ICC World Cricket League Division Four forms part of the World Cricket League (WCL) system. Like all other divisions, WCL Division Four is contested as a standalone tournament rather than as an actual league.
The inaugural Division Four tournament was held in 2008, hosted by Tanzania. Subsequent tournaments have been held in 2010 (in Italy), 2012 (in Malaysia), 2014 (in Singapore), and 2016 (in the United States). Both the number of teams (six) and tournament format (round-robin followed by playoffs) have remained unchanged between editions. Because the WCL operates on a system of promotion and relegation, teams generally only participate in one or two Division Four tournaments before being either promoted to Division Three or relegated to Division Five. In total, sixteen teams have played in at least one Division Four tournament. Afghanistan and Hong Kong, the inaugural Division Four finalists, have gone on to much greater success, both currently holding One Day International (ODI) status.
Results YearHost(s)Venue(s)FinalWinnerResultRunner-up 2008 Dar es Salaam 179 (49.4 overs) Afghanistan won by 57 runsscorecard 122 (45 overs) 2010 Bologna 188/2 (21.4 overs) United States won by 8 wicketsscorecard 185/9 (50 overs) 2012 Kuala Lumpur 147/2 (28 overs) Nepal won by 8 wicketsscorecard 145 (48.1 overs) 2014 Singapore 235/7 (50 overs) Malaysia won by 57 runsscorecard 178 (46.1 overs) 2016 Los Angeles 208 (49.4 overs) United States won by 13 runsscorecard 195/9 (50 overs) 2018 Kuala LumpurBandar Kinrara8 points Uganda won on pointstable6 points
Performance by team Legend – Champions – Runners-up – Third place Q – Qualified — Hosts
Team 2008 2010 2012 2014 2016 2018 next Total 1st — — — — — — 1 — 6th — — — — — 1 — — — — 4th 6th — 2 — 5th — — — — — 1 — — 4th 3rd 3rd 2nd — 4 5th — — — — — — 1 2nd — — — — — — 1 3rd 2nd — 4th 6th — — 4 6th — — 6th 5th 4th Q 5 — — 5th 1st — 3rd Q 4 — 3rd 1st — — — — 2 — — — 5th 2nd — — 2 — — 3rd 2nd — — — 2 4th 4th 6th — — — — 3 — — — — — 1st — 1 — 1st 2nd — 1st — — 3 — — — — — 5th — 1 Note: at every edition of the tournament, the teams finishing first and second have been promoted to Division Three, and the teams finishing fifth and sixth have been relegated to Division Five.
Player statistics Year Most runs Most wickets Ref 2008 Hussain Butt (267) Hamid Hassan (16) 2010 Peter Petricola (235) Basanta Regmi (14) 2012 Sushil Nadkarni (238) Basanta Regmi (21) 2014 Chaminda Ruwan (343) Shahrulnizam Yusof (16) 2016 Corey Bisson (242) Aftab Ahmed (14) Timil Patel (14) 2018 Ahmed Faiz (298) Mohammed Irfan (15)
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