Cricket Ireland: Ireland Men learn World Cup Qualification route

Ireland Men World Cup Qualification: The event will see 10 teams competing for two spots in the 2023 ICC Men’s Cricket World Cup – the qualifier will be held in Zimbabwe from 18 June – 9 July 2023.

Each match will be high stakes, with teams contesting for two places at the ICC Men’s Cricket World Cup 2023 in India that gives them nine guaranteed matches at cricket’s ODI global showpiece.

Cricket Ireland: The 10 teams taking part in the qualifier are split into two groups of five teams :-

Group A :-
  • Zimbabwe
  • West Indies
  Netherlands
  • Nepal
  • United States

Group B :-
  • Sri Lanka
  • Ireland
  Scotland
  • Oman
  • United Arab Emirates

Each side will play the other teams in their group once :-

Each side will play the other teams in their group once with the top three from each group progressing to the Super Six stage. In the Super Six, they will play the sides they did not meet in the group stage.

All points won in the group stage will be carried over to the Super Six stage apart from those gained against the teams that fail to make it to the Super Six stage. The two top teams after the Super Six stage will contest the final, and will both progress to the ICC Men’s Cricket World Cup 2023.

DRS will be used for the first time :-

For the first time in this tournament, DRS will be used for all matches from the Super Six stage onwards.

The Qualifier is the culmination of four years of hard-fought competition that brings together the bottom five teams from the ICC Men’s CWC Super League, three automatic qualifiers from the ICC Men’s CWC League 2 and two teams who gained entry from the ICC Men’s CWC Qualifier Play-off.

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