Post by weststigersbob on Oct 21, 2018 17:51:59 GMT
The World Cup in 2023.
Talk about convoluted. I’ll try to simplify it by listing all the nations that CAN qualify and how they get there. As it stands, there will only be 10 teams at the WC. The sole reason for this is TV money. The more games India (and to a lesser extent Aus and Eng) plays before being knocked out, the better. Two groups of 5, probably a super six stage, semis, final. (16 teams 4 groups of 4, double round robin, quarters, semis, final seems far more logical to me, but I digress).
32 teams can qualify. The Top 13 sides keep playing as normal. At some point in 2022, the Top 8 ranked teams will automatically qualify for the 2023 WC. I’ll get to the bottom 5 later (ranked 9-13). This is called the “World Cup Super League” (of course).
1. Australia
2. England
3. India
4. Pakistan
5. Sri Lanka
6. New Zealand
7. South Africa
8. West Indies
9. Bangladesh
10. Afghanistan
11. Ireland
12. Netherlands
13. Zimbabwe
Now the following 15 teams all have a chance of qualifying :
14. Scotland
15. Nepal
16. United Arab Emirates
17. Papua New Guinea
18. Hong Kong
19. Canada
20. Namibia
21. Oman
22. Kenya
23. Singapore
24. USA
25. Uganda
26. Denmark
27. Malaysia
28. Jersey
29. Vanuatu
30. Bermuda
31. Unknown
32. Unknown
Teams 31 and 32 are selected based on rankings not published anywhere on the Internet. Teams playing at level for the 2019 World Cup include Italy, Qatar, Guernsey, Germany, Ghana and Cayman Islands. It will probably be two of those.
Vanuatu and Bermuda are currently at Level 5, Malaysia and Jersey Level 4 so have qualified for the lowest level which is “World Cup Challenge League A and B” (2 concurrent leagues of 6 teams)
The teams in red (21. Oman thru 26. Denmark) are qualified for ICC Division 3, which is a tournament played in April 2019. The winners and runners up of that qualify for ICC Division 2. The remaining 4 Qualify for ”World Cup Challenge League A and B”.
The teams in blue (17. PNG thru 20. Namibia) are in ICC Division 2. They will be joined by the 2 winners from ICC Division 3 (the red teams) for a tournament played in November 2019. The four best placed teams from this tournament join the 3 green teams (14. Scotland thru 16. UAE) in “World Cup League 2”. The 2 worst placed teams will qualify for “World Cup Challenge League A and B”
From there, once we know who is ranked where and qualified for what, the “World Cup Challenge League A and B” and the “World Cup League 2” get played. The winners of each challenge league qualify for the “WC qualifier playoff”. The bottom 5 in each league are eliminated from the WC.
The Top 3 in the World Cup League 2 qualify for the “World Cup Qualifier”, the bottom 4 qualify for the “WC qualifier playoff”.
Then comes the “WC qualifier playoff” which features 6 teams. The Top 2 qualify for the “World Cup Qualifier” the bottom 4 are eliminated.
Next is the World Cup Qualifier, which is a tournament that features 10 teams. 2 teams from the WC qualifier playoff, 3 teams from the World Cup League 2, and the bottom 5 sides from the World Cup Super League. The Top 2 in this tournament qualify for the World Cup 2023 along with the Top 8 from the World Cup Super League.
Confused ? You betcha. The sad thing is that this is easier to understand than the previous system.
And, if you think it’s unnecessary - think again. In 2015, Afghanistan qualified for the WC after starting in Division 6 (essentially having to win a tournament to make position 32 in the list above). At the time, PNG and Nepal were both at a similar level too.
Talk about convoluted. I’ll try to simplify it by listing all the nations that CAN qualify and how they get there. As it stands, there will only be 10 teams at the WC. The sole reason for this is TV money. The more games India (and to a lesser extent Aus and Eng) plays before being knocked out, the better. Two groups of 5, probably a super six stage, semis, final. (16 teams 4 groups of 4, double round robin, quarters, semis, final seems far more logical to me, but I digress).
32 teams can qualify. The Top 13 sides keep playing as normal. At some point in 2022, the Top 8 ranked teams will automatically qualify for the 2023 WC. I’ll get to the bottom 5 later (ranked 9-13). This is called the “World Cup Super League” (of course).
1. Australia
2. England
3. India
4. Pakistan
5. Sri Lanka
6. New Zealand
7. South Africa
8. West Indies
9. Bangladesh
10. Afghanistan
11. Ireland
12. Netherlands
13. Zimbabwe
Now the following 15 teams all have a chance of qualifying :
14. Scotland
15. Nepal
16. United Arab Emirates
17. Papua New Guinea
18. Hong Kong
19. Canada
20. Namibia
21. Oman
22. Kenya
23. Singapore
24. USA
25. Uganda
26. Denmark
27. Malaysia
28. Jersey
29. Vanuatu
30. Bermuda
31. Unknown
32. Unknown
Teams 31 and 32 are selected based on rankings not published anywhere on the Internet. Teams playing at level for the 2019 World Cup include Italy, Qatar, Guernsey, Germany, Ghana and Cayman Islands. It will probably be two of those.
Vanuatu and Bermuda are currently at Level 5, Malaysia and Jersey Level 4 so have qualified for the lowest level which is “World Cup Challenge League A and B” (2 concurrent leagues of 6 teams)
The teams in red (21. Oman thru 26. Denmark) are qualified for ICC Division 3, which is a tournament played in April 2019. The winners and runners up of that qualify for ICC Division 2. The remaining 4 Qualify for ”World Cup Challenge League A and B”.
The teams in blue (17. PNG thru 20. Namibia) are in ICC Division 2. They will be joined by the 2 winners from ICC Division 3 (the red teams) for a tournament played in November 2019. The four best placed teams from this tournament join the 3 green teams (14. Scotland thru 16. UAE) in “World Cup League 2”. The 2 worst placed teams will qualify for “World Cup Challenge League A and B”
From there, once we know who is ranked where and qualified for what, the “World Cup Challenge League A and B” and the “World Cup League 2” get played. The winners of each challenge league qualify for the “WC qualifier playoff”. The bottom 5 in each league are eliminated from the WC.
The Top 3 in the World Cup League 2 qualify for the “World Cup Qualifier”, the bottom 4 qualify for the “WC qualifier playoff”.
Then comes the “WC qualifier playoff” which features 6 teams. The Top 2 qualify for the “World Cup Qualifier” the bottom 4 are eliminated.
Next is the World Cup Qualifier, which is a tournament that features 10 teams. 2 teams from the WC qualifier playoff, 3 teams from the World Cup League 2, and the bottom 5 sides from the World Cup Super League. The Top 2 in this tournament qualify for the World Cup 2023 along with the Top 8 from the World Cup Super League.
Confused ? You betcha. The sad thing is that this is easier to understand than the previous system.
And, if you think it’s unnecessary - think again. In 2015, Afghanistan qualified for the WC after starting in Division 6 (essentially having to win a tournament to make position 32 in the list above). At the time, PNG and Nepal were both at a similar level too.