How ICC World Twenty20 Teams Qualified

How ICC World Twenty20 Teams Qualified

The ten Full Members of the ICC are taking part in the event after accepting invitations to do so, but Kenya and Scotland had a much tougher route to South Africa.
The two Associate countries qualified on the back of reaching the ICC World Cricket League Division 1 – a six team competition between Bermuda, Canada, Ireland, Kenya, the Netherlands and Scotland – in Nairobi in January and February 2007.
The round robin event, which also served as a vital final stage of team’s preparations for the ICC Cricket World Cup, saw the top two teams qualify for a Final, where Kenya defeated Scotland by eight wickets, and that has earned both teams, in common with the ten ICC Full Members, a $US 250,000 windfall as a participation fee for the tournament.
Altogether there are five global divisions in the ICC World Cricket League which sit on top of a regional tournament structure that opens the qualifying pathway to the ICC Cricket World Cup to almost all ICC Members.
The ICC World Cricket League Division 3 took place in Darwin, Australia in May 2007, with Division 2 scheduled for Windhoek, Namibia in November 2007, building up to a World Cup qualifying event in 2009.

How ICC World Twenty20 Teams Qualified