South American Cricket Championship
| Format | Limited-overs cricket |
|---|---|
| First edition | Men: 1995 Women: 2007 |
| Latest edition | Men: 2024 Women: 2024 |
| Current champion | Men:  Panama (2024 – 1st title)Women:  Brazil (2024 – 6th title) |
| Most successful | Men:  Argentina[a] (12 titles)Women: Argentina (7 titles) |
The South American Cricket Championship (Spanish: Campeonato Sudamericano de Críquet; Portuguese: Campeonato Sul-Americano de Críquete) is an international limited-overs cricket tournament featuring national teams from South America and other invited national sides from outside South America, currently played annually but until 2013 was usually played every two years. The first men's event was held in 1995 and a women's tournament started in 2007. The two tournaments have been played simultaneously or back-to-back since 2013.
The Argentine national team won the first three championships without losing a game, and subsequently the country was represented by a development squad, Argentina A, between 2000 and 2018.[1] Guyana, the only Test-playing country in South America (as part of the West Indies cricket team), had sent a team four times, winning twice, but this has generally been a "masters" team consisting of past players.[2] Colombia were going to send a team to the 2000 tournament, but in fact did not debut until 2015.[3] The non-South American teams invited to the tournament have been Panama (in 2000), Puerto Rico (in 2004), Costa Rica (in 2018) and Mexico (since 2014). The thirteenth edition of the tournament was held in Itaguaí, Rio de Janeiro State, Brazil, in October 2016.[4] Chile won the men's tournament and Brazil won the women's tournament.[5] The 2018 Championships were awarded to Colombia for the first time, and took place over 4 days in August with Mexico emerging as champions for the second time. Mexico won the men's event for the second time in 2018, and Argentina won again in 2019.[6] Argentina is also the reigning champion having won the 2023 edition.[3]
Argentina also dominated the women's event by winning on seven occasions. From 2018, all women's matches between ICC member nations would be eligible for Twenty20 International (T20I) status after the ICC decided to grant T20I status to all matches involving its members from 1 January 2019.[7] Brazil's women won the first edition with this enhanced status.[8] Starting from the 2019 edition, the same status would apply to the men's event. The only non-ICC playing nations in 2019 were Colombia and Uruguay.
Results (Men's)
[edit]| Year | Host(s) | Venue(s) | Result | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Winner | Margin | Runner-up | |||
| 1995 | Argentina
|
Buenos Aires | Argentina 12 points |
Argentina won on points table |
 Chile8 points |
| 1997 | Argentina
|
Buenos Aires | Argentina 12 points |
Argentina won on points table |
Brazil 4 points |
| 1999 |  Peru
|
Lima | Argentina 135/2 (28.3 overs) |
Argentina won by 8 wickets scorecard |
 Guyana[b]134 (38.4 overs) |
| 2000 | Argentina
|
Buenos Aires | Argentina[a] 77/2 (16 overs) |
Argentina won by 8 wickets report |
Chile 75 (? overs) |
| 2002 | Argentina
|
Buenos Aires | Argentina[a] 196/8 (28.3 overs) |
Argentina won by 2 wickets scorecard |
Chile 194 (40 overs) |
| 2004 | Chile
|
Santiago | Guyana[b] 323/3 (40 overs) |
Guyana won by 117 runs scorecard |
 Puerto Rico206/7 (40 overs) |
| 2007 | Peru
|
Lima | Guyana[b] 204 (39.1 overs) |
Guyana won by 150 runs scorecard |
Argentina[a] 54 (28.4 overs) |
| 2009 | Brazil
|
São Paulo | Argentina[a] 12 points |
Argentina won on points table |
Chile 8 points |
| 2011 | Chile
|
Santiago | Chile 173/6 (20 overs) |
Chile won by 47 runs report |
Argentina[a] 126/9 (20 overs) |
| 2013 | Argentina
|
Buenos Aires | Argentina[a] 12 points |
Argentina won on points report |
Chile 8 points |
| 2014 | Peru
|
Lima |  Mexico154/4 (20 overs) |
Mexico won by 20 runs report |
Chile 134 (19.1 overs) |
| 2015 | Chile
|
Santiago | Argentina[a] 137/2 (14.2 overs) |
Argentina won by 8 wickets scorecard |
Brazil 135/6 (20 overs) |
| 2016 | Brazil
|
Itaguaí | Chile 164/8 (19.4 overs) |
Chile won by 2 wickets scorecard |
Argentina 163/7 (20 overs) |
| 2017[9] | Argentina
|
Buenos Aires | Argentina[a] 138/3 (15.3 overs) |
Argentina won by 7 wickets scorecard |
Chile 132/8 (20 overs) |
| 2018[10] |  Colombia
|
Bogota - Mosquera | Mexico 45/4 (10 overs) |
Mexico won by 6 wickets scorecard |
 Uruguay44/10 (17 overs) |
| 2019[11] | Peru
|
Lima | Argentina 111/6 (18.4 overs) |
Argentina won by 4 wickets scorecard |
Mexico 105/9 (20 overs) |
| 2022 | Brazil
|
Itaguaí | Argentina 227/5 (20 overs) |
Argentina won by 10 runs scorecard |
Brazil 217 (20 overs) |
| 2023 | Argentina
|
Buenos Aires | Argentina 116/8 (20 overs) |
Argentina won by 34 runs scorecard |
Uruguay 82 (19 overs) |
| 2024 | Brazil
|
Itaguaí | Panama 128 (19.1 overs) |
Panama won by 26 runs scorecard |
Brazil 102/9 (20 overs) |
Performance by team (Men's)
[edit]- Legend
- 1st – Champions
- 2nd – Runners-up
- 3rd – Third place
- GS – Group stage
- Q – Entered
- — Hosts
| Team | 1995 |
1997 |
1999 |
2000 |
2002 |
2004 |
2007 |
2009 |
2011 |
2013 |
2014 |
2015 |
2016 |
2017 |
2018 |
2019 |
2022 |
2023 |
2024 |
Total 19 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
 Andean Masters
|
— | — | — | — | 4th | GS | — | — | 4th | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 3 |
 Argentina[a]
|
1st | 1st | 1st | 1st | 1st | 3rd | 2nd | 1st | 2nd | 1st | 5th | 1st | 2nd | 1st | 7th | 1st | 1st | 1st | 3rd | 19 |
 Brazil
|
4th | 2nd | GS | 3rd | 3rd | GS | 4th | 3rd | — | 3rd | 3rd | 2nd | 4th | 3rd | 6th | 6th | 2nd | 5th | 2nd | 18 |
 Chile
|
2nd | 4th | 3rd | 2nd | 2nd | 4th | 3rd | 2nd | 1st | 2nd | 2nd | 3rd | 1st | 2nd | 8th | 7th | 3rd | 8th | 6th | 19 |
| Chile "A"
|
— | — | — | — | — | GS | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 1 |
| Colombia
|
— | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 4th | 5th | 7th | 4th | 4th | 6th | 3rd | 7th | 8 |
 Costa Rica
|
— | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 3rd | — | — | — | — | 1 |
 Ecuador
|
— | — | — | — | — | — | GS | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 1 |
 Guyana[b]
|
— | — | 2nd | 5th | — | 1st | 1st | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 4 |
 Mexico
|
— | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 1st | 5th | 6th | 6th | 1st | 2nd | 4th | 4th | 4th | 9 |
 Panama
|
— | — | — | 4th | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 7th | 1st | 3 |
 Peru
|
3rd | 3rd | 4th | 6th | — | GS | GS | 4th | 3rd | 4th | 4th | 6th | 3rd | 5th | 5th | 3rd | 7th | 6th | 5th | 18 |
 Puerto Rico
|
— | — | — | — | — | 2nd | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 1 |
 Uruguay
|
— | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 4th | 2nd | 5th | 5th | 2nd | 8th | 6 |
 Venezuela
|
— | — | GS | 7th | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 2 |
Performance by team (Women's)
[edit]- Legend
- 1st – Champions
- 2nd – Runners-up
- 3rd – Third place
- P – Participated, position not known
- T – Participated, but games not counted towards the South American Championship
- E – Entered
- — Hosts
| Team | 2007 |
2009 |
2010 |
2011 |
2013 |
2014 |
2015 |
2016 |
2017 |
2018 |
2019 |
2022 |
2023 |
2024 |
Total 14 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Argentina
|
1st | 1st | 1st | 1st | 1st | 1st | 2nd | 2nd | 1st | — | 2nd | 2nd | 1st | 2nd | 13 |
| Brazil
|
2nd | 2nd | 2nd | P | P | P | 1st | 1st | 2nd | 1st | 1st | 1st[c] | — | 1st | 13 |
 Canada
|
— | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | T[d] | — | — | 1 |
 Cayman Islands
|
— | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 3rd | 1 |
| Chile
|
— | — | 3rd | P | P | – | 3rd | — | 3rd | 2nd | 3rd | — | 2nd | — | 8 |
| Mexico
|
— | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 4th | 4th | — | — | 4th | 3 |
| Peru
|
— | — | — | P | — | P | 4th | 3rd | 4th | 3rd | 5th | 3rd | — | — | 8 |
Notes
[edit]- ^ a b c d e f g h i j From 2000 to 2018, Argentina was represented by its "A team" (development team).
- ^ a b c d When Guyana (who play Test cricket as part of the West Indies Cricket Board) have featured in the tournament, they have been represented by an overage team – the Guyana Masters.
- ^ Brazil won the South American Championship before losing to Canada in the final of the Americas Championship.
- ^ Canada's matches did not have T20I status, and were only counted towards the Americas Championship. Canada won the Americas Championship, defeating Brazil in the final.
References
[edit]- ^ "South American Championships: Argentina gambles and wins at successful tournament" – ESPNcricinfo. Retrieved 16 July 2015.
- ^ "2023 Men's South American Cricket Championship", Wikipedia, 6 October 2024, retrieved 9 October 2024
- ^ a b "2023 SAMC".
- ^ "Rio’s Carioca Cricket Club Launches 2016 Season", The Rio Times, 3 February 2016. Retrieved 2 September 2016.
- ^ South American Championships, CricHQ. Retrieved 3 November 2016.
- ^ "South American Championships Wrap". Emerging Cricket. Retrieved 10 October 2019.
- ^ "All T20 matches between ICC members to get international status". International Cricket Council. 26 April 2018. Retrieved 1 September 2018.
- ^ "South American Championship: Tournament round-up". Women's CricZone. 2 September 2018. Retrieved 29 June 2019.
- ^ "SAC Mens 2017". CricHQ. Retrieved 30 August 2018.
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