What the competition is
ICC Cricket World Cup League 2 is the men’s ODI league in the qualification pathway for the 2027 Cricket World Cup. The ICC’s launch account describes this cycle as an eight-team competition, following a similar structure to the preceding edition but expanding from seven teams.
The competition is not a single-site finals tournament: it is delivered through a sequence of tri-series, so host locations and match pairings change during the cycle. The official fixtures page lists, for example, Al Amerat Cricket Ground Oman Cricket in Oman and Grand Prairie Cricket Stadium in Dallas.
Format and pathway
The ICC says the cycle comprises 24 tri-series of six matches each, producing 144 matches overall, and that each team plays 36 one-day internationals. This gives the directory a useful structural distinction: League 2 is a long-form qualification league rather than a knockout bracket.
At the end of the league, the top four move to the Cricket World Cup Qualifier. The bottom four retain a route but must enter the Qualifier Play-off alongside the leading Challenge League teams; the ICC describes that event as a repechage stage.
Sources: ICC launch article · ICC format explainer
Teams and current context
The eight officially listed teams are Canada, Namibia, Nepal, Netherlands, Oman, Scotland, United Arab Emirates and USA. These are senior men’s national teams; no youth, women’s, legends or composite-team variants are intended by this competition entry.
For the working date of 11 October 2026, the ICC reported on 7 October that USA had clinched the League 2 title after defeating Namibia in Dallas, while the official match centre still listed League 2 fixtures on 11 October and later in October. This profile therefore records the confirmed status without presenting a frozen standings table or unannounced squads.
Sources: ICC launch article · ICC status report · ICC fixtures and results
FairPlay articles about ICC Cricket World Cup League 2 2023-2027
Oman vs Canada, 9 October 2026: Archived venue, time and result11:30 AM · Al Amerat Cricket Ground Oman Cricket (Ministry Turf 1)Namibia vs UAE, 9 Oct: Archived Grand Prairie Venue & Time8:30 PM · Grand Prairie StadiumUpcoming fixture links
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