ICC Europe Under-19 Championships

ICC Europe Under-19 Championships
Administrator International Cricket Council
European Cricket Council
Format One Day
First tournament 1999
Last tournament 2010
Tournament format Round-robin
Number of teams 15 (from 2011)
Current champion  Scotland
Most successful  Ireland (6 titles)
2010 ICC Europe Under-19 Championships

The ICC Europe Under-19 Championships are a series of regular cricket tournaments organised by the ECC for Under-19 teams from its member nations. The first event took place in 1999 and is the only Under-19 championship to be played yearly. Traditionally there have always been two divisions though the nature of these divisions has varied strongly over the years. The current champions are Scotland who finished top of 2010 Division One.

History

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The first edition of the tournament was played in 1999 in Northern Ireland. The teams were split across two divisions, the more developed cricketing nations of Ireland, Scotland, Netherlands and Denmark joining England in the A Championship and three other associates, Gibraltar, Italy and Germany forming the B Championship. England won the tournament easily and would not participate again.

Following this inaugural competition, the higher, eventually referred to as Division One, was played every year between Ireland, Scotland, Netherlands and Denmark. Every other year, the Division Two tournament was also played alongside. In 2003, France debuted in the second division, later joined by Belgium and Israel in 2005 and by Jersey, Guernsey and the Isle of Man in 2007.

In 2003, a different approach was taken with all the teams across both divisions participating in a preliminary qualification round. However, this did not affect the make-up of the divisions whatsoever as the four more developed nations easily overpowered the others and cemented their position in Division One. After this the system was abandoned and the old format was reintroduced the following year.

A fresh initiative for the 2006 edition was a new two-day format for Division One. The aim of this was to provide the players with some practice for the style of multi-day play encountered in the Intercontinental Cup. The one-day format returned the following year.[2]

2007 saw the two divisions being played separately for the first time when Division One was located in Ireland, but the nine-team Division Two was played in Jersey. This was Jersey's first ever European cricket competition.

Another change was made to the division format in 2009 when Jersey and Guernsey were relocated into Division One. This evened out the number of teams across the divisions and a win from Jersey over Denmark demonstrated their ability to play in the top flight. As a result the two teams remained for the 2010 tournament where both teams performed even better than the previous year.

Plans have been unveiled that in 2011, for the first time, there will be a chance of promotion from Division Two. The total number of participants will also be increased from thirteen to fifteen.[3]

Tournament results

Division One

Year Host(s) Venue(s) Final
Winner Result Runner-up
1999  Northern Ireland Belfast  England
185/5 (43.2 overs)
England won by 5 wickets
(needed 184 in 48 overs) scorecard
 Ireland
190/8 (50 overs)
2000  England Northampton  Ireland
6 points
Ireland won on points
table
 Netherlands
2 points
2001  Scotland Edinburgh  Scotland
6 points
Scotland won on points
table
 Ireland
4 points
2002  England Oundle  Scotland
6 points
Scotland won on points
table
 Denmark
4 points
2003  Netherlands Deventer  Ireland
6 points
Ireland won on points
table
 Scotland
2 points
2004  England Oundle  Ireland
4 points
Ireland and Scotland drew on points
table
 Scotland
4 points
2005  Scotland Dundee  Scotland
6 points
Scotland won on points
table
 Ireland
4 points
2006  Northern Ireland Belfast  Ireland
59 points
Ireland won on points
table
 Scotland
37 points
2007  Northern Ireland Belfast  Ireland
6 points
Ireland won on points
table
 Scotland
4 points
2008  Scotland Glasgow  Scotland
+3.49(NRR)
Scotland won on net run rate
table
 Ireland
+1.22(NRR)
2009  Jersey various  Ireland
+1.69(NRR)
Ireland won on net run rate
table
 Netherlands
+1.45(NRR)
2010  Northern Ireland Belfast  Scotland
10 points
Scotland won on points
table
 Ireland
8 points
2013  Netherlands various  Scotland
10 points
Scotland won on points
table
 Ireland
6 points
2015  Jersey various

Division Two

Year Host Nation(s) Final Venue Final
Winner Result Runner-up
1999  Northern Ireland Belfast  Gibraltar
7 points
Gibraltar won on points
table
 Italy
5 points
2001  Scotland Edinburgh  Germany
6 points
Germany won on points
table
 Italy
4 points
2003  Netherlands Deventer  Germany
6 points
Germany won on points
table
 Italy
4 points
2005  Scotland Dundee  Gibraltar
10 points
Gibraltar won on points
table
 Israel
8 points
2007  Jersey various  Jersey
4 points
Jersey won on points
table
 Guernsey
2 points
2009  Belgium Antwerp  Belgium
+1.71 (NRR)
Belgium won on net run rate
table
 Isle of Man
+1.67 (NRR)
2011  Isle of Man various  Denmark
140 all out (39 overs)
Denmark won by 60 runs
scorecard
 Isle of Man
80 all out (34.2 overs)
2014  England Essex  Jersey
+3.29 (NRR)
Jersey won on net run rate
table
 Netherlands
+2.69 (NRR)

See also

European Cricket Championship

References