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| Dates | 15 January – 6 February 2026 |
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| Administrator | International Cricket Council |
| Cricket format | Limited-overs (50 overs) |
| Tournament format(s) | Group stage, Super 6s and Knockout stage |
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| Participants | 16 |
| Matches | 41 |
| Official website | Official website |
The 2026 ICC Under-19 Men's Cricket World Cup is an international limited-overs cricket tournament organised by the International Cricket Council (ICC), which is being held in Zimbabwe and Namibia in early 2026. [1] [2] [3] It is the sixteenth edition of the Under-19 Men's Cricket World Cup. Australia are the defending champions. [4]
The top ten teams from the previous tournament qualified automatically, along with host Zimbabwe and the five winners of regional qualification tournaments.
The regional qualification tournaments were held from 25 February 2024 to 16 August 2025. [1] [5] The other five places in the tournament were awarded to the winners of the five regional under-19 tournaments. [6] [7]
| Method of qualification | Date of qualification | Venues | No. of teams | Teams |
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| Full Member host [a] | 13 November 2022 | N/a | 1 | |
| 2024 Under-19 Cricket World Cup (Top 10 teams from previous tournament) | 3 February 2024 | 10 | ||
| Africa Qualifier | 6 April 2025 | 1 | ||
| Asia Qualifier | 19 April 2025 | 1 | ||
| East Asia-Pacific Qualifier | 29 April 2025 | 1 | ||
| Europe Qualifier | 6 August 2025 | 1 | ||
| Americas Qualifier | 16 August 2025 | 1 | ||
| Total | 16 |
On 8 January 2026, the ICC released the list of match referees and umpires for the tournament. [8]
Each team selected a squad of fifteen players for the tournament, excluding reserves, with Ireland being the first team to name their squad on 1 December 2025. [9]
16 teams are divided into four groups. The top three teams from each group advanced 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, the top three teams from Group A and D are combined in one group, with the top three teams from Group B and C combined in another group. Each team carries forward the number of points, wins, and net run rate they have earned against other Super 6 qualifying teams and will then play two matches in the Super 6 stage against the opponent from the corresponding group that finished in a different group stage position (i.e. the A1 team plays only D2 and D3 in the Super 6). Similarly, A2 plays only D1 and D3, and so forth.
The top two teams from each group in the super-six stage will qualify for the semi-finals.
In November 2025, the ICC unveiled the list of venues for the tournament, with Zimbabwe set to host 25 matches, including both semi-finals and the final, while Namibia set to host the remaining 16 fixtures. [10]
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The ICC announced the warm-up fixtures along with the complete tournament schedule on 19 November 2025. [11]
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The ICC announced the groups and fixtures on 19 November 2025, with the group stage, comprising 24 matches, scheduled to be played from 15 to 24 January 2026. [10]
| Pos | Team | Pld | W | L | NR | Pts | NRR | Qualification |
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| 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 4.060 | Advance to the Super 6 | |
| 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1.275 | ||
| 3 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | −1.275 | ||
| 4 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | −4.060 |
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Rob O'Brien 79 (98) Charles Lachmund 3/41 (10 overs) | Steven Hogan 115 (111) Luke Murray 1/46 (8.4 overs) |
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Viran Chamuditha 192 (143) Timothy Moore 3/43 (6 overs) | Hugo Kelly 101* (162) Sethmika Seneviratne 1/9 (3 overs) |
| Pos | Team | Pld | W | L | NR | Pts | NRR | Qualification |
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| 1 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 2.025 | Advance to the Super 6 | |
| 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | ||
| 3 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | −0.621 | ||
| 4 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | −3.144 |
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Nitish Sundini 36 (52) Henil Patel 5/16 (7 overs) | Abhigyan Kundu 42* (41) Ritvik Appidi 2/24 (5 overs) |
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Abhigyan Kundu 80 (112) Al Fahad 5/38 (9.2 overs) | Azizul Hakim 51 (72) Vihaan Malhotra 4/14 (4 overs) |
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| Pos | Team | Pld | W | L | NR | Pts | NRR | Qualification |
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| 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0.740 | Advance to the Super 6 | |
| 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | — | ||
| 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | — | ||
| 4 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | −0.740 |
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Caleb Falconer 66 (73) Ahmed Hussain 3/38 (10 overs) | Farhan Yousaf 65 (86) Alex Green 2/21 (7 overs) |
| Pos | Team | Pld | W | L | NR | Pts | NRR | Qualification |
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| 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 3.465 | Advance to the Super 6 | |
| 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0.560 | ||
| 3 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | −0.560 | ||
| 4 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | −3.465 |
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Dylan Thakrar 26 (38) Vitel Lawes 3/23 (6 overs) | Tanez Francis 52 (55) Augustino Mwamele 2/17 (3 overs) |
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Faisal Shinozada 82 (96) Corne Botha 3/45 (10 overs) | Jason Rowles 98 (93) Khatir Stanikzai 2/46 (8.5 overs) |
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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 | NR | Pts | NRR | Qualification |
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| 1 | A1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | Advance to the semi-finals |
| 2 | A2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | |
| 3 | A3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | |
| 4 | D1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | |
| 5 | D2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | |
| 6 | D3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — |
| Pos | Team | Pld | W | L | NR | Pts | NRR | Qualification |
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| 1 | B1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | Advance to the semi-finals |
| 2 | B2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | |
| 3 | B3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | |
| 4 | C1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | |
| 5 | C2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | |
| 6 | C3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — |
| Semi-final | Final | ||||||||
| A1 | Winner of Group 1 | ||||||||
| B2 | Runner-up of Group 2 | ||||||||
| SFW1 | Winner of Semi-final 1 | ||||||||
| SFW2 | Winner of Semi-final 2 | ||||||||
| B1 | Winner of Group 2 | ||||||||
| A2 | Runner-up of Group 1 | ||||||||