2012–18 ICC World Cricket League
The 2012–18 ICC World Cricket League was the third season of the ICC World Cricket League. It formed part of the Cricket World Cup qualification process for the 2019 World Cup. Following the establishment of the various leagues during ICC World Cricket League 2007–09, the competition was composed of eight divisions[1] but in 2014, ICC reduced Division 7 and Division 8. In addition, a series of qualifying regional tournaments were played. This was the first World Cricket League Season that test playing Nations of ICC played.
| Administrator(s) | International Cricket Council |
|---|---|
| Cricket format | One Day International List A |
| Tournament format(s) | League system |
| Host(s) | Various |
| Champions |  |
About
On 28 January 2015, the ICC announced[2] 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
Tournament Results
| Global tournaments (chronological order) | ||
|---|---|---|
| 2012 Global Division Eight |
1st – Vanuatu |
Held in Samoa, 17–23 September 2012
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| 2013 Global Division Seven |
1st – Nigeria |
Held in Botswana, 06-13 April 2013
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| 2013 Global Division Six |
1st - Jersey |
Held in Jersey, 21–28 July 2013
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| 2014 Global Division Five |
1st - Jersey |
Held in Malaysia, 6–13 March 2014
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| 2014 Global Division Four |
1st - Malaysia |
Held in Singapore, 21–28 June 2014
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| 2014 Global Division Three |
1st - Nepal |
Held in Malaysia, 23–30 October 2014
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| 2015 Global Division Two |
1st - Netherlands |
Held in Namibia, 17–25 January 2015
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| 2015 Global Division Six |
1st - Suriname |
Held in Essex, England 7–13 September 2015
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| 2016 Global Division Five |
1st - Jersey |
Held in Jersey 21–28 May 2016
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| 2016 Global Division Four |
1st - United States |
Held in Los Angeles 29 October-5 November 2016
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| 2017 Global Division Three |
1st - Oman |
Held in Uganda 23–30 May 2017
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| 2015–17 ICC World Cricket League Championship |
1st - Netherlands |
Matches played between the 2015 and 2017 seasons, with all countries hosting matches
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| 2018 Global Division Two |
1st - United Arab Emirates |
Held in Namibia 8–15 February 2018
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| 2018 Cricket World Cup Qualifier |
1st - Afghanistan |
Held in Zimbabwe 4–25 March 2018
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- 1. Saudi Arabia failed to complete their matches due to problems obtaining visas
- 2. Suriname qualified for, but withdrew from the Division Five tournament due to an ICC investigation about the eligibility of some of their players.
List of teams
| Team | Division at start | 2012 | 2013 | 2014 | 2015 | 2016 | 2017 | 2018 | Division at end | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Div 8 | Div 7 | Div 6 | Div 5 | Div 4 | Div 3 | Div 2 | Div 6 | Div 5 | Div 4 | Div 3 | Champion- ship |
Div 2 | ICC WCQ | |||
 | C | 3 | 10  | 2 | ||||||||||||
 | C | 4 | 9 | 2 | ||||||||||||
 | C | 2 | 4  | C | ||||||||||||
 | C | 6 | 1 | 6  | C | |||||||||||
 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 6 | 3 | |||||||||||
 | 2 | 2 | 8 | 4 | 2 | |||||||||||
 | 3 | 1 | 4 | 7 | 2 | 8 | C | |||||||||
| 2 | 1 | 1 | 7 | ODI | |||||||||||
 | 6 | 4 | R | |||||||||||||
 | 6 | 5 | R | |||||||||||||
.svg.png){kind=small} | R | 4 | R | |||||||||||||
 | 3 | 6 | 4 | 4 | ||||||||||||
 | R | 8 | R | |||||||||||||
 | 7 | 3 | 6 | R | ||||||||||||
.svg.png){kind=small} | 2 | 6 | 2 | 3 | 2 | |||||||||||
 | 5 | 6 | 7 | R | ||||||||||||
 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 4 | ||||||||||||
 | 7 | 4 | 5 | R | ||||||||||||
 | 7 | 6 | R | |||||||||||||
 | R | 2 | 5 | R | ||||||||||||
 | 5 | 5 | 2 | 3 | 5 | |||||||||||
 | 4 | 4 | 6 | 5 | ||||||||||||
 | 8 | 3 | R | |||||||||||||
 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 6 | 1 | 5 | 5 | |||||||||
 | 6 | 6 | R | |||||||||||||
 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 6 | 4 | ||||||||||
 | 7 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 6 | R | ||||||||||
 | 8 | 5 | 4 | R | ||||||||||||
 | 4 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 5 | 3 | |||||||||
 | R | 6 | R | |||||||||||||
 | R | 8 | R | |||||||||||||
 | 4 | 2 | 4 | 3 | 3 | |||||||||||
 | R | 7 | 1 | R | ||||||||||||
 | 5 | 3 | 5 | R | ||||||||||||
 | 3 | 2 | 5 | 5 | 4 | |||||||||||
 | 3 | 5 | 1 | 4 | 3 | |||||||||||
 | 8 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 4 | R | |||||||||
| Team with ODI status | |
| ODI | Team gains ODI status and qualifies for 2020–22 ICC Cricket World Cup Super League |
| C | Team plays in the ICC World Cricket League Championship |
| Team qualifies for 2019 ICC Cricket World Cup | |
| Team qualifies for 2018 ICC World Cup Qualifier | |
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Team promoted to higher division |
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Team remains in the division |
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Team relegated to a lower division |
| R | Team qualified from or relegated to regional tournament |
References
- "World Cricket League Structure". Archived from the original on 21 September 2012. Retrieved 4 February 2016.
- "BBC Sport - Ireland & Afghanistan get 2019 World Cup qualification boost". Bbc.co.uk. 28 January 2015. Retrieved 14 October 2015.
- "Suriname pull out of WCL Division 5". ESPN Cricinfo. Retrieved 4 March 2016.
- "World Cricket League: Suriname withdraw from Division Five tournament in Jersey". BBC Sport. Retrieved 4 March 2016.
- "WCL Division 3 moved out of Uganda | Cricket". ESPN Cricinfo. 23 September 2014. Retrieved 14 October 2015.