2007 Cricket World Cup qualification
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The 2007 Cricket World Cup
will be contested between 16 of the 97 countries that are members of the International Cricket Council
. The 11 teams with One-Day International status at the time of drafting qualify automatically for the ICC Cricket World Cup West Indies 2007. Meanwhile, the 86 Associate and Affiliate countries of the ICC play off in a series of tournaments to capture one of the remaining five spots in the World Cup.
According to the ICC, there are five steps for the ICC's 86 Associate and Affiliate member countries to qualify for the World Cup. The progression of team qualification is listed out chronologically below.
Trophy 2003 was contested by 11 teams across 3 preliminary groups. The top four teams from these groups progressed through to a championship group, where each team played each other once.
Group Stages:
Group Standings: Norway, Greece, Malta and Austria progressed to the Championship Group.
Final Standings: Norway qualified to participate in European Championships 2nd Division 2004, after finishing on top of the championship group.
Final Standings:
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Group A
Group B
was a cricket
tournament held in Ireland
between 1 July and 13 July. It was an international one-day tournament played over 50 overs per side between 12 associate members of the International Cricket Council
. It came with the prize of a place in the 2007 Cricket World Cup
(and together with it a share of USD 2,500,000 for future development) for the five top-ranked teams, and with the prize of official One Day International status from 1 January 2006 (until the 2009 ICC Trophy) for the five top-ranked teams along with Kenya, who had already been given official one-day status till the 2009 Trophy.
On 7 July, Ireland
, Bermuda
, Scotland
and Canada
qualified for the semi-finals. With that, they also won places in the 2007 Cricket World Cup
and, from 1 January 2006, official One Day International status. On 11 July the Netherlands
also achieved this by beating the UAE
to finish fifth. Scotland
won the tournament, beating Ireland
in the final.
2007 Cricket World Cup
The 2007 ICC Cricket World Cup was the ninth edition of the ICC Cricket World Cup tournament that took place in the West Indies from 13 March to 28 April 2007, using the sport's One Day International format...
will be contested between 16 of the 97 countries that are members of the International Cricket Council
International Cricket Council
The International Cricket Council is the international governing body of cricket. It was founded as the Imperial Cricket Conference in 1909 by representatives from England, Australia and South Africa, renamed the International Cricket Conference in 1965, and took up its current name in 1989.The...
. The 11 teams with One-Day International status at the time of drafting qualify automatically for the ICC Cricket World Cup West Indies 2007. Meanwhile, the 86 Associate and Affiliate countries of the ICC play off in a series of tournaments to capture one of the remaining five spots in the World Cup.
According to the ICC, there are five steps for the ICC's 86 Associate and Affiliate member countries to qualify for the World Cup. The progression of team qualification is listed out chronologically below.
European Cricket Council Trophy 2003
Held in Austria in August 2003, the European Cricket CouncilEuropean Cricket Council
The European Cricket Council is an international body which oversees cricket in European countries other than the Test-playing cricketing nation of England and Wales.-Activities:...
Trophy 2003 was contested by 11 teams across 3 preliminary groups. The top four teams from these groups progressed through to a championship group, where each team played each other once.
Group Stages:
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Group Standings: Norway, Greece, Malta and Austria progressed to the Championship Group.
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Final Standings: Norway qualified to participate in European Championships 2nd Division 2004, after finishing on top of the championship group.
ICC WCQS Tournament - Africa Affiliates
Held in Africa during March 2004, 8 teams (from 7 countries and a South Africa Country Districts team) played off in two groups of four. After each team has played one game against the other three teams in their pool, the top two teams advanced to the next round. The two top teams in each group progressed, playing semi-finals, a third-place play-off and a final, where South Africa Country Districts defeated Botswana.Final Standings:
- In bold: Advanced to the ICC Six Nations WCQS Tournament
- Botswana qualified to participate in the ICC Six Nations WCQS Tournament, after being the country with the highest standing at the end of the tournament
- In italics: Won tournament but was not eligible to advance to next the stage
- South Africa Country Districts were undefeated throughout the tournament, but because they were not a country, were not eligible to advance to the ICC Six Nations WCQS Tournamen
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Americas Affiliates Championship 2004
Similarly to the African Affiliates playoff, the Americas Affiliates Championship was contested in March 2004 to decide the team that would progress through to the next round. Five ICC Affiliate members played off in a round robin format from 23 March to 27 March, playing each other once.| Team | Pts | Pld | W | L | NR | NRR |
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| 24 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 2.368 | |
| 18 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0.898 | |
| 12 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 1.159 | |
| 6 | 4 | 1 | 3 | 0 | ||
| 0 | 4 | 0 | 4 | 0 | ||
European Championships 2nd Division 2004
Competed in Belgium in 2004 and separate to the 1st Division Championships for the first time, six countries played off on four grounds in Antwerp, Brussels and Mechelen. Italy went through unbeaten, qualifying for a play off at the ICC World Cup Qualifying Series Division 2 for the twelfth and final place for the 2005 ICC Trophy2005 ICC Trophy
Ireland beat Bermuda easily as Ed Joyce made 103 for the hosts in Stormont.----Denmark beat Uganda by 28 runs as Thomas Munkholt Hansen took 6 for 30 to carry Denmark to a 28-run win over Uganda in Muckamore. Denmark made 197 with Henrik Saxe Hansen making 71...
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| Team | Pts | Pld | W | T | NR | L |
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| 10 | 5 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| 6 | 5 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 2 | |
| 6 | 5 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 2 | |
| 4 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 3 | |
| 4 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 3 | |
| 0 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 |
Asian Cricket Council Trophy
Hosted in Malaysia in June 2004, the ACC Trophy was contested by 15 countries divided into four groups. The tournament then progressed into a knockout phase, with the top two teams from each group progressing to the quarter finals. At the end of the tournament, both finalists, Oman and the United Arab Emirates, did enough to secure themselves a spot in the ICC TrophyICC Trophy
The ICC World Cup Qualifier is an international one-day cricket tournament run under the auspices of the International Cricket Council. Any Associate or Affiliate member of the ICC may attempt to qualify for the ICC Trophy by means of a system of regional qualifying events. The test-playing Full...
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ICC Six Nations WCQS Tournament
Both Namibia and Uganda qualified for the ICC Trophy after they finished ahead of the other four teams in a round robin tournament played in Zambia in August 2004.| Team | Pts | Pld | W | L | RRF | RRA | NRR |
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| 25 | 5 | 5 | 0 | 5.11 | 2.31 | 2.80 | |
| 20 | 5 | 4 | 1 | 3.77 | 2.99 | 0.78 | |
| 10 | 5 | 2 | 3 | 3.58 | 3.98 | ||
| 10 | 5 | 2 | 3 | 4.24 | 4.59 | ||
| 5 | 5 | 1 | 4 | 3.34 | 4.91 | ||
| 5 | 5 | 1 | 4 | 3.01 | 5.08 | ||
European Championships 2004
Even though the tournament isn't considered to be a qualification tournament, the European Championship is considered to be the most important European tournament on the calendar. Contested by Denmark, Holland, Ireland, Scotland as well as an ECB England XI, the format is a round robin tournament, with the winner being the team that finishes on top. Denmark, Holland, Ireland and Scotland were already guaranteed a direct spot into the ICC Trophy, with the ECB XI being ineligible.| Team | Pts | Pld | W | T | NR | L |
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 ECB England XI |
8 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 6 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 1 | |
| 4 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | |
| 2 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | |
| 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 |
Americas Cricket Championship
Bermuda hosted the 2004 Americas Cricket Championship in July 2004, which was played as a round robin tournament with the top three out of the six teams preogressing through to the ICC Trophy.| Team | Pts | Pld | W | L | NR | NRR |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 20 | 5 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 2.157 | |
| 16 | 5 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 2.132 | |
| 12 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 0.944 | |
| 8 | 5 | 2 | 3 | 0 | ||
| 4 | 5 | 1 | 4 | 0 | ||
| 0 | 5 | 0 | 5 | 0 | ||
ICC East Asia-Pacific Cricket Challenge 2004
Japan hosted the tournament from May 25 to May 29 in 2004, with teams from Fiji, Indonesia, Japan and Tonga contesting in a round robin format, with the top two ranked teams, Fiji and Tonga, playing in a final to decide the tournament winner. Fiji beat Tonga in the final by 181 runs, hence qualifying to the ICC World Cup Qualifying Series Division 2.| Team | Pld | W | L |
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| 3 | 3 | 0 | |
| 3 | 2 | 1 | |
| 3 | 1 | 2 | |
| 3 | 0 | 3 |
World Cup Qualifying Series Division 2 2005
This new event for the eight teams that had narrowly missed out on direct qualification for the ICC Trophy was played in Malaysia in February 2005. Two groups of four teams each played each other in a round robin stage, with the top two teams from each group progressing to a knockout stage, where the winners would progress to a final. Papua New Guinea emerged winners in Kuala Lumpur on the 26th February, beating Fiji by 30 runs. Papua New Guinea therefore managed to grab the final spot into the ICC Trophy.Group A
| Team | Pts | Pld | W | T | L |
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| 6 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | |
| 4 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | |
| 2 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | |
| 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 |
Group B
| Team | Pts | Pld | W | T | L |
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| 6 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | |
| 4 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | |
| 2 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | |
| 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 |
2005 ICC Trophy
The 2005 ICC Trophy2005 ICC Trophy
Ireland beat Bermuda easily as Ed Joyce made 103 for the hosts in Stormont.----Denmark beat Uganda by 28 runs as Thomas Munkholt Hansen took 6 for 30 to carry Denmark to a 28-run win over Uganda in Muckamore. Denmark made 197 with Henrik Saxe Hansen making 71...
was a cricket
Cricket
Cricket is a bat-and-ball game played between two teams of 11 players on an oval-shaped field, at the centre of which is a rectangular 22-yard long pitch. One team bats, trying to score as many runs as possible while the other team bowls and fields, trying to dismiss the batsmen and thus limit the...
tournament held in Ireland
Ireland
Ireland is an island to the northwest of continental Europe. It is the third-largest island in Europe and the twentieth-largest island on Earth...
between 1 July and 13 July. It was an international one-day tournament played over 50 overs per side between 12 associate members of the International Cricket Council
International Cricket Council
The International Cricket Council is the international governing body of cricket. It was founded as the Imperial Cricket Conference in 1909 by representatives from England, Australia and South Africa, renamed the International Cricket Conference in 1965, and took up its current name in 1989.The...
. It came with the prize of a place in the 2007 Cricket World Cup
2007 Cricket World Cup
The 2007 ICC Cricket World Cup was the ninth edition of the ICC Cricket World Cup tournament that took place in the West Indies from 13 March to 28 April 2007, using the sport's One Day International format...
(and together with it a share of USD 2,500,000 for future development) for the five top-ranked teams, and with the prize of official One Day International status from 1 January 2006 (until the 2009 ICC Trophy) for the five top-ranked teams along with Kenya, who had already been given official one-day status till the 2009 Trophy.
On 7 July, Ireland
Irish cricket team
The Ireland cricket team is the cricket team representing all of Ireland. Because of political difficulties, the Irish Cricket Union was not elected to the International Cricket Council until 1993, and qualified for the World Cup for the first time in 2007. The Irish Cricket Union is the...
, Bermuda
Bermudian cricket team
The Bermudian cricket team is the team representing Bermuda in the sport of cricket, governed by the Bermuda Cricket Board. The Bermuda Cricket Board was elected to Associate Membership of the International Cricket Council, the global ruling body for the sport, in 1966...
, Scotland
Scottish cricket team
The Scotland national cricket team represents Scotland in the game of cricket. They compete in the Clydesdale Bank 40 as the Scottish Saltires...
and Canada
Canadian cricket team
The Canada cricket team is the national cricket team representing Canada in men's international competition. It is run by Cricket Canada.While Canada is not sanctioned to play Test matches, the team does take part in One Day International matches and also in first-class games against other...
qualified for the semi-finals. With that, they also won places in the 2007 Cricket World Cup
2007 Cricket World Cup
The 2007 ICC Cricket World Cup was the ninth edition of the ICC Cricket World Cup tournament that took place in the West Indies from 13 March to 28 April 2007, using the sport's One Day International format...
and, from 1 January 2006, official One Day International status. On 11 July the Netherlands
Dutch cricket team
The Dutch cricket team is a national cricket team representing the Netherlands. It is administered by the Koninklijke Nederlandse Cricket Bond which is based in Nieuwegein in the centre of the country and is older than many renowned cricket clubs in the West Indies, Australia, and New...
also achieved this by beating the UAE
United Arab Emirates cricket team
The United Arab Emirates national cricket team is the team that represents the country of the United Arab Emirates in international cricket matches...
to finish fifth. Scotland
Scottish cricket team
The Scotland national cricket team represents Scotland in the game of cricket. They compete in the Clydesdale Bank 40 as the Scottish Saltires...
won the tournament, beating Ireland
Irish cricket team
The Ireland cricket team is the cricket team representing all of Ireland. Because of political difficulties, the Irish Cricket Union was not elected to the International Cricket Council until 1993, and qualified for the World Cup for the first time in 2007. The Irish Cricket Union is the...
in the final.