Italy and Uganda have confirmed their spots at the Cricket World Cup Qualifier Play-off by finishing in the top two of the Challenge League B group in Tanzania.
With one matchday remaining in the last of three legs of the competition, neither side can fall out of the top two of their six-team group, which also features host Tanzania, Hong Kong, Bahrain, and Singapore.
Italy sealed both teams’ spot with a comfortable six-wicket win over Hong Kong, the only other team that could have threatened to make the top two.
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They will now move to the Qualifier Play-off alongside the bottom four teams from the Cricket World Cup League 2 (currently Namibia, Canada, Nepal and United Arab Emirates) and the top two from Challenge League A group (currently Jersey and Kuwait).
The Play-off matches will be counted as ODIs, meaning that the teams will have temporary ODI status.
The top four teams from the Play-offs will advance to the Qualifiers for the 2027 ODI World Cup.
Published on Aug 18, 2026
