ICC World Cricket League Division Five is the lowest current division in the
World Cricket League
The ICC World Cricket League (WCL) was a series of international one-day cricket tournaments for national teams without Test status (i.e., teams of Associate status) administered by the International Cricket Council. All Associate Members of ...
(WCL) system. Like all other divisions, Division Five is contested as a standalone tournament rather than as an actual league.
The inaugural Division Five tournament was held
in 2008, hosted by
Jersey
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, and featured 12 teams. For the next four tournaments (
2010,
2012
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,
2014
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, and
2016
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), the number of teams was fixed at six. The
2017 competition involved eight teams. Because the WCL operates on a system of
promotion and relegation
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, teams have generally only participated in one or two Division Five tournaments before being either promoted to
Division Four
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or relegated to
Division Six. Overall, 25 teams have qualified for at least one Division Five tournament.
Afghanistan
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and
Nepal
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सङ्घीय लोकतान्त्रिक गणतन्त्र नेपाल ), is a landlocked country in S ...
have progressed from Division Five to the
World Cup Qualifier, the only teams to do so from such a low starting division.
Results
Performance by team
;Legend
* – Champions
* – Runners-up
* – Third place
*Q – Qualified
*
— Hosts
* Note: at every edition of the tournament since 2010, the teams finishing first and second have been promoted to Division Four, and the teams finishing fifth and sixth have been relegated to Division Six. In 2008, the teams finishing first and second were promoted as usual, while every team finishing below fifth was relegated to regional tournaments.
Player statistics
References
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