ICC Cricket World Cup Qualifier 2009

The ICC Cricket World Cup Qualifier 2009 was the qualifying tournament for the Cricket World Cup 2011 , which was held from April 1st to 19th, 2009 in South Africa . It was also the ninth qualifying tournament that was held for a world championship. In the final, Ireland beat Canada with 9 wickets . In addition to these two teams, Kenya and the Netherlands were able to qualify for the final tournament.

Attendees

A total of 12 teams took part in the tournament. The six teams in Division 1 of the World Cricket League qualified:

Bermuda Ireland Canada

Kenya Netherlands Scotland

At the tournament of the second division of the World Cricket League in 2007 :

Denmark Namibia

Oman Ver. Arab. Emirates

At the tournament of the third division of the World Cricket League in 2009 :

Afghanistan

Uganda

format

In the preliminary round, the teams were divided into two groups, each with six teams. The first four of each group then qualified for the Super Eight, where each team still played against the four teams from the other group and took over the results from the preliminary round against the teams qualified there in this round. The first four of this group received ODI status for four years and qualified alongside the 2011 Cricket World Cup for the ICC Intercontinental Cup 2009-2010 . The fifth and sixth places in the Super Eight also received ODI status for four years and also qualified for the Intercontinental Cup. Placement games were then played, with the first and second placed the final, the third and fourth placed played for third place. etc. Also the teams that were eliminated in the preliminary round played a placement round to clarify their participation in the future divisions of the World Cricket League and the ICC Intercontinental Shield 2009-2010. A total of 54 games were played.

Preliminary round

The preliminary round was held in two groups of six teams each, with the first four of each group qualifying for the Super Eight. The following terms are used in the tables:

• Sp everal
• S iege
• N iederlagen
• U nentschieden
• NR No Result
• P oints
• NRR Net Run Rate

Group A

table

Group A	Sp.	S.	N	U	NO	P	NRR
Ireland	5	5	0	0	0	10	+1,492
Canada	5	4th	1	0	0	8th	+1,490
Scotland	5	3	2	0	0	6th	−0.318
Namibia	5	1	4th	0	0	2	−0.506
Uganda	5	1	4th	0	0	2	−0.928
Oman	5	1	4th	0	0	2	−1,144

Group B

table

Group B	Sp.	S.	N	U	NO	P	NRR
Kenya	5	4th	1	0	0	8th	+1,683
Netherlands	5	4th	1	0	0	8th	+0.557
Ver. Arab. Emirates	5	4th	1	0	0	8th	−0.131
Afghanistan	5	2	3	0	0	4th	−0.278
Bermuda	5	1	4th	0	0	2	−0.441
Denmark	5	0	5	0	0	0	−1,341

Super eight

table

Super eight	Sp.	S.	N	U	NO	P	NRR
Ireland	7th	5	2	0	0	10	+0.689
Canada	7th	4th	3	0	0	8th	+0.687
Kenya	7th	4th	3	0	0	8th	+0.035
Netherlands	7th	4th	3	0	0	8th	−0.025
Scotland	7th	3	4th	0	0	6th	−0.140
Afghanistan	7th	3	4th	0	0	6th	−0.209
Ver. Arab. Emirates	7th	3	4th	0	0	6th	−1.080
Namibia	7th	2	5	0	0	4th	−0.079

The countries marked in green have qualified for the 2011 Cricket World Cup.

Placement games

Placement round for places 9 to 12

11 April	Potchefstroom	Uganda 292-6 (50)	-	Denmark 230-8 (50)
		Uganda wins with 62 runs

11 April	Potchefstroom	Oman 254 (48.1)	-	Bermuda 256-2 (48.2)
		Bermuda wins with 8 wickets

Game for 11th place

April 13th	Potchefstroom	Denmark 220 (48.2)	-	Oman 222-5 (41.4)
		Oman wins with 5 wickets

Play for 9th place

11 April	Potchefstroom	Uganda 352-7 (50)	-	Bermuda 356-2 (48.3)
		Bermuda wins with 8 wickets

Game for 7th place

April 19th	Benoni	Namibia 267-9 (50)	-	Ver. Arab. Emirates 269-6 (41.3)
		United Arab Emirates wins with 4 wickets

Play for 5th place

April 19th	Benoni	Afghanistan 295-8 (50)	-	Scotland 206 (40)
		Afghanistan wins with 89 runs

3rd place match

April 19th	Potchefstroom	Kenya 179 (43.1)	-	Netherlands 183-4 (32.1)
		Netherlands wins with 6 wickets

final

April 19th	Centurion	Canada 185 (48)	-	Ireland 188-1 (42.3)
		Ireland wins with 9 wickets