ICC World Twenty20 Qualifier 2012

The ICC World Twenty20 Qualifier 2012 was the qualifying tournament for the ICC World Twenty20 2012 and took place between March 13th and 24th, 2012 in the United Arab Emirates . In addition to the six associate and affiliate members of the ICC who have ODI status, ten other participants for this tournament were determined in regional qualifying tournaments. First, six teams should qualify for the ICC World Twenty20 2012 in Sri Lanka at the final qualifying tournament. This increase in participants was decided to compensate for the reduction in the number of participants in the 2015 Cricket World Cup . However, when the number of participants in the Cricket World Cup was increased again, the number of qualifiers for the World Twenty20 was again reduced to two. In the final Ireland beat Afghanistan with five wickets and both qualified for the ICC World Twenty20 2012 in Sri Lanka, each with a win against Namibia.

Final tournament

Attendees

The national teams of the countries that achieved ODI status after the qualification process for the Cricket World Cup 2011 took part:

Afghanistan Ireland  Canada

Kenya Netherlands Scotland

In addition, 10 teams qualify through regional qualification tournaments:

→ Main article : Qualifying for the ICC World Twenty20 Qualifier 2012

Uganda (Africa 1) Namibia (Africa 2)  United States (America 1)  Bermuda (America 2)  Hong Kong (Asia 1)

Oman (Asia 2)  Nepal (Asia 3)  Denmark (Europe 1)  Italy (Europe 2)  Papua New Guinea (East Asia / Pacific 1)

format

The fourteen teams were divided into two groups of seven teams each. In these each team played against each other and the respective group winners qualify for the first qualifying final for the ICC World Twenty20 2012. The respective group runners-up and thirds competed against each other and played one participant for the second qualifying final in the semifinals and finals. The other participant was the loser of the first qualifying final. The winner of this second qualifying final was the second qualified participant for the final tournament.

Venues

The tournament was played in five stadiums in the United Arab Emirates:

• Dubai Sports City Stadium, Dubai
• Global Cricket Academy 1 & 2, Dubai
• Sharjah Cricket Stadium, Sharjah
• Sheikh Zayed Stadium , Abu Dhabi

competition

Preliminary round

The group draws were announced on December 21, 2011.

Group A

table

	Sp.	S.	N	NO	P	NRR
Afghanistan	7th	7th	0	0	14th	+1,886
Netherlands	7th	6th	1	0	12	+1,671
Canada	7th	5	2	0	10	+0.805
Papua New Guinea	7th	3	4th	0	6th	+0.045
Nepal	7th	3	4th	0	6th	-0.197
Hong Kong	7th	2	5	0	4th	-1,256
Bermuda	7th	1	6th	0	2	-0.990
Denmark	7th	1	6th	0	2	-2,008

Games

March 13 scorecard	Dubai (DSC)	Papua New Guinea 112-6 (20)	-	Afghanistan 113-4 (20)
		Afghanistan wins with 6 wickets

March 13 scorecard	Dubai (DSC)	Netherlands 135-6 (20)	-	Canada 93-16.4 (20)
		Netherlands wins with 42 runs

March 13 scorecard	Dubai (GCA2)	Nepal 130-6 (20)	-	Hong Kong 102-9 (20)
		Nepal wins with 28 runs

March 13 scorecard	Sharjah	Bermuda 116-7 (20)	-	Denmark 117-3 (19.1)
		Denmark wins with 7 wickets

March 14th Scorecard	Dubai (GCA1)	Canada 167-5 (20)	-	Papua New Guinea 161-20 (20)
		Canada wins with 6 runs

March 14th Scorecard	Dubai (GCA2)	Bermuda 161-5 (20)	-	Hong Kong 164-2 (17.3)
		Hong Kong wins with 8 wickets

March 14th Scorecard	Dubai (GCA1)	Denmark 82 (19.1)	-	Nepal 85-1 (12.4)
		Nepal wins with 9 wickets

March 14th Scorecard	Dubai (DSC)	Netherlands 149-6 (20)	-	Afghanistan 150-6 (19.4)
		Afghanistan wins with 4 wickets

March 15 scorecard	Dubai (GCA1)	Hong Kong 81-8 (20)	-	Canada 84-2 (14.0)
		Canada wins with 8 wickets

March 15 scorecard	Sharjah	Afghanistan 172-5 (20)	-	Denmark 83-9 (20)
		Afghanistan wins with 89 runs

March 15 scorecard	Abu Dhabi	Netherlands 125-9 (20)	-	Bermuda 121-8 (20)
		Netherlands wins with 4 runs

March 15 scorecard	Sharjah	Papua New Guinea 137-8 (20)	-	Nepal 102-8 (20)
		Papua New Guinea wins with 35 runs

March 16 scorecard	Dubai (DSC)	Canada 175-6 (20)	-	Bermuda 103 (19.2)
		Canada wins with 72 runs

March 16 scorecard	Dubai (GCA2)	Denmark 117-9 (20)	-	Netherlands 122-3 (16.1)
		Netherlands wins with 7 wickets

March 16 scorecard	Dubai (DSC)	Hong Kong 131-9 (20)	-	Papua New Guinea 132-6 (19.5)
		Papua New Guinea wins with 4 wickets

March 16 scorecard	Sharjah	Afghanistan 157-6 (20)	-	Nepal 123-6 (20)
		Afghanistan wins with 34 runs

March 18 scorecard	Dubai (GCA1)	Hong Kong 170-5 (20)	-	Denmark 135-9 (20)
		Hong Kong wins with 35 runs

March 18 scorecard	Abu Dhabi	Papua New Guinea 140-7 (20)	-	Netherlands 141-1 (16.4)
		Netherlands wins with 9 wickets

March 18 scorecard	Dubai (GCA1)	Afghanistan 174-8 (20)	-	Canada 133-9 (20)
		Afghanistan wins with 41 runs

March 18 scorecard	Abu Dhabi	Nepal 151-6 (20)	-	Bermuda 127-5 (20)
		Nepal wins with 24 runs

March 19 scorecard	Dubai (GCA1)	Nepal 85-7 (20)	-	Netherlands 86-4 (13.5)
		Netherlands wins with 6 wickets

March 19 scorecard	Sharjah	Hong Kong 103-9 (20)	-	Afghanistan 104-1 (11.1)
		Afghanistan wins with 9 wickets

March 19 scorecard	Dubai (GCA1)	Papua New Guinea 155-6 (20)	-	Bermuda 158-5 (19.3)
		Bermuda wins with 5 wickets

March 19 scorecard	Abu Dhabi	Canada 178-3 (20)	-	Denmark 123-4 (20)
		Canada wins with 55 runs

March 20 scorecard	Dubai (GCA1)	Afghanistan 177-5 (20)	-	Bermuda 162-7 (20)
		Afghanistan wins with 15 runs

March 20 scorecard	Sharjah	Netherlands 201-5 (20)	-	Hong Kong 118-7 (20)
		Netherlands wins with 83 runs

March 20 scorecard	Abu Dhabi	Papua New Guinea 148 (20)	-	Denmark 134-8 (20)
		Papua New Guinea won 14 runs

March 20 scorecard	Sharjah	Canada 101-8 (20)	-	Nepal 83 (18.2)
		Canada wins with 18 runs

Group B

table

	Sp.	S.	N	NO	P	NRR
Namibia	7th	7th	0	0	14th	+1,186
Ireland	7th	6th	1	0	12	+2,210
Scotland	7th	4th	3	0	8th	+0.347
Kenya	7th	4th	3	0	8th	+0.340
Italy	7th	3	4th	0	6th	-0.006
United States	7th	2	5	0	4th	-1,002
Uganda	7th	2	5	0	4th	-1,190
Oman	7th	0	7th	0	0	-1,801

Games

March 13 scorecard	Dubai (GCA1)	Oman 89-9 (20)	-	Italy 90-1 (14)
		Italy wins with 9 wickets

March 13 scorecard	Dubai (GCA2)	Namibia 160-8 (20)	-	Ireland 156-9 (20)
		Namibia wins with 4 runs

March 13 scorecard	Sharjah	United States 123-8 (20)	-	Uganda 124-6 (19.2)
		Uganda wins with 4 wickets

March 13 scorecard	Dubai (GCA1)	Scotland 178-7 (20)	-	Kenya 164 (20)
		Scotland wins with 14 runs

March 14th Scorecard	Dubai (DSC)	Kenya 71 (19)	-	Ireland 72-0 (7.2)
		Ireland wins with 10 wickets

March 14th Scorecard	Abu Dhabi	Italy 137-6 (20)	-	United States 129-8 (20)
		Italy wins with 8 runs

March 14th Scorecard	Dubai (GCA2)	Oman 128-8 (20)	-	Uganda 132-7 (19.1)
		Uganda wins with 3 wickets

March 14th Scorecard	Abu Dhabi	Namibia 192-3 (20)	-	Scotland 143-8 (20)
		Namibia wins with 49 runs

March 15 scorecard	Dubai (GCA2)	Namibia 177-4 (20)	-	United States 160-7 (20)
		Namibia wins with 17 runs

March 15 scorecard	Abu Dhabi	Italy 100-7 (20)	-	Ireland 104-8 (19.4)
		Ireland wins with 2 wickets

March 15 scorecard	Dubai (GCA1)	Scotland 170-6 (20)	-	Uganda 136-9 (20)
		Scotland wins with 34 runs

March 15 scorecard	Dubai (GCA2)	Kenya 176-5 (20)	-	Oman 141-9 (20)
		Kenya wins with 35 runs

March 16 scorecard	Abu Dhabi	Namibia 140-5 (20)	-	Uganda 136-6 (20)
		Namibia wins with 4 runs

March 16 scorecard	Sharjah	Scotland 158-5 (20)	-	Oman 106 (17.4)
		Scotland wins with 52 runs

March 16 scorecard	Dubai (GCA2)	Ireland 160-6 (20)	-	United States 96 (18.0)
		Ireland wins with 64 runs

March 16 scorecard	Abu Dhabi	Italy 145-4 (20)	-	Kenya 146-3 (17.5)
		Kenya wins with 7 wickets

March 18 scorecard	Dubai (DSC)	United States 141-7 (20)	-	Oman 111-7 (20)
		United States wins by 30 runs

March 18 scorecard	Sharjah	Italy 131-7 (20)	-	Uganda 118 (19.4)
		Italy wins with 13 runs

March 18 scorecard	Dubai (DSC)	Ireland 159-5 (20)	-	Scotland 142-7 (20)
		Ireland wins with 17 runs

March 18 scorecard	Sharjah	Kenya 108 (18.4)	-	Namibia 109-3 (16.3)
		Namibia wins with 7 wickets

March 19 scorecard	Dubai (GCA2)	Italy 136-7 (20)	-	Scotland 137-3 (18.0)
		Scotland wins with 7 wickets

March 19 scorecard	Abu Dhabi	United States 90 (18.2)	-	Kenya 93-1 (10.0)
		Kenya wins with 9 wickets

March 19 scorecard	Dubai (GCA2)	Ireland 179-5 (20)	-	Uganda 97 (19.5)
		Ireland wins with 82 runs

March 19 scorecard	Sharjah	Namibia 120-7 (20)	-	Oman 84 (18.4)
		Namibia wins with 36 runs

March 20 scorecard	Dubai (GCA2)	Kenya 167-3 (20)	-	Uganda 119-8 (20)
		Kenya wins with 48 runs

March 20 scorecard	Abu Dhabi	Ireland 160-5 (20)	-	Oman 116-6 (20)
		Ireland wins with 44 runs

March 20 scorecard	Dubai (GCA1)	Namibia 194-2 (20)	-	Italy 167-8 (20)
		Namibia wins with 27 runs

March 20 scorecard	Dubai (GCA2)	Scotland 161-8 (20)	-	United States 162-3 (19.5)
		United States wins with 7 wickets

Final round

1. Qualifying finals

March 22nd scorecard	Dubai (DSC)	Afghanistan 146 (20)	-	Namibia 99 (18.1)
		Afghanistan wins with 47 runs

Semifinals

March 22nd scorecard	Dubai (DSC)	Scotland 166-6 (20)	-	Netherlands 169-7 (19.1)
		Netherlands wins with 3 wickets

March 22nd scorecard	Dubai (GCA1)	Canada 106-8 (20)	-	Ireland 109-0 (9.3)
		Ireland wins with 10 wickets

Pre-finals

March 23 scorecard	Dubai (DSC)	Netherlands 114-7 (20)	-	Ireland 115-3 (16.4)
		Ireland wins with 7 wickets

2nd qualifying finals

March 24th scorecard	Dubai (DSC)	Namibia 94-6 (20)	-	Ireland 96-1 (10.1)
		Ireland wins with 9 wickets

Tournament finals

March 24th scorecard	Dubai (DSC)	Afghanistan 152-7 (20)	-	Ireland 156-5 (18.5)
		Ireland wins with 5 wickets

Placement games

Semi-finals for places 7 to 10

March 22nd scorecard	Dubai (GCA2)	Papua New Guinea 118-9 (20)	-	Italy 106-7 (20)
		Papua New Guinea wins with 12 runs

March 22nd scorecard	Dubai (GCA1)	Kenya 139-4 (20)	-	Nepal 141-5 (19.4)
		Nepal wins with 5 wickets

Semi-finals for places 11 to 14

March 22nd scorecard	Sharjah	Uganda 130-8 (20)	-	Hong Kong 134-5 (19.2)
		Hong Kong wins with 5 wickets

March 22nd scorecard	Sharjah	United States 193-5 (20)	-	Bermuda 159-8 (20)
		United States won with 34 runs

Game for 15th place

March 22nd scorecard	Dubai (GCA2)	Oman 155-5 (20)	-	Denmark 138-6 (20)
		Oman wins with 17 runs

Game for 13th place

March 23 scorecard	Dubai (GCA2)	Bermuda 179-4 (20)	-	Uganda 138-5 (20)
		Bermuda wins with 41 runs

Game for 11th place

March 23 scorecard	Dubai (GCA2)	Hong Kong 177-4 (20)	-	United States 100 (16.2)
		Hong Kong wins with 77 runs

Game for 9th place

March 23 scorecard	Dubai (GCA1)	Kenya 170-5 (20)	-	Italy 132 (18.3)
		Kenya wins with 38 runs

Game for 7th place

March 23 scorecard	Dubai (GCA1)	Papua New Guinea 129-5 (20)	-	Nepal 133-4 (19.5)
		Nepal wins with 6 wickets

Game for 5th place

March 23 scorecard	Dubai (DSC)	Canada 135-8 (20)	-	Scotland 136-6 (20)
		Scotland wins with 4 wickets

Closing table

Pl.	team	comment
1	Ireland	qualified for ICC World Twenty20 2012
2	Afghanistan
3	Namibia
4th	Netherlands
5	Scotland
6th	Canada
7th	Nepal
8th	Papua New Guinea
9	Kenya
10	Italy
11	Hong Kong
12	United States
13	Bermuda
14th	Uganda
15th	Oman
16	Denmark

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Sixteen teams to contest 2012 World T20 qualifiers ( English ) Cricinfo. June 10, 2010. Retrieved May 14, 2011.
2. ↑ Sidharth Monga: ICC confirms 10 teams for next two World Cups ( English ) Cricinfo. April 4, 2011. Retrieved November 8, 2011.
3. ↑ Sharda Ugra: Associates included in 2015 World Cup ( English ) Cricinfo. June 28, 2011. Retrieved November 8, 2011.
4. ↑ ^{a b} 2012 ICC World Twenty20 Qualifier schedule announced ( English ) ICC. December 21, 2011. Accessed on December 22, 2011.  ( Page no longer available , search in web archives )  Info: The link was automatically marked as defective. Please check the link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.  
5. ↑ ^{a b} Explanation of the abbreviations: Col. = games; S = victories; N = defeats; U = tie; NR = No Result; P = points; NRR = Net Run Rate