2025 Under-19 Women's T20 World Cup

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2025 ICC Under-19 Women's T20 World Cup
Dates18 January – 2 February 2025
Administrator(s) International Cricket Council (ICC)
Cricket format Limited-overs (20 overs)
Host(s)Flag of Malaysia.svg  Malaysia
Participants16
Matches41
2023
2027

The 2025 ICC Under-19 Women's T20 World Cup will be the second edition of the Under-19 Women's T20 World Cup, and is scheduled to be hosted by Malaysia in 2025. [1] [2] [3] [4] [5] The schedule of the tournament announced by International Cricket Council on 18 August 2024. [6] India are the defending champions. [7]

Contents

Qualification

The top 10 full member teams of 2023 Under-19 World Cup secure direct qualification.

In May 2024, Samoa became the first team to qualify from regional pathway, after winning the East Asia-Pacific Qualifier. For the second time in a row, United States of America received automatic qualification for the World Cup as they were still the only team in the region to fulfill the criteria required to enter the qualification pathway. [8]

Means of qualificationBerthsQualified
Host nation1Flag of Malaysia.svg  Malaysia
Previous tournament 10Flag of Australia (converted).svg  Australia
Flag of Bangladesh.svg  Bangladesh
Flag of England.svg  England
Flag of India.svg  India
Cricket Ireland flag.svg  Ireland
Flag of New Zealand.svg  New Zealand
Flag of Pakistan.svg  Pakistan
Flag of South Africa.svg  South Africa
Flag of Sri Lanka.svg  Sri Lanka
WestIndiesCricketFlagPre1999.svg  West Indies
Regional qualification 5Flag of Nepal.svg    Nepal
Flag of Nigeria.svg  Nigeria
Flag of Samoa.svg  Samoa
Flag of Scotland.svg  Scotland
Flag of the United States.svg  United States [a]
Total16
  1. United States qualified automatically as they were the only team in the region that fulfilled the required criteria.

Competition format

The 16 teams will divided into four groups of four, and will play once against each other side in their group. The top three teams in each group will progress to the Super Six League stage, where qualifying teams from Group A will play against two of the qualifying teams from Group D, and qualifying teams from Group B will play against two of the qualifying teams from Group C. Points from matches against teams that also qualified from the first group stage will carried forward into the Super Six League stage. The top two sides from each of the Super Six Leagues will progress to the semi-finals, with the final taking place on 2 February 2025. [9]

Squads

Each team could select a squad of fifteen players for the tournament, with additional non-travelling reserves also able to be named. England were the first side to name their squad, doing so on 3 October 2024. [10]

Group stage

Group A

PosTeamPldWLTNRPts NRR
1Flag of India.svg  India 000000
2Flag of Malaysia.svg  Malaysia (H)000000
3Flag of Sri Lanka.svg  Sri Lanka 000000
4WestIndiesCricketFlagPre1999.svg  West Indies 000000
First match(es) will be played: 18 January 2025. Source: ESPNcricinfo [11]

(H) Host

Fixtures

19 January 2025
10:30
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v

19 January 2025
14:30
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India  Flag of India.svg
v

21 January 2025
10:30
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v

21 January 2025
14:30
Scorecard
v
Flag of India.svg  India

23 January 2025
10:30
Scorecard
v

23 January 2025
14:30
Scorecard
India  Flag of India.svg
v

Group B

PosTeamPldWLTNRPts NRR
1Flag of England.svg  England 000000
2Cricket Ireland flag.svg  Ireland 000000
3Flag of Pakistan.svg  Pakistan 000000
4Flag of the United States.svg  United States 000000
First match(es) will be played: 18 January 2025. Source: ESPNcricinfo [11]

Fixtures

18 January 2025
10:30
Scorecard
v
Johor Cricket Academy Oval, Johor

18 January 2025
14:30
Scorecard
v
Johor Cricket Academy Oval, Johor

20 January 2025
10:30
Scorecard
v
Johor Cricket Academy Oval, Johor

20 January 2025
14:30
Scorecard
v
Johor Cricket Academy Oval, Johor

22 January 2025
10:30
Scorecard
v
Johor Cricket Academy Oval, Johor

22 January 2025
14:30
Scorecard
v
Johor Cricket Academy Oval, Johor

Group C

PosTeamPldWLTNRPts NRR
1Flag of New Zealand.svg  New Zealand 000000
2Flag of Nigeria.svg  Nigeria 000000
3Flag of Samoa.svg  Samoa 000000
4Flag of South Africa.svg  South Africa 000000
First match(es) will be played: 18 January 2025. Source: ESPNcricinfo [11]

Fixtures

18 January 2025
10:30
Scorecard
Samoa  Flag of Samoa.svg
v
Borneo Cricket Ground, Sarawak

18 January 2025
14:30
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v
Borneo Cricket Ground, Sarawak

20 January 2025
10:30
Scorecard
v
Borneo Cricket Ground, Sarawak

20 January 2025
14:30
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v
Flag of Samoa.svg  Samoa
Borneo Cricket Ground, Sarawak

22 January 2025
10:30
Scorecard
v
Borneo Cricket Ground, Sarawak

22 January 2025
14:30
Scorecard
v
Flag of Samoa.svg  Samoa
Borneo Cricket Ground, Sarawak

Group D

PosTeamPldWLTNRPts NRR
1Flag of Australia (converted).svg  Australia 000000
2Flag of Bangladesh.svg  Bangladesh 000000
3Flag of Nepal.svg    Nepal 000000
4Flag of Scotland.svg  Scotland 000000
First match(es) will be played: 18 January 2025. Source: ESPNcricinfo [11]

Fixtures

18 January 2025
10:30
Scorecard
v

18 January 2025
14:30
Scorecard
v
Flag of Nepal.svg    Nepal


20 January 2025
14:30
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Nepal    Flag of Nepal.svg
v

22 January 2025
10:30
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v

22 January 2025
14:30
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v
Flag of Nepal.svg    Nepal

Super 6

Teams will face each other in diagonally form in Super 6, means A1 will face D2 and D3, A2 will face D1 and D3, A3 will face D1 and D2.

Group 1

Points table

PosTeamPldWLTNRPts NRR Qualification
1A1000000Advance to the semi-finals
2A2000000
3A3000000
4D1000000
5D2000000
6D3000000
First match(es) will be played: 25 January 2025. Source: ESPNcricinfo [11]

Fixtures

25 January 2025
14:30
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A3
v
D1

26 January 2025
10:30
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A2
v
D3

26 January 2025
14:30
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A1
v
D2

28 January 2025
10:30
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A3
v
D2

28 January 2025
14:30
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A1
v
D3

29 January 2025
14:30
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A2
v
D1

Group 2

Points table

PosTeamPldWLTNRPts NRR Qualification
1B1000000Advance to the semi-finals
2B2000000
3B3000000
4C1000000
5C2000000
6C3000000
First match(es) will be played: 24 January 2025. Source: ESPNcricinfo [11]

Fixtures

25 January 2025
10:30
Scorecard
B2
v
C3

25 January 2025
10:30
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B1
v
C2
Borneo Cricket Ground, Sarawak

25 January 2025
14:30
Scorecard
C1
v
B3
Borneo Cricket Ground, Sarawak

27 January 2025
10:30
Scorecard
B1
v
C3
Borneo Cricket Ground, Sarawak

28 January 2025
10:30
Scorecard
C1
v
B2
Borneo Cricket Ground, Sarawak

29 January 2025
10:30
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C2
v
B3

13th to 16th Place play-offs

24 January 2025
10:30
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B4
v
C4
Johor Cricket Academy Oval, Johor

24 January 2025
14:30
Scorecard
A4
v
D4
Johor Cricket Academy Oval, Johor

Knockout stage

Bracket

Semi Final Final
      
1A  
2B  
SFW1  
SFW2  
2A  
1B  

Semi-final

1st Semi-final

31 January 2025
10:30
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TBD
v
TBD

2nd Semi-final

31 January 2025
14:30
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TBD
v
TBD

Final

2 February 2025
14:30
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Semi-final 1 winner
v
Semi-final 2 winner

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