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ICC U19 Cricket World Cup EAP Qualifier

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ICC U19 Cricket World Cup EAP Qualifier
AdministratorICC East Asia-Pacific
Format50-over
First edition2001
Current champion New Zealand (1st title)
Most successful Papua New Guinea (6 titles)
2020 Under-19 Cricket World Cup qualification

ICC U19 Cricket World Cup EAP Qualifier (formerly EAP Under-19 Cricket Trophy) is a regular cricket competition organised by ICC East Asia-Pacific (EAP) for the under-19 teams of its representative nations. The tournament acts as a qualifier for the Under-19 World Cup.

The tournament was first held in 2001, and has been held regularly since 2007. Prior to 2001, EAP teams could attempt to qualify for the World Cup via the Youth Asia Cup, an Asian Cricket Council (ACC) event. In 2003 and 2005, a joint event was organised with the African Cricket Association.

Papua New Guinea have won the most editions of the tournament, with six titles, and also won the 2003 joint Africa/EAP tournament. Fiji (2015), Japan (2019) and New Zealand (2023) have also won the tournament.

History

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Since its inception, the EAP U-19 Cricket Trophy has provided a chance for EAP teams to qualify for the U-19 World Cup. Prior to the initial 2001 competition, however, EAP teams qualified via the Youth Asia Cup.[1] In the 1997 event, Papua New Guinea qualified alongside then associate side Bangladesh to qualify for the 1998 U-19 World Cup.[2] No EAP sides qualified from the 1999 competition.

In the first EAP U-19 Trophy, only the two most long standing EAP members participated, Papua New Guinea and Fiji alongside ACC side Hong Kong. Papua New Guinea won the three team event and so qualified for their second U-19 World Cup in 2002.[3]

During the interim years when an EAP competition was not organised, a joint qualification event with the African Cricket Association took place.[4] Once again, only Fiji and Papua New Guinea participated from the EAP region and World Cup qualification was only achieved by Papua New Guinea for the 2004 U-19 World Cup.[5]

With an increase of teams from the EAP region able to participate, a standalone EAP Trophy once again took place in 2007 with Papua New Guinea and Fiji joined by Vanuatu and Japan. By 2009 there were five teams with the inclusion of Indonesia. In 2007 only one team qualified but in 2009 two teams went through to a further stage of qualification, the Under-19 World Cup Qualifier.

In the 2020 Under-19 Cricket World Cup qualification, Papua New Guinea and Japan were undefeated going into the final game against each other. However, Papua New Guinea forfeited the match after Cricket PNG suspended eleven members of the squad due to breaching the team's code of conduct. Japan thus qualified for its first ever Under-19 World Cup.[6][7]

Tournament results

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Year Host(s) Venue(s) Final
Winner Result Runner-up
2001  Fiji Nadi  PNG
121/1 (12.2 overs)
PNG won by 9 wickets
scorecard
 Hong Kong
119 all out (41 overs)
2003
(with ACA)
 Namibia Windhoek  PNG
9/193 (50 overs)
PNG won by 53 runs
scorecard
 Uganda
140 all out
2005
(with ACA)
 South Africa Benoni  Namibia
140/7 (43.3 overs)
Namibia won by 3 wickets
scorecard
 Uganda
139 (47.3 overs)
2007  Vanuatu Port Vila  PNG
207 all out (48.2 overs)
PNG won by 104 runs
scorecard
 Vanuatu
103 all out (38.4 overs)
2009 Papua New Guinea PNG Port Moresby  PNG
276/8 (50 overs)
PNG won by 173 runs
scorecard
 Vanuatu
103 all out (34.2 overs)
2011  Australia Maroochydore  PNG
8 points
PNG won on points
table
 Vanuatu
6 points
2013  Australia Maroochydore  PNG
92 (36.4 overs)
PNG won by 45 runs
scorecard
 Vanuatu
47 (27.4 overs)
2015  New Zealand Blenheim  Fiji
6 points
Fiji won on points
table
 PNG
4 points
2017  Samoa Apia  PNG
11 points
PNG won on points
table
 Vanuatu
5 points
2019  Japan Sano  Japan
8 points
Japan won on points
table
 PNG
6 points
2023  Australia Darwin  New Zealand
12 points
New Zealand won on points
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 Japan
10 points

Participating teams

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Legend
  • 1st – Champions
  • 2nd – Runners-up
  • 3rd – Third place
  • Q – Qualified
  • X – Qualified, but tournament cancelled
  • * – Combined tournament with African members (not included in this table)
  •     — Hosts
Team Fiji
2001
Namibia
2003*
South Africa
2005*
Vanuatu
2007
Papua New Guinea
2009
Australia
2011
Australia
2013
New Zealand
2015
Samoa
2017
Japan
2019
Japan
2021
Australia
2023
Japan
2025
Total
 Hong Kong 2nd Moved to Asian region 1
 Fiji 3rd 8th 7th 3rd 3rd 4th 3rd 1st 3rd 5th 3rd Q 12
 Indonesia 4th 3rd X 5th 3
 Japan 4th 5th 5th 1st X 2nd Q 6
 New Zealand Automatic qualification 1st AQ 1
 Papua New Guinea 1st 1st 4th 1st 1st 1st 1st 2nd 1st 2nd X 4th Q 12
 Samoa 4th 4th 4th 4th 6th 5
 Vanuatu 2nd 2nd 2nd 2nd 3rd 2nd 3rd X 7th 8

Records

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This section includes performances by EAP teams and players at the 2003 and 2005 combined Africa/EAP tournaments.

Highest team scores
Lowest team scores
Highest individual scores
Best bowling figures

See also

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References

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  1. ^ Ashantha, Amal - match referees for Youth Asia Cup (6 July 1999) espncricinfo.com
  2. ^ Youth Asia Cup Archived 2011-07-21 at the Wayback Machine www.cricket.com.hk 16/02/11
  3. ^ Papua New Guinea through to Under-19 World Cup in convincing style espncricinfo.com 16/02/11
  4. ^ U-19 World Cup tribuneindia.com
  5. ^ ICC Under 19 World Cup 2004 cricketeurope4.net 16/02/11
  6. ^ "Sport: PNG forfeits U19 Cricket World Cup chance". RNZ. Retrieved 8 June 2019.
  7. ^ "Japan qualify for 2020 U-19 World Cup after Papua New Guinea forfeiture". ESPN Cricinfo. Retrieved 8 June 2019.
  8. ^ Fiji Under-19s v Japan Under-19s, East Asia-Pacific Under-19 Championship 2007 – CricketArchive. Retrieved 12 February 2015.
  9. ^ Vanuatu Under-19s v Japan Under-19s, East Asia-Pacific Under-19 Championship 2007 – CricketArchive. Retrieved 12 February 2015.
  10. ^ Hong Kong Under-19s v Papua New Guinea Under-19s, East Asia-Pacific Under-19 Championship 2001/02 – CricketArchive. Retrieved 12 February 2015.
  11. ^ Fiji Under-19s v Papua New Guinea Under-19s, East Asia-Pacific Under-19 Championship 2001/02 – CricketArchive. Retrieved 12 February 2015.
  12. ^ Papua New Guinea Under-19s v Indonesia Under-19s, East Asia-Pacific Under-19 Championship 2009 – CricketArchive. Retrieved 12 February 2015.
  13. ^ Japan Under-19s v Vanuatu Under-19s, East Asia-Pacific Under-19 Championship 2010/11 – CricketArchive. Retrieved 12 February 2015.
  14. ^ Fiji Under-19s v Samoa Under-19s, East Asia-Pacific Under-19 Championship 2013 – CricketArchive. Retrieved 12 February 2015.
  15. ^ Papua New Guinea Under-19s v Indonesia Under-19s, East Asia-Pacific Under-19 Championship 2009 – CricketArchive. Retrieved 12 February 2015.
  16. ^ Vanuatu Under-19s v Japan Under-19s, East Asia-Pacific Under-19 Championship 2007 – CricketArchive. Retrieved 12 February 2015.
  17. ^ Fiji Under-19s v Japan Under-19s, East Asia-Pacific Under-19 Championship 2007 (3rd Place Play-off) – CricketArchive. Retrieved 12 February 2015.
  18. ^ Fiji Under-19s v Japan Under-19s, East Asia-Pacific Under-19 Championship 2007 – CricketArchive. Retrieved 12 February 2015.
  19. ^ Vanuatu Under-19s v Japan Under-19s, East Asia-Pacific Under-19 Championship 2007 – CricketArchive. Retrieved 12 February 2015.
  20. ^ Namibia Under-19s v Papua New Guinea Under-19s, Africa/East Asia-Pacific Under-19 Championship 2003/04 (Semi-Final) – CricketArchive. Retrieved 12 February 2015.
  21. ^ Fiji Under-19s v Hong Kong Under-19s, East Asia-Pacific Under-19 Championship 2001/02 – CricketArchive. Retrieved 12 February 2015.
  22. ^ Nigeria Under-19s v Papua New Guinea Under-19s, Africa/East Asia-Pacific Under-19 Championship 2005 (Pool 1) – CricketArchive. Retrieved 12 February 2015.
  23. ^ Japan Under-19s v Vanuatu Under-19s, East Asia-Pacific Under-19 Championship 2010/11 – CricketArchive. Retrieved 12 February 2015.
  24. ^ Fiji Under-19s v Japan Under-19s, East Asia-Pacific Under-19 Championship 2007 – CricketArchive. Retrieved 12 February 2015.
  25. ^ Fiji Under-19s v Tanzania Under-19s, Africa/East Asia-Pacific Under-19 Championship 2003/04 (Group B) – CricketArchive. Retrieved 12 February 2015.
  26. ^ Vanuatu Under-19s v Japan Under-19s, East Asia-Pacific Under-19 Championship 2007 – CricketArchive. Retrieved 12 February 2015.
  27. ^ Fiji Under-19s v Vanuatu Under-19s, East Asia-Pacific Under-19 Championship 2010/11 – CricketArchive. Retrieved 12 February 2015.