2007 Cricket World Cup qualification

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The 2007 Cricket World Cup was contested between 16 of the 97 countries that were members of the International Cricket Council at the time. The 11 teams with One-Day International status at the time of drafting qualified automatically for the World Cup. Meanwhile, the 86 other members of the ICC played off in a series of tournaments, forming the Cricket World Cup qualification process, to capture one of the remaining five spots in the World Cup.

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European Cricket Council Trophy 2003

Held in Austria in August 2003, the European Cricket Council 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. [1]

Group Stages:

Group 1
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Flag of Malta.svg  Malta 4220
Flag of Finland.svg  Finland 2211
Flag of Portugal.svg  Portugal 0202
Group 2
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Flag of Greece.svg  Greece 6330
Flag of Austria.svg  Austria 4321
Flag of Switzerland (Pantone).svg   Switzerland 2312
Flag of Luxembourg.svg  Luxembourg 0303
Group 3
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Flag of Norway.svg  Norway 6330
Flag of Spain.svg  Spain 4321
Flag of Belgium (civil).svg  Belgium 2312
Flag of Croatia.svg  Croatia 0303

Group Standings: Norway, Greece, Malta and Austria progressed to the Championship Group.

Championship Group
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Flag of Norway.svg  Norway 6330
Flag of Austria.svg  Austria 2312
Flag of Malta.svg  Malta 2312
Flag of Greece.svg  Greece 2312

Final Standings: Norway qualified to participate in European Championships 2nd Division 2004, after finishing on top of the championship group.

Affiliates Tournaments

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. [2]

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 Tournament
Group 1
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Flag of Botswana.svg  Botswana 6330
Flag of Malawi.svg  Malawi 4321
Flag of Sierra Leone.svg  Sierra Leone 2312
Flag of The Gambia.svg  Gambia 0303
Group 2
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Flag of South Africa.svg SACD6330
Flag of Ghana.svg  Ghana 4321
Flag of Mozambique.svg  Mozambique 2312
Flag of Rwanda.svg  Rwanda 0303
Final Points Table
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Flag of South Africa.svg SACD10550
Flag of Botswana.svg  Botswana 8541
Flag of Ghana.svg  Ghana 6532
Flag of Malawi.svg  Malawi 4523

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. [3] Five ICC Affiliate members played off in a round-robin format from 23 March to 27 March, playing each other once.

TeamPtsPldWLNR NRR
Flag of the Bahamas.svg  Bahamas 2444002.368
Flag of Panama.svg  Panama 1843100.898
Flag of Belize (1981-2019).svg  Belize 1242201.159
Flag of the Turks and Caicos Islands.svg  Turks and Caicos Islands 64130-1.998
Flag of Suriname.svg  Suriname 04040-2.208

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. [4] 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 Trophy.

TeamPtsPldWTNRLQualification
Flag of Italy.svg  Italy 1055000World Cup Qualifying Series Division 2 2005
Flag of France.svg  France 653002
Flag of Germany.svg  Germany 653002
Flag of Norway.svg  Norway 452003
Flag of Gibraltar.svg  Gibraltar 452003
Flag of Israel.svg  Israel 050005

Final Regional Qualifying Events

Asian Cricket Council Trophy

Hosted in Malaysia in June 2004, the ACC Trophy [5] 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, the runner-up Oman and the winner United Arab Emirates secured themselves a spot in the ICC Trophy.

Kuwait, Qatar and Nepal finished third, fourth and fifth, and play in the World Cup Qualifying Series Division 2 2005.

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. [6]

TeamPtsPldWLRRFRRA NRR Qualification
Flag of Namibia.svg  Namibia 255505.112.312.802005 ICC Trophy
Flag of Uganda.svg  Uganda 205413.772.990.78
Flag of Zambia.svg  Zambia 105233.583.98-0.40World Cup Qualifying Series Division 2 2005
Flag of Botswana.svg  Botswana 105234.244.59-0.35
Flag of Nigeria.svg  Nigeria 55143.344.91-1.57
Flag of Tanzania.svg  Tanzania 55143.015.08-2.07

European Championships 2004

Even though the tournament isn't considered to be a qualification tournament, the European Championship [7] 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.

TeamPtsPldWTNRLQualification
Flag of England.svg ECB England XI844000
Cricket Ireland flag.svg  Ireland 6430012005 ICC Trophy
Flag of the Netherlands.svg  Netherlands 442002
Flag of Scotland.svg  Scotland 241003
Flag of Denmark.svg  Denmark 040004

Americas Cricket Championship

Bermuda hosted the 2004 Americas Cricket Championship [8] in July 2004, which was played as a round robin tournament with the top three out of the six teams progressing through to the ICC Trophy.

TeamPtsPldWLNR NRR Qualification
Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg  Canada 2055002.1572005 ICC Trophy
Flag of the United States.svg  United States 1654102.132
Flag of Bermuda.svg  Bermuda 1253200.944
Flag of the Cayman Islands.svg  Cayman Islands 85230-0.198World Cup Qualifying Series Division 2 2005
Flag of Argentina.svg  Argentina 45140-2.007
Flag of the Bahamas.svg  Bahamas 05050-2.226

ICC East Asia-Pacific Cricket Challenge 2004

Japan hosted the tournament [9] from May 25 to May 29, 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.

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Flag of Fiji.svg  Fiji 330World Cup Qualifying Series Division 2 2005
Flag of Tonga.svg  Tonga 321
Flag of Indonesia.svg  Indonesia 312
Flag of Japan.svg  Japan 303

World Cup Qualifying Series Division 2 2005

This new event [10] 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 26 February, beating Fiji by 30 runs. Papua New Guinea therefore managed to grab the final spot into the ICC Trophy.

Group A

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Flag of Papua New Guinea.svg  Papua New Guinea 63300
Flag of Nepal.svg    Nepal 43201
Flag of Kuwait.svg  Kuwait 23102
Flag of Italy (2003-2006).svg  Italy 03003

Group B

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Flag of Fiji.svg  Fiji 63300
Flag of Qatar.svg  Qatar 43201
Flag of the Cayman Islands.svg  Cayman Islands 23102
Flag of Zambia.svg  Zambia 03003
 
Semi-finalsFinal
 
      
 
25 February - Selangor Turf Club
 
 
Flag of Papua New Guinea.svg  Papua New Guinea 9/260
 
27 February - Royal Selangor Club
 
Flag of Qatar.svg  Qatar 10/224
 
Flag of Papua New Guinea.svg  Papua New Guinea 10/176
 
25 February - Bayumas Oval
 
Flag of Fiji.svg  Fiji 10/146
 
Flag of Fiji.svg  Fiji 8/143
 
 
Flag of Nepal.svg    Nepal 10/140
 
Third place
 
 
27 February - Bayumas Oval
 
 
Flag of Nepal.svg    Nepal 7/176
 
 
Flag of Qatar.svg  Qatar 10/78

2005 ICC Trophy

The 2005 ICC Trophy 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 US$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.

Notes and references

  1. ECC Trophy 2003 Archived 2012-07-30 at archive.today , from cricketeurope.net, retrieved 5 July 2006
  2. "Scorecards from the African Affiliates Tournament, from ICC, retrieved 5 July 2006". Archived from the original on 2006-08-14. Retrieved 2006-07-05.
  3. International Cricket Council Americas Affiliates Championship 2004 Archived 2006-07-25 at the Wayback Machine
  4. European Cricket Council European Championships 2nd Division 2004 Archived 2006-01-05 at the Wayback Machine
  5. Cricinfo Asian Cricket Council Trophy, Jun 2004
  6. International Cricket Council Six Nations WCQS Tournament [ permanent dead link ]
  7. European Cricket Council European Championships 2004 Archived 2007-09-27 at the Wayback Machine
  8. International Cricket Council WCQS-Associates Archived 2006-08-31 at the Wayback Machine
  9. Japan Cricket Association East Asia Pacific Cricket Challenge Archived 2006-05-03 at the Wayback Machine
  10. Cricket Europe World Cup Qualifying Series Division 2, 2005