Women's European Cricket Championship

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The Women's European Cricket Championship is a women's cricket tournament for teams representing European countries. The first edition was contested in 1989, and the eighth edition will be contested in August 2007 in the Netherlands.

1 History
- 1.1 1989
- 1.2 1990
- 1.3 1991
- 1.4 1995
- 1.5 1999
- 1.6 2001
- 1.7 2005
- 1.8 Summary
2 The future
3 See also
4 References

[edit] History

[edit] 1989

The first Women's European Championship was held in Denmark in July 1989. The teams that took part were England, Ireland and the Netherlands in addition to the hosts Denmark. England won all three of their matches, with the other teams winning one match each. England thus won the tournament.^[1] All matches were official Women's One-Day Internationals^[2] and Denmark's match against Ireland was their first such game.^[3]

[edit] 1990

The 1990 Championship was held in Leicester, Nottingham and Northamptonshire in England in July.^[4] The same teams as 1989 again competed, and England again won all their games. Ireland won two matches, the Netherlands one and Denmark lost all three of their games.^[5] After the initial group stage, England and Ireland played in a final, which England won by 65 runs.^[6]

[edit] 1991

The third Championship, again featuring the same four teams, was played in Haarlem in the Netherlands in July.^[7] Like the 1989 event, England again won all three of their games, with the other three teams winning one each. Denmark finished second on run rate and met England in the final, which was won by England by 179 runs.^[8]

[edit] 1995

After a four year break, the Championship returned in July 1995 in Dublin.^[9] The same teams took part as in the previous three tournaments, with England and Ireland topping the points table for the group stage.^[10] England beat Ireland by seven wickets in the final.^[11]

[edit] 1999

In 1999, the tournament returned to the venue of the first edition, again with the same four teams. England topped the table after the group stage, winning all three of their games, winning the tournament as no final was played.^[12] Denmark's game against the Netherlands is their last Women's ODI to date.^[3]

[edit] 2001

The 2001 tournament, played at Bradfield College, England saw an England Under-19 team replace England.^[13] Despite England being represented by their Under-19 team, their matches still counted as official Women's ODIs for England.^[14] Scotland replaced Denmark in the event,^[13] and their match against England was their first Women's ODI.^[15] Ireland won the event, winning all three of their games, the first time England had not won the tournament.^[13]

[edit] 2005

The 2005 event was held in Wales, and saw the first appearance of the Welsh women's team. An England development squad replaced the England Under-19 team. Only the match between Ireland and the Netherlands was an official women's ODI.^[16] England won all four of their matches, thus winning the tournament.^[17]

[edit] Summary

The following table indicates each teams record in the European Championship.

	Won	2nd	3rd	4th	5th
Denmark	0	2	1	2	0
England	5	0	0	0	0
England Development Squad	1	0	0	0	0
England Under-19s	0	1	0	0	0
Ireland	1	4	1	1	0
Netherlands	0	0	4	3	0
Scotland	0	0	0	1	1
Wales	0	0	1	0	0

[edit] The future

The eighth edition of the tournament will be played in the Netherlands in August 2007 and will feature an England Development XI, Ireland and Scotland, in addition to the hosts.^[18]