International Cricket Council (ICC) have confirmed the groups for the next cycle of the ICC Men’s Cricket World Cup Challenge League from 2024-2026, a twelve (12)-team competition, which is part of the qualification pathway program towards ICC Men’s Cricket World Cup 2027. Unlike the first cycle of the pathway (only the winner of both the groups advanced to the Qualifier Play-off), this cycle will see both the winners and runners-up from both Challenge League A and Challenge League B advance to the ICC Men’s Cricket World Cup Qualifier Playoff.
Challenge League A: Denmark, Jersey, Kenya, Kuwait, Papua New Guinea and Qatar
Challenge League B: Bahrain, Hong Kong China, Italy, Singapore, Tanzania and Uganda
Eight (8) teams retained their places in the Challenge League on the basis of their performance in the previous edition of the qualification pathway. The remaining four (4) teams qualified from the recently concluded Challenge League Playoff held in Malaysia: Bahrain, Italy, Kuwait and Tanzania.
The schedule for all the three (3) rounds for both the groups will be announced in due course.
2 thoughts on “Groups announced for ICC Men’s Cricket World Cup Challenge League 2024-2026”
There are a lot of talented cricketers with Associate nations. The Associate nations should urge ICC to have the Full Member Nations play T 20/ODI so that these players can improve upon their game. Not only it is good for the development of world cricket, but also these teams have the experince to compete against Top ranked teams. The Full Member Nations could field multiple teams and all the games should be recognised as T20/ODI internations. By this ICC not only generates more revenue, but also help ugrade cricket infrastructure at the Associate Nations home grounds.
Another thought is allow Associate teams to import 2-3 players to represent their nation at international level so that the experience the imported players bring assists with the performance of the Associate teams
Hello Kannan
Thanks for your suggestions. Unfortunately, these points have been discussed since the beginning of the last decade and progress has almost been non-existent. We’ll have to see what the future holds in the current media rights cycle until 2031.
Thanks and regards,
Czarsportz Admin