The European Cricket Network (ECN) has launched a new national T10 league tournament called the European Cricket Championship 2021 (ECC) featuring teams across Europe.
The month-long tournament is set to be played at the Cartama Cricket Oval in Malaga, Spain between September 13 to October 15.
Hosts Spain play Belgium in the first match of the inaugural season on Monday, September 13.
The 15 participating teams will be divided into three groups of five each. Each group will feature 24 T10 games which include a double robin-round format and playoffs. The top two teams from each group will advance to the Championship Week scheduled between October 4-8.
The first week of the tournament will feature matches across Group A between September 13-17. Whereas Group B and Group C matches will be held between September 20-24 and September 27 to October 1 respectively.
Groupwise teams participating in European Cricket Championship (ECC) 2021
Group A: Luxembourg, Norway, Spain, Sweden, Belgium
Group B: Netherlands XI, Austria, Romania, Portugal, Hungary
Group C: England XI, Italy, Germany, Finland, Czech Republic
European Cricket Championship schedule, fixtures and live India match times
All timings are in Indian Standard Time (IST)
Week 1 - Group A fixtures
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Date and Day |
Match |
Time |
Monday, September 13 |
Spain vs Belgium |
12:30 PM |
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Sweden vs Norway |
2:30 PM |
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Belgium vs Luxembourg |
4:30 PM |
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Spain vs Norway |
6:30 PM |
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Luxembourg vs Sweden |
8:30 PM |
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Tuesday, September 14 |
Norway vs Sweden |
12:30 PM |
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Luxembourg vs Spain |
2:30 PM |
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Belgium vs Norway |
4:30 PM |
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Spain vs Sweden |
6:30 PM |
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Luxembourg vs Belgium |
8:30 PM |
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Wednesday, September 15 |
Spain vs Luxembourg |
12:30 PM |
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Norway vs Belgium |
2:30 PM |
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Sweden vs Spain |
4:30 PM |
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Luxembourg vs Norway |
6:30 PM |
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Belgium vs Sweden |
8:30 PM |
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Thursday, September 16 |
Sweden vs Luxembourg |
12:30 PM |
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Norway vs Spain |
2:30 PM |
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Sweden vs Belgium |
4:30 PM |
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Norway vs Luxembourg |
6:30 PM |
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Belgium vs Spain |
8:30 PM |
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Friday, September 17 |
TBC vs TBC (Eliminator) |
12:30 PM |
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TBC vs TBC (Qualifier 1) |
2:30 PM |
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TBC vs TBC (Qualifier 2) |
5:30 PM |
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TBC vs TBC (Final) |
8:30 PM |
Week 2 - Group B fixtures
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Date and Day |
Match |
Time |
Monday, September 20 |
Austria vs Romania |
12:30 PM |
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Portugal vs Hungary |
2:30 PM |
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Romania vs Netherlands XI |
4:30 PM |
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Austria vs Hungary |
6:30 PM |
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Netherlands XI vs Portugal |
8:30 PM |
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Tuesday, September 21 |
Hungary vs Portugal |
12:30 PM |
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Netherlands XI vs Austria |
2:30 PM |
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Romania vs Hungary |
4:30 PM |
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Austria vs Portugal |
6:30 PM |
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Netherlands XI vs Romania |
8:30 PM |
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Wednesday, September 22 |
Austria vs Netherlands XI |
12:30 PM |
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Hungary vs Romania |
2:30 PM |
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Portugal vs Austria |
4:30 PM |
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Netherlands XI vs Hungary |
6:30 PM |
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Romania vs Portugal |
8:30 PM |
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Thursday, September 23 |
Portugal vs Netherlands XI |
12:30 PM |
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Hungary vs Austria |
2:30 PM |
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Portugal vs Romania |
4:30 PM |
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Hungary vs Netherlands XI |
6:30 PM |
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Romania vs Austria |
8:30 PM |
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Friday, September 17 |
TBC vs TBC (Eliminator) |
12:30 PM |
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TBC vs TBC (Qualifier 1) |
2:30 PM |
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TBC vs TBC (Qualifier 2) |
5:30 PM |
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TBC vs TBC (Final) |
8:30 PM |
Week 3 - Group C fixtures
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Date and Day |
Match |
Time |
Monday, September 27 |
Italy vs Germany |
12:30 PM |
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Finland vs Czech Republic |
2:30 PM |
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Germany vs England XI |
4:30 PM |
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Italy vs Czech Republic |
6:30 PM |
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England XI vs Finland |
8:30 PM |
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Tuesday, September 28 |
Czech Republic vs Finland |
12:30 PM |
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England XI vs Italy |
2:30 PM |
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Germany vs Czech Republic |
4:30 PM |
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Italy vs Finland |
6:30 PM |
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England XI vs Germany |
8:30 PM |
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Wednesday, September 29 |
Italy vs England XI |
12:30 PM |
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Czech Republic vs Germany |
2:30 PM |
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Finland vs Italy |
4:30 PM |
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England XI vs Czech Republic |
6:30 PM |
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Germany vs Finland |
8:30 PM |
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Thursday, September 30 |
Finland vs England XI |
12:30 PM |
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Czech Republic vs Italy |
2:30 PM |
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Finland vs Germany |
4:30 PM |
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Czech Republic vs England XI |
6:30 PM |
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Germany vs Italy |
8:30 PM |
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Friday, October 1 |
TBC vs TBC (Eliminator) |
12:30 PM |
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TBC vs TBC (Qualifier 1) |
2:30 PM |
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TBC vs TBC (Qualifier 2) |
5:30 PM |
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TBC vs TBC (Final) |
8:30 PM |
Week 4 - Championship Week
The top two teams from each group will qualify to play in the Championship Week between October 4-8.
Where to watch the European Cricket Championship 2021 live in India?
Live streaming of the European Cricket Championship 2021 will be available on the Fancode app as well as their website.
There will be no telecast of the European Cricket Championship 2021 in India.
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