2012 ICC Under-19 Cricket World Cup

2012 ICC Under-19 Cricket World Cup
Administrator(s) International Cricket Council
Cricket format One Day International
Tournament format(s) Round robin and Knockout
Host(s) Australia {Queensland}
Participants 16
Matches played TBA
Official website ttp://iccu19worldcup.yahoo.net
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The 2012 ICC Under-19 Cricket World Cup will be a one-day cricket competition for sixteen international U-19 cricketing teams. This will be the ninth edition of the tournament.[1] The event will be staged in the Australian state of Queensland, with matches being shared between the cities of Brisbane, Sunshine Coast and Townsville.

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Qualification

Main article: 2011 ICC Under-19 Cricket World Cup Qualifier

16 teams will participate in the competition. The 10 nations with ICC Full Membership automatically qualify for the tournament. 6 additional teams qualified through the 2011 ICC Under-19 Cricket World Cup Qualifier which was held in Ireland.

Team Mode of Qualification
 Australia ICC Full Member
 Bangladesh ICC Full Member
 England ICC Full Member
 India ICC Full Member
 New Zealand ICC Full Member
 Pakistan ICC Full Member
 South Africa ICC Full Member
 Sri Lanka ICC Full Member
 West Indies ICC Full Member
 Zimbabwe ICC Full Member
 Scotland 1st Place in 2011 ICC U-19 World Cup Qualifier
 Nepal 2nd Place in 2011 ICC U-19 World Cup Qualifier
 Ireland 3rd Place in 2011 ICC U-19 World Cup Qualifier
 Afghanistan 4th Place in 2011 ICC U-19 World Cup Qualifier
 Papua New Guinea 5h Place in 2011 ICC U-19 World Cup Qualifier
 Namibia 6th Place in 2011 ICC U-19 World Cup Qualifier

Groups

The following groups were chosen for the World Cup 2012 by the International Cricket Council. The number alongside gives the rank of the team. The tournament will begin with a league stage consisting of four groups of four. Each team will play each of the other teams in its group once.[2]

Group A Group B Group C Group D

 Australia (1)
 England (8)
 Nepal (12)
 Ireland (13)

 Pakistan (2)
 New Zealand (7)
 Scotland (11)
 Afghanistan (14)

 West Indies (3)
 India (6)
 Zimbabwe (10)
 Papua New Guinea (15)

 Sri Lanka (4)
 South Africa (5)
 Bangladesh (9)
 Namibia (16)

See also

References

  1. ^ Past ICC U19 Cricket World Cup Matches iccu19worldcup.yahoo.net 15/12/10
  2. ^ International Cricket Council - ICC U19 Cricket World Cup - News

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