La Copa Mundial de Críquet 2007 se disputó entre 16 de los 97 países que eran miembros del Consejo Internacional de Críquet en ese momento. Los 11 equipos con estatus de One-Day International en el momento de la redacción se clasificaron automáticamente para la Copa del Mundo. Mientras tanto, los otros 86 miembros de la ICC jugaron en una serie de torneos, formando el proceso de clasificación para la Copa del Mundo de Cricket , para capturar uno de los cinco lugares restantes en la Copa del Mundo.
Trofeo del Consejo Europeo de Críquet 2003 [ editar ]
Celebrado en Austria en agosto de 2003, el Trofeo del Consejo Europeo de Críquet 2003 fue disputado por 11 equipos en 3 grupos preliminares. Los cuatro mejores equipos de estos grupos avanzaron a un grupo de campeonato, donde cada equipo se enfrentó una vez. [1]
Etapas de grupo:
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Clasificación del grupo: Noruega , Grecia , Malta y Austria avanzaron al Grupo del Campeonato.
| Grupo de campeonato | ||||
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| Equipo | Ptos | Pld | W | L |
 Noruega | 6 | 3 | 3 | 0 |
 Austria | 2 | 3 | 1 | 2 |
 Malta | 2 | 3 | 1 | 2 |
 Grecia | 2 | 3 | 1 | 2 |
Clasificación final: Noruega se clasificó para participar en el Campeonato de Europa de 2ª División 2004, después de terminar en la cima del grupo del campeonato.
Torneos de afiliados [ editar ]
Torneo ICC WCQS - Afiliados de África [ editar ]
Celebrada en África durante marzo de 2004, 8 equipos (de 7 países y un equipo de distritos de países de Sudáfrica) jugaron en dos grupos de cuatro. Después de que cada equipo haya jugado un juego contra los otros tres equipos en su grupo, los dos mejores equipos avanzaron a la siguiente ronda. Los dos mejores equipos de cada grupo progresaron, jugando semifinales, un desempate por el tercer lugar y una final, donde los distritos de Sudáfrica derrotaron a Botswana. [2]
Clasificación final:
- En negrita : Avanzado al Torneo ICC Six Nations WCQS
- Botswana qualified to participate in the ICC Six Nations WCQS Tournament, after being the country with the highest standing at the end of the tournament
- In italics: Won tournament but was not eligible to advance to next the stage
- South Africa Country Districts were undefeated throughout the tournament, but because they were not a country, were not eligible to advance to the ICC Six Nations WCQS Tournament
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Americas Affiliates Championship 2004[edit]
Similarly to the African Affiliates playoff, the Americas Affiliates Championship was contested in March 2004 to decide the team that would progress through to the next round.[3] Five ICC Affiliate members played off in a round-robin format from 23 March to 27 March, playing each other once.
| Team | Pts | Pld | W | L | NR | NRR |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
 Bahamas | 24 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 2.368 |
 Panama | 18 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0.898 |
 Belize | 12 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 1.159 |
 Turks and Caicos Islands | 6 | 4 | 1 | 3 | 0 | -1.998 |
 Suriname | 0 | 4 | 0 | 4 | 0 | -2.208 |
European Championships 2nd Division 2004[edit]
Competed in Belgium in 2004 and separate to the 1st Division Championships for the first time, six countries played off on four grounds in Antwerp, Brussels and Mechelen.[4] Italy went through unbeaten, qualifying for a play off at the ICC World Cup Qualifying Series Division 2 for the twelfth and final place for the 2005 ICC Trophy.
| Team | Pts | Pld | W | T | NR | L | Qualification |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
 Italy | 10 | 5 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | World Cup Qualifying Series Division 2 2005 |
 France | 6 | 5 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 2 | |
 Germany | 6 | 5 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 2 | |
| Norway | 4 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 3 | |
 Gibraltar | 4 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 3 | |
 Israel | 0 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 |
Final Regional Qualifying Events[edit]
Asian Cricket Council Trophy[edit]
Hosted in Malaysia in June 2004, the ACC Trophy[5] was contested by 15 countries divided into four groups. The tournament then progressed into a knockout phase, with the top two teams from each group progressing to the quarter finals. At the end of the tournament, the runner-up Oman and the winner United Arab Emirates secured themselves a spot in the ICC Trophy.
Kuwait, Qatar and Nepal finished third, fourth and fifth, and play in the World Cup Qualifying Series Division 2 2005.
ICC Six Nations WCQS Tournament[edit]
Both Namibia and Uganda qualified for the ICC Trophy after they finished ahead of the other four teams in a round robin tournament played in Zambia in August 2004.[6]
| Team | Pts | Pld | W | L | RRF | RRA | NRR | Qualification |
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 Namibia | 25 | 5 | 5 | 0 | 5.11 | 2.31 | 2.80 | 2005 ICC Trophy |
 Uganda | 20 | 5 | 4 | 1 | 3.77 | 2.99 | 0.78 | |
 Zambia | 10 | 5 | 2 | 3 | 3.58 | 3.98 | -0.40 | World Cup Qualifying Series Division 2 2005 |
 Botswana | 10 | 5 | 2 | 3 | 4.24 | 4.59 | -0.35 | |
 Nigeria | 5 | 5 | 1 | 4 | 3.34 | 4.91 | -1.57 | |
 Tanzania | 5 | 5 | 1 | 4 | 3.01 | 5.08 | -2.07 |
European Championships 2004[edit]
Even though the tournament isn't considered to be a qualification tournament, the European Championship[7] is considered to be the most important European tournament on the calendar. Contested by Denmark, Holland, Ireland, Scotland as well as an ECB England XI, the format is a round robin tournament, with the winner being the team that finishes on top. Denmark, Holland, Ireland and Scotland were already guaranteed a direct spot into the ICC Trophy, with the ECB XI being ineligible.
| Team | Pts | Pld | W | T | NR | L | Qualification |
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| ECB England XI | 8 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
 Ireland | 6 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2005 ICC Trophy |
 Netherlands | 4 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | |
 Scotland | 2 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | |
 Denmark | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 |
Americas Cricket Championship[edit]
Bermuda hosted the 2004 Americas Cricket Championship[8] in July 2004, which was played as a round robin tournament with the top three out of the six teams progressing through to the ICC Trophy.
| Team | Pts | Pld | W | L | NR | NRR | Qualification |
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 Canada | 20 | 5 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 2.157 | 2005 ICC Trophy |
 United States | 16 | 5 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 2.132 | |
 Bermuda | 12 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 0.944 | |
 Cayman Islands | 8 | 5 | 2 | 3 | 0 | -0.198 | World Cup Qualifying Series Division 2 2005 |
 Argentina | 4 | 5 | 1 | 4 | 0 | -2.007 | |
| Bahamas | 0 | 5 | 0 | 5 | 0 | -2.226 |
ICC East Asia-Pacific Cricket Challenge 2004[edit]
Japan hosted the tournament[9] from May 25 to May 29, 2004, with teams from Fiji, Indonesia, Japan and Tonga contesting in a round robin format, with the top two ranked teams, Fiji and Tonga, playing in a final to decide the tournament winner. Fiji beat Tonga in the final by 181 runs, hence qualifying to the ICC World Cup Qualifying Series Division 2.
| Team | Pld | W | L | Qualification |
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 Fiji | 3 | 3 | 0 | World Cup Qualifying Series Division 2 2005 |
 Tonga | 3 | 2 | 1 | |
 Indonesia | 3 | 1 | 2 | |
 Japan | 3 | 0 | 3 |
World Cup Qualifying Series Division 2 2005[edit]
This new event[10] for the eight teams that had narrowly missed out on direct qualification for the ICC Trophy was played in Malaysia in February 2005. Two groups of four teams each played each other in a round robin stage, with the top two teams from each group progressing to a knockout stage, where the winners would progress to a final. Papua New Guinea emerged winners in Kuala Lumpur on 26 February, beating Fiji by 30 runs. Papua New Guinea therefore managed to grab the final spot into the ICC Trophy.
Group A
| Team | Pts | Pld | W | T | L |
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 Papua New Guinea | 6 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 |
 Nepal | 4 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 |
 Kuwait | 2 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 |
| Italy | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 |
Group B
| Team | Pts | Pld | W | T | L |
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| Fiji | 6 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 |
 Qatar | 4 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 |
| Cayman Islands | 2 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 |
| Zambia | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 |
| Semi-finals | Final | |||||
| 25 February - Selangor Turf Club | ||||||
| Papua New Guinea | 9/260 | |||||
| 27 February - Royal Selangor Club | ||||||
| Qatar | 10/224 | |||||
| Papua New Guinea | 10/176 | |||||
| 25 February - Bayumas Oval | ||||||
| Fiji | 10/146 | |||||
| Fiji | 8/143 | |||||
| Nepal | 10/140 | |||||
| Third place | ||||||
| 27 February - Bayumas Oval | ||||||
| Nepal | 7/176 | |||||
| Qatar | 10/78 | |||||
2005 ICC Trophy[edit]
The 2005 ICC Trophy was a cricket tournament held in Ireland between 1 July and 13 July. It was an international one-day tournament played over 50 overs per side between 12 associate members of the International Cricket Council. It came with the prize of a place in the 2007 Cricket World Cup (and together with it a share of US$2,500,000 for future development) for the five top-ranked teams, and with the prize of official One Day International status from 1 January 2006 (until the 2009 ICC Trophy) for the five top-ranked teams along with Kenya, who had already been given official one-day status till the 2009 Trophy.
On 7 July, Ireland, Bermuda, Scotland and Canada qualified for the semi-finals. With that, they also won places in the 2007 Cricket World Cup and, from 1 January 2006, official One Day International status. On 11 July, the Netherlands also achieved this by beating the UAE to finish fifth. Scotland won the tournament, beating Ireland in the final.
Notes and references[edit]
- ^ ECC Trophy 2003, from cricketeurope.net, retrieved 5 July 2006
- ^ "Scorecards from the African Affiliates Tournament, from ICC, retrieved 5 July 2006". Archived from the original on 2006-08-14. Retrieved 2006-07-05.
- ^ International Cricket Council Americas Affiliates Championship 2004 Archived 2006-07-25 at the Wayback Machine
- ^ European Cricket Council European Championships 2nd Division 2004 Archived 2006-01-05 at the Wayback Machine
- ^ Cricinfo Asian Cricket Council Trophy, Jun 2004
- ^ International Cricket Council Six Nations WCQS Tournament[permanent dead link]
- ^ European Cricket Council European Championships 2004 Archived 2007-09-27 at the Wayback Machine
- ^ International Cricket Council WCQS-Associates Archived 2006-08-31 at the Wayback Machine
- ^ Japan Cricket Association East Asia Pacific Cricket Challenge Archived 2006-05-03 at the Wayback Machine
- ^ Cricket Europe World Cup Qualifying Series Division 2, 2005
