| World Cricket League | |
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| Administrator | International Cricket Council |
| Format | One Day International List A |
| First tournament | 2007–09 |
| Tournament format | League system |
| Number of teams | 96 nations |
| Current champion | Ireland |
| Most successful | Ireland (1 victory) |
| Website | Pepsi ICC World Cricket League |
| ICC World Cricket League 2009-13 | |
The ICC World Cricket League is a series of international one-day cricket tournaments for national teams without Test status, administered by the International Cricket Council. All associate and affiliate members of the ICC are eligible to compete in the league system, which features a promotion and relegation structure between divisions. The league system has two main aims: to provide a qualification system for the World Cup that can be accessed by all associate and affiliate members, and as an opportunity for these sides to play international one-day matches against teams of similar standards.
In the inaugural ICC World Cricket League 2007–09, teams were allocated into divisions based on their performance in the qualification tournaments for the 2007 World Cup; the six initial teams in Division One were the teams that qualified for the 2007 World Cup. The initial series began with regional qualifiers and a First Division in 2007, and ended with the 2009 ICC World Cup Qualifier. At this stage, there were only five divisions.
The second cycle began in 2009 with three additional divisions.
Read more about World Cricket League: History, Rules and Format, Structure, Associate and Affiliate One-day Rankings
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