2022 ICC Cricket World Cup Play-Off
The 2022 ICC Cricket World Cup Play-Off is scheduled to be the inaugural edition of the ICC Cricket World Cup Play-Off, a cricket tournament which forms part of the 2023 Cricket World Cup Qualification process. It is scheduled to take place in 2022, with all matches having One Day International status, regardless of whether or not a team has ODI status prior to the start of the event.
Six teams will take part in the tournament, the bottom four teams from the 2019–22 ICC Cricket World Cup League 2 along with the top teams in Groups A and B of the 2019–21 ICC Cricket World Cup Challenge League. The top two teams from this tournament will progress to the 2022 Cricket World Cup Qualifier, while the bottom four teams will be eliminated from the 2023 Cricket World Cup.
This competition will also determine which teams will take part in the next cycle's CWC League 2 and CWC Challenge League. Of the bottom two teams from the 2019–22 ICC Cricket World Cup League 2, and the two champions of the 2019–21 ICC Cricket World Cup Challenge Leagues A and B, whichever two of these four teams are ranked higher in this competition, will play in the next League 2, while the two teams ranked lower will play in the next Challenge League.
