The top four teams (previously 6) from this tournament qualified for the 2011 Cricket World Cup, while the top six teams gained or maintained One Day International status for the following four years and also automatically qualified for the ICC Intercontinental Cup.

The bottom two teams were relegated to 2011 ICC World Cricket League Division Three.

[1] Ireland, Netherlands, Canada and Kenya all qualified for the 2011 ICC World Cup.

As a result of the tournament, Afghanistan gained ODI status for the first time.

Afghanistan replaced Bermuda as the sixth Associate Nation with ODI status.