Dates 2 August – 5 August Host(s) Ireland | Cricket format Twenty20 International | |
Administrator(s) International Cricket Council Tournament format(s) Group stage and Knockout Champions Ireland & Netherlands (shared) (1st title) | ||
The 2008 ICC World Twenty20 Qualifier was the inaugural tournament of ICC World Twenty20 Qualifier and was played between 2 and 5 August 2008 in Stormont, Belfast in Northern Ireland. The top three will play in the 2009 ICC World Twenty20, the international championship of Twenty20 cricket. The six competing teams were: Bermuda, Canada, Ireland, Kenya, The Netherlands and Scotland.
The competition was won by Ireland and the Netherlands, who shared the trophy after rain forced the final to be abandoned without a ball bowled. Both teams qualified for the 2009 ICC World Twenty20 finals in England. After the withdrawal of Zimbabwe from the competition, the two finalists were joined by third-placed Scotland who eliminated Kenya.
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2008 ICC World Twenty20 Qualifier Wikipedia(Text) CC BY-SA