The ICC World Twenty20 is the international championship of Twenty20 cricket. The event is organised by the sport's governing body, the International Cricket Council (ICC).The tournament consists of 12 teams and is contested by all Test-playing nations plus qualifiers. The championship is expected to be held around every two years.The inaugural event, the 2007 ICC World Twenty20 was staged in South Africa from September 11, 2007 to September 24, 2007. The inaugural champion of the ICC World Twenty20 is India who defeated Pakistan in the final at Johannesburg by five runs.The World Cricket League is a series of international one-day cricket tournaments for national teams without Test status, administered by the International Cricket Council. Any Associate or Affiliate member of the ICC may compete in the league system, which has promotion and relegation between each division.The series completed its first cycle in 2007, with teams allotted into divisions based on their performance in the qualification tournaments for the 2007 World Cup. As the two finalists of the World Cricket League Division One tournament, Kenya and Scotland, were rewarded with qualification for ICC World Twenty20 2007 alongside the ten test playing nations.
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