Cricket in Germany
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Cricket in Germany has a history going back to 1850, when a group of people from England
and the United States
founded the first German cricket club in Berlin
. Several more teams were later founded in Berlin and the rest of Germany, as well as a national federation. Cricket lingered on over the following century, with occasional visits of German players to England and British and other foreign teams touring in Germany, but only when it got a foothold in the German universities in the 1980s did the number of German cricket clubs and players start to grow again. Nevertheless much of the cricket to date is played by British soldiers stationed in Germany.
The national organisation for the game is currently the German Cricket Federation (Deutscher Cricket Bund, DCB), founded in 1988. In total there are about 50 cricket clubs in the country.
and has also taken part in the ICC Trophy
.
Those regional associations are:
Clubs playing in the league are:
Other clubs include:
Clubs playing in the league are:
This has now been superseded by the Bundesliga Ost, which in 2010 was organised in two divisions, which included the clubs marked * above, with the addition of Dresden and HCCW (Havelländische Cricket Club Werder). Some of these clubs fielded teams in both divisions.
Clubs playing in the league are:
s playing the sport.
Clubs which cannot join a league (mostly due to lack of available members) may still take part in independently arranged friendly matches.
The club's wicket can vary from a grass pitch (grown on the natural soil) to coconut fibre wickets on concrete, flicx® pitches, and do-it-yourself constructions. The size of the field also varies, from a good club size (English standard) to double hockey pitches which the club hires, and unusual fields such as that at Göttingen
, which is large, but has a bank that rises up to 4 metres above the level of the square.
Indoor cricket is played in various tournaments throughout the winter, mostly in German 3 field gyms, or in indoor tennis halls, in Twenty20
format.
the winner of the play-off is the regional champion. At the end of the regional season, national play-offs are held: the northern league champions (NDCV (North), NRCU (North Rhine Westphalia), BCV (Berlin)) play against each other, and the southern teams (HCV (Hesse), BWCV (Baden Württemberg), BYCV (Bavaria)) do likewise. The overall northern and southern winners then play off for the German Championship.
Independent of the regional leagues are 20/20 tournaments which are mostly invitational tournaments initiated by one team.
England
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and the United States
United States
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founded the first German cricket club in Berlin
Berlin
Berlin is the capital city of Germany and is one of the 16 states of Germany. With a population of 3.45 million people, Berlin is Germany's largest city. It is the second most populous city proper and the seventh most populous urban area in the European Union...
. Several more teams were later founded in Berlin and the rest of Germany, as well as a national federation. Cricket lingered on over the following century, with occasional visits of German players to England and British and other foreign teams touring in Germany, but only when it got a foothold in the German universities in the 1980s did the number of German cricket clubs and players start to grow again. Nevertheless much of the cricket to date is played by British soldiers stationed in Germany.
The national organisation for the game is currently the German Cricket Federation (Deutscher Cricket Bund, DCB), founded in 1988. In total there are about 50 cricket clubs in the country.
International team
Germany has a national team that takes part in the European ChampionshipEuropean Cricket Championship
The European Cricket Championship is a group of various tournaments in which national cricket sides throughout Europe compete. The tournament is designed to encourage and develop the best players in countries where cricket is not a major sport and Europe's only Test cricket playing country,...
and has also taken part in the ICC Trophy
ICC Trophy
The ICC World Cup Qualifier is an international one-day cricket tournament run under the auspices of the International Cricket Council. Any Associate or Affiliate member of the ICC may attempt to qualify for the ICC Trophy by means of a system of regional qualifying events. The test-playing Full...
.
Regional associations
German Cricket is organized in several regions, which all have their own leagues. The winner of those will play for the national championship.Those regional associations are:
- Bayrischer Cricket Verband (Bavaria)
- Cricket in and around Munich
Clubs playing in the league are:
- Cricket Club of Bayern
- Lufthansa Services Cricket Club
- Munich Cricket Club
- Munich International Cricket Club
- Pak Orient Cricket Club
- Serendib Sports Club
Other clubs include:
- Berliner Cricket Verband
- Berliner Cricket Committee
Clubs playing in the league are:
- ACCB
- Berlin Cricket Club*
- Britannia 92*
- Stragglers Cricket Club
- DSSC (Der Sports and Social Club Berlin) (sic)*
- PCCB (Pakistan Cricket Club Berlin)*
- RFCC (Reinickendorfer Füchse)*
This has now been superseded by the Bundesliga Ost, which in 2010 was organised in two divisions, which included the clubs marked * above, with the addition of Dresden and HCCW (Havelländische Cricket Club Werder). Some of these clubs fielded teams in both divisions.
- Hessischer Cricket Verband
- Cosmopolitan Cricket Club Hassloch e.V.Eingetragener VereinEingetragener Verein is a legal status for a registered voluntary association in Germany and Austria. While any group may be called a Verein, registration as eingetragener Verein holds many legal benefits because a registered association may legally function as a corporate body rather than just...
- Darmstadt Cricket Club (TH & FH Darmstadt)
- Frankfurt Cricket Club (FCC) e.V.
- Ruder- und Cricket-Club Hanau e.V
- FSV Hellas 71 e.V., Abteilung Cricket
- Olympia Frankfurt e.V., Abteilung Cricket
- Rodgau Cricket Club e.V
- SKG Walldorf e.V., Abteilung Cricket
- SV Wiesbaden 1899 e.V., Abteilung Cricket
- Norddeutscher Cricket Verband, (North German Cricket Federation).
- Clubs playing there include:
- HSV-Cricket
- Oldenburg
- HICC
- THCC Rot-Gelb
- Pak Alemi
- Buxtehude
- Lüneburg Panthers
- Fallingbostel CC
- Jacobs Universität CC Bremen
- Hannover
- CC der Universität Göttingen
- Schwerin
- Nordrhein-Westfalen Cricket Union
- Köln Cricket Club e.V.
- Bonn Cricket Society e.V.
- Bonn Royals Cricket Club
- ASV Köln - CICC
- Cologne Cricket Club
- Bonn Cricket Club e.V.
- Köln Xtremers Cricket Club
- Düsseldorf Blackcaps Cricket Club
- Bochum Cricket Club e.V.
- Rheindahlen Crusaders CC (based in Mönchengladbach)
- Dortmund Cricket Club e.V.
- Mülheim a.d. Ruhr Cricket Club e.V.
- Deutsche Welle CC
- Bonn Veterans CC
- Baden Württemberg Cricket Verband,
Clubs playing in the league are:
- Kaiserslautern University CC
- Cricket Lions Karlsruhe CC
- Karlsruher CC
- TSG-Ketsch
- Stallions-TSG Wiesloch CC
- Pak Freiburg Cricket Club, Freiburg
- Freiburg Nomads CC
- Cosmopolitan Cricket Club Mannheim
- Stuttgart Cricket Eagles e.V
Club cricket
A feature of club cricket in Germany is that many clubs experience rapid fluctuation in membership, which is composed largely of expatExpat
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s playing the sport.
Clubs which cannot join a league (mostly due to lack of available members) may still take part in independently arranged friendly matches.
The club's wicket can vary from a grass pitch (grown on the natural soil) to coconut fibre wickets on concrete, flicx® pitches, and do-it-yourself constructions. The size of the field also varies, from a good club size (English standard) to double hockey pitches which the club hires, and unusual fields such as that at Göttingen
Göttingen
Göttingen is a university town in Lower Saxony, Germany. It is the capital of the district of Göttingen. The Leine river runs through the town. In 2006 the population was 129,686.-General information:...
, which is large, but has a bank that rises up to 4 metres above the level of the square.
Indoor cricket is played in various tournaments throughout the winter, mostly in German 3 field gyms, or in indoor tennis halls, in Twenty20
Twenty20
Twenty20 is a form of cricket, originally introduced in England for professional inter-county competition by the England and Wales Cricket Board , in 2003. A Twenty20 game involves two teams, each has a single innings, batting for a maximum of 20 overs. Twenty20 cricket is also known as T20 cricket...
format.
Leagues
The majority of cricket clubs are organised into six regional leagues. Each region hosts one or two leagues of 6 or 7 clubs. Matches are over 50 overs. In two of the leagues the first and second placed teams meet in play-offs, andthe winner of the play-off is the regional champion. At the end of the regional season, national play-offs are held: the northern league champions (NDCV (North), NRCU (North Rhine Westphalia), BCV (Berlin)) play against each other, and the southern teams (HCV (Hesse), BWCV (Baden Württemberg), BYCV (Bavaria)) do likewise. The overall northern and southern winners then play off for the German Championship.
Independent of the regional leagues are 20/20 tournaments which are mostly invitational tournaments initiated by one team.