The ICC are continuing to undertake a comprehensive contingency planning process around cricket and ICC events in 2021 due to ongoing the Covid-19 pandemic. The priority is to protect the well-being of players, coaches, officials, fans and the whole cricket community and we will take a safety-first approach to all operations and decision making.
Qualifying events taking place in 2021 feed into four ICC World Cups, the ICC Men’s Cricket World Cup 2023, ICC Women’s T20 World Cup 2023, ICC Men’s T20 World Cup 2022 and ICC U19 Men’s Cricket World Cup 2022. The qualifying events and their status that form the pathway for those World Cups are detailed below.
ICC Men’s Cricket World Cup 2023 qualification
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Event |
Host |
Dates |
Participating Teams |
Status |
New Dates |
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ICC Men’s CWC League 2 |
Oman |
19 - 28 March 2021 |
Oman, USA, Nepal |
Postponed |
13-20 September |
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ICC Men’s CWC League 2 |
Oman |
14 - 24 April 2021 |
PNG, Oman, Scotland |
Postponed |
25 September - 2 October |
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ICC Men’s CWC League 2 |
PNG |
13 - 23 May 2021 |
PNG, USA, Namibia |
Postponed |
TBC |
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ICC Men’s CWC League 2 |
Scotland |
July 2021 |
Scotland, Nepal, Namibia |
Postponed |
TBC |
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ICC Men’s CWC League 2 |
USA |
TBC |
USA, Scotland, UAE |
Scheduled |
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ICC Men’s CWC League 2 |
Namibia |
TBC |
Namibia, Oman, UAE |
Scheduled |
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ICC Men’s CWC League 2 |
UAE |
December 2021 |
UAE, Namibia, Oman |
Scheduled |
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ICC Men’s CWC League 2 |
Nepal |
February 2022 |
Nepal, UAE, PNG |
Scheduled |
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ICC Men’s CWC League 2 |
Namibia |
25 March - 5 April 2022 |
Namibia, Nepal, Scotland |
Scheduled |
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ICC Men’s CWC League 2 |
Scotland |
June 2022 |
Scotland, UAE, USA |
Scheduled |
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ICC Men’s CWC League 2 |
USA |
July 2022 |
USA, Nepal, Oman |
Scheduled |
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ICC Men’s CWC League 2 |
Namibia |
TBC |
Namibia, PNG, USA |
Scheduled |
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ICC Men’s CWC League 2 |
PNG |
22 September - 2 October 2022 |
PNG, UAE, Nepal |
Scheduled |
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ICC Men’s CWC League 2 |
Oman |
22 November - 2 December 2022 |
Oman, Scotland, PNG |
Scheduled |
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ICC Men’s CWC League 2 |
Nepal |
February 2023 |
Nepal, Namibia, Scotland |
Scheduled |
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ICC Men’s CWC League 2 |
UAE |
February 2023 |
UAE, PNG, Nepal |
Scheduled |
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For more information on the ICC Men’s Cricket World Cup League 2 click here.
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Event |
Host |
Dates |
Participating Teams |
Status |
New Dates |
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ICC Men’s Challenge League A |
Canada |
15-28 August 2021 |
Canada, Denmark, Malaysia, Qatar, Singapore, Vanuatu |
Rescheduled |
July/August 2022 |
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ICC Men’s Challenge League B |
Jersey |
1-14 September 2021 |
Bermuda, Hong Kong, Italy, Jersey, Kenya, Uganda |
Scheduled |
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ICC Men’s Challenge League B |
Uganda |
February 2022 |
Bermuda, Hong Kong, Italy, Jersey, Kenya, Uganda |
Scheduled |
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ICC Men’s Challenge League A |
Malaysia |
September 2022 |
Canada, Denmark, Malaysia, Qatar, Singapore, Vanuatu |
Rescheduled |
November/December 2021 |
For more information on the ICC Men’s Cricket World Cup Challenge League A and B click here.
ICC Women’s T20 World Cup 2023 Qualification
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Event |
Host |
Dates |
Participating Members |
Status |
New Dates |
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ICC Women’s T20 World Cup Europe Qualifier |
Scotland New Host: Spain |
26 – 30 August 2021 |
France, Germany, Ireland, Netherlands, Scotland (Q) |
Completed |
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ICC Women’s T20 World Cup Americas Qualifier |
USA New Host: Mexico |
11 – 18 September 2021 |
Argentina, Brazil, Canada, USA |
Scheduled |
18-25 October |
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ICC Women’s T20 World Cup EAP Qualifier |
TBC |
3-8 September 2021 |
Cook Islands, Fiji, Indonesia, Japan, Philippines, PNG, Samoa, Vanuatu |
Cancelled |
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ICC Women's T20 World Cup Asia Qualifier |
Malaysia |
20-26 September 2021 |
Bhutan, China, Hong Kong, Kuwait, Myanmar, Nepal, Malaysia, UAE |
Rescheduled |
22-28 November 2021 |
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ICC Women's T20 World Cup Africa Qualifier |
Botswana |
October 2021 |
Botswana, Cameroon, Namibia, Nigeria, Malawi, Mozambique, Rwanda, Sierra Leone, Tanzania, Uganda, Zimbabwe |
Rescheduled |
9-19 September 2021 |
ICC Men’s T20 World Cup 2022 Qualification
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Event |
Host |
Dates |
Participating Teams |
Status |
New Dates |
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ICC Men’s T20 World Cup Asia A Qualifier |
Kuwait |
3-9 April 2021 |
Bahrain, Kuwait, Maldives, Qatar, Saudi Arabia |
Rescheduled |
23-29 October 2021 |
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ICC Men’s T20 World Cup Sub Regional Africa A Qualifier |
South Africa |
April 2021 |
Ghana, Lesotho, Malawi, Rwanda, Seychelles, Swaziland, Uganda |
Rescheduled |
25-31 October 2021 |
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ICC Men’s T20 World Cup Sub Regional Africa B Qualifier |
South Africa |
April 2021 |
Botswana, Cameroon, Mozambique, Sierra Leone, St Helena, Tanzania |
Rescheduled |
25-31 October 2021 |
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ICC Men’s T20 World Cup Sub Regional Europe A Qualifier |
Finland |
8 – 13 July 2021 |
Bulgaria, Cyprus, France, Israel, Italy (Q), Malta, Norway, Spain |
Cancelled |
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ICC Men’s T20 World Cup Sub Regional Europe B Qualifier |
Finland |
30 June - 5 July 2021 |
Germany (Q), Gibraltar, Greece, Guernsey, Finland, Hungary, Luxembourg, Sweden |
Cancelled |
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ICC Men’s T20 World Cup Sub Regional Europe C Qualifier
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Belgium |
5 - 10 July 2021 |
Austria, Belgium, Czech Republic, Denmark (Q), Isle of Man, Portugal, Romania, Serbia, |
Cancelled |
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ICC Men’s T20 World Cup Asia B Qualifier |
Malaysia |
3-9 July 2021 |
Bhutan, China, Malaysia, Myanmar, Hong Kong, Thailand |
Rescheduled |
9-15 November 2021 |
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ICC Men’s T20 World Cup EAP Qualifier |
Japan |
11-16 October 2021 |
Cook Islands, Fiji, Indonesia, Japan, Philippines, Samoa, South Korea, Vanuatu |
Cancelled |
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ICC Men’s T20 World Cup Americas Qualifier
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TBC |
TBC |
Argentina, Bahamas, Belize, Bermuda, Canada, Cayman Islands, Panama, USA |
Scheduled |
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ICC Men’s T20 World Cup Europe Qualifier |
Spain |
15 – 21 October 2021 |
Denmark, Germany, Italy, Jersey |
Scheduled |
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ICC Men’s T20 World Cup Africa Qualifier |
Nigeria |
November 2021 |
Kenya, Nigeria, Africa Sub Regional Qualifier x2 |
Rescheduled |
24-27 November 2021 |
ICC U19 Men’s Cricket World Cup 2022 Qualification
|
Event |
Host |
Dates |
Participating Members |
Status |
New Dates |
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ICC U19 Men’s Cricket World Cup Africa Division 2 Qualifier |
Tanzania |
June 2021 |
Botswana, Kenya, Mozambique, Rwanda (Q), Sierra Leone, Tanzania (Q) |
Cancelled |
7-13 August 2021 |
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ICC U19 Men’s Cricket World Cup Europe Qualifier |
Scotland New Host: Spain |
30 July – 5 August 2021 |
Ireland, Jersey, Netherlands, Scotland Denmark and Guernsey withdrew |
Rescheduled |
19-25 September 2021 |
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ICC U19 Men’s Cricket World Cup Americas Qualifier |
USA |
18 - 25 August 2021 |
Argentina, Bermuda, Canada (Q), USA |
Cancelled |
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ICC U19 Men’s Cricket World Cup Africa Qualifier |
Rwanda |
September 2021 |
Namibia, Nigeria, Rwanda, Tanzania, Uganda |
Rescheduled |
30 September - 7 October 2021 |
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ICC U19 Men’s Cricket World Cup EAP Qualifier |
Japan |
28 September – 4 October 2021 |
Indonesia, Japan, PNG (Q), Vanuatu |
Cancelled |
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ICC U19 Men’s Cricket World Cup Asia Division 2 Qualifier |
TBC |
TBC |
Bhutan, Hong Kong, Oman (Q), Qatar, Saudi Arabia, Singapore (Q), Thailand |
Cancelled |
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ICC U19 Men’s Cricket World Cup Asia Qualifier |
United Arab Emirates |
September 2021 |
Malaysia, Nepal, Kuwait, UAE (Q), Oman and Singapore promoted from Division 2 |
Cancelled |
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