ICC Africa Women's Twenty20 Championship
AdministratorICC Africa
FormatTwenty20
Tournament formatRound-robin
Number of teamsSix (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
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 Tanzania
2004
Kenya
2006
Kenya
2010
Uganda
2011
Tanzania
2012
Tanzania
2013
South Africa
2014
Total
 Kenya 3rd4th4th4th6th4th5th7
 Namibia 4th3rd5th5th6th5
 Nigeria 5th1
 Sierra Leone 6th1
 South Africa 1st1
South Africa South African XI 1st1st1st3
 Tanzania 1st2nd5th2nd3rd3rd3rd7
 Uganda 2nd3rd3rd1st4th2nd4th7
 Zimbabwe 1st2nd2nd2nd4

See also

References

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