ICC Africa Women's Twenty20 Championship

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Africa Women's T20 Championship
Administrator ICC Africa
Format Twenty20
Tournament format Round-robin
Number of teamsSix (2014)
Current championFlag of Zimbabwe.svg  Zimbabwe (2014)
Most successfulFlag of Zimbabwe.svg  Zimbabwe (3 titles)

The ICC Africa Women's T20 Championship is an international cricket tournament contested between the national women's sides from the African development region of the International Cricket Council (ICC).

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The first African regional tournament for women's teams was played in Tanzania in 2004, and known simply as the Women's Championship. The next two regional tournaments, in 2006 and 2010, served as part of the qualification process for the Women's World Cup. All matches prior to 2011 were played in the 50-over format (as used in One Day Internationals), but since then, the Twenty20 format has been used, with the tournament played annually. The winners in even-numbered years (so far, 2012 and 2014) proceed to a qualification tournament for the Women's World Twenty20.

Only three teams have participated in every edition of the tournament – Kenya, Tanzania, and Uganda. South Africa, a full member of the ICC, has participated only once, in 2010, when a poor result at the 2009 World Cup meant they had to re-qualify through regional competitions. However, South African invitational teams have participated in every edition since 2011, winning each time. Zimbabwe was the highest-ranked national team in two of those tournaments, which, combined with an additional first-place finish in 2006, makes them the most successful team.

Results

In the below table, the results of the South African invitational teams are disregarded, and the highest-ranking national teams are listed as the winner and runner-up:

YearHost(s)Venue(s)Result
WinnerMarginRunner-up
2004 Flag of Tanzania.svg Tanzania Dar es Salaam Flag of Tanzania.svg  Tanzania
51/2 (14.2 overs)
Tanzania won by 8 wickets
scorecard
Flag of Uganda.svg  Uganda
50 (25.1 overs)
2006 Flag of Kenya.svg Kenya Nairobi Flag of Zimbabwe.svg  Zimbabwe
6 points
Zimbabwe won on points
table
Flag of Tanzania.svg  Tanzania
4 points
2010 Flag of Kenya.svg Kenya Nairobi Flag of South Africa.svg  South Africa
314/2 (50 overs)
South Africa won by 281 runs
scorecard
Flag of Zimbabwe.svg  Zimbabwe
33 (20 overs)
2011 Flag of Uganda.svg Uganda Entebbe, Kampala Flag of Uganda.svg  Uganda
+2.952 NRR
Uganda won on net run rate
table
Flag of Tanzania.svg  Tanzania
+2.188 NRR
2012 Flag of Tanzania.svg Tanzania Dar es Salaam Flag of Zimbabwe.svg  Zimbabwe
9 points
Zimbabwe won on points
table
Flag of Tanzania.svg  Tanzania
6 points
2013 Flag of Tanzania.svg Tanzania Dar es Salaam Flag of Uganda.svg  Uganda
6 points
Uganda won on points
table
Flag of Tanzania.svg  Tanzania
4 points
2014 Flag of South Africa.svg South Africa Benoni Flag of Zimbabwe.svg  Zimbabwe
8 points
Zimbabwe won on points
table
Flag of Tanzania.svg  Tanzania
6 points

Performance by team

Legend
Team Flag of Tanzania.svg
2004
Flag of Kenya.svg
2006
Flag of Kenya.svg
2010
Flag of Uganda.svg
2011
Flag of Tanzania.svg
2012
Flag of Tanzania.svg
2013
Flag of South Africa.svg
2014
Total
Flag of Kenya.svg  Kenya 3rd4th4th4th6th4th5th7
Flag of Namibia.svg  Namibia 4th3rd5th5th6th5
Flag of Nigeria.svg  Nigeria 5th1
Flag of Sierra Leone.svg  Sierra Leone 6th1
Flag of South Africa.svg  South Africa 1st1
Flag of South Africa.svg South African XI1st1st1st3
Flag of Tanzania.svg  Tanzania 1st2nd5th2nd3rd3rd3rd7
Flag of Uganda.svg  Uganda 2nd3rd3rd1st4th2nd4th7
Flag of Zimbabwe.svg  Zimbabwe 1st2nd2nd2nd4

See also

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