Under-19 Men's Asia Cup

For the women's tournament, see Under-19 Women's T20 Asia Cup.

Under-19 Men's Asia Cup

Administrator	Asian Cricket Council
Format	50-overs
First edition	1989 Bangladesh
Latest edition	2024 UAE
Next edition	2025 Nepal
Tournament format	Round-robin
Number of teams	8
Current champion	Bangladesh (2nd title)
Most successful	India (8 titles)
Website	asiancricket.org

The Under-19 Men's Asia Cup is a cricket competition, contested by the men's under-19 national cricket teams of the Asian Cricket Council members.

It was first held in 1989 in Bangladesh where India won the tournament. The second edition was played after 14 years in 2003 in Pakistan where India retained their title. In the group stages of 2003 edition, Irfan Pathan claimed 9/16 against Bangladesh. The third edition was played in Malaysia in 2012 where the trophy was shared by India and Pakistan after the final was tied. The fourth edition was held in 2013/14 in UAE which was won by India. The fifth edition was held in Sri Lanka in December 2016 and was won by India too. The sixth edition was held in November 2017 in Malaysia, which was won by Afghanistan by 185 run from Pakistan. The seventh edition was held in September & October 2018 in Bangladesh, which was won by India by 144 run from Sri Lanka. The eighth edition was held in September 2019 in Sri Lanka & India retained their title. The ninth edition had taken place in December 2021 in United Arab Emirates and was won by India. The 10th and 11th editions were won by Bangladesh which defeated the hosts UAE in the UAE and beat India in Nepal, in 2023 and 2024, respectively.

The second tier event, called Youth Asia Cup, was held in Hong Kong in 1997 and every second year since then. It was renamed as ACC Under-19 Elite Cup in 2007. Nepal has been the most successful team in the Elite Cup, having won the tournament four times. The third tier of the tournament is called ACC Under-19 Challenge Cup and was first held in 2008 in Thailand.

Under-19 World Cup qualification history

ACC Under-19 Elite Cup

One of the major roles of the ACC Under-19 Elite Cup has been to provide member nations of the ACC with the chance to qualify for the Under-19 World Cup. It was originally known as the Youth Asia Cup and, for the first two tournaments, two teams qualified directly. ^{[1] [2]} During these years, teams from the EAP region took part as did Bangladesh who did not receive full member status until 2000. ^[3]

After Bangladesh and the EAP sides left the competition the number of qualifying teams was reduced to one and remained this way until the 2007 competition. ^[4] Following this tournament, the ACC decided to split the teams into two divisions after the model of the men's ACC Trophy. The top division, the Elite Cup, continues to be held in two-year intervals from the initial tournament. The lower division, the Challenge Cup, generally takes place in the year between Elite tournaments although the most recent edition took place in 2013 in Thailand. The winners of this tournament were Singapore. ^[5]

Editions and results

Year	Host Nation(s)	Final
		Venue	Winner	Result	Runners-up
1989	Bangladesh	Bangabandhu National Stadium	India 224/7 (49 overs)	India won by 79 runs scorecard	Sri Lanka 145/10 (39.5 overs)
2003	Pakistan	Gaddafi Stadium	India 229/2 (44.4 overs)	India won by 8 wickets scorecard	Sri Lanka 225/10 (49.4 overs)
2012	Malaysia	Kinrara Academy Oval	India /   Pakistan 282/9 (50 overs) / 282/8 (50 overs) Match tied and the trophy was shared scorecard
2013/14	United Arab Emirates	Sharjah Cricket Stadium	India 314/8 (50 overs)	India won by 40 runs scorecard	Pakistan 274/9 (50 overs)
2016	Sri Lanka	R. Premadasa Stadium	India 273/8 (50 overs)	India won by 34 runs scorecard	Sri Lanka 239/10 (48.4 overs)
2017	Malaysia	Kinrara Academy Oval	Afghanistan 248/7 (50 overs)	Afghanistan won by 185 runs scorecard	Pakistan 63/10 (22.1 overs)
2018	Bangladesh	Sher-e-Bangla National Cricket Stadium	India 304/3 (50 overs)	India won by 144 runs scorecard	Sri Lanka 160 (38.4 overs)
2019	Sri Lanka	R. Premadasa Stadium	India 106 (32.4 overs)	India won by 5 runs scorecard	Bangladesh 101 (33 overs)
2021	United Arab Emirates	Dubai International Cricket Stadium	India 104/1 (21.3 overs)	India won by 9 wickets (D/L) scorecard	Sri Lanka 106/9 (38 overs)
2023	United Arab Emirates	Dubai International Cricket Stadium	Bangladesh 282/8 (50 overs)	Bangladesh won by 195 runs scoreboard	United Arab Emirates 87 (24.5 overs)
2024	United Arab Emirates	Dubai International Cricket Stadium	Bangladesh 198 (49.1 overs)	Bangladesh won by 59 runs scorecard	India 139 (35.2 overs)
2025	Nepal	TBD	TBD	TBD	TBD

Tournament summary

The table below provides an overview of the performances of teams over past ACC Under-19 Asia Cup tournaments.

Team	Appearances			Champion	Runners-up
	Total	First	Latest
India	10	1989	2024	8 (1989, 2003, 2012, 2013–14, 2016, 2018, 2019, 2021)	1 (2024)
Bangladesh	10	1989	2024	2 (2023, 2024)	1( 2019 )
Pakistan	10	1989	2024	1 (2012)	2 (2013–14, 2017)
Afghanistan	8	2012	2024	1 (2017)
Sri Lanka	10	1989	2024		5 ( 1989 , 2003, 2016, 2018, 2021)
United Arab Emirates	6	2013–14	2024		1 (2023)
Nepal	9	2012	2024
Malaysia	4	2012	2017
Japan	2	2023	2024
Kuwait	2	2019	2021
Qatar	1	2012	2012
Singapore	1	2016	2016
Hong Kong	1	2018	2018

Other Formats

ACC Under-19 Premier League

Year	Host Nation(s)	Result
		Winner	Margin	Runners-up
2014	Kuwait	Afghanistan 10 points	Afghanistan won on points table	Nepal 8 points
2015	Malaysia	Afghanistan 10 points	Afghanistan won on points table	Nepal 8 points

ACC Under-19 Elite Cup

Year	Tournament Name	Host Nation(s)	Final Venue	Final
				Winner	Result	Runners-up
1997	Youth Asia Cup	Hong Kong	Kowloon Cricket Club	Bangladesh 347 all out	Bangladesh won by 256 runs result	Papua New Guinea 91 all out
1999	Youth Asia Cup	Singapore	Kalang Ground	Bangladesh 126/4 (29.1 overs)	Bangladesh won by 6 wickets scorecard	Nepal 125 all out (39.2 overs)
2001	Youth Asia Cup	Nepal	Tribhuvan University	Nepal	Nepal won by 7 wickets report	Malaysia
2003	Youth Asia Cup	Pakistan	National Stadium, Karachi	Nepal 155/5 (25 overs)	Nepal won by 30 runs (DLS method) scorecard	Malaysia 125/6 (25 overs)
2005	ACC Under-19 Cup	Nepal	Tribhuvan	Nepal 87/3 (25.3 overs)	Nepal won by 7 wickets scorecard	Malaysia 83/10 (25.5 overs)
2007	ACC Under-19 Elite Cup	Malaysia	Kinrara Oval	Nepal 172/10 (49.4 overs)	Nepal won by 48 runs scorecard	Afghanistan 124/10 (45.5 overs)
2009	ACC Under-19 Elite Cup	Kuwait	Hubara	Hong Kong 216/2 (47 overs)	Hong Kong won by 8 wickets scorecard	Afghanistan 215/9 (50 overs)
2011	ACC Under-19 Elite Cup	Thailand	Prem Oval	Afghanistan 200/9 (50 overs)	Afghanistan won by 61 runs scorecard	Nepal 139 all out (43.1 overs)
2013	ACC Under-19 Elite Cup	Malaysia	Kinrara Oval	Afghanistan 58/0 (11.1 overs)	Afghanistan won by 10 wickets scorecard	United Arab Emirates 57 (27.2 overs)
2014	ACC Under-19 Premier League	Kuwait	N/A	Afghanistan 10 points	League standings League	Nepal 8 points
2017	ICC Asia Under-19s World Cup Qualifier	Singapore	N/A	Afghanistan 12 points	League standings League	Nepal 8 points
2019	ICC Asia Under-19s World Cup Qualifier	Malaysia	N/A	United Arab Emirates 10 points	League standings [6]	Nepal 8 points

ICC U19 Cricket World Cup Asia Qualifier Division 2

Year	Host Nation(s)	Final Venue	Final
			Winner	Result	Runner-up
2016	Malaysia	Kinrara Oval	Malaysia	Malaysia won by 6 wickets scorecard	Singapore

ACC Under-19 Challenge Cup

Year	Host Nation(s)	Final Venue	Final
			Winner	Result	Runner-up
2008	Thailand	Prem Oval	Saudi Arabia 247/10 (49.4 overs)	Saudi Arabia won by 59 runs scorecard	Bhutan 188/10 (45.1 overs)
2009	Thailand	Prem Oval	Bahrain 104/5 (33 overs)	Bahrain won by 5 wickets scorecard	Thailand 100/10 (36.1 overs)
2011	Malaysia	Kinrara Oval	Saudi Arabia 129/6 (42.3 overs)	Saudi Arabia won by 4 wickets	Kuwait 125/10 (35.3 overs)
2013	Thailand	Terdthai Cricket Ground	Singapore 169 (49.1 overs)	Singapore won by 16 runs	Oman 153 (45.2 overs)

ACC Men's Under-19 Premier Cup

Year	Host Nation(s)	Final Venue	Final
			Winner	Result	Runner-up
2023	Malaysia	Bayuemas Oval	Nepal 280/8 (50 overs)	Nepal won by 19 runs (DLS method) Scorecard	United Arab Emirates 178 (26.5 overs)
2025	Nepal	Lumbini Province, Nepal

Records

Only records for topflight ACC under-19 competitions are included. Scorecards for some matches at the 1999 Youth Asia Cup are unavailable.

Highest team scores

• 421/7 (50 overs) –   Afghanistan v.   Thailand, 6 May 2013, at Kinrara Academy Oval, Kuala Lumpur. ^[7]
• 391/4 (50 overs) –     Nepal v.   Maldives, 14 July 2003, at National Stadium, Pakistan. ^[8]
• 391/4 (50 overs) –     Nepal v.   Oman, 2 February 2011, at Terdthai Cricket Ground, Bangkok. ^[9]
• 389/7 (50 overs) –   Afghanistan v.   United Arab Emirates, 10 November 2014, at Sulabiya Ground, Kuwait City. ^[10]
• 383/4 (50 overs) –   Bahrain v.   Brunei, 13 November 2005, at Pulchowk Engineering Campus Ground, Lalitpur. ^[11]

Lowest team scores

• 21 (15.2 overs) –   Brunei v.     Nepal Nepal, 9 November 2005, at Army School Ground, Bhaktapur. ^[12]
• 26 (21.4 overs) –   Thailand v.   Afghanistan, 6 May 2013, at Kinrara Academy Oval, Kuala Lumpur. ^[7]
• 34 (19.2 overs) –   Brunei v.   Bahrain, 13 November 2005, at Pulchowk Engineering Campus Ground, Lalitpur. ^[11]
• 39 (14.5 overs) –   Iran v.   United Arab Emirates, 9 November 2005, at Tudikhel Ground, Kathmandu. ^[13]
• 39 (25.1 overs) –   Saudi Arabia v.   Malaysia, 14 November 2014, at Sulabiya Ground, Kuwait City. ^[14]
• 39 (27.2 overs) –   Oman v.   United Arab Emirates, 5 February 2011, at Terdthai Cricket Ground, Bangkok. ^[15]

Highest individual scores

• 200* (140 balls) –  Bahrain Gayan de Silva, v.   Brunei, 13 November 2005, at Pulchok Engineering Campus Ground, Lalitpur. ^[11]
• 168* (140 balls) –   Oman Adnan Ilyas, v.   Hong Kong, 15 July 2003, at National Stadium, Karachi. ^[16]
• 165 (? balls) –   Singapore Philip Parker, v.   Fiji, 30 November 1997, at Diocesan Boys' School, Hong Kong. ^[17]
• 160* (119 balls) –   Afghanistan Tariq Stanikzai, v.   United Arab Emirates, 10 November 2014, at Sulabiya Ground, Kuwait City. ^[10]
• 158 (? balls) –   Singapore Philip Parker, v.   Papua New Guinea, 30 November 1997, at Tin Kwong Road, Hong Kong. ^[17]

Best bowling figures

• 8/12 (10 overs) – Afghanistan Aftab Alam, v.   Oman, 3 February 2011, at Gymkhana Club Ground, Chiang Mai. ^[18]
• 8/14 (10 overs) –   Hong Kong Mohammad Ghazanfar, v.   Thailand, 3 May 2013, at Kelab Aman, Kuala Lumpur. ^[19]
• 8/15 (6.5 overs) –     Nepal Rahul Vishvakarma, v.   Thailand, 5 February 2011, at AIT Ground, Bangkok. ^[20]
• 8/15 (9.2 overs) –   Bahrain Salman Sattar, v.   Brunei, 13 November 2005, at Pulchowk Engineering Campus Ground, Lalitpur. ^[11]
• 8/24 (8 overs) –     Nepal Avinash Karn, v.   Bahrain, 6 May 2013, at Bayuemas Oval, Kuala Lumpur. ^[21]

Highest margin of defeat by Runs

• 395 –v.   Thailand v   Afghanistan, 6 May 2013, at Kinrara Academy Oval, Kuala Lumpur

Highest margin of defeat by wickets

• 10 wickets –   Afghanistan v.   United Arab Emirates, final of 2013

See also

• ACC Trophy

References

2021 ACC U19 Asia Cup Schedule Announced

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