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2018 Cricket World Cup Qualifier

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Host(s)
  
Bangladesh

Official website
  
www.icc-cricket.com

Location
  
Bangladesh

Participants
  
10

Dates
  
1 Mar 2018 – 4 Apr 2018

Cricket format
  
One Day International List A cricket

Tournament format(s)
  
Round-robin and Knockout

Administrator
  
International Cricket Council

Similar
  
1979 Cricket World Cup, 1975 Cricket World Cup, 1987 Cricket World Cup, 2017 ICC Champions Trophy, 1983 Cricket World Cup

The 2018 ICC World Cup Qualifier will be a cricket tournament to decide the final qualification for the 2019 World Cup. The top two teams will qualify for the World Cup, joining the 8 teams who will have already qualified through their ranking in the ICC ODI Championship.

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The tournament is scheduled to take place in Bangladesh. However, this could change if Bangladesh qualify automatically for the 2019 World Cup.

Teams

As it was decided to reduce teams in the 2019 ICC Cricket World Cup, a new world cup qualification structure was introduced where at least two Test playing nations will need to play in the qualifying tournament and therefor a Test-playing nation could miss the World Cup for the first time. Ireland and Afghanistan are included in the ICC ODI Championship from which the top eight teams on 30 September 2017 will automatically qualify for the World Cup. The bottom four teams in the ICC ODI Championship ranking will be joined by the top four teams from the 2015–17 ICC World Cricket League Championship and the two finalists of the 2018 ICC World Cricket League Division Two for the qualifying tournament. This means that at most two associate teams can qualify for the World Cup or none if beaten by the Test playing nations.

ICC ODI Championship berths

Bottom 4 based on current rankings:

  •  West Indies (9th)
  •  Afghanistan (10th)
  •  Zimbabwe (11th)
  •  Ireland (12th)
  • 2015–17 ICC World Cricket League Championship berths

    Top 4 based on current rankings:

    ICC World Cricket League Division Two berths

  • Bottom 4 teams from the 2015-17 ICC World Cricket League Championship
  • Top 2 teams from the 2017 ICC World Cricket League Division Three
  • Participating in 2017 ICC World Cricket League Division Three

  •  Canada
  •  Malaysia
  •  Oman
  •  Singapore
  •  Uganda
  •  United States
  • References

    2018 Cricket World Cup Qualifier Wikipedia