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: YearHost(s)Venue(s)ResultWinnerMarginRunner-up 2004 Dar es Salaam 51/2 (14.2 overs) Tanzania won by 8 wicketsscorecard 50 (25.1 overs) 2006 Nairobi 6 points Zimbabwe won on pointstable 4 points 2010 Nairobi 314/2 (50 overs) South Africa won by 281 runsscorecard 33 (20 overs) 2011 Entebbe, Kampala +2.952 NRR Uganda won on net run ratetable +2.188 NRR 2012 Dar es Salaam 9 points Zimbabwe won on pointstable 6 points 2013 Dar es Salaam 6 points Uganda won on pointstable 4 points 2014 Benoni 8 points Zimbabwe won on pointstable 6 points
Performance by team Legend – Champions – Runners-up – Third place — Hosts Top-ranked national teams in years where an invitational team won are underlined
Team 2004 2006 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 Total 3rd 4th 4th 4th 6th 4th 5th 7 4th — — 3rd 5th 5th 6th 5 — — — 5th — — — 1 — — — 6th — — — 1 — — 1st — — — — 1 South African XI — — — — 1st 1st 1st 3 1st 2nd 5th 2nd 3rd 3rd 3rd 7 2nd 3rd 3rd 1st 4th 2nd 4th 7 — 1st — 2nd 2nd — 2nd 4
See also ICC Africa Twenty20 Championship ICC Africa Under-19 Championships World Cricket League Africa Region
References 2004 tournament 2006 tournament 2010 tournament 2011 tournament 2012 tournament 2013 tournament 2014 tournament