2019 European Cricket League
The 2019 European Cricket League was the inaugural edition of the European Cricket League. It was held in July 2019 and featured eight European champion club teams. At ECL19, the domestic club champions of Denmark, France, Germany, Italy, the Netherlands, Romania, Russia and Spain competed for the chance to become club cricket's European champions. Players from 18 European nations as well as from more traditional cricket-playing nations took part. The league has adopted the T10 format and was played over three days. The La Manga Club in Cartagena, Murcia, Spain hosted the tournament, which was staged from 29 to 31 July 2019.
Tournament Play / Broadcast at ECL19
Packing 17 matches into a T10 format over three days, every match was televised live in Europe, Asia, North America and Australasia across a combination of broadcast, digital and social channels, including the newly-launched European Cricket Network. Over 100 countries worldwide broadcast coverage including the UK, Australia, India, Middle East, UAE, France, Germany, Turkey, Spain, United States, Canada and the Caribbean. Teams were split into two groups of four with matches being played on a round-robin basis in La Manga with the top two from each progressing to contest the semi-finals and final.The current ECL title holders are V.O.C Rotterdam of the Netherlands, who won the inaugural 2019 season, beating SG Findorff from Germany in the final.
Participating teams
Eight clubs from across Europe participated in the inaugural edition.- Svanholm Cricket Club, Brøndby
- Dreux Cricket Club, Dreux
- Sportgemeinschaft Findorff, Bremen
- Janjua Cricket Club, Brescia
- Volharding Olympia Combinatie, Rotterdam
- Cluj Cricket Club, Cluj-Napoca
- St. Petersburg Lions, Saint Petersburg
- Catalunya Cricket Club, Girona
Group stage
Fixtures
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Group B
Lost all points due to player eligibility infringement.----
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JCC Brescia initially won all their matches, but were later found breaching the player eligibility criteria and thus their opponents were declared winners.
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JCC Brescia initially won all their matches, but were later found breaching the player eligibility criteria and thus their opponents were declared winners.
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JCC Brescia initially won all their matches, but were later found breaching the player eligibility criteria and thus their opponents were declared winners.
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