ICC Africa Women's Twenty20 Championship

ICC Africa Women's Twenty20 Championship
Administrator	ICC Africa
Format	Twenty20
Tournament format	Round-robin
Number of teams	Six (2014)
Current champion	Zimbabwe (2014)
Most successful	Zimbabwe (3 titles)

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).

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

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
Year	Host(s)	Venue(s)	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

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 invitational teams	—	—	—	—	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

References

Results

Performance by team

See also

References