South American Cricket Championship

South American Cricket Championship

Format	Limited-overs cricket
First tournament	1995
Current champion	Chile (2016 – 2nd title)
Most successful	Argentina[lower-alpha 1] (8 titles)

The South American Cricket Championship (Spanish: Campeonato Sudamericano de Cricket) is an international limited-overs cricket tournament featuring national teams from South America and certain other invited sides, currently played annually but until 2013 usually played every two seasons.^{[lower-alpha 2]}

Argentine teams have been the most successful at the tournament, winning on eight out of the thirteen occasions it has been held. The Argentine national team won the first three championships without losing a game, and consequently since 2000 the country has been represented by a development squad, Argentina A.^[2] Chile is the only other team to feature in every edition of the championships, but has won only twice (in 2011 and 2016), despite finishing runner-up on six occasions. Peru and Brazil have each only missed one tournament, in 2002 and 2011 respectively. Guyana, the only Test-playing country in South America (as part of the West Indies cricket team), has sent a team four times, winning twice, but this has generally been a "masters" team consisting of past players.^[3] The non-South American teams invited to the tournament have been Panama (in 2000), Puerto Rico (in 2004), and Mexico (since 2014). Colombia were going to send a team to the 2000 tournament, but in fact did not debut until 2015.^[4]

The most recent edition of the tournament was held in Itaguaí, Rio de Janeiro State, Brazil, in October 2016.^[5] Chile won the men's tournament and Brazil won the women's tournament.^[6]

Results

Year	Host(s)	Venue(s)	Result
			Winner	Margin	Runner-up
1995	Argentina	Buenos Aires	Argentina 12 points	Argentina won on points table	Chile 8 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[lower-alpha 3] 134 (38.4 overs)
2000	Argentina	Buenos Aires	Argentina[lower-alpha 1] 77/2 (16 overs)	Argentina won by 8 wickets report	Chile 75 (? overs)
2002	Argentina	Buenos Aires	Argentina[lower-alpha 1] 196/8 (28.3 overs)	Argentina won by 2 wickets scorecard	Chile 194 (40 overs)
2004	Chile	Santiago	Guyana[lower-alpha 3] 323/3 (40 overs)	Guyana won by 117 runs scorecard	Puerto Rico 206/7 (40 overs)
2007	Peru	Lima	Guyana[lower-alpha 3] 204 (39.1 overs)	Guyana won by 150 runs scorecard	Argentina[lower-alpha 1] 54 (28.4 overs)
2009	Brazil	São Paulo	Argentina[lower-alpha 1] 12 points	Argentina won on points table	Chile 8 points
2011	Chile	Santiago	Chile 173/6 (? overs)	Chile won by 47 runs report	Argentina[lower-alpha 1] 126/9 (? overs)
2013	Argentina	Buenos Aires	Argentina[lower-alpha 1] 12 points	Argentina won on points report	Chile 8 points
2014	Peru	Lima	Mexico 154/4 (20 overs)	Mexico won by 20 runs report	Chile 134 (19.1 overs)
2015	Chile	Santiago	Argentina[lower-alpha 1] 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)

Performance by team

Legend

• 1st – Champions
• 2nd – Runners-up
• 3rd – Third place
• GS – Group stage
• Q – Qualified
•     — Hosts

Team	1995	1997	1999	2000	2002	2004	2007	2009	2011	2013	2014	2015	2016	Total
Andean Masters	—	—	—	—	4th	GS	—	—	4th	—	—	—	—	3
Argentina[lower-alpha 1]	1st	1st	1st	1st	1st	3rd	2nd	1st	2nd	1st	5th	1st	2nd	13
Brazil	4th	2nd	GS	3rd	3rd	GS	4th	3rd	—	3rd	3rd	2nd	4th	12
Chile	2nd	4th	3rd	2nd	2nd	4th	3rd	2nd	1st	2nd	2nd	3rd	1st	13
Chile "A"	—	—	—	—	—	GS	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	1
Colombia	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	4th	5th	2
Ecuador	—	—	—	—	—	—	GS	—	—	—	—	—	—	1
Guyana[lower-alpha 3]	—	—	2nd	5th	—	1st	1st	—	—	—	—	—	—	4
Mexico	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	1st	5th	6th	3
Panama	—	—	—	4th	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	1
Peru	3rd	3rd	4th	6th	—	GS	GS	4th	3rd	4th	4th	6th	3rd	12
Puerto Rico	—	—	—	—	—	2nd	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	1
Venezuela	—	—	GS	7th	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	2

Notes

1. From the 2000 tournament onwards, Argentina has been represented by its "A team" (development team).
2. As in the rest of the Southern Hemisphere, the cricket season in South America is played during the summer months, and so seasons consist of the last few months of one year and the first few months of the next year. For instance, the inaugural South American Championship was held in December 1995, as part of the 1995–96 season.^[1]
3. When Guyana, which plays Test cricket as part of the West Indies Cricket Board, has featured at the tournament, it has always been represented by an overage team, the Guyana Masters.

References

1. South American Championships 1995/96 – CricketArchive. Retrieved 16 July 2015.
2. "South American Championships: Argentina gambles and wins at successful tournament" – ESPNcricinfo. Retrieved 16 July 2015.
3. (10 April 1999). "Argentina easily win South American Championship" – ESPNcricinfo. Retrieved 16 July 2015.
4. (9 November 2000> "South American Championships: Colombia may be late addition" – ESPNcricinfo. Retrieved 16 July 2015.
5. "Rio’s Carioca Cricket Club Launches 2016 Season", The Rio Times, 3 February 2016. Retrieved 2 September 2016.
6. South American Championships, CricHQ. Retrieved 3 November 2016.