The World Cricket League Africa Region or Africa World Cricket League is a one-day cricket tournament organised by the African Cricket Association for non- Test national cricket teams in Africa . As well as providing opportunity for national teams to play international matches against others of a similar standard, it also provides qualification into the ICC World Cricket League .
23-633: The ICC World Cricket League Championship was the top division of the World Cricket League (WCL). It formed the qualification process for the Cricket World Cup . The WCL Championship was originally known as World Cricket League Division One , and was played twice under that name ( in 2007 and 2010 ). Those were hosted as standalone tournaments, but a new format was subsequently introduced in which competing teams play multiple games against each other over several years (mirroring
46-515: A Division One tournament played and so there are no current champions. Currently, there is no date set for this to take place. The Africa regional tournament of the World Cricket League was introduced in 2006. Two divisions were played with the teams being distributed according to the final placings of the 2004 ACA Championships. The upper division, designated as Division Two, contained the associate African nations at that time with
69-407: A round robin format. The three associate members proved stronger than their three affiliate competitors, with the final group table reflecting the associate / affiliate split. Botswana were the overall winners after going through the tournament undefeated with Nigeria emerging as the second best and both the teams have been rewarded with promotion to Africa Division One. Due to their performance in
92-549: The 2011–13 WCL Championship , making eight teams in total. The top two teams from the 2011–13 competition ( Ireland and Afghanistan ) gained automatic qualification for the 2015 World Cup . They were subsequently promoted to the ICC ODI Championship , although the 2015–17 WCL Championship remained an eight-team competition as two additional teams were promoted from Division Two. points table World Cricket League The ICC World Cricket League ( WCL )
115-509: The 2015–17 ICC World Cricket League Championship , have qualified for a place in the 2020–22 ICC Cricket World Cup Super League . In May 2009, the ICC added a rankings table for the associate and affiliate members containing both global and regional placings. In 2016 this changed to maintain a global list only for the top teams and a set of regional lists for the remaining teams. The global rankings of associate teams according to ICC are published in
138-478: The Cricket World Cup that could be accessed by all Associate Members and as an opportunity for these sides to play international one-day matches against teams of similar standards. The league began in 2007 , where teams were allocated into divisions based on their performance in the qualification tournaments for the 2007 World Cup ; the six initial teams in Division One were the teams that had qualified for
161-581: The Intercontinental Cup , a first-class competition). All matches in the WCL Championship hold List A status, while matches between higher-ranking teams hold One Day International (ODI) status. The first WCL Division One tournament in 2007 featured the top six teams from the 2005 ICC Trophy , while the 2010 tournament featured the top six teams from the 2009 World Cup Qualifier . Two teams from WCL Division Two were added for
184-688: 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 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 21–24 were placed into Division 3;
207-642: The 2007 World Cup. At this stage, there were only five divisions. The WCL expanded to eight divisions at one point. The WCL was a pathway to the Cricket World Cup until 2019. Following the conclusion of the 2019 Division Two tournament , the WCL was replaced by the ICC Cricket World Cup League 2 and the ICC Cricket World Cup Challenge League . The final rankings from the WCL were used to place teams into
230-905: The Division Two tournament was held at the Willowmoore Park cricket complex in Benoni , South Africa . The tournament was originally scheduled to be held in September 2008 in Lusaka , Zambia but was rescheduled to South Africa just before the original tournament started due to the death of the Zambian President. The tournament featured three African associate members of the ICC ; Botswana , Nigeria and Zambia and three affiliate members; Ghana , Mozambique and Swaziland in
253-625: The South African Invitation XI. Although the SA Invitation XI won Pool 2 without losing a match, the tournament rules did not allow them to participate in the semi-finals and their place was taken by Swaziland (third in Pool 2). After Ghana easily accounted for Rwanda in the first semi-final, they beat Swaziland (who had defeated Sierra Leone in the other semi-final) in the final to win the tournament. In October 2008,
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#1732787536929276-587: The World Cricket League, with third placed Mozambique later being invited to join them. In April 2008, the Division Three tournament was again held at the Willowmoore Park cricket complex in Benoni , South Africa . Due to the late withdrawal of Morocco , the tournament featured seven African affiliate members of the International Cricket Council and a South African Invitational team. Pool 1 featured Lesotho , Malawi , Rwanda and Sierra Leone . Whilst Pool 2 featured Gambia , Ghana , Swaziland and
299-482: The exception of Kenya , Namibia and Uganda who were already embedded in the World Cricket League. It is assumed that these three teams are expected to participate in Africa Division One alongside promoted teams from Division Two. Division Three was made up of eight affiliate African nations. At present, there has been no relegation for teams finishing bottom in the divisions though this may change if
322-447: The first division is played in the future. The 2006 Division Three tournament featured eight African affiliate members of the International Cricket Council . Pool 1 featured Gambia , Ghana , Lesotho and Malawi whilst Pool 2 featured Morocco , Mozambique , Rwanda and Sierra Leone . It was hosted at the Willowmoore Park cricket complex in Benoni , South Africa and was won by Mozambique, who qualified for Division Two later in
345-681: The four who were still in Division One, plus the top two from Division Two. The two last-placed teams in that World Cup Qualifier lost their ODI status and were relegated into Division Two. Regional tournaments, which act as qualifiers for the lowest division of the World League, are administered by the five development regions of the International Cricket Council: Africa , Americas , Asia , East Asia-Pacific , and Europe . [REDACTED] United Arab Emirates 244/9 (50.0 overs) In late 2005,
368-489: The lowest division, Division 8, in which eight teams played. As from 2015, the number of divisions was again reduced to just five. When most of the divisions are played, two teams will be promoted, two relegated and two remain for the next instalment (normally two years later). At the end of each cycle, a World Cup Qualifier is played. In 2018, this featured the four lowest teams of those holding 'Full' (senior) status, together with six 'Associate' nations – namely
391-468: The remaining teams were placed into the upper divisions of their respective regional qualifiers. In 2005, six associates were assigned One Day International status, based on their performance at the preceding World Cup Qualifier . In 2017, Afghanistan and Ireland were both promoted to "Full" (test-match) status, leaving only four associate nations with ODI-status: after mid-March 2018 these were Scotland, Netherlands, UAE, and Nepal. Netherlands, as winners of
414-471: The runners-up Sierra Leone. Africa Division Two took place from 24–29 April 2010. The competition was held in Benoni, South Africa and included Ghana, Malawi, Mozambique, Sierra Leone, Swaziland and Zambia. The winners, Zambia gained entry into 2010 WCL Division Eight . The Division One tournament which includes Botswana, Kenya, Namibia, Nigeria, Tanzania and Uganda was to be held in 2010. However, due to
437-771: The table below. Teams that have One Day International status are now included on the main ICC ODI Championship and are listed in the order they appear on that table. The other teams are ranked by their finishing position in the most recent qualifying tournament. The rankings at the end of the WCL (27 April 2019): Teams that do not participate in (or have been relegated from) the World Cricket League are ranked by their finishing positions in their respective regional leagues: ** Not member of ICC, but member of Asian Cricket Council . World Cricket League Africa Region The league contains three divisions played once every two years with promotion taking place between divisions. As yet, there has not been
460-485: The tournament, Nigeria qualified for Division Seven of the World Cricket League. The 2009 Africa Division Three was played from 1–7 October in Malawi. The hosts were joined by four other teams who remained from the previous playing the year before. Morocco were intending to take part as well, but had to pull out as their visas were not accepted. The winners were Malawi who were promoted to Africa Division Two alongside
483-412: The two new leagues. The initial league began in 2007 with seven tournaments over five global divisions, based upon previous world rankings. This was expanded into eight separate divisions by 2010. In the first cycle, the number of teams in each tournament varied from six to twelve. With the advent of the second cycle, the number of teams was regularised to six for each tournament, with the exception of
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#1732787536929506-528: The year. The 2006 Division Two tournament was played in Dar-es-Salaam in Tanzania . It was a round-robin tournament , featuring Botswana , Nigeria , Tanzania and Zambia who were joined by Mozambique from the Division Three tournament. Tanzania topped the points table, thus qualifying for Division Three of the World Cricket League. Botswana were runners-up and qualified for Division Five of
529-421: Was a series of international one-day cricket tournaments for national teams without Test status (i.e., teams of Associate status) administered by the International Cricket Council . All Associate Members of the ICC were eligible to compete in the league system , which featured a promotion and relegation structure between divisions. The league system had two main aims: to provide a qualification system for
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