South American Cricket Championship
| Format | Limited-overs cricket |
|---|---|
| First tournament | 1995 |
| Current champion |
 Argentina (2015 – 8th title) |
| Most successful |
Argentina[lower-alpha 1] (8 titles) |
The South American Cricket Championship (Spanish: Campeonato Sudamericano de Cricket) is an international limited-overs cricket tournament featuring national teams from South America and certain other invited sides, usually played every two seasons.[lower-alpha 2]
Argentine teams have been the most successful at the tournament, winning on eight out of the twelve occasions it has been held. The Argentine national team won the first three championships without losing a game, and consequently since 2000 the country has been represented by a development squad, Argentina A.[2] Chile is the only other team to feature in every edition of the championships, but has won only once (when it hosted the event in 2011), despite finishing runner-up on six occasions. Peru and Brazil have each only missed one tournament, in 2002 and 2011 respectively. Guyana, the only Test-playing country in South America (as part of the West Indies cricket team), has sent a team four times, winning twice, but this has generally been a "masters" team consisting of past players.[3] The non-South American teams invited to the tournament have been Panama (fourth place in 2000), Puerto Rico (second place in 2004), and Mexico (first place in 2014). Colombia were going to send a team to the 2000 tournament, but this did not eventuate.[4]
The next edition of the tournament will be hosted by Cricket Chile, and played in Santiago from 9–12 October 2015.[5]
Results
| Year | Host(s) | Venue(s) | Result | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Winner | Margin | Runner-up | |||
| 1995 | Argentina |
Buenos Aires | Argentina 12 points |
Argentina won on points table |
 Chile8 points |
| 1997 | Argentina |
Buenos Aires | Argentina 12 points |
Argentina won on points table |
 Brazil4 points |
| 1999 |  Peru |
Lima | Argentina 135/2 (28.3 overs) |
Argentina won by 8 wickets scorecard |
 Guyana[lower-alpha 3]134 (38.4 overs) |
| 2000 | Argentina |
Buenos Aires | Argentina[lower-alpha 1] 77/2 (16 overs) |
Argentina won by 8 wickets report |
Chile 75 (? overs) |
| 2002 | Argentina |
Buenos Aires | Argentina[lower-alpha 1] 196/8 (28.3 overs) |
Argentina won by 2 wickets scorecard |
Chile 194 (40 overs) |
| 2004 | Chile |
Santiago | Guyana[lower-alpha 3] 323/3 (40 overs) |
Guyana won by 117 runs scorecard |
 Puerto Rico206/7 (40 overs) |
| 2007 | Peru |
Lima | Guyana[lower-alpha 3] 204 (39.1 overs) |
Guyana won by 150 runs scorecard |
Argentina[lower-alpha 1] 54 (28.4 overs) |
| 2009 | Brazil |
São Paulo | Argentina[lower-alpha 1] 12 points |
Argentina won on points table |
Chile 8 points |
| 2011 | Chile |
Santiago | Chile 173/6 (? overs) |
Chile won by 47 runs report |
Argentina[lower-alpha 1] 126/9 (? overs) |
| 2013 | Argentina |
Buenos Aires | Argentina[lower-alpha 1] 12 points |
Argentina won on points report |
Chile 8 points |
| 2014 | Peru |
Lima |  Mexico154/4 (20 overs) |
Mexico won by 20 runs report |
Chile 134 (19.1 overs) |
| 2015 | Chile |
Santiago | Argentina[lower-alpha 1] 137/2 (14.2 overs) |
Argentina won by 8 wickets scorecard |
Brazil 135/6 (20 overs) |
Performance by team
- Legend
- 1st – Champions
- 2nd – Runners-up
- 3rd – Third place
- GS – Group stage
- Q – Qualified
- — Hosts
| Team | 1995 |
1997 |
1999 |
2000 |
2002 |
2004 |
2007 |
2009 |
2011 |
2013 |
2014 |
2015 |
Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
 Andean Masters |
— | — | — | — | 4th | GS | — | — | 4th | — | — | — | 3 |
| Argentina[lower-alpha 1] |
1st | 1st | 1st | 1st | 1st | 3rd | 2nd | 1st | 2nd | 1st | 5th | 1st | 12 |
| Brazil |
4th | 2nd | GS | 3rd | 3rd | GS | 4th | 3rd | — | 3rd | 3rd | 2nd | 11 |
| Chile |
2nd | 4th | 3rd | 2nd | 2nd | 4th | 3rd | 2nd | 1st | 2nd | 2nd | 3rd | 12 |
| Chile "A" |
— | — | — | — | — | GS | — | — | — | — | — | — | 1 |
 Colombia |
— | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 4th | 1 |
 Ecuador |
— | — | — | — | — | — | GS | — | — | — | — | — | 1 |
| Guyana[lower-alpha 3] |
— | — | 2nd | 5th | — | 1st | 1st | — | — | — | — | — | 4 |
| Mexico |
— | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 1st | 5th | 2 |
 Panama |
— | — | — | 4th | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 1 |
| Peru |
3rd | 3rd | 4th | 6th | — | GS | GS | 4th | 3rd | 4th | 4th | 6th | 11 |
| Puerto Rico |
— | — | — | — | — | 2nd | — | — | — | — | — | — | 1 |
 Venezuela |
— | — | GS | 7th | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 2 |
Notes
- 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 From the 2000 tournament onwards, Argentina has been represented by its "A team" (development team).
- ↑ As in the rest of the Southern Hemisphere, the cricket season in South America is played during the summer months, and so seasons consist of the last few months of one year and the first few months of the next year. For instance, the inaugural South American Championship was held in December 1995, as part of the 1995–96 season.[1]
- 1 2 3 4 When Guyana, which plays Test cricket as part of the West Indies Cricket Board, has featured at the tournament, it has always been represented by an overage team, the Guyana Masters.
References
- ↑ South American Championships 1995/96 – CricketArchive. Retrieved 16 July 2015.
- ↑ "South American Championships: Argentina gambles and wins at successful tournament" – ESPNcricinfo. Retrieved 16 July 2015.
- ↑ (10 April 1999). "Argentina easily win South American Championship" – ESPNcricinfo. Retrieved 16 July 2015.
- ↑ (9 November 2000> "South American Championships: Colombia may be late addition" – ESPNcricinfo. Retrieved 16 July 2015.
- ↑ Cricket Chile this Week – Cricket Chile. Retrieved 4 September 2015.
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