The ICC Men's Cricket World Cup Super League is an
international cricket competition contested in the
One Day International (ODI) format and the top level of the three-league
Cricket World Cup qualification system which was introduced in 2019. 13 teams participate in the league, of which the top 8 teams directly qualify for the next
Cricket World Cup and the bottom 5 teams advance to the
World Cup Qualifier for another chance to qualify. The Super League replaced the
ODI rankings as the route to direct qualification for the
2023 Cricket World Cup.
The only edition of the ODI Super League is running between
2020–2023.
Background
The Super League was introduced after the 2019 Cricket World Cup
The 2019 ICC Cricket World Cup was the 12th Cricket World Cup, a quadrennial One Day International (ODI) cricket tournament contested by men's national teams and organised by the International Cricket Council (ICC). It was hosted between 30 May ...
and introduced improvements to the World Cup qualification process. The previous use of ODI rankings involved intricate calculations and was unbalanced. It was open to manipulation with no obligation for top teams to play against lesser teams, who were left with no chance to improve their positions. In comparison, the Super League has a simple points table and the same number of matches for each team.Netherlands
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were scheduled to host England
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in May 2021 but the series was pushed back a year as the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic
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could have restricted attendance and made the series financially unviable.
Competition format
Competition
The Cricket World Cup is held once every four years and the Super League forms part of the qualification process for each edition. 13 teams each play 24 matches and are ranked by their results. The fixtures are agreed by consensus between the teams.[
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Promotion and relegation
A system of promotion and relegation
In sports leagues, promotion and relegation is a process where teams are transferred between multiple divisions based on their performance for the completed season. Leagues that use promotion and relegation systems are often called open leagues ...
exists between the Super League and ICC Cricket World Cup League 2. In the World Cup Qualifier, should the bottom ranked team from the Super League be ranked below the champions of League 2, they will be relegated to League 2 and the League 2 champions will be promoted to the Super League.[
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Editions
References
External links
Official website
Super League
Qualification for cricket competitions
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