2018 Under-19 Cricket World Cup qualification

The 2018 Under-19 Cricket World Cup in New Zealand was contested by sixteen teams, eleven of which qualified automatically. The other five places in the tournament were determined by a series of regional qualifiers, with one place being granted to each International Cricket Council (ICC) development region (Africa, the Americas, Asia, East Asia-Pacific, and Europe).

Automatic qualification

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The ten full members of the ICC as at 2016 qualified automatically for the Under-19 World Cup. In early 2016, it was determined that the top-placed ICC associate member at the 2016 Under-19 World Cup in Bangladesh would also qualify automatically for the 2018 event. That team was Namibia, which defeated another associate member, Nepal, in the seventh-place play-off.[1]

Regional qualification

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Africa

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Division Two

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The Africa Division Two tournament was played in Benoni, South Africa, from 10 to 18 September 2016. Ghana (the winner) and Botswana (the runner-up) both qualified for Division One.[2]


     Qualified for Division One
Team Pld W L T NR Pts NRR
  Ghana 6 6 0 0 0 12 +2.036
  Botswana 6 4 2 0 0 8 +1.298
  Nigeria 6 4 2 0 0 8 +1.175
  Sierra Leone 6 4 2 0 0 8 +1.025
  Zambia 6 2 4 0 0 4 –1.115
  Tanzania 6 1 5 0 0 2 –1.106
  Rwanda 6 0 6 0 0 0 –2.999

List of matches

10 September
Scorecard
Zambia  
150 (39.5 overs)
v
  Nigeria
151/2 (34.5 overs)
Nigeria won by 8 wickets
Willowmoore Park, Benoni

10 September
Scorecard
Botswana  
120 (46 overs)
v
  Ghana
121/2 (31.2 overs)
Ghana won by 8 wickets
Willowmoore Park, Benoni

10 September
Scorecard
Tanzania  
156 (42.2 overs)
v
  Sierra Leone
158/3 (39.2 overs)
Sierra Leone won by 7 wickets
Willowmoore Park, Benoni

11 September
Scorecard
Ghana  
108 (40.4 overs)
v
  Sierra Leone
105 (34.4 overs)
Ghana won by 3 runs
Willowmoore Park, Benoni

11 September
Scorecard
Nigeria  
278/3 (50 overs)
v
  Rwanda
33 (13 overs)
Nigeria won by 245 runs
Willowmoore Park, Benoni

11 September
Scorecard
Tanzania  
68 (29.1 overs)
v
  Zambia
71/7 (31.1 overs)
Zambia won by 3 wickets
Willowmoore Park, Benoni

12 September
Scorecard
Zambia  
48 (28.2 overs)
v
  Ghana
50/2 (12 overs)
Ghana won by 8 wickets
Willowmoore Park, Benoni

12 September
Scorecard
Nigeria  
209 (48.3 overs)
v
  Sierra Leone
160/9 (50 overs)
Nigeria won by 49 runs
Willowmoore Park, Benoni

12 September
Scorecard
Botswana  
301/4 (50 overs)
v
  Rwanda
105 (28 overs)
Botswana won by 196 runs
Willowmoore Park, Benoni

14 September
Scorecard
Botswana  
216/6 (50 overs)
v
  Tanzania
157 (34.3 overs)
Botswana won by 59 runs
Willowmoore Park, Benoni

14 September
Scorecard
Zambia  
65 (24.3 overs)
v
  Sierra Leone
66/4 (15.5 overs)
Sierra Leone won by 6 wickets
Willowmoore Park, Benoni

14 September
Scorecard
Rwanda  
52 (23.4 overs)
v
  Ghana
53/4 (12.2 overs)
Ghana won by 6 wickets
Willowmoore Park, Benoni

15 September
Scorecard
Rwanda  
147 (38 overs)
v
  Zambia
148/7 (45.4 overs)
Zambia won by 3 wickets
Willowmoore Park, Benoni

15 September
Scorecard
Ghana  
194 (49.1 overs)
v
  Tanzania
74 (29.3 overs)
Ghana won by 120 runs
Willowmoore Park, Benoni

15 September
Scorecard
Nigeria  
101 (39.3 overs)
v
  Botswana
103/9 (31.5 overs)
Botswana won by 1 wicket
Willowmoore Park, Benoni

17 September
Scorecard
Botswana  
201 (47 overs)
v
  Sierra Leone
202/4 (39.2 overs)
Sierra Leone won by 6 wickets
Willowmoore Park, Benoni

17 September
Scorecard
Tanzania  
134 (34.4 overs)
v
  Rwanda
44 (21.4 overs)
Tanzania won by 90 runs
Willowmoore Park, Benoni

17 September
Scorecard
Nigeria  
27 (15.4 overs)
v
  Ghana
28/0 (4.3 overs)
Ghana won by 10 wickets
Willowmoore Park, Benoni

18 September
Scorecard
Tanzania  
46 (23.3 overs)
v
  Nigeria
48/1 (6.2 overs)
Nigeria won by 9 wickets
Willowmoore Park, Benoni

18 September
Scorecard
Zambia  
76 (32.3 overs)
v
  Botswana
77/3 (15.4 overs)
Botswana won by 7 wickets
Willowmoore Park, Benoni

18 September
Scorecard
Rwanda  
91 (38.3 overs)
v
  Sierra Leone
92/3 (12 overs)
Sierra Leone won by 7 wickets
Willowmoore Park, Benoni

Division One

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The Africa Division One tournament was played in Nairobi, Kenya, from 1–10 July 2017. Kenya won the tournament on net run rate from Uganda to qualify for their first World Cup since 2002; four African teams were played in the World Cup for the first time since 2006.[3]


     Qualified for 2018 World Cup
Team Pld W L T NR Pts NRR
  Kenya 6 5 1 0 0 10 tba
  Uganda 6 5 1 0 0 10 tba
  Ghana 6 2 4 0 0 4 tba
  Botswana 6 0 6 0 0 0 tba

Americas

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ICC U19 World Cup Qualifier Americas Region was played in Toronto, Canada from July 17 to July 23, 2017. Teams were Bermuda, Canada, and USA, and format was a double round robin. Canada qualified for the 2019 ICC U19 World Cup in New Zealand on Net Run Rate.[4][5]

     Qualified for the 2018 Under-19 World Cup.
Team Pld W L T NR Pts NRR
  Canada 4 3 1 0 0 6 +1.305
  United States 4 3 1 0 0 6 +1.162
  Bermuda 4 0 4 0 0 0 -2.989

Asia

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Division Two

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The Asia Division Two tournament was played in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia, from 26 September to 6 October 2016, and featured ten teams. Malaysia defeated Singapore in the final, with both teams qualifying for Division One.[6]

Points Table

Group A

Team Pld W L T NR Pts NRR
  Malaysia 4 4 0 0 0 8 +1.766
  Singapore 4 3 1 0 0 6 +1.701
  Saudi Arabia 4 2 2 0 0 4 +0.154
  Qatar 4 1 3 0 0 2 -1.044
  Bahrain 4 0 4 0 0 0 -2.134

Group B

Team Pld W L T NR Pts NRR
  Hong Kong 4 4 0 0 0 8 +2.341
  United Arab Emirates 4 3 1 0 0 6 +2.253
  Kuwait 4 2 2 0 0 4 -0.685
  Oman 4 1 3 0 0 2 -0.536
  Thailand 4 0 4 0 0 0 -2.893

Division One

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The Asia Division One tournament was played in Singapore in July 2017.

Afghanistan and Nepal, teams who played on last Under 19 World Cup were joined by two finalist of 2016 ICC Under-19 Cricket World Cup Asia Qualifier Division Two, Singapore and Malaysia. Afghanistan win this tournament by win of 6 out of 6game while Nepal win 4 matches out of 6 matches and Afghanistan was qualified for 2018 u-19 cricket world cup held in New Zealand .

East Asia-Pacific

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The East Asia-Pacific regional qualifier was held in Apia, Samoa, from 8–16 August 2017. Four teams took part in a double round-robin: Fiji, Papua New Guinea, Samoa, and Vanuatu.[7][8]

Europe

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Division Two

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The Europe Division Two tournament was played in the Netherlands from 23 to 30 July 2016. It was won by Denmark.[9]


     Qualified for Division One
Team Pld W L T NR Pts NRR
  Denmark 6 6 0 0 0 12 +2.973
  Netherlands 6 3 3 0 0 6 +0.302
  Guernsey 6 3 3 0 0 6 –0.326
  Italy 6 0 6 0 0 0 –2.595

List of matches

23 July
Scorecard
Netherlands  
170 (50 overs)
v
  Denmark
171/3 (35 overs)
Denmark won by 7 wickets
Hazelaarweg Stadion, Rotterdam

23 July
Scorecard
Guernsey  
171 (40.2 overs)
v
  Italy
156 (48.3 overs)
Guernsey won by 15 runs
VRA Ground, Amstelveen

24 July
Scorecard
Denmark  
243 (43.3 overs)
v
  Guernsey
128 (34.1 overs)
Denmark won by 115 runs
Hazelaarweg Stadion, Rotterdam

24 July
Scorecard
Netherlands  
197/7 (50 overs)
v
  Italy
74 (39.4 overs)
Netherlands won by 123 runs
Sportpark Het Schootsveld, Deventer

26 July
Scorecard
Guernsey  
211/9 (50 overs)
v
  Netherlands
159 (43.4 overs)
Guernsey won by 52 runs
Sportpark Thurlede, Schiedam

26 July
Scorecard
Denmark  
280/5 (50 overs)
v
  Italy
108 (40.2 overs)
Denmark won by 172 runs
VRA Ground, Amstelveen

28 July
Scorecard
Italy  
93 (36.1 overs)
v
  Guernsey
94/6 (18.5 overs)
Guernsey won by 4 wickets
Sportpark Thurlede, Schiedam

28 July
Scorecard
Netherlands  
84 (31.3 overs)
v
  Denmark
85/3 (20.3 overs)
Denmark won by 7 wickets
VRA Ground, Amstelveen

29 July
Scorecard
Guernsey  
84 (41.3 overs)
v
  Denmark
88/4 (16.1 overs)
Denmark won by 6 wickets
Sportpark Thurlede, Schiedam

29 July
Scorecard
Netherlands  
250/8 (50 overs)
v
  Italy
107 (37 overs)
Netherlands won by 143 runs
Hazelaarweg Stadion, Rotterdam

30 July
Scorecard
Italy  
54 (35.3 overs)
v
  Denmark
55/2 (10.2 overs)
Denmark won by 8 wickets
Sportpark Thurlede, Schiedam

30 July
Scorecard
Netherlands  
231 (47.3 overs)
v
  Guernsey
204 (47.2 overs)
Netherlands won by 27 runs
Hazelaarweg Stadion, Rotterdam

Division One

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The Europe Division One tournament was played in Jersey from 23 July to 1 August 2017. The four participating teams were Denmark, Ireland, Jersey, and Scotland.[10]

References

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  1. ^ "Namibia Under-19s qualify for 2018 World Cup", ESPNcricinfo, 11 February 2016. Retrieved 29 July 2016.
  2. ^ "Ghana wins ICC U19 CWC Qualifiers – Africa Division 2" Archived 23 September 2016 at the Wayback Machine, ICC, 19 September 2016. Retrieved 24 September 2016.
  3. ^ "Kenya stun Uganda to qualify for U19 World Cup 2018"
  4. ^ "Richardson leads Bermuda's Under-19 World Cup charge". 10 June 2017.
  5. ^ [1][permanent dead link]
  6. ^ "ICC Under-19 World Cup Qualifier Asia Division Two" – espncricinfo.
  7. ^ "Cook Islands excluded from ICC EAP Tournaments", CricketPasifika, 29 September 2016. Retrieved 8 October 2016.
  8. ^ 2017 EAP Qualifier
  9. ^ Matches, ICC Under-19 World Cup Qualifier Europe Division Two, ESPNcricinfo. Retrieved 29 July 2016.
  10. ^ "ICC Under-19 World Cup: Jersey to host European qualifying tournament", BBC Sport, 16 December 2016. Retrieved 19 December 2016.