World Cricket League

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The World Cricket League is a series of international one-day cricket tournaments for national teams without Test status, administered by the International Cricket Council. Any Associate or Affiliate member of the ICC may compete in the league system, which has promotion and relegation between each division. The series will complete its first cycle in 2007, with teams allotted into divisions based on their performance in the qualification tournaments for the 2007 World Cup.

[edit] Structure

The 2007 league is organised with the following divisions.[1] The regional tournaments are administered by the five Development Regions of the International Cricket Council: Africa, Americas, Asia, East Asia-Pacific, and Europe.

Global tournaments
Division One

Bermuda Bermuda, Canada Canada, Ireland,
Kenya Kenya, Netherlands Netherlands, Scotland

 All teams to 2009 World Cup Qualifier
Division Two

Denmark Denmark, Namibia Namibia, Oman Oman, United Arab Emirates United Arab Emirates
 + 2 qualifiers from Division Three

 Top four teams to 2009 World Cup Qualifier. Remaining two to 2009 Division Three.
Division Three

Papua New Guinea Papua New Guinea, Uganda Uganda, United States United States
 + the 5 regional qualifiers:
Fiji Fiji (EAP), Italy Italy (Europe), Tanzania Tanzania (Africa),
Cayman Islands Cayman Islands (Americas), Hong Kong Hong Kong (Asia)

 Top two teams promoted to 2007 Division Two, thus guaranteed a global tournament in 2009. Third-place team remains in 2009 Division Three.
Regional tournaments
Africa Americas Asia East Asia-Pacific Europe
Division One

Botswana Botswana,
Nigeria Nigeria,
Tanzania Tanzania,
Zambia,
 Mozambique Mozambique

Top team (Tanzania) promoted to Global Division Three

 Division One

Bermuda Bermuda,
Canada Canada,
Cayman Islands Cayman Islands,
United States United States,
Argentina

 Cayman Islands (fourth place) promoted to Global Division Three as best non-qualified nation

 ACC Trophy

Afghanistan Afghanistan,
Bahrain Bahrain,
Bhutan Bhutan,
Brunei Brunei,
Hong Kong Hong Kong,
Iran Iran,
Kuwait Kuwait,
Malaysia Malaysia,
Maldives Maldives,
Myanmar Myanmar,
Nepal Nepal,
Oman Oman,
Qatar Qatar,
Saudi Arabia Saudi Arabia,
Singapore Singapore,
Thailand Thailand,
United Arab Emirates U.A.E.

For 2006, all Asian Cricket Council non-Test members participated. Hong Kong (finalist) promoted to Global Division Three. The bottom 9 sides will be relegated to Challenger Division in 2008 (Bhutan, Brunei, Iran, Kuwait, Maldives, Myanmar, Oman, Saudi Arabia & Thailand) and the top 8 sides will remain in the new Champions Division (Afghanistan, Bahrain, Hong Kong, Malaysia, Nepal, Qatar, Singapore & U.A.E.)

 EAP Cricket Trophy

Fiji Fiji,
 Cook Islands Cook Islands,
Japan Japan

Winner (Fiji) promoted to Global Division Three

 European Cricket Championship Division One (2006)

Denmark Denmark,
Ireland,
Italy Italy,
Netherlands Netherlands,
Scotland

Italy promoted to Global Division Three as best non-qualified nation, despite finishing last
Division Two

Gambia Gambia,
 Ghana Ghana,
Lesotho Lesotho,
Malawi Malawi,
Morocco Morocco,
Mozambique Mozambique,
Rwanda Rwanda,
Sierra Leone Sierra Leone

 Winner (Mozambique) promoted to Africa Division One

 Division Two

Argentina,
Bahamas,
 Belize Belize,
 Panama

 Winner (Argentina) promoted to Americas Division One

 EAP Cricket Cup

Cook Islands Cook Islands,
 Indonesia Indonesia,
Japan Japan,
Samoa Samoa,
Tonga Tonga,
Vanuatu Vanuatu

 Finalists (Cook Islands and Japan) promoted to EAP Trophy

 European Championships Division Two (2006)

France France,
Germany Germany,
Gibraltar Gibraltar,
 Guernsey Guernsey,
Jersey Jersey,
Israel Israel,
Norway Norway,
Greece Greece

Norway promoted to 2008 European Division One. Greece relegated to 2007 European Division Three. Play off between 7th Division Two and 1st Division Three for sixth and final place in 2008 Division Two is abandoned.
Division Three

Brazil Brazil,
 Chile Chile,
Suriname Suriname,
Turks and Caicos Islands Turks and Caicos Islands

 Suriname promoted to Americas Division Two.

 European Championships Division Three (2005)[2]

Belgium Belgium,
 Croatia Croatia,
Finland Finland,
Greece Greece,
Isle of Man Isle of Man,
Malta Malta,
Norway Norway,
Portugal Portugal,
Spain Spain

 Norway and Greece promoted to 2006 European Division Two. Finland relegated to 2006 European Division Four.
European Championships Division Four

Cyprus Cyprus,
 Luxembourg Luxembourg,
Slovenia Slovenia,
Finland Finland

Finland promoted to 2007 European Division Three.

[edit] Associate nations' one-day rankings

In the fall of 2005, the International Cricket Council ranked the top non-Test nations from 11-30 to complement the Test nations' rankings in the ICC ODI Championship. The ICC used the results from the 2005 ICC Trophy and WCQS Division 2 repechage competition (i.e. the primary qualification mechanisms for the 2007 Cricket World Cup) to rank the nations.

These rankings were used to seed the initial stage of the global World Cricket League. Teams ranked 11-16 were placed into Division 1; teams 17-20 were placed into Division 2; teams 21-23 were placed into Division 3; the remaining teams were placed into the upper divisions of their respective regional qualifiers.

Rank Team
11 Kenya
12 Scotland
13 Ireland
14 Canada
15 Bermuda
16 The Netherlands
17 United Arab Emirates
18 Namibia
19 Denmark
20 Oman
Reference: ICC Cricket Quarterly
(page 8), September 2005
Rank Team
21 United States
22 Papua New Guinea
23 Uganda
24 Fiji
25 Nepal
26 Qatar
27 Cayman Islands
28 Kuwait
29 Italy
30 Zambia


[edit] References and notes

  1. ^ ICC Cricket World League, by John Elder, published by CricketEurope, retrieved 27 July 2006
  2. ^ European Affiliates Championships 2005, from European Cricket Council, retrieved 27 July 2005
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