The top four teams at the conclusion of the tournament (Australia, England, New Zealand and West Indies) gained automatically qualification for the 2017 World Cup.
The bottom four teams (India, South Africa, Pakistan and Sri Lanka) faced six qualifying teams in the 2017 World Cup Qualifier for the remaining four places at the World Cup.
[1][2] When four or more WODIs were played in a series, only three pre-selected matches were included in the championship.
[4] The following teams played in the tournament: The breakdown of results was as follows.
During each round, each team played against their opponent three times.