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2026 Under-19 Cricket World Cup

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2026 ICC Under-19 Men's Cricket World Cup
DatesTBA – 2026
Administrator(s)International Cricket Council (ICC)
Cricket formatLimited-overs (50 overs)
Tournament format(s)Group stage, Super 6s and Knockout stage
Host(s) Zimbabwe
 Namibia
Participants16
Matches41
Official websiteOfficial website
2024

The 2026 ICC Under-19 Men's Cricket World Cup will be an international limited-overs cricket tournament organize by the International Cricket Council (ICC), which will be held in Zimbabwe and Namibia in early 2026.[1][2][3] It will be the sixteenth edition of the Under-19 Men's Cricket World Cup. Australia are the defending champions.[4]

Format

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16 teams are divided into four groups, namely Group A, B, C, D. The top three teams from each group advance to the Super Six stage. The fourth-placed teams in Group A and D face each other while the fourth-placed teams in Group B and C face each other in the placement stage.

In the super-six stage top three teams from Group A and D are combined in a group while top three teams from Group B and C combined in another group. Each team carries forward the number of points, wins, NRR they have earned against their fellow super-six qualifying teams.

Each team plays two matches in the super-six stage against the opponent from the corresponding group that finishes in a different group stage position (i.e. the A1 team plays only D2 and D3 in the super-six. Similarly, A2 plays only D1 and D3 and so forth).

The top two teams from each group in the super-six stage qualifies for the semi-finals.

Qualification

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The top eleven teams from the previous tournament qualified automatically, along with the five winners of regional qualification tournaments.

The qualification for the 2026 ICC U19 Men's Cricket World Cup which will be held in Zimbabwe and Namibia in 2026 starts on 25 February 2024 in Bangkok.[1][5]

List of teams qualified for the 2026 Under-19 Cricket World Cup
Team Qualification
 Zimbabwe Host nation
 Australia Automatic qualification
 Bangladesh
 England
 India
 Ireland
 Pakistan
 New Zealand
 Sri Lanka
 South Africa
 West Indies
TBD Regional qualification
TBD
TBD
TBD
TBD

Group Stage

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Group A

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Pos Team Pld W L NR Pts NRR Qualification
1 TBD 0 0 0 0 0 Advance to the super 6
2 TBD 0 0 0 0 0
3 TBD 0 0 0 0 0
4 TBD 0 0 0 0 0 Advanced to the play-offs
First match(es) will be played: unknown. Source: [citation needed]

Group B

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Pos Team Pld W L NR Pts NRR Qualification
1 TBD 0 0 0 0 0 Advance to the super 6
2 TBD 0 0 0 0 0
3 TBD 0 0 0 0 0
4 TBD 0 0 0 0 0 Advanced to the play-offs
First match(es) will be played: unknown. Source: [citation needed]

Group C

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Pos Team Pld W L NR Pts NRR Qualification
1 TBD 0 0 0 0 0 Advance to the super 6
2 TBD 0 0 0 0 0
3 TBD 0 0 0 0 0
4 TBD 0 0 0 0 0 Advanced to the play-offs
First match(es) will be played: unknown. Source: [citation needed]

Group D

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Pos Team Pld W L NR Pts NRR Qualification
1 TBD 0 0 0 0 0 Advance to the super 6
2 TBD 0 0 0 0 0
3 TBD 0 0 0 0 0
4 TBD 0 0 0 0 0 Advanced to the play-offs
First match(es) will be played: unknown. Source: [citation needed]

Super 6

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Teams will face each other in diagonally form in Super 6, means A1 will face D2 and D3, A2 will face D1 and D3, A3 will face D1 and D2.

Group 1

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Points table

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Pos Team Pld W L T NR Pts NRR Qualification
1 A1 0 0 0 0 0 0 Advance to the semi-finals
2 A2 0 0 0 0 0 0
3 A3 0 0 0 0 0 0
4 D1 0 0 0 0 0 0
5 D2 0 0 0 0 0 0
6 D3 0 0 0 0 0 0
First match(es) will be played: Unknown. Source: [citation needed]

Group 2

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Points table

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Pos Team Pld W L T NR Pts NRR Qualification
1 B1 0 0 0 0 0 0 Advance to the semi-finals
2 B2 0 0 0 0 0 0
3 B3 0 0 0 0 0 0
4 C1 0 0 0 0 0 0
5 C2 0 0 0 0 0 0
6 C3 0 0 0 0 0 0
First match(es) will be played: Unknown. Source: [citation needed]

13th to 16th Place play-offs

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Knockout Stage

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Bracket

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Semi-final Final
      
A1 Winner of Group A
B2 Runner-up of Group B
SFW1 Winner of Semi-final 1
SFW2 Winner of Semi-final 2
B1 Winner of Group B
A2 Runner-up of Group A

Semi-finals

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Semi-final 1
TBD
TBD
v
TBD

Semi-final 2
TBD
TBD
v
TBD

Final

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Final
TBD
TBD
v
TBD

References

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  1. ^ a b "ICC U19 Men's Cricket World Cup is back after 14-day break". International Cricket Council. 25 February 2024. Retrieved 25 February 2024.
  2. ^ "Four Associates to host Under-19 World Cups". Emerging Cricket. Retrieved 25 February 2024.
  3. ^ "ICC U19 World Cup 2026: Host, Qualification, Venues And Schedule". Sportsganga. Retrieved 25 February 2024.
  4. ^ "IND vs AUS Highlights, U-19 World Cup 2024 Final: Australia beats India by 79 runs, lifts fourth title". SportStar. Retrieved 11 February 2024.
  5. ^ "Cricket Thailand to host 2026 U19 Men's CWC Division 2 Asia Qualifier in February/March 2024". Czarsports Auto. Retrieved 4 February 2023.
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