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Cricket World Cup qualification is the process national cricket teams go through to qualify for the Cricket World Cup. The Cricket World Cup is a global event, and qualification is used to reduce the large field of participants from about 100 to 10–14. The qualification process has started as early as almost 7 years before the World Cup.

## History

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From the first World Cup in 1975 up to the 2019 World Cup, the majority of teams taking part qualified automatically. Until the 2015 World Cup this was mostly through having Full Membership of the ICC, and for the 2019 World Cup this was mostly through ranking position in the ICC ODI Championship.

Since the second World Cup in 1979 up to the 2019 World Cup, the teams that qualified automatically have been joined by a small number of others who qualified for the World Cup through the qualification process. The number of teams qualifying for the World Cup changed from event to event. The first qualifying tournament being the ICC Trophy;[1] later the process expanding with pre-qualifying tournaments. Pre-qualifying tournaments were held within the five ICC regional bodies (Africa, Americas, Asia, East Asia-Pacific, Europe), and organized by their respective councils.

For the 2011 World Cup onwards, the past pre-qualifying processes were replaced by the World Cricket League, administered by the ICC; and the ICC Trophy became known as the ICC World Cup Qualifier,[2] and this remained the culmination of the qualification process and became the final stage of the World Cricket League competition. The World Cricket League was a series of international one-day cricket tournaments for national teams without Test status. All Associate members of the ICC were able to qualify for the World Cup.

While 12 teams participated in the 2009 ICC World Cup Qualifier and the top 4 teams qualified for the 2011 Cricket World Cup, at the ICC Chief Executives' Committee meeting in September 2011, the ICC decided on a new qualifying format for the 2015 Cricket World Cup. Two teams from the top tier of the pre-qualifying tournament, the 2011–13 ICC World Cricket League Championship, qualified directly and did not compete in the 2014 Cricket World Cup Qualifier, which decided the remaining two places.[3][4]

For the 2019 World Cup, the host and the seven highest-ranked sides on the MRF Tyres ICC ODI Team Rankings as on 30 September 2017 qualified directly for the event proper. The four bottom-ranked sides were joined by six teams from the ICC World Cricket League in the 10-team ICC Cricket World Cup Qualifier 2018, and the top two sides completed the 10-team World Cup line-up.

For the 2023 World Cup, only the host nation qualified automatically. 32 teams were divided into three leagues—Super League, League 2 and Challenge League—each with different paths to World Cup qualification. The leagues and supplementary qualifier and play-off tournaments also determined promotion and relegation between the leagues from one World Cup cycle to the next.[5] The fourth World Cricket League competition was used for the initial placement of teams into the leagues for the 2023 World Cup qualifying, and has now been abolished.

## Team performances

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The teams that qualified automatically each time, and the performances of the other teams in the final qualifying tournament, are as follows.

World Cup:  | 1975 WC | 1979 WC | 1983 WC | 1987 WC | 1992 WC | 1996 WC | 1999 WC | 2003 WC | 2007 WC | 2011 WC | 2015 WC | 2019 WC | 2023 WC | 2027 WC

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Qualifying
Tournament:  | None  | 1979 ICC
Trophy | 1982 ICC
Trophy | 1986 ICC
Trophy | 1990 ICC
Trophy | 1994 ICC
Trophy | 1997 ICC
Trophy | 2001 ICC
Trophy | 2005 ICC
Trophy | 2009

Qual | 2011
WCL
C'ship | 2014

Qual | 2018

Qual | 2023

Qual | 2027

Qual
Pre-qualifying:  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  | 2007 Qual | 2007–09 WCL | 2009–14 WCL | 2012–18 WCL | 2017–19 WCL |
Africa
Kenya |  |  | R1 | R1 | SF | 2nd | 2nd | Auto (O) | Auto (O) | 4th | 6th | 5th |  | =27th |
Namibia |  |  |  |  |  | R1 | 15th | 2nd | 7th | 8th | 7th | 6th |  | 19th |
South Africa |  |  |  |  | Auto (F) | Auto (F) | Auto (F) | Auto (F) | Auto (F) | Auto (F) | Auto (F) | Auto (R) | 8th | Auto (H)
Uganda |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  | 12th | 10th |  | 10th |  | =23rd |
Zimbabwe |  |  | 1st | 1st | 1st | Auto (F) | Auto (F) | Auto (F) | Auto (F) | Auto (F) | Auto (F) | 3rd | 12th | Auto (H)
Americas
Argentina |  | R1 |  | R1 | R1 | R1 | 21st | R1 |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Bermuda |  | SF | 2nd | 4th | R1 | 4th | 9th | R1 | 4th | 9th |  |  |  | =31st |
Canada |  | 2nd | R1 | R1 | R2 | R2 | 7th | 3rd | 3rd | 2nd | 8th | 8th |  | 20th |
United States |  | R1 | R1 | R1 | R2 | R1 | 12th | 7th | 10th |  |  |  |  | 18th |
West Indies | Auto (F) | Auto (F) | Auto (F) | Auto (F) | Auto (F) | Auto (F) | Auto (F) | Auto (F) | Auto (F) | Auto (F) | Auto (F) | 2nd | 13th |
Asia
Afghanistan |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  | 5th | 2nd |  | 1st | 7th |
Bangladesh |  | R1 | 4th | R1 | SF | R2 | 1st | Auto (F) | Auto (F) | Auto (F) | Auto (F) | Auto (R) | 3rd |
Hong Kong |  |  | R1 | R1 | R1 | R2 | 8th | R1 |  |  |  | 3rd | 10th | =25th |
India | Auto (F) | Auto (F) | Auto (F) | Auto (F) | Auto (F) | Auto (F) | Auto (F) | Auto (F) | Auto (F) | Auto (F) | Auto (F) | Auto (R) | Auto (H) |
Malaysia |  | R1 | R1 | R1 | R1 | R1 | 16th | R1 |  |  |  |  |  | =29th |
Nepal |  |  |  |  |  |  |  | R1 |  |  |  | 9th | 8th | 16th |
Oman |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  | 9th | 11th |  |  |  | 14th |
Pakistan | Auto (F) | Auto (F) | Auto (F) | Auto (F) | Auto (F) | Auto (F) | Auto (F) | Auto (F) | Auto (F) | Auto (F) | Auto (F) | Auto (R) | 5th |
Qatar |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  | =25th |
Singapore |  | R1 | R1 |  | R1 | 19th | 14th | R1 |  |  |  |  |  | =27th |
Sri Lanka | Auto (I) | 1st | Auto (F) | Auto (F) | Auto (F) | Auto (F) | Auto (F) | Auto (F) | Auto (F) | Auto (F) | Auto (F) | Auto (R) | 9th |
United Arab Emirates |  |  |  |  |  | 1st | 10th | 5th | 6th | 7th | 3rd | 2nd | 6th | 17th |
East Asia-Pacific
Australia | Auto (F) | Auto (F) | Auto (F) | Auto (F) | Auto (F) | Auto (F) | Auto (F) | Auto (F) | Auto (F) | Auto (F) | Auto (F) | Auto (R) | 6th |
Fiji |  | R1 | R1 | R1 | R1 | R1 | 11th | R1 |  |  |  |  |  |  |
New Zealand | Auto (F) | Auto (F) | Auto (F) | Auto (F) | Auto (F) | Auto (F) | Auto (F) | Auto (F) | Auto (F) | Auto (F) | Auto (F) | Auto (R) | 1st |
Papua New Guinea |  | R1 | 3rd | R1 | R2 | R1 | 13th | R1 | 11th |  |  | 4th | 9th | 22nd |
Vanuatu |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  | =31st |
Europe
Denmark |  | SF |  | 3rd | R2 | R1 | 5th | 6th | 8th | 12th |  |  |  | =23rd |
England | Auto (F) | Auto (F) | Auto (F) | Auto (F) | Auto (F) | Auto (F) | Auto (F) | Auto (F) | Auto (F) | Auto (F) | Auto (F) | Auto (H) | 2nd |
France |  |  |  |  |  |  |  | R1 |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Germany |  |  |  |  |  |  |  | R1 |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Gibraltar |  |  | R1 | R1 | R1 | 20th | =19th | R1 |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Ireland |  |  |  |  |  | R2 | 4th | 8th | 2nd | 1st | 1st |  | 5th | 15th |
Israel |  | R1 | R1 | R1 | R1 | R1 | 22nd | R1 |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Italy |  |  |  |  |  |  | =19th | R1 |  |  |  |  |  | =29th |
Jersey |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  | 21st |
Netherlands |  | R1 | R1 | 2nd | 2nd | 3rd | 6th | 1st | 5th | 3rd | 4th | 7th | 7th | 10th |
Scotland |  |  |  |  |  |  | 3rd | 4th | 1st | 6th | 5th | 1st | 4th | 11th |
Defunct teams
East Africa | Auto (I) | R1 | R1 | R1 |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
East and Central Africa |  |  |  |  | R1 | 18th | 17th | R1 |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Wales |  | R1 |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
West Africa |  |  | R1 |  |  | 17th | 18th | R1 |  |  |  |  |  |  |

Key:

Auto (F)  | Team qualified for Cricket World Cup automatically through having Full Membership of the ICC

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Auto (H)  | Team qualified for Cricket World Cup automatically as Host
Auto (I)  | Team qualified for Cricket World Cup automatically by Invitation
Auto (O)  | Team qualified for Cricket World Cup automatically through having ODI Status
Auto (R)  | Team qualified for Cricket World Cup automatically by Ranking position in the ICC ODI Championship
| Team qualified for Cricket World Cup through the Qualifying Tournament
R1/R2  | Team reached First Round/Second Round in the Qualifying Tournament
SF  | Team reached Semi-Final in the Qualifying Tournament (no third-place play-off)
1st/2nd/etc  | Team finished 1st/2nd/etc in the Qualifying Tournament
| Team failed to reach final Qualifying Tournament

## See also

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* World Cricket League

## References

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1. ^ Cricinfo – 2005 ICC Trophy in Ireland
2. ^ World Cricket League Archived January 19, 2007, at the Wayback Machine World Cricket League Overview
3. ^ "Results of the ICC Chief Executives' Committee meeting in London". 12 September 2011. Archived from the original on 29 September 2011. Retrieved 13 September 2011.
4. ^ "ICC spells out 2015 WC qualification plan". ESPNcricinfo. ESPN Sports Media. 11 October 2011. Retrieved 11 October 2011.
5. ^ "ICC launches the road to India 2023". International Cricket Council. Retrieved 12 August 2019.

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* England 1975
* England 1979
* England / Wales 1983
* India / Pakistan 1987
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* England / Scotland / Wales / Ireland / Netherlands 1999
* South Africa / Zimbabwe / Kenya 2003
* West Indies 2007
* India / Sri Lanka / Bangladesh 2011
* Australia / New Zealand 2015
* England / Wales 2019
* India 2023
* South Africa / Zimbabwe / Namibia 2027

Finals|

* 1975
* 1979
* 1983
* 1987
* 1992
* 1996
* 1999
* 2003
* 2007
* 2011
* 2015
* 2019
* 2023

Squads|

* 1975
* 1979
* 1983
* 1987
* 1992
* 1996
* 1999
* 2003
* 2007
* 2011
* 2015
* 2019
* 2023

Statistics|

* 1975
* 1979
* 1983
* 1987
* 1992
* 1996
* 1999
* 2003
* 2007
* 2011
* 2015
* 2019
* 2023

Qualification|

* 1975
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* 1983
* 1987
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* 1999
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* 2007
* 2011
* 2015
* 2019
* 2023
* 2027

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