Administrator | International Cricket Council |
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Format | Limited-overs (20 overs) |
First edition | 2023 South Africa |
Latest edition | 2025 Malaysia |
Next edition | 2027 Bangladesh Nepal |
Tournament format | Round Robin and Knockout |
Number of teams | 16 |
Current champion | India (1st title) |
Most successful | India (1 title) |
Most runs | Shweta Sehrawat (297) |
Most wickets | Maggie Clark (12) |
Website | ICC U19 Women's T20 World Cup |
2025 Under-19 Women's T20 World Cup |
Tournaments |
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The ICC Under-19 Women's T20 World Cup is an international cricket tournament organised by the International Cricket Council (ICC) contested by national women's under-19 teams. [1] [2] The first tournament took place in January 2023 in South Africa, [3] [4] with matches being played in the Twenty20 cricket format. [5] [6] India won the inaugural tournament, defeating England in the final. [7]
Year | Champions |
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2023 | India |
The inaugural tournament was scheduled to take place in January 2021, before being moved back to December 2021 due to the COVID-19 pandemic. [8] [9] In January 2021, the Bangladesh Cricket Board confirmed that they would host the tournament, [10] but it was later postponed for a second time and moved to January 2023, with the ICC looking for another host nation. [11] [12]
The inaugural tournament eventually took place in January 2023 in South Africa, with sixteen teams competing. [13] India won the competition, defeating England in the final by seven wickets. [7]
It was announced that Malaysia and Thailand will jointly host the 2025 Under-19 Women's T20 World Cup, with Bangladesh and Nepal jointly hosting the 2027 event. [14] On 18th August 2024 it was announced that Thailand had withdrawn as host which made Malaysia the sole host of 2025 Under-19 Women's T20 World Cup.
Year | Host(s) | Final venue | Final | No. of teams | ||
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Winners | Result | Runners-up | ||||
2023 | South Africa | Senwes Park, Potchefstroom | India 69/3 (14 overs) | India won by 7 wickets Scorecard | England 68 (17.1 overs) | 16 |
2025 | Malaysia | Bayuemas Oval, Pandamaran | To be decided | 16 | ||
2027 | Bangladesh Nepal | To be decided | 16 |
Source: ESPNcricinfo
Team | Appearances | Best performance | Statistics | |||||||
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Total | First | Latest | Played | Won | Lost | Tie | NR | Win% | ||
India | 2 | 2023 | 2025 | Champions (2023) | 9 | 8 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 88.88 |
England | 2 | 2023 | 2025 | Runners-up (2023) | 10 | 8 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 88.88 |
Australia | 2 | 2023 | 2025 | Semi-finals (2023) | 9 | 7 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 77.78 |
New Zealand | 2 | 2023 | 2025 | Semi-finals (2023) | 9 | 6 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 66.66 |
South Africa | 2 | 2023 | 2025 | Super 6 (2023) | 8 | 7 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 87.50 |
Bangladesh | 2 | 2023 | 2025 | Super 6 (2023) | 8 | 6 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 75.00 |
Pakistan | 2 | 2023 | 2025 | Super 6 (2023) | 7 | 3 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 42.85 |
Sri Lanka | 2 | 2023 | 2025 | Super 6 (2023) | 7 | 3 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 42.85 |
Rwanda | 1 | 2023 | 2023 | Super 6 (2023) | 5 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 40.00 |
West Indies | 2 | 2023 | 2025 | Super 6 (2023) | 7 | 2 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 28.57 |
United Arab Emirates | 1 | 2023 | 2023 | Super 6 (2023) | 5 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 20.00 |
Ireland | 2 | 2023 | 2025 | Super 6 (2023) | 8 | 2 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 28.57 |
Scotland | 2 | 2023 | 2025 | Group Stage (2023) | 7 | 2 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 28.57 |
Indonesia | 1 | 2023 | 2023 | Group Stage (2023) | 4 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 25.00 |
United States | 2 | 2023 | 2025 | Group Stage (2023) | 6 | 1 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 16.66 |
Nepal | 1 | 2025 | 2025 | Group Stage (2025) | 3 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 |
Samoa | 1 | 2025 | 2025 | Group Stage (2025) | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 |
Zimbabwe | 1 | 2023 | 2023 | Group Stage (2023) | 4 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 |
Nigeria | 1 | 2025 | 2025 | - | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 50.00 |
Malaysia | 1 | 2025 | 2025 | - | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 |
Note:
W | Winner |
RU | Runners-up |
SF | Semi-finalist |
R2 | Round 2 (Super 6) |
R1 | Round 1 (Group Stage) |
Q | Qualified |
× | Did not qualify |
Hosts |
Team | Competition | Total | ||
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2023 (16) | 2025 (16) | 2027 (16) | ||
Australia | SF | Q | 2 | |
Bangladesh | R2 | Q | Q | 3 |
England | RU | Q | 2 | |
India | W | Q | 2 | |
Indonesia | R1 | × | 1 | |
Ireland | R2 | Q | 2 | |
Malaysia | × | Q | 1 | |
Nepal | × | R1 | Q | 2 |
New Zealand | SF | Q | 2 | |
Nigeria | × | Q | 1 | |
Pakistan | R2 | R1 | 2 | |
Rwanda | R2 | × | 1 | |
Samoa | × | R1 | 1 | |
Scotland | R1 | Q | 2 | |
South Africa | R2 | Q | 2 | |
Sri Lanka | R2 | Q | 2 | |
United Arab Emirates | R2 | × | 1 | |
United States | R1 | Q | 2 | |
West Indies | R2 | Q | 2 | |
Zimbabwe | R1 | × | 1 |
Year | Debutants | Total |
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2023 | Australia, Bangladesh, England, India, Indonesia, Ireland, New Zealand, Pakistan, Rwanda, Scotland, South Africa, Sri Lanka, United Arab Emirates, United States, West Indies, Zimbabwe | 16 |
2025 | Malaysia, Nepal, Nigeria, Samoa | 4 |
2027 | – | |
Total | 20 |
Under-19 Women's T20 World Cup Records | Ref | ||
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Batting | |||
Most runs | Shweta Sehrawat | 297 (2023) | [15] |
Highest score | Grace Scrivens (v Ireland) | 93 (2023) | [16] |
Most runs in a tournament | Shweta Sehrawat | 297 (2023) | [17] |
Bowling | |||
Most wickets | Maggie Clark | 12 (2023) | [18] |
Best bowling figures | Vaishnavi Sharma (v Malaysia) | 5/5 (2025) | [19] |
Most wickets in a tournament | Maggie Clark | 12 (2023) | [20] |
Team | |||
Highest team total | India (v United Arab Emirates) | 219/3 (2023) | [21] |
Lowest team total | Samoa (v South Africa) | 16 (2025) | [22] |
Largest victory (by runs) | England (v Zimbabwe) | 174 (2023) | [23] |
Highest match aggregate | India v South Africa | 336/8 (2023) | [24] |
Lowest match aggregate | South Africa v Samoa | 33/10 (2025) | [25] |
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