ICC World Cricket League Division Two forms part of 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 t ...
(WCL) system. Like all other divisions, WCL Division Two is contested as a standalone tournament rather than as an actual league. Unlike lower divisions, however, matches in Division Two hold
list-A
List A cricket is a classification of the limited-overs (one-day) form of the sport of cricket, with games lasting up to eight hours. List A cricket includes One Day International (ODI) matches and various domestic competitions in which the numbe ...
status.
The inaugural Division Two tournament was held
in 2007, hosted by
Namibia
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and featured six teams, the top four of which progressed to the
2009 World Cup Qualifier. The
2011 tournament, played in
Dubai
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, similarly qualified the top four teams for the
2014 World Cup Qualifier, but also promoted the top two teams to the
Intercontinental Cup and the
WCL Championship. The
2015 Division Two event, again hosted by Namibia, served only to qualify teams for the Intercontinental Cup and WCL Championship. The top two teams at the
2018 event were promoted to the
2018 World Cup Qualifier.
Following the conclusion of the
2019 tournament, the World Cricket League was replaced by the
ICC Cricket World Cup League 2
The ICC Men's Cricket World Cup League 2 is an international cricket competition contested in the One Day International format and the second level of the three-league Cricket World Cup qualification system which was introduced in 2019. Seven t ...
and the
ICC Cricket World Cup Challenge League
The ICC Men's Cricket World Cup Challenge League is a cricket competition contested in the List A format, and the bottom level of the three-league Cricket World Cup qualification system, which was introduced in 2019. Twelve teams participate in t ...
.
The top four teams joined
Scotland
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,
Nepal
Nepal (; ne, नेपाल ), formerly the Federal Democratic Republic of Nepal ( ne,
सङ्घीय लोकतान्त्रिक गणतन्त्र नेपाल ), is a landlocked country in South Asia. It is mai ...
and the
United Arab Emirates
The United Arab Emirates (UAE; ar, اَلْإِمَارَات الْعَرَبِيَة الْمُتَحِدَة ), or simply the Emirates ( ar, الِْإمَارَات ), is a country in Western Asia (The Middle East). It is located at th ...
in the
2019–21 ICC Cricket World Cup League 2 and gained
One Day International
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status.
The bottom two teams progressed to the
2019–21 ICC Cricket World Cup Challenge League, along with other teams from the World Cricket League.
Overall, 14 teams participated in the five Division Two tournaments. Namibia was the only team to appear in all Division Two tournaments.
Results
Performance by team
;Legend
* – Champions
* – Runners-up
* – Third place
*Q – Qualified
*
— Hosts
Player statistics
References
{{World Cricket League
Division 2