The ICC Men’s Cricket World Cup qualification pathway program events, CWC League 2 Championship and CWC Challenge League groups (A & B), will continue for the next cycle towards qualification towards the 2027 event being hosted by South Africa, Zimbabwe and Namibia. With the scrapping of the ODI Super League for the next cycle, Netherlands will be joining the CWC League 2 competition structure. The Men’s national squads of Netherlands, Scotland, Oman, Nepal, Namibia, United States of America, United Arab Emirates (UAE) and Canada will be the eight (8) countries will be part of the 2024-2027 cycle of CWC League 2 Championship, with UAE and Canada having secured their spots in the Championship by finishing above Jersey and Papua New Guinea (PNG) in the 2023 CWC Qualifier play-off tournament in Namibia in March/April 2023. Jersey and PNG will be getting into the Challenge League cycle in the next cycle.
The Challenge League Play-off qualifier, to be hosted by Malaysia Cricket in February 2024, will feature teams from Italy, Bermuda, Malaysia, Vanuatu, Kuwait, Bahrain, Tanzania and Saudi Arabia. The top 4 teams from the Qualifier will join the Challenge League groups A and B (TBA). However, as per the Qualification pathway announced by ICC towards 2027 ICC Men’s Cricket World Cup, it is not clear if the eight (8) countries part of CWC League 2 Championship can qualify directly for the World Cup, if they finish among top eight (8) teams in the ODI rankings at the cut-off date.
2024-2027 CWC League 2 Series Schedule
- Oman Schedule
- Nepal Schedule
- Namibia Schedule
- Netherlands Schedule
- United Arab Emirates Schedule
- Canada Schedule
- Scotland Schedule
- United States of America Schedule
