Kenya, Canada [ Images ] and the Netherlands have joined Ireland in qualifying for the one-day World Cup to be staged in South Asia in 2011.

Ireland topped the league standings in the ongoing World Cup qualifiers in South Africa [ Images ], where the top four nations will join the 10 full-member countries in the 14-team event, to be hosted by India [ Images ], Sri Lanka [ Images ] and Bangladesh.

On Friday, Pakistan was stripped off its World Cup hosting rights by the International Cricket Council [ Images ] due to security concerns in that country.

Afghanistan, which finished sixth in the league phase of the eight-team qualifiers, earned their one-day status while Scotland preserved theirs by finishing among the top six.