2012–2018 World Cricket League

International cricket tournament February 2013 October 2020 2012–18 ICC World Cricket League International Cricket Council One Day InternationalList A League system Various 2009–14 2009–14 ICC World Cricket League 2017–19 2017–19 ICC World Cricket League A series of ICC World Cricket League tournaments and the 2018 Cricket World Cup Qualifier were played between 2012 and 2018 and formed part of the Cricket World Cup qualification process for the 2019 Cricket World Cup. It was the third time the World Cricket League was used for World Cup qualification. At the conclusion of the previous cycle, the competition was composed of eight divisionshttp://www.cricketeurope4.net/WCL7/DATABASE/ABOUT/structure.shtml 4 February 2016 dead https://web.archive.org/web/20120921043421/http://www.cricketeurope4.net/WCL7/DATABASE/ABOUT/structure.shtml 21 September 2012 World Cricket League Structure but in 2014, ICC reduced Division 7 and Division 8. In addition, a series of qualifying regional tournaments were played. Background On 28 January 2015, the ICC announcedhttps://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/cricket/31024688 BBC Sport - Ireland & Afghanistan get 2019 World Cup qualification boost 2015-01-28 Bbc.co.uk 2015-10-14 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. List of tournaments DetailsDatesHost nation(s)FinalVenueWinnerResultRunner-up2012Division Eight17–23 September 2012SamoaFaleata Oval No 1, Apia VAN222/9 (50 overs) Vanuatu won by 39 runs Scorecard GHA183 (42.5 overs)2013Division Seven6-13 April 2013BotswanaBotswana Cricket Association Oval 1, Gaborone NGR134/4 (32.1 overs) Nigeria won by 6 wickets Scorecard VAN133 (38.4 overs)2013Division Six21–28 July 2013 Jersey N/A JER10 points Jersey topped points table NGR8 points2014Division Five6–13 March 2014MalaysiaKinrara Academy Oval, Kuala Lumpur JER247/8 (50 overs) Jersey won by 71 runs Scorecard MYS176 (44.4 overs)2014Division Four21–28 June 2014SingaporeKallang, Singapore MAS 235/7 (50 overs) Malaysia won by 57 runsScorecard SIN178 (46.1 overs)2014Division Three23–30 October 2014MalaysiaKinrara Academy Oval, Kuala Lumpur NEP223 (49.5 overs) Nepal won by 62 runsScorecard UGA 161 (44.1 overs)2015Division Two17–25 January 2015NamibiaWanderers Cricket Ground, WindhoekNED213-2 (41 overs)Netherlands won by 8 wicketsScorecardNAM212 (49.2 overs)2015Division Six7–13 September 2015England County Cricket Ground, Chelmsford SUR 239/4 (45.1 overs) Suriname won by 6 wicketsScorecard GUE 237 (49.5 overs) 2016Division Five21–28 May 2016JerseyGrainville Cricket Ground, Saint SaviourJER 194/7 (50 overs)Jersey won by 44 runsScorecardOMA 150 (45.3 overs)2016Division Four29 October – 5 November 2016United StatesLeo Magnus Cricket Complex, Los AngelesUSA 208 (49.4 overs)United States won by 13 runs ScorecardOMA 195/9 (50 overs)2017Division Three23–30 May 2017UgandaLugogo Stadium, KampalaOMA 50/2 (4.3 overs)No result (Oman topped points table)ScorecardCAN 176/3 (38 overs)2015-17Championship15 May 2015 – 8 December 2017VariousN/ANED 22 pointsPoints TableSCT 19 points2018Division Two8–15 February 2018NamibiaWanderers Cricket Ground, WindhoekUAE 277/4 (50 overs)United Arab Emirates won by 7 runsScorecardNEP 270/8 (50 overs)2018WC Qualifier4–25 March 2018ZimbabweHarare Sports Club, Harare AFG 2013 206/3 (40.4 overs) Afghanistan won by 7 wicketsScorecard WIN 204 (46.5 overs) Tournament results TeamDivisionat start2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017 2018Divisionat endDiv 8Div 7Div 6Div 5Div 4Div 3Div 2Div 6Div 5Div 4Div 3C'shipDiv 2WCQ HKG 1 C 3 10 2 PNG 1 C 4 9 2 SCO 1 C 2 4 1 C UAE 1 C 6 1 6 1 C KEN 2 3 5 6 3 NAM 2 2 † 8 4 2 NEP 3 1 4 7 2 8 1 C NED 2 1 † 1 n When the World Cricket League was replaced with a three-league system in 2019, the Netherlands were assigned to the top-tier Super League by virtue of winning the 2015–17 ICC World Cricket League Championship. 7 1 C ARG 6 4 R BHR 6 5 R Belgium R 4 R BER 3 6 4 4 BHU R 8 R BOT 7 3 6 R CAN 2 6 2 3 2 CAY 5 6 7 R DEN 4 3 3 4 FIJ 7 4 5 R GER 7 6 R Ghana R 2 5 R GGY 5 5 2 3 5 ITA 4 4 6 5 JPN 8 3 R JER 6 1 1 6 1 5 5 KUW 6 6 R MAS 5 2 1 3 6 4 NGR 7 1 2 4 6 R NOR 8 5 4 R OMA 4 5 2 2 1 5 3 Samoa R 6 R Saudi Arabia R 8 n Saudi Arabia failed to complete their matches due to problems obtaining visas. R SIN 4 2 4 3 3 SUR R 7 1 n Suriname Suriname qualified for but withdrew from the Division Five tournament due to an ICC investigation about the eligibility of some of their players. Vanuatu was their replacement.http://www.espncricinfo.com/ci-icc/content/story/978237.html Suriname pull out of WCL Division 5 4 March 2016 ESPN Cricinfo 4 March 2016 https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/cricket/35724399 World Cricket League: Suriname withdraw from Division Five tournament in Jersey 4 March 2016 BBC Sport R TAN 5 3 5 R UGA 3 2 5 5 4 USA 3 5 1 4 3 Vanuatu 8 1 2 3 3 4 n Suriname R + Key Team with ODI status C Team played in the ICC World Cricket League Championship Team promoted to higher division Team remained in the same division Team relegated to a lower division R Team played in a regional tournament † Team qualified for the 2015–17 ICC Intercontinental Cup n References 2012-18 Category:Long stubs with short prose