ICC Cricket World Cup Qualifier

The ICC Cricket World Cup Qualifier is the qualifying tournament for the Cricket World Cup since 1979. Up to and including 2005 the tournament was called the ICC Trophy .

history

For the World Cup, which has been held since 1975, the ten test cricket nations are automatically qualified. In addition to the six test nations at the time, Sri Lanka and East Africa (Kenya, Tanzania, Uganda) were invited to the first World Cup ; a qualifying tournament in the form of the ICC Trophy was only held with the second event. Up to and including 2001, only the so-called associate members were admitted to this, not the affiliate members of the International Cricket Council (ICC) . The German team has only taken part in the 2001 tournament in Canada and officially won three of its five preliminary round matches.

The number of participants in the ICC Trophy 2005 was reduced to 12 teams, for which previous elimination tournaments were necessary, and with Oman, an affiliate member appeared for the first time .

For the first time five teams qualified for the World Cup 2007 in the Caribbean ( West Indies ), all of which were automatically granted official One-Day International (ODI) status , including the one innovation . In addition to these five qualifiers, Kenya was also the only country outside of the ten test nations to have had this status.

For the 2011 World Cup , the number of qualifiers was reduced to four, especially since Kenya has now also lost its status as an automatic qualifier. However, the unqualified fifth and sixth placed teams will continue to receive ODI status.

There was a lot of controversy about qualifying for the upcoming Cricket World Cup 2015 . So the ICC initially planned to abolish the qualification entirely and only grant the ten test nations a right to participate in the World Cup. However, this was rejected again. and now the two best-placed teams of the Intercontinental One-Day Cup 2011-13 should qualify first. Then there are two further qualifiers that will be determined at the Cricket World Cup Qualifier 2013.

Previous tournaments

year	host	Final location	final	Qualifiers	ODI status
1979 details	England	Worcester	Sri Lanka 324-8 (60 ov) vs. Canada 264-5 (60 ov) Sri Lanka won with 60 runs	Sri Lanka , Canada
1982 details	England	Leicester	Bermuda 231-8 (60 ov) vs. Zimbabwe 232-5 (54.3 ov) Zimbabwe won with 5 wickets	Zimbabwe
1986 details	England	Lord's	Zimbabwe 243-9 (60 ov) vs. Netherlands 218 all out (58.4 ov) Zimbabwe won with 25 runs	Zimbabwe
1990 details	Netherlands	The hague	Netherlands 197-9 (60 ov) vs. Zimbabwe 198-4 (54.2 ov) Zimbabwe won with 6 wickets	Zimbabwe
1994 details	Kenya	Nairobi	Kenya 281-6 (50 ov) vs. Ver. Arab. Emirates 282-8 (49.1 ov) United Arab Emirates won with 2 wickets	Ver. Arab. Emirates , Kenya , Netherlands
1997 details	Malaysia	Kuala Lumpur	Kenya 241-7 (50 ov) vs. Bangladesh 166-8 (25 ov) Bangladesh won with 2 wickets	Bangladesh , Kenya , Scotland
2001 details	Canada	Toronto	Namibia 195-9 (50 ov) vs. Netherlands 196-8 (50 ov) Netherlands won with 2 wickets	Netherlands , Namibia , Canada
2005 details	Ireland	Clontarf	Scotland 324-8 (50 ov) vs. Ireland 277-9 (50 ov) Scotland won with 47 runs	Scotland , Ireland , Canada , Bermuda , Netherlands
2009 details	South Africa	Centurion	Canada 185 (48 ov) vs. Ireland 188-1 (42.3 ov) Ireland won with 9 wickets	Ireland , Canada , Netherlands , Kenya	Afghanistan , Scotland
2014 details	New Zealand	Lincoln	Scotland 285-5 (50 ov) vs. Ver. Arab. Emirates 244-9 (50 ov) Scotland wins with 41 runs	Ireland , Afghanistan , Scotland , UAE Emirates	Hong Kong , Papua New Guinea
2018 details	Zimbabwe	Harare	West Indies 204 (46.5 ov) vs. Afghanistan 206-3 (40.4 ov) Afghanistan wins with 7 wickets	Afghanistan , West Indies	Netherlands , Nepal, Scotland , UAE Emirates

Tournament records

Team records

• Highest total: 455-9 (Papua New Guinea v Gibraltar, Cannock , 1986 )
• Lowest total: 26 all out (East and Central Africa v Netherlands, Kuala Lumpur , 1997 )

Player records

• Most runs in an innings: 172 (SD Myles, Hong Kong v Gibraltar, Bridgnorth , 1986 )
• Most runs in all tournaments: 1173 (Maurice Odumbe, Kenya)
• Best bowling in an innings: 7-9 (Asim Khan, Netherlands v East and Central Africa, Kuala Lumpur, 1997 )
• Most wickets in all tournaments: 71 (Roland Lefebvre, Netherlands)
• Most catches by a pure field player in all tournaments: 26 (Roland Lefebvre, Netherlands)
• Most wicket-keeper disissals in all tournaments: 38 (Allan Douglas, Bermuda)
• Most ICC Trophy appearances: 43 (Roland Lefebvre)

supporting documents

1. ↑ ICC Executive Board meets in Mumbai . ICC website. April 4, 2011. Retrieved October 24, 2011.
2. ↑ ICC reinstates associates for 2015 World Cup, 10 teams in 2019 . The Times of India. June 28, 2011. Retrieved October 24, 2011.
3. ↑ ICC spells out 2015 WC qualification plan . Cricinfo. October 11, 2011. Retrieved October 24, 2011.
4. ↑ Ireland and Afghanistan did not take part in the tournament because they had already qualified.
5. ↑ The Netherlands did not receive ODI status by qualifying, but by winning the ICC World Cricket League Championship 2015–17 .