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The Women's European Cricket Championship is a women's cricket tournament for teams representing European countries. The first edition was contested in 1989. ==History== The first Women's European Championship was held in Denmark in July 1989. The teams that took part were England, Ireland and the Netherlands in addition to the hosts Denmark. England won all three of their matches, with the other teams winning one match each. England thus won the tournament.〔(1989 Women's European Championship Points table at Cricket Archive )〕 All matches were official Women's One-Day Internationals〔(Scorecards for 1989 European Women's Championship at Cricket Archive )〕 and Denmark's match against Ireland was their first such game.〔(Women's ODIs played by Denmark at Cricket Archive )〕 The second edition was held in Leicester, Nottingham and Northamptonshire in England in July 1990.〔(Scorecards for 1990 European Women's Championship at Cricket Archive )〕 The same teams as 1989 again competed, and England again won all their games. Ireland won two matches, the Netherlands one and Denmark lost all three of their games.〔(Points Table for 1990 Women's European Championship at Cricket Archive )〕 After the initial group stage, England and Ireland played in a final, which England won by 65 runs.〔(Scorecard ) of England Women v Ireland Women match, 22 July 1990 at Cricket Archive〕 The third Championship, again featuring the same four teams, was played in Haarlem in the Netherlands in July 1991.〔(Scorecards for the 1991 Women's European Championship at Cricket Archive )〕 Like the 1989 event, England again won all three of their games, with the other three teams winning one each. Denmark finished second on run rate and met England in the final, which was won by England by 179 runs.〔(Scorecard ) of Denmark Women v England Women, 20 July 1991 at Cricket Archive〕 After a four-year break, the Championship returned in July 1995 in Dublin.〔(Scorecards for 1995 Women's European Championship at Cricket Archive )〕 The same teams took part as in the previous three tournaments, with England and Ireland topping the points table for the group stage.〔(Points Table for 1995 Women's European Championship at Cricket Archive )〕 England beat Ireland by seven wickets in the final.〔(Scorecard ) for England Women v Ireland Women, 22 July 1995 at Cricket Archive〕 In 1999, the tournament returned to the venue of the first edition, again with the same four teams. England topped the table after the group stage, winning all three of their games, winning the tournament as no final was played.〔(1999 Women's European Championship at CricketEurope )〕 Denmark's game against the Netherlands is their last Women's ODI to date.〔 The 2001 tournament, played at Bradfield College, England saw an England Under-19 team replace England.〔(2001 Women's European Championship at CricketEurope )〕 Despite England being represented by their Under-19 team, their matches still counted as official Women's ODIs for England.〔(Scorecards for 2001 Women's European Championship at Cricket Archive ) – the "wo" code indicates an official women's ODI.〕 Scotland replaced Denmark in the event,〔 and their match against England was their first Women's ODI.〔(List of Scotland's women's ODIs at Cricket Archive )〕 Ireland won the event, winning all three of their games, the first time England had not won the tournament.〔 The 2005 event was held in Wales, and saw the first appearance of the Welsh women's team. An England development squad replaced the England Under-19 team. Only the match between Ireland and the Netherlands was an official women's ODI.〔(Scorecards for 2005 Women's European Championship at Cricket Archive ) – the "wo" code indicates an official women's ODI.〕 England won all four of their matches, thus winning the tournament.〔(2005 Women's European Championship at Cricket Archive )〕 The tournament became biannual in 2007, when was held in Netherlands.〔(2007 Women's European Championship at CricketEurope )〕 England sent a Development team, which won the championship. Also participated Ireland, Netherlands and Scotland. The 2009 Tournament was held in Dublín, Ireland in three grounds,〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=2009 Women's European Championship )〕 in this event took part Ireland, Netherlands and Scotland. Ireland won the championship after won their two games.〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=Ireland claim European Championships )〕 Also will play the first T20 European championship. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Women's European Cricket Championship」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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