The European Cricket League (ECL) is a T10 cricket competition in which top cricket clubs of various European countries participate and compete in a fast-paced cricketing action to win the ECL20 trophy. The first season of the ECL was held in 2019 in Spain and included domestic club teams from eight countries: Denmark, France, Germany, Italy, the Netherlands, Romania, Russia, and Spain. This year’s season i.e ECL 2020 will see a total of 16 domestic club teams from 15 different nations competing from May 31 to June 7, 2020, again in Spain. Let’s see the 2020 European Cricket League i.e ECL20 all teams, groups, and complete schedule.
Update: The tournament is postponed to 2021 due to the Covid-19 crisis. Keeping the below article as it is for record purposes.
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2020 European Cricket League Teams:
ECL20 will have below 16 domestic club teams from 15 different nations competing to become the European Champions:
- England – Swardeston Cricket Club, Swardeston
- Germany- FCA 04 United Stars, Darmstadt
- Sweden – Lund Cricket Club, Lund
- Finland – Helsinki Cricket Club, Helsinki
- Scotland – Forfarshire Cricket Club, Dundee
- Netherlands – HBS Craeyenhout, The Hague
- Romania – Cluj Cricket Club, Cluj-Napoca
- Russia – Moscow Foxes, Moscow
- Netherlands – Volharding Olympia Combinatie, Rotterdam
- Italy – Latina Cricket Club, Latina
- Norway – Bjørvika Cricket Club, Oslo
- Belgium – Ostend Exiles, Ostend
- Northern Ireland – C.I.Y.M.S. Cricket Club, Belfast
- Denmark – Skanderborg Stingrays, Skanderborg
- Spain – Minhaj Cricket Club, Barcelona
- France – Dreux Cricket Club, Dreux
So as you can see above the domestic club champions from different countries will be playing in the T10 competition. Also, each country has one team playing in the competition, except the Netherlands which has two teams: Volharding Olympia Combinatie, Rotterdam and HBS Craeyenhout, The Hague.
2020 European Cricket League Groups:
So the 16 teams in the ECL20 are divided into four groups: Group A, Group B, Group C, and Group D.
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2020 European Cricket League Schedule:
The tournament will be played from May 31 to June 7, 2020, at La Manga Club in Spain.
The tournament will begin on May 31, Sunday with Dreux Cricket Club, Dreux from France taking on Minhaj Cricket Club, Barcelona from Spain.
First, the teams in a particular group will play against each other The top two teams in each group will qualify for the quarter-finals. All quarter-finals will be played on June 6, 2020, Saturday and the semi-finals and finals will be played on June 7, 2020, Sunday.
The full schedule of the tournament is given below:
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Alright, so we saw the ECL20 teams, groups, and schedule. It’s a T10 cricket competition, so lots of quick thrilling cricket action is guaranteed.
Which team are you supporting? Let us know in the comments below. Also if you have any interesting information about the teams, please share that too. It will help fellow fans to connect with clubs on a different level, as the general cricket fans do not yet know much about the European cricket clubs. Thanks for reading!
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