The 2009 ICC Cricket World Cup Qualifier was a
cricket
Cricket is a Bat-and-ball games, bat-and-ball game played between two Sports team, teams of eleven players on a cricket field, field, at the centre of which is a cricket pitch, pitch with a wicket at each end, each comprising two Bail (cr ...
tournament that took place in April 2009 in South Africa. It was the final part of the
Cricket World Cup qualification process for the
2011 Cricket World Cup
The 2011 ICC Cricket World Cup was the tenth Cricket World Cup. It was played in India, Sri Lanka and Bangladesh, while the latter hosted World Cup matches for the first time. India won the tournament, defeating Sri Lanka by six wickets in the 2 ...
.
The tournament was the renamed version of the
ICC Trophy, and was the final event of the
2007–09 ICC World Cricket League.
Teams
The following teams, who attained One Day International status from the previous World Cup, and who made up Division One of the World Cricket League qualified automatically. Kenya did not play in the last 2 qualifying tournaments as they were the first associate team to gain ODI status and thus qualified for the last 2 World Cups automatically but were no longer guaranteed ODI status and once again needed to compete in the qualifying tournament.
*Promoted through
2007 ICC World Cricket League Division Two:
*Promoted through
2009 ICC World Cricket League Division Three:
The top four teams (previously 6) from this tournament qualified for the
2011 Cricket World Cup
The 2011 ICC Cricket World Cup was the tenth Cricket World Cup. It was played in India, Sri Lanka and Bangladesh, while the latter hosted World Cup matches for the first time. India won the tournament, defeating Sri Lanka by six wickets in the 2 ...
, while the top six teams gained or maintained
One Day International
One Day International (ODI) is a format of cricket, played between two teams with international status, in which each team faces a fixed number of fifty overs, with the game lasting up to 7 hours. The World Cup, generally held every four yea ...
status for the following four years and also automatically qualified for the
ICC Intercontinental Cup
The ICC Intercontinental Cup was a first-class cricket tournament organised by the International Cricket Council (ICC) as part of its cricket development programme. It was designed to allow List of International Cricket Council members, Associ ...
. The bottom two teams were relegated to
2011 ICC World Cricket League Division Three. The final and the play-offs for third and fifth place were official ODIs.
Ireland
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won the tournament after beating
Netherlands
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. Ireland, Netherlands, Canada and Kenya all qualified for the
2011 ICC World Cup. Despite not qualifying for the World Cup Afghanistan and Scotland secured ODI status and competed for 5th spot,
with Afghanistan winning the playoff.
As a result of the tournament, Afghanistan gained ODI status for the first time. Afghanistan had begun the
ICC World Cricket League 2007-09 in the bottom division, but won the Division Five, Division Four and Division Three tournaments to qualify for this event, and ultimately win ODI status. Afghanistan replaced Bermuda as the sixth Associate Nation with ODI status. Afghanistan became the only affiliate member to gain ODI status.
Status of games
All matches played in this tournament have
List A cricket
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 num ...
status. Additionally, some matches have
One Day International
One Day International (ODI) is a format of cricket, played between two teams with international status, in which each team faces a fixed number of fifty overs, with the game lasting up to 7 hours. The World Cup, generally held every four yea ...
status; these matches are:
* Matches in the group stage played between teams who entered the tournament with ODI status
* Matches in the playoff stage played between teams who finished the tournament with ODI status
None of the Super Eight matches were considered ODIs, even if played between teams who started or finished with ODI status.
Significantly, this meant that Afghanistan's Group Stage matches were not considered ODIs, but its 5th place playoff match against Scotland was considered an ODI.
Players
Group stage
Group A
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Group B
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Super Eights
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Playoffs
9th and 11th Place Playoffs
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11th place playoff
9th place playoff
7th place playoff
5th place playoff
3rd place playoff
Final
Final standings
Statistics
See also
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ICC World Cricket League
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2011 Cricket World Cup
The 2011 ICC Cricket World Cup was the tenth Cricket World Cup. It was played in India, Sri Lanka and Bangladesh, while the latter hosted World Cup matches for the first time. India won the tournament, defeating Sri Lanka by six wickets in the 2 ...
References
External links
Official SiteArchived
2009-06-24)
World Cricket League structure
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2009
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