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 6th3rd4th2nd3rd4th4th4th4th4th5th6th5th―4th5thX―15
 England 1stAutomatically qualified1
 France ———―————―――――――6th――1
 Guernsey ――――――――――6th5th6th―――X2nd4
 Ireland 2nd1st2nd3rd1st1st2nd1st1st2nd1st2nd2nd2nd1st2nd1stAQ17
 Italy ———―————―――――――――6th1
 Jersey —―――――――――4th3rd4th3rd3rd3rd4th3rd8
 Netherlands 3rd2nd3rd4th4th3rd3rd3rd2nd3rd2nd4th3rd4th―4th3rd4th17
 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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