ICC Europe is the International Cricket Council region responsible for administration of the sport of cricket in most countries and territories in Europe. ICC Europe was established in 2008 to succeed the European Cricket Council and to promote and develop the sport of cricket within the continent. Subordinate to the International Cricket Council, the council serves as the region's continental administrative body and currently consists of 34 member associations. Andrew Wright is the current Regional Development Manager overseeing operations.
History The governance framework of European cricket shifted completely in 2008 when the International Cricket Council incorporated the independent, historical European Cricket Council (ECC, founded in 1997) directly into its global development network as ICC Europe. The legal entity of the older ECC was formally wound up and dissolved in 2010.
The council runs an extensive regional development program that supports coaching, umpiring, tournament infrastructure, and sports medicine programs across member countries, funded via development distributions allocated from global ICC events. Outside of traditional table qualifiers, the council runs high-performance exposure schemes. This includes a partnership with the Marylebone Cricket Club (MCC), where an all-star "ICC Europe XI" elite roster is compiled from standout players in minor European associates to fly into London and play exhibition fixtures on the historic outfield at Lord's Cricket Ground.
Following a comprehensive global membership restructure implemented by the ICC in 2017, the council completely abolished the historical "Affiliate" tier, transitioning all former affiliate sports bodies into Associate Members with T20I status.
Members of ICC Europe No. Country Association ICCMembership ECC/ICCEMembershipFull Members of ICC (2) 1 and Wales England and Wales Cricket Board 1909 1997 2 Cricket Ireland 2017 1997Associate Members of ICC with ODI & T20I status (2) 3 Royal Dutch Cricket Association 1966 1997 4 Cricket Scotland 1994 1997Associate Members of ICC with T20I status (30) 5 Austrian Cricket Association 2017 1997 6 Belgian Cricket Federation 2017 1997 7 Bulgarian Cricket Federation 2017 2008 8 Croatian Cricket Federation 2017 2001 9 Cyprus Cricket Association 2017 1999 10 Czech Cricket Union 2017 2000 11 Danish Cricket Federation 1966 1997 12 Estonian Cricket Association 2017 1997 13 Cricket Finland 2017 2000 14 France Cricket Association 1998 1997 15 German Cricket Federation 1999 1997 16 Gibraltar Cricket Association 1969 1997 17 Hellenic Cricket Federation 2017 1997 18 Guernsey Cricket Board 2008 2005 19 Hungarian Cricket Association 2017 2012 20 Isle of Man Cricket Association 2017 2004 21 Israel Cricket Association 1974 1997 22 Italian Cricket Federation 1995 1997 23 Jersey Cricket Board 2007 2005 24 Luxembourg Cricket Federation 2017 1998 25 Malta Cricket Association 2017 1998 26 Norwegian Cricket Board 2017 2000 27 Portuguese Cricket Federation 2017 1997 28 Cricket Romania 2017 2013 29 Serbian Cricket Federation 2017 2015 30 Slovenian Cricket Association 2017 2005 31 Cricket Spain 2017 1997 32 Swedish Cricket Federation 2017 1997 33 Cricket Switzerland 1985 1997 34 Turkish Cricket Board 2017 2008
Expelled members of ICC Europe No. Country Association ICC Membership Status ICC Membership ICC Europe Membership Period 1 Cricket Russia Suspended 2012 2012–2022
Future Members No.CountryAssociationICCMembership period1Cricket Armenia 2Icelandic Cricket Association 3 Latvian Cricket Federation 4 Lithuania Cricket Confederation 5 Montenegro Cricket Association 6 Cricket Poland 7 Cricket Ukraine
Map
Competitions Tournament Recent Current champions Runners-up NextMen's ICC Men's T20 World Cup Europe Qualifier 2025 2027 European Qualifier A 2024 2026 European Qualifier B 2024 2026 European Qualifier C 2024 2026 U19 Cricket World Cup Europe Qualifier Div 1 2025 2027 U19 Cricket World Cup Europe Qualifier Div 2 2024 2026 Women's T20 World Cup Europe Qualifier Div 1 2025 2027 T20 World Cup Europe Qualifier Div 2 2025 2027
Defunct and Transferred events European Cricket Championship (Historical 50-over variants run by the ECC; currently independent commercial T10 tournaments run by the European Cricket Network mimic the naming standard) European Affiliates Championship (Discontinued post-2017 Restructure) European Twenty20 Championship (Cancelled)
Officials
Executive Administration +ICC Europe Administrative Officials Name Council/Board Post Andrew Wright ICC Regional Development Manager Richard Holdsworth Cricket Ireland Performance & Pathway Representative Shane McDermott Cricket Scotland High-Performance Pathway Officer
Development team ICC Europe Selection Panel (Exhibitions) +ICC Europe XI Selection Panel Andrew Wright ICC Chairman of Selectors Toby Bailey Cricket Scotland Member / Head Scout Chris Tetley ICC Ex-Officio; Head of Global Events
See also
International Cricket Council Asian Cricket Council Africa Cricket Association European Cricket Council ICC Americas ICC East Asia-Pacific
References Notes
Citations
External links Official ICC Europe Members Portal