Years of planning, outstanding organisation and intensive turf culture work from Jared Carter and his team are set to be rewarded in lavish style with Mount Maunganui's Bay Oval providing two separate venues for the ICC Cricket World Cup Qualifier 2014 (CWCQ), to be held from January 13 to February 1.
Ten sides will battle it out across New Zealand for the remaining two places in the ICC Cricket World Cup 2015, which is scheduled to be played in Australia and New Zealand in February-March 2015.
Over three weeks, 150 players from ICC's top associate and affiliate members will take part in 34 matches - all with free admission for fans.
Seeking to join Ireland and Afghanistan, who have already secured two of ICC Cricket World Cup 2015's four qualifying places, are Canada, Hong Kong, Kenya, Namibia, Nepal, the Netherlands, Papua New Guinea (PNG), Scotland, United Arab Emirates (UAE) and Uganda.
The 10 teams have been divided into two groups of five, with the top three from each progressing into the Super Sixes stage of the tournament.