2024 Under-19 Cricket World Cup

The 2024 ICC Men's Under-19 Cricket World Cup is an international limited-overs cricket tournament that is scheduled to be held in Sri Lanka in 2024.[1] It is the fifteenth edition of the tournament and the third to be held in Sri Lanka, after 2000 and 2006. Sri Lanka is the second country after New Zealand to host the tournament on three occasions. India are the defending champions.

2024 Under-19 Cricket World Cup
Dates2024 –
Administrator(s)International Cricket Council (ICC)
Cricket format50 overs
Tournament format(s)Round-robin and knockout
Host(s) Sri Lanka
Participants16
Matches48
Official websiteOfficial website

Qualification
Main article: 2024 ICC Under-19 Cricket World Cup qualification

Eleven teams qualified automatically for the 2024 World Cup, while the remaining five teams will decided by regional qualifiers with one qualifier from each ICC development region. The first qualification tournament was the Europe Division 2 Qualifier played in August 2022.[2]

Nepal became the first team to be qualified through regional qualifications by defeating their all time arch rival UAE in the Asia Qualifiers.[3]

TeamQualification
 Sri LankaHost nation
 AfghanistanAutomatic qualification
 Australia
 Bangladesh
 England
 India
 Ireland
 Pakistan
 South Africa
 West Indies
 Zimbabwe
To be determinedVia regional qualification
To be determined
   Nepal
To be determined
To be determined

References
  1. "Sri Lanka to host U19 Men's Cricket World Cup 2024". International Cricket Council. 13 November 2022. Retrieved 28 November 2022.
  2. "ICC U19 Men's Cricket World Cup 2024 qualification begins as teams go head-to-head in Europe". 1 August 2022. Retrieved 28 November 2022.
  3. "Nepal triumph in Asia Qualifier to seal spot at ICC U19 Men's Cricket World Cup 2024". www.icc-cricket.com. Retrieved 2023-03-02.
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