*Official* U19 Cricket World Cup 2026 in Zimbabwe/Namibia

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Group A: Australia, Sri Lanka, Ireland, Japan

Group B: India, Bangladesh, New Zealand, USA

Group C: Pakistan, England, Zimbabwe, Scotland

Group D: South Africa, Afghanistan, West Indies, Tanzania

Harare Sports Club (Harare, Zimbabwe), Takashinga Sports Club (Harare), Queens Sports Club (Bulawayo, Zimbabwe), Namibia Cricket Ground (Windhoek, Namibia), and HP Oval (Windhoek) will host the event.

 

[Prince EWS]

The ICC really need to do something about the qualifiers for these events. Only one of Afghanistan and Nepal being able to qualify while Tanzania got in by beating Sierra Leone in the regional final and Japan snuck past PNG really does not reflect the reality of Under 19 cricket.

 

[SillyCowCorner1]

We are going to win this tournament

 

[SeamUp]

The ICC really need to do something about the qualifiers for these events. Only one of Afghanistan and Nepal being able to qualify while Tanzania got in by beating Sierra Leone in the regional final and Japan snuck past PNG really does not reflect the reality of Under 19 cricket.

Yeah, I absolutely get your point. The passion and the numbers are there for Nepal compared to the other regional qualifiers from Americas, Australasia/Asia, Europe & Africa.

But they obviously restricted to 16 teams. Nepal always qualified for U19 CWC until Afghanistan rocked up in 2010.

All test nations should automatically qualify.

That East Asia- Pacific qualifying route must surely be the weakest compared to Asia, Africa, Europe and Americas so would be the only avenue?

 

[SeamUp]

First 6 editions who went on to play internationally.

1998
Denmark	Amjad Khan	Freddie Klokker
Ireland	Ed Joyce
Pakistan	Bazid Khan	Abdul Razzaq	Hasan Raza	Humayun Farhat	Imran Tahir	Shoaib Malik
Sri Lanka	Malinga Bandara	P Jayawardene	Thilina Kandamby	Chamara Silva
Australia	James Hopes	Michael Klinger	Marcus North
Papua New Guinea
Windies	Sylvester Joseph	Chris Gayle	Darren Ganga	Ryan Hinds	Marlon Samuels	Ramnaresh Sarwan
Zimbabwe	Mark Vermeulen	Dion Ebrahim	Neil Ferreira	Greg Lamb	Alester Maregwede	David Mutendera	Mluleki Nkala
India	Amit Bhandari	Mohammad Kaif	Virender Sehwag	Laxmi Shukla	Harbhajan Singh	Reetinder Sodhi
Kenya	Thomas Odoyo	Josephat Ababu	Jimmy Kamande	Collins Obuya	David Obuya	Francis Otieno
Scotland	John Blain	Gregor Maiden	Fraser Watts
South Africa	Gulam Bodi	Grant Elliott	Jon Kent	Michael Lumb	Victor Mpitsang	Robin Peterson	Jacques Rudolph	Morne van Wyk
Bangladesh	Al Sahariar	Ehsanul Haque	Fahim Muntasir	Hannan Sarkar	Manjurul Islam	Mehrab Hossain	Mushfiqur Rahman
England	Owais Shah	Paul Franks	Rob Key	Chris Schofield	Graeme Swann
Namibia	Bjorn Kotze	Stephan Swanepoel	Riaan Walters
New Zealand	James Franklin	Peter Ingram	Hamish Marshall	James Marshall	Bruce Martin	Peter McGlashan	Kyle Mills	Lou Vincent	Regan West
2000
Americas	Ashish Bagai	Chris Foggo	Ashif Mulla	Steve Outerbridge	Oliver Pitcher	Kevin Sandher	Zubin Surkari
England	Alex Loudon	Ian Bell	Michael Carberry	Tim Murtagh
Windies	Ryan Hinds	Sewnarine Chattergoon	Narsingh Deonarine	Jermaine Lawson	Brenton Parchment	Marlon Samuels
Zimbabwe	Mluleki Nkala	Sean Ervine	Gavin Ewing	Travis Friend	Greg Lamb	Alester Maregwede	Hamilton Masakadza	Tatenda Taibu
Bangladesh	Hannan Sarkar	Anwar Hossain Monir	Mohammed Ashraful	Mohammad Salim	Rajin Saleh	Ranjan Das
India	Mohammad Kaif	Venugopal Rao	Ajay Ratra	Yuvraj Singh	Reetinder Sodhi
Netherlands	Atse Buurman	Adeel Raja	Daan van Bunge
New Zealand	James Franklin	Ian Butler	Jamie How	Brendon McCullum	Nathan McCullum	Shanan Stewart
Kenya	Mohammad Sheikh	Josephat Ababu	Collins Obuya	Morris Ouma	Kalpesh Patel
Nepal
Pakistan	Hasan Raza	Danish Kaneria	Faisal Iqbal	Humayun Farhat	Irfan Fazil	Imran Farhat	Imran Nazir	Mohammad Sami	Shoaib Malik	Taufeeq Umar	Yasir Arafat
South Africa	Thami Tsolekile	Johan Botha	Albie Morkel	Andrew Puttick	Jacques Rudolph	Graeme Smith	Jonathan Trott
Australia	Michael Clarke	Ed Cowan	Nathan Hauritz	Mitchell Johnson	Shaun Marsh	Andrew McDonald	Shabe Watson
Ireland	Ryan Haire	Andrew White	John Mooney	Dom Joyce	Niall O'Brien
Namibia	Jan-Berrie Burger	Stephan Swanepoel	Burton van Rooi
Sri Lanka	Akalanka Ganegama	Thilina Kandamby	K Lokuarachchi	Jehan Mubarak	Prabath Nissanka	M Pushpakumara	Kaushalya Weeratne
2002
Australia	Cameron White	George Bailey	Beau Casson	Dan Christian	Mark Cosgrove	Xavier Doherty	Shaun Marsh
Bangladesh	Mashrafe Mortaza	Aftab Ahmed	Mohammed Ashraful	Nafees Iqbal	Syed Rasel	Talha Jubair
Canada	Ashish Bagai	Umar Bhatti
England	Tim Bresnan	Nick Compton	Samit Patel
India	Parthiv Patel	Stuart Binny	Irfan Pathan	Suresh Raina
Kenya	Ragheb Aga	Rajesh Bhudia	Alfred Luseno	Nehemia Odhiambo	Morris Ouma	Kalpesh Patel	Hiren Varaiya
Namibia	Stephan Swanepoel	Hugo Ludik	Burton van Rooi
Nepal	Shakti Gauchan	Basanta Regmi
New Zealand	Ross Taylor	Michael Bates	Peter Borren	Neil Broom	Rob Nicol	Jesse Ryder
Pakistan	Salman Butt	Azhar Ali	Najaf Shah	Umar Gul
Papua New Guinea	Christopher Amini	Mahuru Dai	Gima Keimolo
Scotland	Kyle Coetzer	Moneeb Iqbal	Qasim Sheikh
South Africa	Hashim Amla	Stephen Cook	Imraan Khan	Rory Kleinveldt	Ryan McLaren
Sri Lanka	Farveez Maharoof	Jeewan Mendis	Dhammika Prasad	Upul Tharanga
Windies	Dwayne Bravo	Narsingh Deonarine	Donovan Pagon	Ravi Rampaul	Darren Sammy	Shane Shillingford	Lendl Simmons	Gavin Tonge
Zimbabwe	Tatenda Taibu	Elton Chigumbura	Charles Coventry	Sean Ervine	Hamilton Masakadza	Stuart Matsikenyeri	Waddington Mwayenga	Brendan Taylor
2004
Australia	Tim Paine	Moises Henriques	Steve O'Keefe
Bangladesh	Aftab Ahmed	Dhiman Ghosh	Enamul Haque	Mahmudullah	Nadhif Chowdhury	Naeem Islam	Nafees Iqbal	Nazimuddin	Nazmul Hossain	Shahadat Hossain	Talha Jubair
Canada	Umar Bhatti	Trevin Bastiampillai	Karun Jethi	Shaheed Keshvani	Mohammed Qazi	Durand Soraine
England	Samit Patel	Ravi Bopara	Tim Bresnan	Alistair Cook	Steven Davies	Liam Plunkett	Like Wright
India	Ambati Rayudu	Shikhar Dhawan	Faiz Fazal	Dinesh Karthik	Suresh Raina	RP Singh	VRV Singh	Robin Uthappa
Ireland	William Porterfield	Gary Kidd	Eoin Morgan	Kevin O'Brien	Boyd Rankin	Greg Thompson	Gary Wilson
Nepal	Shakti Gauchan	Paras Khadka	Basanta Regmi	Sharad Vesawkar
New Zealand	Anton Devcich	Daniel Flynn	BJ Watling
Pakistan	Khalid Latif	Abid Ali	Fawad Alam	Mansoor Amjad	Riaz Afridi	Wahab Riaz	Zulqarnain Haider
Papua New Guinea	Christopher Amini	Mahuru Dai	Assad Vala	Jack Vare
Scotland	Kyle Coetzer	Moneeb Iqbal	Gordon Goudie	Omer Hossain	Ross Lyons
South Africa	Vernon Philander	Roelof Vd Merwe	Vaughn v Jaarsveld
Sri Lanka	Farveez Maharoof	Kosala Kulasekara	Angelo Mathews	Suraj Randiv	Kaushal Silva	Upul Tharanga
Uganda
Windies	Dinesh Ramdin	Lionel Baker	Kirk Edwards	Assad Fudadin	Xavier Marshall	Ravi Rampaul	Lendl Simmons
Zimbabwe	Tino Mawoyo	Elton Chigumbura	Graeme Cremer	Colin De Grandhomme	Craig Ervine	Tafadzwa Mufambisi	Tinashe Panyangara	Ed Rainsford	Brendan Taylor	Prosper Utseya	Sean Williams
2006
Australia	Moises Henriques	Jackson Bird	Tom Cooper	Ben Cutting	Aaron Finch	Jon Holland	Usman Khawaja	Matthew Wade	David Warner
Bangladesh	Mushfiqur Rahim	Dolar Mahmud	Mehrab Hossain	Raqibul Hasan	Shakib Al Hasan	Shamsur Rahman	Suhrawadi Shuvo	Tamim Iqbal
England	Moeen Ali	Mark Stoneman
India	Rohit Sharma	Ravindra Jadeja	Cheteshwar Pujara	Piyush Chawla	Shahbaz Nadeem	Manish Pandey
Ireland	Eoin Morgan	James Hall	Gary Kidd	Andrew Poynter	David Rankin	Greg Thompson	Gary Wilson
Namibia
Nepal	Amrit Bhattarai	Paras Khadka	Gyanendra Malla	Basanta Regmi	Sharad Vesawkar
New Zealand	Todd Astle	Hamish Bennett	Martin Guptill	Roneel Hira	Colin Munro	Tim Southee
Pakistan	Sarfaraz Ahmed	Anwar Ali	Imad Wasim	Nasir Jamshed
Scotland	Richie Berrington	Moneeb Iqbal	Gordon Goudie	Calum MacLeod
South Africa	Dean Elgar	Craig Kieswetter	Richard Levi	Wayne Parnell	Mthokozisi Shezi
Sri Lanka	Dimuth Karunaratne	Angelo Mathews	Sachith Pathirana	Thisara Perera	Ashan Priyanjan	Malinda Pushpakumara
Uganda
United States	Nisarg Patel
Windies	Leon Johnson	Shamarh Brooks	Andre Fletcher	Jason Mohammed	Andre McCarthy	Sunil Narine	Nelon Pascal	William Perkins	Kieron Pollard	Kemar Roach	Gajanand Singh
Zimbabwe	Sean Williams	Gary Ballance	Chamu Chibhabha	Graeme Cremer	Friday Kasteni	Prince Masvaure	Keagan Meth	Taurai Muzarabani	Ian Nicholson
2008
Australia	Phil Hughes	James Faulkner	Josh Hazlewood	James Pattinson	Steve Smith	Marcus Stoinis
Bangladesh	Suhrawadi Shuvo	Dolar Mahmud	Mohammed Mithun	Nasir Hossain	Rony Talukdar	Rubel Hossain	Subashis Roy
Bermuda	Rodney Trott	Malachi Jones	Deunte Darrell	Chris Douglas	Terryn Fray	Kyle Hodsoll	Dennico Hollis	McLaren Smith	Tamauri Tucker
England	Liam Dawson	Steve Finn	Stuart Meaker	James Taylor	Tom Westley	Chris Woakes
India	Virat Kohli	Ravindra Jadeja	Siddarth Kaul	Abhinav Mukund	Manish Pandey	Saurabh Tiwary
Ireland	Andy Balbirnie	Andrew Britton	Shane Getkate	James Hall	Stuart Poynter	James Shannon	Paul Stirling
Malaysia	Ahmad Faiz	Amuddin Ramly	Shafiq Sharif
Namibia	Bernard Scholtz	Pikky Ya France
Nepal	Amrit Bhattarai	Paras Khadka	Gyanendra Malla	Anil Mandal
New Zealand	Kane Williamson	Corey Anderson	Trent Boult	Michael Bracewell	Hamish Rutherford	Tim Southee	George Worker
Pakistan	Imad Wasim	Shan Masood	Ahmed Shehzad	Junaid Khan	Umar Akmal	Umar Amin	Usman Salahuddin
Papua New Guinea	Charles Amini	Jason Kila	Loa Nou	John Reva	Tony Ura
South Africa	Wayne Parnell	SA Engelbrecht	Reeza Hendricks	Pieter Malan	Mangaliso Mosehle	Rilee Rossouw	Jon-Jon Smuts
Sri Lanka	Ashan Priyanjan	Dinesh Chandimal	Dilshan Munaweera	Sachith Pathirana	Angelo Perera	Kusal Perera	Thisara Perera	Roshen Silva	Lahiru Thirimanne
Windies	Shamarh Brooks	Adrian Barath	Nkrumah Bonner	Darren Bravo	Veerasammy Permaul	Kieran Powell	Devon Thomas
Zimbabwe	Prince Masvaure	Kyle Jarvis	Solomon Mire	PJ Moor	Tinotenda Mutombodzi	Njabulo Ncube

 

[Prince EWS]

Yeah, I absolutely get your point. The passion and the numbers are there for Nepal compared to the other regional qualifiers from Americas, Australasia/Asia, Europe & Africa.

But they obviously restricted to 16 teams. Nepal always qualified for U19 CWC until Afghanistan rocked up in 2010.

All test nations should automatically qualify.

That East Asia- Pacific qualifying route must surely be the weakest compared to Asia, Africa, Europe and Americas so would be the only avenue?

Yes I think the way to resolve this should actually be to have another mini tournament between Asia #2, Europe #2, Africa #1 and East-Asia Pacific #1 to determine the two places that this time went straight to Africa #1 and EAP #1. That would have been Nepal, Netherlands, Tanzania and Japan in a tournament.

If that was too expensive which may be a valid complaint, I'd rather just merge Asia-Pacific into one big regional qualifier and let two in from that, which would have just likely meant Nepal ahead of Japan here.

 

[Molehill]

I reckon there's at least 5 (possibly 6) S Africans there who went on to play International Cricket for other countries. (Trott, Kieswetter, Van der Merwe, Elliot, Lumb and maybe Engelbrecht too?)

Got to laugh at the likes of Samit, Bopara, Christian, Henriques still just about hitting it from the early 2000's.

That 2008 World Cup was stupid........Kohli, Jadeja, Smith, Kane, Hazlewood, Boult, Southee.........and of course the biggest name of them all, Woakes!!

 

[SeamUp]

I reckon there's at least 5 (possibly 6) S Africans there who went on to play International Cricket for other countries. (Trott, Kieswetter, Van der Merwe, Elliot, Lumb and maybe Engelbrecht too?)

Got to laugh at the likes of Samit, Bopara, Christian, Henriques still just about hitting it from the early 2000's.

That 2008 World Cup was stupid........Kohli, Jadeja, Smith, Kane, Hazlewood, Boult, Southee.........and of course the biggest name of them all, Woakes!!

A really strong WC in Malaysia was it. India v South Africa final. Kohli v Parnell. Still frustrated me Parnell never lived up to his potential. Rossouw in many ways as well.

 

[Prince EWS]

Yes I think the way to resolve this should actually be to have another mini tournament between Asia #2, Europe #2, Africa #1 and East-Asia Pacific #1 to determine the two places that this time went straight to Africa #1 and EAP #1. That would have been Nepal, Netherlands, Tanzania and Japan in a tournament.

If that was too expensive which may be a valid complaint, I'd rather just merge Asia-Pacific into one big regional qualifier and let two in from that, which would have just likely meant Nepal ahead of Japan here.

In typing this I missed that Afghanistan was a Test side and shouldn't have to qualify anyway!

They should do

12 Test sides

Plus...

One Asia-Pacific (probably usually Nepal)
One Europe (probably usually Scotland)
One Africa (probably usually Namibia)
One Americas (probably usually USA)

If they wanted to be extra fair they could let the second place AP and Europe (probably Netherlands, or Scotland if they lost) play in the a tournament with the Africa and America winners for the final two spots, but they could skip that if it was too pricey.

 

[SeamUp]

In typing this I missed that Afghanistan was a Test side and shouldn't have to qualify anyway!

They should do

12 Test sides

Plus...

One Asia-Pacific (probably usually Nepal)
One Europe (probably usually Scotland)
One Africa (probably usually Namibia)
One Americas (probably usually USA)

If they wanted to be extra fair they could let the second place AP and Europe (probably Netherlands, or Scotland if they lost) play in the a tournament with the Africa and America winners for the final two spots, but they could skip that if it was too pricey.

I also thought Afghanistan qualified automatically reading your original post so I was wondering how Nepal missed out to Japan. But then clicked when you said Japan played PNG

Asia


East Asia Pacific
Second in Asia should play Winner of this section I rate. Close geographically too.



Africa



Europe



Americas

 

[Stefan9]

The ICC really need to do something about the qualifiers for these events. Only one of Afghanistan and Nepal being able to qualify while Tanzania got in by beating Sierra Leone in the regional final and Japan snuck past PNG really does not reflect the reality of Under 19 cricket.

Its a world cup not the Asian cup.

 

[Prince EWS]

Its a world cup not the Asian cup.

Best teams in the world should be playing it then.

 

[Stefan9]

Best teams in the world should be playing it then.

All regions should be fairly represented. Its what makes a world cup a world cup.

 

[Prince EWS]

All regions should be fairly represented. Its what makes a world cup a world cup.

Bullshit.

 

[RossTaylorsBox]

Actually he's right

 

[Stefan9]

Bullshit.

So you would like to see the football world cup with only European and South American teams...

A world cup has 2 elements. The strong teams trying to win it and the romantic teams who just getting there is their world cup victory. Both are part of world cups and create the magic.

 

[Molehill]

Best teams in the world should be playing it then.

This was discussed in the Football Thread. Europe has 26 of the top 48 ranked nations, but only 16 representatives at the World Cup.