2019–22 ICC Cricket World Cup League 2
The 2019–22 ICC Cricket World Cup League 2 is the first edition of the ICC Cricket World Cup League 2, a cricket tournament which forms part of the 2023 Cricket World Cup Qualification process. It is currently running from August 2019 to January 2022, with all matches played as One Day Internationals. Each set of fixtures will take part as a tri-series.
Scotland, Nepal and the United Arab Emirates were joined by the top four teams from the 2019 ICC World Cricket League Division Two tournament. The first round of fixtures were played in Aberdeen, Scotland in August 2019.
The top three teams will advance to the 2022 Cricket World Cup Qualifier tournament, with the bottom four teams advancing to the 2022 ICC Cricket World Cup Play-Off.
In addition, the top ranked team in this CWC League 2 could be promoted to the next CWC Super League. Of the top ranked team in this League 2 and the 13th ranked team in 2020–22 ICC Cricket World Cup Super League, whichever of these two teams is ranked higher in the 2022 Cricket World Cup Qualifier will take the 13th spot in the next Super League while the team ranked lower will play in the next League 2.
Either of the bottom two teams in this competition could be relegated to the next Cricket World Cup Challenge League. Of the bottom two teams, and the two champions of the 2019–21 ICC Cricket World Cup Challenge Leagues A and B, whichever two of these four teams are ranked higher in the 2022 ICC Cricket World Cup Play-Off, will play in the next League 2, while the two teams ranked lower will play in the next Challenge League.
Teams
The top three teams in the ICC Cricket World Cup League 2 will qualify for the World Cup Qualifier while the bottom four go to the Play-Off.| Team | Mode of qualification |
| Prior ODI status | |
| Prior ODI status | |
| Prior ODI status | |
| Promoted from 2019 ICC World Cricket League Division Two | |
| Promoted from 2019 ICC World Cricket League Division Two | |
| Promoted from 2019 ICC World Cricket League Division Two | |
| Promoted from 2019 ICC World Cricket League Division Two |
Fixtures
The International Cricket Council confirmed the following schedule of fixtures.| Round | Date | Host team | 2nd team | 3rd team | Winners |
| 1 | August 2019 | ||||
| 2 | September 2019 | ||||
| 3 | December 2019 | ||||
| 4 | January 2020 | ||||
| 5 | February 2020 | ||||
| 6 | April 2020 | Postponed due to the COVID-19 pandemic | |||
| 7 | April 2020 | Postponed due to the COVID-19 pandemic | |||
| 8 | June 2020 | Postponed due to the COVID-19 pandemic | |||
| 9 | July 2020 | Postponed due to the COVID-19 pandemic | |||
| 10 | September 2020 | Postponed due to the COVID-19 pandemic | |||
| 11 | December 2020 | ||||
| 12 | January 2021 | ||||
| 13 | February 2021 | ||||
| 14 | April 2021 | ||||
| 15 | June 2021 | ||||
| 16 | August 2021 | ||||
| 17 | August 2021 | ||||
| 18 | September 2021 | ||||
| 19 | November 2021 | ||||
| 20 | January 2022 | ||||
| 21 | January 2022 |
On 13 March 2020, the sixth round of matches, scheduled to take place in the Lauderhill, Florida in April 2020, were postponed due to the COVID-19 pandemic and travel restrictions to the United States. On 24 March 2020, the ICC also confirmed that rounds seven and eight, scheduled to take place in Namibia and Papua New Guinea respectively, had also been postponed. The ninth round of fixtures, scheduled to take place in Scotland in July 2020, were postponed on 10 June 2020. The round 10 tournament, scheduled to take place in Namibia in September 2020, was postponed on 23 July 2020.