ICC Africa Women's Twenty20 Championship

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).

ICC Africa Women's Twenty20 Championship
AdministratorICC Africa
FormatTwenty20
Tournament formatRound-robin
Number of teamsSix (2014)
Current champion Zimbabwe (2014)
Most successful Zimbabwe (3 titles)

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

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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

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Legend
  • 1st – Champions
  • 2nd – Runners-up
  • 3rd – Third place
  •     — Hosts
  • Top-ranked national teams in years where an invitational team won are underlined
Team  
2004
 
2006
 
2010
 
2011
 
2012
 
2013
 
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 African XI 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

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References

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