ICC U19 Cricket World Cup Americas Qualifier

ICC Americas Under-19 Championship
AdministratorICC Americas
Format50-overs
First edition2001
Current champion United States
Most successful Canada (7 titles)
2024 ICC Under-19 Cricket World Cup qualification

ICC U19 Cricket World Cup Americas Qualifier (formerly ICC Americas Under-19 Championship) is an international cricket tournament contested by under-19 national teams from the ICC Americas region. The tournament has run bi-annually since 2001, occasionally with more than one division.[1] The tournament serves as a qualification tournament for the Under-19 World Cup. Canada are by far the most successful team overall, winning seven titles, to the three won by the United States and the single title won by Bermuda.

History

Prior to the introduction of the Americas Under-19 Championship in 2001 there was no qualification route for associate and affiliate teams to the U-19 World Cup. As a result, the only Americas team represented in the 1998 competition was the full member, the West Indies.[2] For the 2000 tournament, a combined Americas team was also given the chance to take part, representing the four longstanding associate members from the region: Canada, USA, Bermuda and Argentina.[3]

With the new championship came the possibility for an individual team to qualify for the U-19 World Cup. The winner of each championship would automatically go through to play in the finals the following year.

In 2009, Under-19 World Cup qualification was changed dramatically and a World Cup Qualifier event was introduced in which the top two teams from each of the ICC regions would compete for the final six places in the U-19 World Cup.[4] In addition to this, the Championship was expanded to two divisions due to the increase in the number of regional teams. The first Division Two tournament took place in 2010.[5]

Tournament results

Division One

Year Host(s) Venue(s) Result
Winner Margin Runner-up
2001  Bermuda various  Canada
 Canada won on points
fixtures 		 Bermuda
2003  Canada King City  Canada
8 points 		Canada won on points
table 		 Cayman Islands
6 points
2005  Canada King City  United States
8 points 		United States won on points
table 		 Canada
5 points
2007  Canada King City  Bermuda
8 points 		Bermuda won on points
table 		 Canada
6 points
2009  Canada King City  Canada
+3.87 NRR 		Canada won on net run rate
table 		 United States
+2.59 NRR
2011  United States Fort Lauderdale
and Lauderhill 		 United States
10 points 		United States won on points
table 		 Canada
8 points
2013  Canada King City  Canada
6 points 		Canada won on points
table 		 United States
4 points
2015  Bermuda Somerset Village and St. David's  Canada
8 points 		Canada won on points
table Archived 2018-05-27 at the Wayback Machine 		 United States
2 points
2017  Canada King City
and Toronto 		 Canada
6 points, +1.395 NRR 		Canada won on net run rate
table 		 United States
6 points, +1.162 NRR
2019  Canada King City
and Toronto 		 Canada
8 points 		Canada won on points
table 		 United States
6 points
2023  Canada King City
and Toronto 		 United States
10 points, +4.849 NRR 		United States won on net run rate
table 		 Canada
10 points, +3.500 NRR

Division Two

Year Host(s) Venue(s) Result
Winner Margin Runner-up
2010  Argentina Buenos Aires  Argentina
+1.84 NRR 		Argentina won on net run rate
table 		 Suriname
+1.28 NRR
2014  Bahamas Nassau  Suriname
 Suriname won on net run rate
report 		 Argentina

Participating teams (Division One)

Legend
  • 1st – Champions
  • 2nd – Runners-up
  • 3rd – Third place
  • R1 – First round
  • Q – Qualified
  • X – Qualified, tournament cancelled
  • # – Qualified, withdrew
  •     — Hosts
Team Bermuda
2001 		Canada
2003 		Canada
2005 		Canada
2007 		Canada
2009 		United States
2011 		Canada
2013 		Bermuda
2015 		Canada
2017 		Canada
2019 		United States
2021 		Canada
2023 		Total
 Argentina R1 5th 5th 4th 6th 6th — — — 4th X 4th 9
The BahamasBelizePanama Combined Bahamas, Belize and Panama R1 Defunct 1
 Bahamas — — — 5th 5th 5th — — — — — — 3
 Bermuda 2nd 3rd 4th 1st 3rd 3rd 3rd 3rd 3rd 3rd X 3rd 12
 Canada 1st 1st 2nd 2nd 1st 2nd 1st 1st 1st 1st X 2nd 12
 Cayman Islands — 2nd 3rd 3rd 4th 4th — — — 5th — — 6
 Suriname — — — — — — — #[a] — — — # 0
 United States R1 4th 1st — 2nd 1st 2nd 2nd 2nd 2nd X 1st 11

Records

Scorecards for some matches from the 2001 tournament are unavailable.

Highest team scores
Lowest team scores
Highest individual scores
Best bowling figures

See also

Notes

  1. ^ Suriname qualified for the 2015 tournament, but were forced to withdraw shortly beforehand after failing to secure visas for their players.

References

  1. ^ Americas U19 Tournament Archived 2010-06-26 at the Wayback Machine icc-cricket.yahoo.net 14/11/10
  2. ^ Local talent does country proud at opening of U-19 cricket World Cup espncricinfo.com 17/02/11
  3. ^ Historic ICC meeting in Toronto espncricinfo.com
  4. ^ How Teams Qualified in ICC U19 Cricket World Cup Archived 2010-03-16 at the Wayback Machine iccu19worldcup.yahoo.net 17/02/11
  5. ^ Argentina look for immediate return to U19 Division 1 cricketeurope4.net 17/02/11
  6. ^ "Cricket Fixtures and Results".
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  12. ^ Argentina Under-19s v Bermuda Under-19s, Americas Under-19 Championship 2010/11 – CricketArchive. Retrieved 12 February 2015.
  13. ^ Canada Under-19s v Argentina Under-19s, Americas Under-19 Championship 2003 – CricketArchive. Retrieved 12 February 2015.
  14. ^ "2nd Match, ICC Under-19 World Cup Qualifier Americas Region at King City (NE), Jul 8 2019". Cricinfo. 8 July 2019. Retrieved 17 July 2019.
  15. ^ "4th Match, ICC Under-19 World Cup Qualifier Americas Region at King City (NE), Jul 9 2019". Cricinfo. 9 July 2019. Retrieved 17 July 2019.
  16. ^ United States of America Under-19s v Argentina Under-19s, Americas Under-19 Championship 2010/11 – CricketArchive. Retrieved 12 February 2015.
  17. ^ Argentina Under-19s v Bermuda Under-19s, Americas Under-19 Championship 2003 – CricketArchive. Retrieved 12 February 2015.
  18. ^ Canada Under-19s v Bahamas Under-19s, Americas Under-19 Championship 2007 – CricketArchive. Retrieved 12 February 2015.
  19. ^ "7th Match, ICC Under-19 World Cup Qualifier Americas Region at King City (NW), Jul 12 2019". Cricinfo. 12 July 2019. Retrieved 17 July 2019.
  20. ^ Pepsi ICC U19 Division 1 Championship - Bermuda 2015 - Round: 3 - Finals: Top 3 Round Robin Archived 2018-05-27 at the Wayback Machine – CricHQ. Retrieved 13 July 2015.
  21. ^ Argentina Under-19s v Bermuda Under-19s, Americas Under-19 Championship 2007 – CricketArchive. Retrieved 12 February 2015.
  22. ^ Canada Under-19s v Bahamas Under-19s, Americas Under-19 Championship 2007 – CricketArchive. Retrieved 12 February 2015.
  23. ^ "2nd Match, ICC Under-19 World Cup Qualifier Americas Region at King City (NE), Jul 8 2019". Cricinfo. 8 July 2019. Retrieved 17 July 2019.
  24. ^ Bermuda Under-19s v Cayman Islands Under-19s, Americas Under-19 Championship 2003 – CricketArchive. Retrieved 12 February 2015.
  25. ^ Argentina Under-19s v Canada Under-19s, Americas Under-19 Championship 2001 – CricketArchive. Retrieved 12 February 2015.
  26. ^ Bahamas Under-19s v Canada Under-19s, Americas Under-19 Championship 2010/11 – CricketArchive. Retrieved 12 February 2015.