2018 Under-19 Cricket World Cup qualification
The 2018 Under-19 Cricket World Cup in New Zealand will be contested by sixteen teams, eleven of which qualified automatically. The other five places in the tournament will be 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
The full members of the ICC (currently numbering ten) qualify 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
Africa
Division Two
The Africa Division Two tournament was played in Benoni, Gauteng, South Africa, from 10–18 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 |
Division One
In July 2016, it was reported that the Africa Division One tournament would be played in January 2017, although the venue and teams were not listed.[3]
Americas
In August 2015, it was reported that the Americas regional qualifier would be played sometime in 2017, with four teams to participate.[4]
- Participating teams
- Bermuda
- Canada
- Suriname
- United States
Asia
Division Two
The Asia Division Two tournament will be played in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia, from 26 September to 6 October 2016, and will feature ten teams. [5]
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
The Asia Division One tournament (known as the U-19 Asia Cup) will be played in Sri Lanka in December 2016. [6] Participating teams will be
East Asia-Pacific
The East Asia-Pacific regional qualifier will be held in Apia, Samoa, in August 2017. Four teams will participate: Fiji, Papua New Guinea, Samoa, and Vanuatu.[7]
Europe
Division Two
The Europe Division Two tournament was played in the Netherlands from 23–30 July 2016. It was won by Denmark.[8]
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 |
Division One
Information is not yet available.
References
- ↑ "Namibia Under-19s qualify for 2018 World Cup", ESPNcricinfo, 11 February 2016. Retrieved 29 July 2016.
- ↑ "Ghana wins ICC U19 CWC Qualifiers – Africa Division 2", ICC, 19 September 2016. Retrieved 24 September 2016.
- ↑ Bernard Turay, "Sierra Leone Sports: Cricket Selection Panel Names Provisional Squad for ODI Tourney", Awoko (Sierra Leone), 27 July 2016. Retrieved 29 July 2016.
- ↑ Tim Campbell, "Cricket Canada forced to shorten under-16 tournament in Winnipeg", Winnipeg Free Press, 8 August 2015. Retrieved 29 July 2016.
- ↑ "ICC Under-19 World Cup Qualifier Asia Division Two" – espncricinfo.
- ↑ Sri Lanka to host Under-19 Asia Cup espncricinfo.
- ↑ "Cook Islands excluded from ICC EAP Tournaments", CricketPasifika, 29 September 2016. Retrieved 8 October 2016.
- ↑ Matches, ICC Under-19 World Cup Qualifier Europe Division Two, ESPNcricinfo. Retrieved 29 July 2016.