 2011 Division Six |
17–24 September 2011 |  Malaysia
|
Kinrara Academy Oval, Kuala Lumpur | Guernsey 211/8 (49.3 overs) |
Guernsey won by 2 wickets Scorecard |
Malaysia 208/9 (50 overs) |
| 2012 Division Five |
18–25 February 2012 | Singapore
|
Kallang Ground, Singapore | Singapore 164/1 (26.4 overs) |
Singapore won by 9 wickets Scorecard |
Malaysia 159 (47 overs) |
| 2012 Division Four |
3–10 September 2012 | Malaysia
|
Kinrara Academy Oval, Kuala Lumpur | Nepal 147/2 (28 overs) |
Nepal won by 8 wickets Scorecard |
United States 145 (48.1 overs) |
| 2013 Division Three |
28 April – 5 May 2013 |  Bermuda
|
National Stadium, Hamilton | Nepal 153/5 (39.2 overs) |
Nepal won by 5 wickets Scorecard |
 Uganda151/8 (50.0 overs) |
| 2011–13 Championship |
28 June – 4 October 2013 | Various | No final | Ireland 24 points |
League Table |
 Afghanistan19 points |
| 2014 WC Qualifier |
2014 |  New Zealand
|
Bert Sutcliffe Oval, Lincoln | Scotland 285/5 (50.0 Overs) |
Scotland won by 41 runs Scorecard |
United Arab Emirates 244/9 (50.0 overs) |
Teams
edit| Team | Division at start |
2009 | 2010 | 2011 | 2012 | 2013 | 2014 | Division at end | |||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Div Seven | Div Six | Div Five | Div One | Div Four | Div Eight | Div Three | Div Two | Div Seven | Div Six | Div Five | Div Four | Div Three | C'ship | WCQ | |||
| Afghanistan |
1 | 3  |
2 | ODI | |||||||||||||
 Canada |
1 | 5 |
8† | 8  |
2 | ||||||||||||
| Ireland |
1 | 1 |
1 | ODI | |||||||||||||
 Kenya |
1 | 6 |
6† | 5 |
2 | ||||||||||||
| Netherlands |
1 | 4 |
4† | 7 |
2 | ||||||||||||
| Scotland |
1 | 2 |
5† | 1 | C | ||||||||||||
 Argentina |
4 | 6 |
6 |
6 | |||||||||||||
 Bahamas |
R | 8 |
R | ||||||||||||||
| Bahrain |
7 | 1  |
2 |
3 |
5 |
6 | |||||||||||
| Bermuda |
2 | 6 |
4 |
3 | |||||||||||||
 Bhutan |
R | 7 |
R | ||||||||||||||
| Botswana |
6 | 5 |
4 |
7 | |||||||||||||
 Cayman Islands |
4 | 5 |
4 |
5 | |||||||||||||
 Denmark |
3 | 5 |
4 |
4 | |||||||||||||
 Fiji |
5 | 6 |
6 |
7 | |||||||||||||
| Germany |
R | 2 |
3 |
7 | |||||||||||||
 Gibraltar |
7 | 6 |
6 |
R | |||||||||||||
| Guernsey |
7 | 2 |
3 |
1 |
3 |
5 | |||||||||||
| Hong Kong |
3 | 1 |
4 † |
3 |
C | ||||||||||||
| Italy |
4 | 2 |
4 |
6 |
4 | ||||||||||||
 Japan |
7 | 4 |
6 |
8 | |||||||||||||
 Jersey |
5 | 5 |
4 |
6 | |||||||||||||
| Kuwait |
R | 1 |
1 |
3 |
6 | ||||||||||||
| Malaysia |
6 | 4 |
2 |
2 |
5 |
5 | |||||||||||
| Namibia |
2 | 2 |
7† | 6 |
2 | ||||||||||||
| Nepal |
5 | 1 |
3 |
1 |
1 † |
9 |
3 | ||||||||||
| Nigeria |
7 | 3 |
2 |
5 |
7 | ||||||||||||
 Norway |
6 | 6 |
5 |
8 | |||||||||||||
 Oman |
3 | 3 |
5 |
4 | |||||||||||||
| Papua New Guinea |
3 | 2 |
3 † |
4 |
C | ||||||||||||
| Singapore |
6 | 1 |
4 |
1 |
3 |
4 | |||||||||||
 Suriname |
7 | 5 |
5 |
R | |||||||||||||
 Tanzania |
4 | 4 |
6 |
5 | |||||||||||||
| Uganda |
2 | 5 |
2 † |
10 |
3 | ||||||||||||
| United Arab Emirates |
2 | 1 |
3† | 2 | C | ||||||||||||
| United States |
5 | 2 |
1 |
6 |
2 |
3 |
3 | ||||||||||
 Vanuatu |
R | 3 |
8 | ||||||||||||||
 Zambia |
R | 4 |
R | ||||||||||||||
| Team with ODI status | |
| Team qualifies for 2015 ICC Cricket World Cup | |
| C | Team qualifies for 2015–17 ICC World Cricket League Championship |
|
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Team promoted to a higher division |
|
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Team remains in the division |
|
|
Team relegated to a lower division |
| R | Team qualified from or relegated to regional tournament |
| ODI | Team enters the main ODI rankings. |
| † | Team qualifies for 2014 Cricket World Cup Qualifier |
Regional tournaments
edit2009–10
edit| Regional tournaments | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Africa | Americas | Asia | East Asia-Pacific | Europe |
| 2010 Division Two 1st. |
2010 Division One 1st. |
2010 ACC Trophy Elite 1st.
|
2009 EAP Division One 1st. |
2010 Division One 1st. |
| 2009 Division Three
1st. |
2010 Division Two 1st. |
2010 ACC Trophy Challenge 1st. |
2009 EAP Division Two 1st. |
2010 Division Two 1st. |
| 2009 Division Three 1st. |
2009 Division Three 1st. | |||
| 2010 Division Four 1st. | ||||
| 2009 Division Four 1st. | ||||
| 2009 Division Five 1st. | ||||
References
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- ^ Williamson, Marc. "ICC World Cricket League". Cricinfo. Retrieved 28 April 2009.
- ^ a b "World Cup 2015 qualification starts now". ESPNcricinfo. 22 April 2009.
- ^ a b "New WCL division line-ups announced". Beyond the Boundary!. 16 November 2008. Archived from the original on 9 February 2009. Retrieved 28 April 2009.
- ^ a b "ICC expands World Cricket League". cricinfo.com. 17 November 2008.
- ^ "Important dates for Associate cricket". ESPNcricinfo. 11 August 2009.
- ^ "Singapore and Bahrain score promotion to Division 5". International Cricket Council. 4 September 2009. Archived from the original on 24 July 2011.
- ^ "Africa Division 3 Championship 2009". cricketeurope4.net. Archived from the original on 25 September 2012.
- ^ "Israel promoted to Europe Division 2". icc-cricket.yahoo.com. Archived from the original on 6 October 2011.