Dates | TBA – 2026 |
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Administrator(s) | International Cricket Council (ICC) |
Cricket format | Limited-overs (50 overs) |
Tournament format(s) | Group stage, Super 6s and Knockout stage |
Host(s) | Zimbabwe Namibia |
Participants | 16 |
Matches | 41 |
Official website | Official website |
The 2026 ICC Under-19 Men's Cricket World Cup will be an international limited-overs cricket tournament organize by the International Cricket Council (ICC), which will be held in Zimbabwe and Namibia in early 2026. [1] [2] [3] It will be the sixteenth edition of the Under-19 Men's Cricket World Cup. Australia are the defending champions. [4]
16 teams are divided into four groups, namely Group A, B, C, D. The top three teams from each group advance to the Super Six stage. The fourth-placed teams in Group A and D face each other while the fourth-placed teams in Group B and C face each other in the placement stage.
In the super-six stage top three teams from Group A and D are combined in a group while top three teams from Group B and C combined in another group. Each team carries forward the number of points, wins, NRR they have earned against their fellow super-six qualifying teams.
Each team plays two matches in the super-six stage against the opponent from the corresponding group that finishes in a different group stage position (i.e. the A1 team plays only D2 and D3 in the super-six. Similarly, A2 plays only D1 and D3 and so forth).
The top two teams from each group in the super-six stage qualifies for the semi-finals.
The top ten teams from the previous tournament qualified automatically, along with host Zimbabwe and the five winners of regional qualification tournaments.
The qualification for the 2026 ICC U19 Men's Cricket World Cup which will be held in Zimbabwe and Namibia in 2026 starts on 25 February 2024 in Bangkok. [1] [5]
Team | Qualification |
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Zimbabwe | Host nation [a] |
Australia | Previous tournament |
Bangladesh | |
England | |
India | |
Ireland | |
Pakistan | |
New Zealand | |
Sri Lanka | |
South Africa | |
West Indies | |
TBD | Regional qualification |
TBD | |
TBD | |
TBD | |
TBD |
Pos | Team | Pld | W | L | NR | Pts | NRR | Qualification |
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1 | TBD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | Advance to the super 6 |
2 | TBD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | |
3 | TBD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | |
4 | TBD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | Advanced to the play-offs |
Pos | Team | Pld | W | L | NR | Pts | NRR | Qualification |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
1 | TBD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | Advance to the super 6 |
2 | TBD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | |
3 | TBD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | |
4 | TBD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | Advanced to the play-offs |
Pos | Team | Pld | W | L | NR | Pts | NRR | Qualification |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
1 | TBD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | Advance to the super 6 |
2 | TBD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | |
3 | TBD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | |
4 | TBD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | Advanced to the play-offs |
Pos | Team | Pld | W | L | NR | Pts | NRR | Qualification |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
1 | TBD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | Advance to the super 6 |
2 | TBD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | |
3 | TBD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | |
4 | TBD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | Advanced to the play-offs |
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.
Pos | Team | Pld | W | L | T | NR | Pts | NRR | Qualification |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
1 | A1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | Advance to the semi-finals |
2 | A2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | |
3 | A3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | |
4 | D1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | |
5 | D2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | |
6 | D3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — |
Pos | Team | Pld | W | L | T | NR | Pts | NRR | Qualification |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
1 | B1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | Advance to the semi-finals |
2 | B2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | |
3 | B3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | |
4 | C1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | |
5 | C2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | |
6 | C3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — |
Semi-final | Final | ||||||||
A1 | Winner of Group A | ||||||||
B2 | Runner-up of Group B | ||||||||
SFW1 | Winner of Semi-final 1 | ||||||||
SFW2 | Winner of Semi-final 2 | ||||||||
B1 | Winner of Group B | ||||||||
A2 | Runner-up of Group A |
Semi-final 1 TBD |
TBD | v | TBD |
Semi-final 2 TBD |
TBD | v | TBD |
Final TBD |
TBD | v | TBD |
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