Europe Events - Academies

Each year ICC Europe organises and runs a number of coaching academies with the aim of developing the most talented young cricketers in Europe at all age-group levels. A panel of elite level coaches from around Europe are invited to join the ICC Europe coaching team at each event thus providing players with a wealth of cricketing knowledge and experience.

Participation in ICC Europe coaching academies is restricted to players who have been nominated by their national boards and then selected by an ICC Europe panel.

The following programmes currently form part of the ICC Europe academy calendar:

Men's Academy
The ICC Europe Men's Academy is held annually in February for European players at/or progressing towards national selection level. Recent academies have been held in Dubai, Spain, India, and South Africa,with the 2012 event to take place in Pune, India.

Women's Academy
The first ICC Europe Women's Academy was held in Edinburgh in 2006. The event is held annually for female players at/or progressing towards national selection level in Europe's top three Associate countries: Ireland, the Netherlands and Scotland. The Women's Academy is now held annually in Murcia, Spain.

Women's Quadrangular Series 2011
For 2011 the Academy took place as a training programme preceeding a Women's Quadrangular Series in Sri Lanka which included Sri Lanka, Ireland, Netherlands and Pakistan. The five day training programme involved Ireland women and Netherlands women supported by ICC Europe Elite coaches.

Emerging Players Programme
The ICC Europe Emerging Players Programme was held for the first time in Murcia, Spain in 2009. This programme caters for the talented players from around Europe who have not been selected for the Men's Academy, but who still perform at a high level for their age-group.

Centre of Excellence
The ICC Europe Centre of Excellence is held annually in Murcia, Spain for talented youth age-group players 13-17 years of age. Previous events have been held in Edinburgh, Bradfield and Murcia and generally involve players and coaches from a wider breadth of European countries.