European Affiliates Championship

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The European Affiliates Championship, formerly the ECC Trophy [1] was a cricket tournament administered by the European Cricket Council for teams representing European countries. It was first played in 1999 and was last played in 2005. [2] It has since been replaced by Division Three of the European Cricket Championship. [1]

Cricket Team sport played with bats and balls

Cricket is a bat-and-ball game played between two teams of eleven players on a field at the centre of which is a 20-metre (22-yard) pitch with a wicket at each end, each comprising two bails balanced on three stumps. The batting side scores runs by striking the ball bowled at the wicket with the bat, while the bowling and fielding side tries to prevent this and dismiss each player. Means of dismissal include being bowled, when the ball hits the stumps and dislodges the bails, and by the fielding side catching the ball after it is hit by the bat, but before it hits the ground. When ten players have been dismissed, the innings ends and the teams swap roles. The game is adjudicated by two umpires, aided by a third umpire and match referee in international matches. They communicate with two off-field scorers who record the match's statistical information.

The European Cricket Council (ECC) is an international body which oversees cricket in European countries other than the Test-playing cricketing nations of England and Wales and Ireland.

The European Cricket Championship is a group of various tournaments in which national cricket sides throughout Europe compete. The competition is designed to encourage and develop the best players in countries where cricket is not a major sport and Europe's only Test cricket playing country, England, does not currently enter a side. The games are 50-over one-day cricket matches. Most of these do not have One Day International status.

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1999 tournament

The 1999 tournament was played in Corfu, Greece and was won by the hosts, who beat Portugal in the final. [3]

Corfu Place in Greece

Corfu or Kerkyra is a Greek island in the Ionian Sea. It is the second largest of the Ionian Islands, and, including its small satellite islands, forms the margin of the northwestern frontier of Greece. The island is part of the Corfu regional unit, and is administered as a single municipality, which also includes the smaller islands of Ereikoussa, Mathraki and Othonoi. The municipality has an area of 610,9 km2, the island proper 592,8 km2. The principal city of the island and seat of the municipality is also named Corfu. Corfu is home to the Ionian University.

Greece republic in Southeast Europe

Greece, officially the Hellenic Republic, also known as Hellas, is a sovereign state located in Southern and Southeast Europe. Its population is approximately 10.7 million as of 2018; Athens is the nation's capital and largest city, followed by Thessaloniki.

Greece national cricket team

The Greece national cricket team is the team that represents the country of Greece in international cricket. The side is organised by the Hellenic Cricket Federation, which became an affiliate member of the International Cricket Council (ICC) in 1995 and an associate member in 2017. Greece is often referred to as Hellas in cricket contexts.

Final placings

  1. Flag of Greece.svg  Greece
  2. Flag of Portugal.svg  Portugal
  3. Flag of Sweden.svg  Sweden
  4. Flag of Switzerland.svg   Switzerland
  5. Flag of Austria.svg  Austria
  6. Flag of Malta.svg  Malta
  7. Flag of Belgium (civil).svg  Belgium

2001 tournament

The 2001 tournament was played in Seebarn (25 km from Vienna) and Velden in Austria. Ten teams featured this time, with Croatia, Finland and Spain playing for the first time. The tournament was won by Portugal, who beat Austria in the final. [4]

Seebarn Cricket Ground is a cricket ground in Seebarn, Austria. It was opened in 1995 as the first dedicated Cricket Ground in Austria. In 2000 a permanent sight screen was added to the ground and in 2001 a pavilion.

Vienna Capital city and state of Austria

Vienna is the federal capital, largest city and one of nine states of Austria. Vienna is Austria's primate city, with a population of about 1.9 million, and its cultural, economic, and political centre. It is the 7th-largest city by population within city limits in the European Union. Until the beginning of the 20th century, it was the largest German-speaking city in the world, and before the splitting of the Austro-Hungarian Empire in World War I, the city had 2 million inhabitants. Today it is the second largest German-speaking city after Berlin and just before Hamburg. Vienna is host to many major international organizations, including the United Nations and OPEC. The city is located in the eastern part of Austria and is close to the borders of Czechia, Slovakia, and Hungary. These regions work together in a European Centrope border region. Along with nearby Bratislava, Vienna forms a metropolitan region with 3 million inhabitants. In 2001, the city centre was designated a UNESCO World Heritage Site. In July 2017 it was moved to the list of World Heritage in Danger.

Velden am Wörther See Place in Carinthia, Austria

Velden am Wörthersee is a market town in Villach-Land District, in the Austrian state of Carinthia. Situated on the western shore of the Wörthersee lake, it is one of the country's most popular holiday resorts.

Final placings

  1. Flag of Portugal.svg  Portugal
  2. Flag of Austria.svg  Austria
  3. Flag of Belgium (civil).svg  Belgium/Flag of Malta.svg  Malta
  4. Flag of Greece.svg  Greece
  5. Flag of Spain.svg  Spain
  6. Flag of Finland.svg  Finland
  7. Flag of Switzerland.svg   Switzerland
  8. Flag of Croatia.svg  Croatia
  9. Flag of Sweden.svg  Sweden

2003 tournament

The 2003 tournament was played in Seebarn and Vienna, Austria. Eleven teams played this time, with Sweden missing from the 2001 event, and with Luxembourg and Norway playing for the first time. Norway eventually won the tournament. [5]

Luxembourg national cricket team

The Luxembourg national cricket team is the team that represents the Grand Duchy of Luxembourg in international cricket. The Luxembourg Cricket Federation became an affiliate member of the International Cricket Council (ICC) in 1998 and an associate member in 2017.

The Norway national cricket team is the team that represents the Kingdom of Norway in international cricket matches. The Norwegian Cricket Board became an affiliate member of the International Cricket Council (ICC) in 2000, and the national side played its first international match later that year. Most of the side's matches have been against members of the European Cricket Council (ECC), although in more recent years Norway has fielded sides in the lower divisions of the World Cricket League (WCL). The team's current head coach is Muhammad Haroon, a former first-class player in Pakistan, who was appointed in early 2014. In 2017, they became an associate member.

Final standings

  1. Flag of Norway.svg  Norway
  2. Flag of Austria.svg  Austria
  3. Flag of Greece.svg  Greece
  4. Flag of Malta.svg  Malta
  5. Flag of Portugal.svg  Portugal
  6. Flag of Belgium (civil).svg  Belgium
  7. Flag of Spain.svg  Spain
  8. Flag of Finland.svg  Finland
  9. Flag of Switzerland.svg   Switzerland
  10. Flag of Croatia.svg  Croatia
  11. Flag of Luxembourg.svg  Luxembourg

2005 tournament

The 2005 tournament was played in Antwerp, Belgium. The tournament was cut back to nine teams for this event. Austria, Luxembourg and Switzerland were missing from the previous tournament, with the Isle of Man featuring for the first time. The tournament was won by Norway, who qualified for Division Two of the European Championship along with Greece. [6]

Antwerp Municipality in Flemish Community, Belgium

Antwerp is a city in Belgium, and is the capital of Antwerp province in Flanders. With a population of 520,504, it is the most populous city proper in Belgium, and with a metropolitan area housing around 1,200,000 people, it's the second largest metropolitan region after Brussels in Belgium.

Belgium Federal constitutional monarchy in Western Europe

Belgium, officially the Kingdom of Belgium, is a sovereign state in Western Europe. It is bordered by the Netherlands to the north, Germany to the east, Luxembourg to the southeast, France to the southwest, and the North Sea to the northwest. It covers an area of 30,688 km2 (11,849 sq mi) and has a population of more than 11.4 million. The capital and largest city is Brussels; other major cities are Antwerp, Ghent, Charleroi and Liège.

Switzerland national cricket team

The Switzerland national cricket team represents the country of Switzerland in international cricket.

Final standings

  1. Flag of Norway.svg  Norway
  2. Flag of Greece.svg  Greece
  3. Flag of Spain.svg  Spain
  4. Flag of Belgium (civil).svg  Belgium
  5. Flag of Portugal.svg  Portugal
  6. Flag of Malta.svg  Malta
  7. Flag of Croatia.svg  Croatia
  8. Flag of the Isle of Mann.svg Isle of Man
  9. Flag of Finland.svg  Finland

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References

  1. 1 2 ECC tournament archives Archived 2007-08-15 at the Wayback Machine at the official site of the European Cricket Council
  2. ↑ European Affiliates Championship Archived 2007-09-27 at the Wayback Machine at the official site of the European Cricket Council
  3. ↑ 1999 ECC Trophy Archived 2007-09-29 at the Wayback Machine at the official site of the European Cricket Council
  4. ↑ 2001 ECC Trophy Archived 2007-09-29 at the Wayback Machine at the official site of the European Cricket Council
  5. ↑ 2003 ECC Trophy Archived 2007-09-27 at the Wayback Machine at the official site of the European Cricket Council
  6. ↑ 2005 European Affiliates Championship Archived 2006-01-05 at the Wayback Machine at the official site of the European Cricket Council
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