2023 ICC Cricket World Cup Challenge Play-off
The 2023 ICC Cricket World Cup Challenge Play-off is an upcoming cricket tournament scheduled to take place in 2023, to decide the final four places in the Cricket World Cup Challenge League for the next World Cup cycle. The host of the tournament and the status of the matches have yet to be confirmed. It will feature the bottom four teams from the 2019–2022 ICC Cricket World Cup Challenge League along with an additional four sides (who are hoping to come up from below). The best four sides emerging from this "Challenge Play-off" competition will qualify for the twelve-team World Cup Challenge League field for the next cycle. Teams and qualification In the Challenge Play-off, the bottom two teams from each of the two groups in the Challenge League will join four others from outside the 32-team qualification process. These others represent the top four countries meeting the following entry requirements: [i] They must have a minimum of eight domestic teams playing regular cricket, including at least five 40+-over matches in each of the two previous years; [ii] They had to be in the top 40 of the ICC T20I Championship rankings as of 30 September 2023. Bahrain, Kuwait, Saudi