2022 Cricket World Cup Qualifier


The 2022 ICC Cricket World Cup Qualifier is an upcoming cricket tournament scheduled to take place in 2022. It will serve as part of the 2023 Cricket World Cup Qualification process, and will decide the final qualification for the 2023 World Cup. The host of the tournament is yet to be confirmed.
It will feature ten teams in total, the bottom five teams from the 2020–22 ICC Cricket World Cup Super League, the top three teams from the 2019–22 ICC Cricket World Cup League 2, and the top two teams from the 2022 ICC Cricket World Cup Play-Off. Two sides will qualify from this tournament to complete the ten-team World Cup field, while the bottom eight teams in this competition will be eliminated from the World Cup.
In addition, the World Cup Qualifier will determine who takes the 13th spot in the CWC Super League in the next qualification cycle. With the top 12 teams in the 2020–22 ICC Cricket World Cup Super League automatically qualifying, the 13th spot will be taken by one of either the 13th ranked team in 2020–22 ICC Cricket World Cup Super League or the champions of the 2019–22 ICC Cricket World Cup League 2. Whichever of these teams is ranked higher in the Cricket World Cup Qualifier will take the 13th spot in the next CWC Super League, while the team ranked lower will play in the next Cricket World Cup League 2.
In September 2018, the International Cricket Council confirmed that all matches in the qualifier tournament will have One Day International ODI status, regardless if a team does not have ODI status prior to the start of the event. In July 2020, Zimbabwe Cricket announced their intentions to host the qualifier. Zimbabwe had hosted the previous qualification tournament, in March 2018.

Teams and qualification

Means of qualificationDateVenueBerthsQualified
Super League 31 March 2022Various5
TBA
League 2 January 2022Various3
TBA
Play–Off 2022Various2
TBA