2023 Cricket World Cup Qualifier Play-off

2023 ICC Men's Cricket World Cup Qualifier Play-off
Dates26 March – 5 April 2023
Administrator(s)International Cricket Council
Cricket formatOne Day International
Tournament format(s)Round-robin
Host(s)Namibia Namibia
Champions United States
Participants6
Matches15
Player of the seriesNamibia Gerhard Erasmus
Most runsUnited Arab Emirates Asif Khan (296)
Most wicketsUnited States Ali Khan (16)

The 2023 Cricket World Cup Qualifier Play-off was the inaugural edition of the Cricket World Cup Qualifier Play-off, a cricket tournament which formed part of the 2023 Cricket World Cup qualification process.[1][2] It took place in March and April 2023,[3] with all matches having One Day International (ODI) status, regardless of whether or not a team had ODI status prior to the start of the event.[4] As a result, Jersey played their first ever matches with ODI status.[5]

Six teams qualified for the tournament: the bottom four teams from the 2019–2023 ICC Cricket World Cup League 2 along with the top teams in Groups A and B of the 2019–2022 ICC Cricket World Cup Challenge League.[6] The top two teams from this tournament progressed to the 2023 Cricket World Cup Qualifier for a chance to participate in the 2023 Cricket World Cup. The other teams had no remaining means of qualifying.[7]

In an event within the event, the bottom two League 2 teams (Papua New Guinea and the United Arab Emirates), and each of the Challenge League winners (Canada and Jersey), competed for two places in League 2 and therefore ODI status for the next cycle.[5] As a result, Canada was promoted to League 2 and Papua New Guinea was relegated to The Challenge League

The International Cricket Council announced the schedule for the tournament on 20 March 2023.[8]

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  2. ^ "Associates pathway to 2023 World Cup undergoes major revamp". ESPNcricinfo. Retrieved 20 October 2018.
  3. ^ "Men's Cricket World Cup 2023 qualifying matches rescheduled". International Cricket Council. Retrieved 16 December 2020.
  4. ^ "Explainer: The path to Cricket World Cup 2023". International Cricket Council. Retrieved 19 March 2023.
  5. ^ a b "Everything you need to know about the Cricket World Cup Qualifier Play-off". International Cricket Council. Retrieved 25 March 2023.
  6. ^ "The road to World Cup 2023: how teams can secure qualification, from rank No. 1 to 32". ESPNcricinfo. Retrieved 14 August 2019.
  7. ^ "All to play for in last ever World Cricket League tournament". International Cricket Council. Retrieved 11 April 2019.
  8. ^ "Schedule released for Cricket World Cup Qualifier Playoff". International Cricket Council. Retrieved 20 March 2023.

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