ICC U19 Cricket World Cup Europe Qualifier

ICC U19 Cricket World Cup Europe Qualifier (formerly ICC Europe Under-19 Championships) are a series of regular cricket tournaments organised by the International Cricket Council (ICC) as the European qualifier for the Under-19 Cricket World Cup. The tournament was originally organised by the European Cricket Council (ECC). Traditionally there have always been two divisions though the nature of these divisions has varied strongly over the years.

ICC U19 Cricket World Cup Europe Qualifier
AdministratorInternational Cricket Council
FormatOne Day
First edition1999
Tournament formatRound-robin
Number of teams15 (from 2011)
Current champion Scotland
Most successful Scotland (9 titles)
2024 ICC Under-19 Cricket World Cup qualification

History

[1]

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) Result
Winner Margin 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  Scotland
+1.036 NRR
Scotland won on net run rate
table
 Ireland
+0.793 NRR
2017  Jersey various  Ireland
12 points
Ireland won on points
table
 Scotland
8 points
2019  Netherlands various  Scotland
10 points
Scotland won on points
table
 Ireland
8 points
2021  Spain Almería  Ireland
144
Ireland won by 78 runs
scorecard
 Scotland
66
2023  Netherlands various  Scotland
9 points
Scotland won on points
table
 Guernsey
5 points

Division Two

Year Host Venue(s) 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 (39 overs)
Denmark won by 60 runs
scorecard
 Isle of Man
80 (34.2 overs)
2014  England Essex  Jersey
+3.29 (NRR)
Jersey won on net run rate
table
 Netherlands
+2.69 (NRR)
2016  Netherlands various  Denmark
12 points
Denmark won on points
table
 Netherlands
6 points
2018  England various  Netherlands
281/6 (50 overs)
Netherlands won by 154 runs
scorecard
 France
127 (40.5 overs)
2022  Guernsey various  Italy
170/4 (38 overs)
Italy won by 6 wickets
scorecard
 Guernsey
169 (47 overs)

Participating teams (Division One)

Legend
  • 1st – Champions
  • 2nd – Runners-up
  • 3rd – Third place
  •     – Hosts
  • X – Qualified but withdrew
Team Northern Ireland
1999
England
2000
Scotland
2001
England
2002
Netherlands
2003
England
2004
Scotland
2005
Northern Ireland
2006
Northern Ireland
2007
Scotland
2008
Jersey
2009
Northern Ireland
2010
Netherlands
2013
Jersey
2015
Jersey
2017
Netherlands
2019
Spain
2021
Netherlands
2023
Total
 Denmark 6th3rd4th2nd3rd4th4th4th4th4th5th6th5th4th5thX15
 England 1stAutomatically qualified1
 France 6th1
 Guernsey 6th5th6thX2nd4
 Ireland 2nd1st2nd3rd1st1st2nd1st1st2nd1st2nd2nd2nd1st2nd1stAQ17
 Italy 6th1
 Jersey 4th3rd4th3rd3rd3rd4th3rd8
 Netherlands 3rd2nd3rd4th4th3rd3rd3rd2nd3rd2nd4th3rd4th4th3rd4th17
 Norway 5th1
 Scotland 4th4th1st1st2nd2nd1st2nd2nd1st3rd1st1st1st2nd1st2nd1st18

See also

References

  1. European Under 19 Cricket Championships icc-europe.org
  2. Tournament Preview icc-europe.org
  3. ICC Europe Tournaments Archived 7 October 2010 at the Wayback Machine icc-europe.org 18 February 2011
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