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 

Date and Day 

Match

Time




Monday, September 13

Spain vs Belgium

12:30 PM

Sweden vs Norway 

2:30 PM

Belgium vs Luxembourg 

4:30 PM

Spain vs Norway

6:30 PM

Luxembourg vs Sweden

8:30 PM




Tuesday, September 14



Norway vs Sweden

12:30 PM

Luxembourg vs Spain 

2:30 PM

Belgium vs Norway 

4:30 PM

Spain vs Sweden

6:30 PM

Luxembourg vs Belgium

8:30 PM




Wednesday, September 15

Spain vs Luxembourg

12:30 PM

Norway vs Belgium 

2:30 PM

Sweden vs Spain

4:30 PM

Luxembourg vs Norway

6:30 PM

Belgium vs Sweden

8:30 PM




Thursday, September 16

Sweden vs Luxembourg

12:30 PM

Norway vs Spain

2:30 PM

Sweden vs Belgium

4:30 PM

Norway vs Luxembourg 

6:30 PM

Belgium vs Spain 

8:30 PM

Friday, September 17

TBC vs TBC (Eliminator)

12:30 PM

TBC vs TBC (Qualifier 1)

2:30 PM

TBC vs TBC (Qualifier 2)

5:30 PM

TBC vs TBC (Final)

8:30 PM


Week 2 - Group B fixtures

Date and Day 

Match

Time




Monday, September 20

Austria vs Romania

12:30 PM

Portugal vs Hungary

2:30 PM

Romania vs Netherlands XI 

4:30 PM

Austria vs Hungary

6:30 PM

Netherlands XI vs Portugal 

8:30 PM




Tuesday, September 21



Hungary vs Portugal

12:30 PM

Netherlands XI vs Austria 

2:30 PM

Romania vs Hungary 

4:30 PM

Austria vs Portugal

6:30 PM

Netherlands XI vs Romania

8:30 PM




Wednesday, September 22

Austria vs Netherlands XI

12:30 PM

Hungary vs Romania 

2:30 PM

Portugal vs Austria

4:30 PM

Netherlands XI vs Hungary

6:30 PM

Romania vs Portugal

8:30 PM




Thursday, September 23

Portugal vs Netherlands XI

12:30 PM

Hungary vs Austria

2:30 PM

Portugal vs Romania 

4:30 PM

Hungary vs Netherlands XI

6:30 PM

Romania vs Austria 

8:30 PM




Friday, September 17

TBC vs TBC (Eliminator)

12:30 PM

TBC vs TBC (Qualifier 1)

2:30 PM

TBC vs TBC (Qualifier 2)

5:30 PM

TBC vs TBC (Final)

8:30 PM

Week 3 - Group C fixtures

Date and Day 

Match

Time




Monday, September 27

Italy vs Germany

12:30 PM

Finland vs Czech Republic 

2:30 PM

Germany vs England XI 

4:30 PM

Italy vs Czech Republic

6:30 PM

England XI vs Finland 

8:30 PM




Tuesday, September 28



Czech Republic vs Finland

12:30 PM

England XI vs Italy 

2:30 PM

Germany vs Czech Republic 

4:30 PM

Italy vs Finland

6:30 PM

England XI vs Germany

8:30 PM




Wednesday, September 29

Italy vs England XI

12:30 PM

Czech Republic vs Germany 

2:30 PM

Finland vs Italy

4:30 PM

England XI vs Czech Republic

6:30 PM

Germany vs Finland

8:30 PM




Thursday, September 30

Finland vs England XI

12:30 PM

Czech Republic vs Italy

2:30 PM

Finland vs Germany

4:30 PM

Czech Republic vs England XI

6:30 PM

Germany vs Italy 

8:30 PM




Friday, October 1

TBC vs TBC (Eliminator)

12:30 PM

TBC vs TBC (Qualifier 1)

2:30 PM

TBC vs TBC (Qualifier 2)

5:30 PM

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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