2017–19 ICC World Cricket League

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2017–19 ICC World Cricket League
Administrator(s) International Cricket Council
Cricket format One Day International
List A
Tournament format(s) League system
Host(s)Various

A series of ICC World Cricket League tournaments were played between 2017 and 2019 and were the last tournaments of the World Cricket League. There were four divisions, numbered two to five. [1] The divisions were played in roughly consecutive order, with the lower divisions played first. The top two from each division will gain promotion to the following, higher division, meaning that some teams will play in more than one division during the tournament. [2]

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Following the conclusion of these tournaments, the World Cricket League was replaced by the ICC Cricket World Cup League 2 and the ICC Cricket World Cup Challenge League. [3] [4] This tournament was used to determine which teams qualified for which of these two competitions, which are a direct part of the 2023 Cricket World Cup qualification process. [5] It was the fourth and last time the World Cricket League was used for Cricket World Cup qualification.

Tournaments summary

DetailsDatesHost nation(s)Final
VenueWinnerResultRunner-up
2017
Division Five [6] 		3–9 September 2017Flag of South Africa.svg  South Africa Willowmoore Park, Benoni Flag of Jersey.svg  Jersey
255 (48 overs)		Jersey won by 120 runs [7]
Scorecard 		Flag of Vanuatu.svg  Vanuatu
135 (36.5 overs)
2018
Division Four [8] 		29 April – 6 May 2018Flag of Malaysia.svg  Malaysia n/aFlag of Uganda.svg  Uganda
8 points		Uganda topped points table [9] Flag of Denmark.svg  Denmark
6 points
2018
Division Three 		9–19 November 2018Flag of Oman.svg  Oman n/aFlag of Oman.svg  Oman
10 points		Oman topped points tableFlag of the United States.svg  United States
8 points
2019
Division Two 		20–27 April 2019Flag of Namibia.svg  Namibia Wanderers Cricket Ground, Windhoek Flag of Namibia.svg  Namibia
226/7 (50 overs)		Namibia won by 145 runs
Scorecard 		Flag of Oman.svg  Oman
81 (29 overs)

Tournament results

Key
Green Arrow Up Darker.svgQualified for next division
Red Arrow Down.svgRelegated to lower division or regional tournaments [n 1]
TeamDivision at start 2017 Div 5 2018 Div 4 2018 Div 3 2019 Div 2 Rank at endLeague at end
Flag of the Cayman Islands.svg  Cayman Islands 58 Red Arrow Down.svg36
Flag of Germany.svg  Germany 55 Red Arrow Down.svg33
Flag of Ghana.svg  Ghana 57 Red Arrow Down.svg35
Flag of Guernsey.svg  Guernsey 56 Red Arrow Down.svg34
Flag of Italy.svg  Italy 54 Red Arrow Down.svg32Challenge League
Flag of Jersey.svg  Jersey 51 Green Arrow Up Darker.svg428Challenge League
Flag of Qatar.svg  Qatar 5331Challenge League
Flag of Vanuatu.svg  Vanuatu 52 Green Arrow Up Darker.svg5 Red Arrow Down.svg29Challenge League
Flag of Bermuda.svg  Bermuda 46 Red Arrow Down.svg30Challenge League
Flag of Denmark.svg  Denmark 42 Green Arrow Up Darker.svg525Challenge League
Flag of Malaysia.svg  Malaysia 4327Challenge League
Flag of Uganda.svg  Uganda 41 Green Arrow Up Darker.svg626Challenge League
Flag of Kenya.svg  Kenya 3424Challenge League
Flag of Oman.svg  Oman 31 Green Arrow Up Darker.svg218League 2
Flag of Singapore.svg  Singapore 3323Challenge League
Flag of the United States.svg  United States 32 Green Arrow Up Darker.svg420League 2
Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg  Canada 2521Challenge League
Flag of Hong Kong.svg  Hong Kong 2622Challenge League
Flag of Namibia.svg  Namibia 2117League 2
Flag of Papua New Guinea.svg  Papua New Guinea 2319League 2
  1. ↑ These were the original placements following the conclusion of each division. However, in October 2018, the ICC replaced WCL Divisions Three, Four and Five with the Cricket World Cup Challenge League, with teams ranked 21st to 32nd being assigned to that competition.

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