2012–18 ICC World Cricket League
| Administrator(s) | International Cricket Council |
|---|---|
| Cricket format |
One Day International List A |
| Tournament format(s) | League system |
| Host(s) | Various |
The 2012–18 ICC World Cricket League is the ongoing third season of ICC World Cricket League. Following the establishment of the various leagues during ICC World Cricket League 2007–09, the competition was composed of eight divisions[1] but in 2014, ICC reduced Division 7 and Division 8. In addition, a series of qualifying regional tournaments will be played. The divisions will be played in roughly consecutive order, with the lower divisions played first. The top two from each division will gain promotion to the following, higher division, meaning that some teams will play in more than one division during the tournament.[2] The first tournament, in September 2012, was the 2012 ICC World Cricket League Division Eight in Samoa.[3]
On 28 January 2015, the ICC announced[4] that the leading two associate sides, Ireland and Afghanistan, would be promoted to the ICC ODI Championship for the period until the 2019 World Cup. This promotion guaranteed both associate sides entry to the final Cricket World Cup qualifier, and an opportunity to qualify directly through the ODI championship.
As a consequence, both teams were removed from the World Cricket League one-day programme, and Kenya and Nepal, who had missed out on promotion to World Cricket League Championship days before, were promoted to the Championship.
Tournaments Summary
Teams
| Team | Division | 2012 | 2013 | 2014 | 2015 | 2016 | 2017 | 2018 | ||||||||
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| 2012 | 2018 | Div 8 | Div 7 | Div 6 | Div 5 | Div 4 | Div 3 | Div 2 | Div 6 | Div 5 | Div 4 | Div 3 | Championship | Div 2 | ICC WCQ | |
 Afghanistan | O | Q | ||||||||||||||
 Hong Kong | C | Q | ||||||||||||||
 Ireland | O | Q | ||||||||||||||
 Papua New Guinea | C | Q | ||||||||||||||
 Scotland | C | Q | ||||||||||||||
 United Arab Emirates | C | Q | ||||||||||||||
 Kenya | 2 | 3 | Q | |||||||||||||
 Namibia | 2 | 2 | Q | |||||||||||||
 Nepal | 2 | 1 | 4 | Q | ||||||||||||
 Netherlands | 2 | 1 | Q | |||||||||||||
 Argentina | 6 | 4 | ||||||||||||||
 Bahrain | 6 | 5 | ||||||||||||||
.svg.png){kind=small} Belgium | R | 4 | ||||||||||||||
 Bermuda | 3 | 6 | 4 | |||||||||||||
 Bhutan | R | 8 | ||||||||||||||
 Botswana | 7 | 3 | 6 | |||||||||||||
 Canada | 2 | 6 | Q | |||||||||||||
 Cayman Islands | 5 | 6 | 7 | |||||||||||||
 Denmark | 4 | 3 | 3 | |||||||||||||
 Fiji | 7 | 4 | 5 | |||||||||||||
 Germany | 7 | 6 | ||||||||||||||
 Ghana | R | 2 | 5 | |||||||||||||
 Guernsey | 5 | 5 | 2 | 3 | ||||||||||||
 Italy | 4 | 4 | 6 | |||||||||||||
 Japan | 8 | 3 | ||||||||||||||
 Jersey | 6 | 1 | 1 | 6 | 1 | 5 | ||||||||||
 Kuwait | 6 | 6 | ||||||||||||||
 Malaysia | 5 | 2 | 1 | 3 | Q | |||||||||||
 Nigeria | 7 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 6 | |||||||||||
 Norway | 8 | 5 | 4 | |||||||||||||
 Oman | 4 | 5 | 2 | 2 | Q | |||||||||||
 Samoa | R | 6 | ||||||||||||||
 Saudi Arabia | R | 8 | ||||||||||||||
 Singapore | 4 | 2 | 4 | Q | ||||||||||||
 Suriname | R | 7 | 1[5] | |||||||||||||
 Tanzania | 5 | 3 | 5 | |||||||||||||
 Uganda | 3 | 2 | 5 | Q | ||||||||||||
 United States | 3 | 5 | 1 | Q | ||||||||||||
 Vanuatu | 8 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 4[5] | ||||||||||
| Team with ODI status | |
| O | Teams promoted to ICC ODI Championship |
| Team qualifies for 2019 ICC Cricket World Cup | |
| Team qualifies for 2018 ICC World Cup Qualifier | |
| Team promoted to upper division | |
| Team remains in the division | |
| Team relegated to a lower division | |
| R | Team qualified from regional tournament |
Full schedule and results
| Global tournaments (chronological order) | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2012 Global Division Eight |
1st – Vanuatu |
Held in Samoa, 17–23 September 2012
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| 2013 Global Division Seven |
1st – Nigeria |
Held in Botswana, 06-13 April 2013
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| 2013 Global Division Six |
1st - Jersey |
Held in Jersey, 21–28 July 2013
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| 2014 Global Division Five |
1st - Jersey |
Held in Malaysia, 6–13 March 2014
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| 2014 Global Division Four |
1st - Malaysia |
Held in Singapore, 21–28 June 2014
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| 2014 Global Division Three |
1st - Nepal |
Held in Malaysia, 23 - 30 October 2014
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| 2015 Global Division Two |
1st - Netherlands |
Held in Namibia, 17–25 January 2015
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| 2015 Global Division Six |
1st - Suriname |
Held in Essex, England 7–13 September 2015
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| 2016 Global Division Five |
1st - Jersey |
Held in Jersey 21–28 May 2016
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| 2016 Global Division Four |
1st - United States |
Held in Los Angeles 29 October-5 November 2016
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| 2017 Global Division Three |
Held in Uganda 2017 | |||
References
- ↑ https://web.archive.org/web/20120921043421/http://www.cricketeurope4.net/WCL7/DATABASE/ABOUT/structure.shtml. Archived from the original on 21 September 2012. Retrieved 4 February 2016. Missing or empty
|title=(help) - ↑ Martin Williamson (2007-11-15). "ICC World Cricket League | Cricket | ESPN Cricinfo". Content.cricinfo.com. Retrieved 2015-10-14.
- ↑ "World Cup 2015 qualification starts now | Cricket | ESPN Cricinfo". Content.cricinfo.com. 2009-04-22. Retrieved 2015-10-14.
- ↑ "BBC Sport - Ireland & Afghanistan get 2019 World Cup qualification boost". Bbc.co.uk. 2015-01-28. Retrieved 2015-10-14.
- 1 2 3 4 "Suriname pull out of WCL Division 5". ESPN Cricinfo. Retrieved 4 March 2016.
- ↑ "World Cricket League: Suriname withdraw from Division Five tournament in Jersey". BBC Sport. Retrieved 4 March 2016.
- ↑ "WCL Division 3 moved out of Uganda | Cricket". ESPN Cricinfo. 2014-09-23. Retrieved 2015-10-14.