2022 ICC Cricket World Cup Play-Off

The 2022 ICC Cricket World Cup Play-Off is scheduled to be the inaugural edition of the ICC Cricket World Cup Play-Off, a cricket tournament which forms part of the 2023 Cricket World Cup Qualification process.[1][2] It is scheduled to take place in 2022, with all matches having One Day International (ODI) status, regardless of whether or not a team has ODI status prior to the start of the event.[3]

2022 ICC Cricket World Cup Play-Off
Dates2022 –
Administrator(s)International Cricket Council
Cricket formatOne Day International
Tournament format(s)Round-robin
Participants6

Six teams will take part in the tournament, the bottom four teams from the 2019–22 ICC Cricket World Cup League 2 along with the top teams in Groups A and B of the 2019–21 ICC Cricket World Cup Challenge League.[4] The top two teams from this tournament will progress to the 2022 Cricket World Cup Qualifier,[5] while the bottom four teams will be eliminated from the 2023 Cricket World Cup.

This competition will also determine which teams will take part in the next cycle's CWC League 2 and CWC Challenge League. Of the bottom two teams from the 2019–22 ICC Cricket World Cup League 2, and the two champions of the 2019–21 ICC Cricket World Cup Challenge Leagues A and B, whichever two of these four teams are ranked higher in this competition, will play in the next League 2, while the two teams ranked lower will play in the next Challenge League.[6]

References
  1. "New qualification pathway for ICC Men's Cricket World Cup approved". International Cricket Council. Retrieved 20 October 2018.
  2. "Associates pathway to 2023 World Cup undergoes major revamp". ESPN Cricinfo. Retrieved 20 October 2018.
  3. "ICC Men's Cricket World Cup Qualification Pathway frequently asked questions". International Cricket Council. Retrieved 6 November 2018.
  4. "The road to World Cup 2023: how teams can secure qualification, from rank No. 1 to 32". ESPN Cricinfo. Retrieved 14 August 2019.
  5. "All to play for in last ever World Cricket League tournament". International Cricket Council. Retrieved 11 April 2019.
  6. "ICC Men's Cricket World Cup 2023 Qualification Pathway Frequently Asked Questions" (PDF). International Cricket Council. 12 August 2019. Retrieved 6 March 2020. Then, two places will be up for grabs in the next edition of the CWC League Two: a. This will be decided between four sides, comprising the sixth and seventh ranked teams from CWC League Two 2019-2021 and table-toppers from CWC Challenge League A and B 2019-2021. b. The top two sides from this group of four will feature in the CWC League 2 in the next edition. c. The bottom two sides from this group will play in CWC Challenge League A and B for the next edition.
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