ICC Africa Women's Twenty20 Championship

ICC Africa Women's Twenty20 Championship
Administrator ICC Africa
Format Twenty20
Tournament format Round-robin
Number of teams Six (2014)
Current champion  Zimbabwe (2014)
Most successful  Zimbabwe (3 titles)

The ICC Africa Women's T20 Championship is an international cricket tournament contested between the national women's sides from the African development region of the International Cricket Council (ICC).

The first African regional tournament for women's teams was played in Tanzania in 2004, and known simply as the Women's Championship. The next two regional tournaments, in 2006 and 2010, served as part of the qualification process for the Women's World Cup. All matches prior to 2011 were played in the 50-over format (as used in One Day Internationals), but since then, the Twenty20 format has been used, with the tournament played annually. The winners in even-numbered years (so far, 2012 and 2014) proceed to a qualification tournament for the Women's World Twenty20.

Only three teams have participated in every edition of the tournament – Kenya, Tanzania, and Uganda. South Africa, a full member of the ICC, has participated only once, in 2010, when a poor result at the 2009 World Cup meant they had to re-qualify through regional competitions. However, South African invitational teams have participated in every edition since 2011, winning each time. Zimbabwe was the highest-ranked national team in two of those tournaments, which, combined with an additional first-place finish in 2006, makes them the most successful team.

Results

In the below table, the results of the South African invitational teams are disregarded, and the highest-ranking national teams are listed as the winner and runner-up:

Year Host(s) Venue(s) Result
Winner Margin Runner-up
2004  Tanzania Dar es Salaam  Tanzania
51/2 (14.2 overs)		 Tanzania won by 8 wickets
scorecard		  Uganda
50 (25.1 overs)
2006  Kenya Nairobi  Zimbabwe
6 points		 Zimbabwe won on points
table		  Tanzania
4 points
2010  Kenya Nairobi  South Africa
314/2 (50 overs)		 South Africa won by 281 runs
scorecard		  Zimbabwe
33 (20 overs)
2011  Uganda Entebbe, Kampala  Uganda
+2.952 NRR		 Uganda won on net run rate
table		  Tanzania
+2.188 NRR
2012  Tanzania Dar es Salaam  Zimbabwe
9 points		 Zimbabwe won on points
table		  Tanzania
6 points
2013  Tanzania Dar es Salaam  Uganda
6 points		 Uganda won on points
table		  Tanzania
4 points
2014  South Africa Benoni  Zimbabwe
8 points		 Zimbabwe won on points
table		  Tanzania
6 points

Performance by team

Legend
Team Tanzania
2004		 Kenya
2006		 Kenya
2010		 Uganda
2011		 Tanzania
2012		 Tanzania
2013		 South Africa
2014		 Total
 Kenya 3rd 4th 4th 4th 6th 4th 5th 7
 Namibia 4th — — 3rd 5th 5th 6th 5
 Nigeria — — — 5th — — — 1
 Sierra Leone — — — 6th — — — 1
 South Africa — — 1st — — — — 1
South Africa South African invitational teams — — — — 1st 1st 1st 3
 Tanzania 1st 2nd 5th 2nd 3rd 3rd 3rd 7
 Uganda 2nd 3rd 3rd 1st 4th 2nd 4th 7
 Zimbabwe — 1st — 2nd 2nd — 2nd 4

See also

References

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