ICC U19 Cricket World Cup EAP Qualifier
| Administrator | ICC East Asia-Pacific |
|---|---|
| Format | 50-over |
| First edition | 2001 |
| Current champion | File:Flag of New Zealand.svg New Zealand (1st title) |
| Most successful | File:Flag of Papua New Guinea.svg Papua New Guinea (6 titles) |
| File:Cricket current event.svg 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
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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Participating teams
- 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| File:Flag of Hong Kong.svg Hong Kong | 2nd | Moved to Asian region | 1 | |||||||||||
| File:Flag of Fiji.svg Fiji | 3rd | 8th | 7th | 3rd | 3rd | 4th | 3rd | 1st | 3rd | 5th | — | 3rd | Q | 12 |
| File:Flag of Indonesia.svg Indonesia | — | — | — | — | 4th | 3rd | — | — | — | — | X | 5th | — | 3 |
| File:Flag of Japan.svg Japan | — | — | — | 4th | 5th | 5th | — | — | — | 1st | X | 2nd | Q | 6 |
| File:Flag of New Zealand.svg New Zealand | Automatic qualification | 1st | AQ | 1 | ||||||||||
| File:Flag of Papua New Guinea.svg Papua New Guinea | 1st | 1st | 4th | 1st | 1st | 1st | 1st | 2nd | 1st | 2nd | X | 4th | Q | 12 |
| File:Flag of Samoa.svg Samoa | — | — | — | — | — | — | 4th | 4th | 4th | 4th | — | 6th | — | 5 |
| File:Flag of Vanuatu.svg Vanuatu | — | — | — | 2nd | 2nd | 2nd | 2nd | 3rd | 2nd | 3rd | X | 7th | — | 8 |
Records
This section includes performances by EAP teams and players at the 2003 and 2005 combined Africa/EAP tournaments.
- Highest team scores
- 440/8 (50 overs) – File:Flag of Fiji.svg Fiji vs File:Flag of Japan.svg Japan, 20 July 2007, at Independence Park, Port Vila.[8]
- 381/8 (50 overs) – File:Flag of Vanuatu.svg Vanuatu vs File:Flag of Japan.svg Japan, 19 July 2007, at KaZaa Field, Port Vila.[9]
- 340/9 (50 overs) – File:Flag of Papua New Guinea.svg Papua New Guinea vs File:Flag of Hong Kong.svg Hong Kong, 23 August 2001, at Nadi Muslim College, Nadi.[10]
- 334 all out (49.2 overs) – File:Flag of Papua New Guinea.svg Papua New Guinea vs File:Flag of Fiji.svg Fiji, 19 August 2001, at Nadi Muslim College, Nadi.[11]
- 307/7 (50 overs) – File:Flag of Papua New Guinea.svg Papua New Guinea vs File:Flag of Indonesia.svg Indonesia, 1 June 2009, at Colt Grounds, Port Moresby.[12]
- Lowest team scores
- 23 all out (27.4 overs) – File:Flag of Japan.svg Japan vs File:Flag of Vanuatu.svg Vanuatu, 7 February 2011, at Ron McMullin Oval, Maroochydore.[13]
- 32 all out (15.1 overs) – File:Flag of Samoa.svg Samoa vs File:Flag of Fiji.svg Fiji, 2 July 2013, at John Blanck Oval, Maroochydore.[14]
- 32 all out (21.2 overs) – File:Flag of Indonesia.svg Indonesia vs File:Flag of Papua New Guinea.svg Papua New Guinea, 1 June 2009, at Colt Ground, Port Moresby.[15]
- 34 all out (29 overs) – File:Flag of Japan.svg Japan vs File:Flag of Vanuatu.svg Vanuatu, 19 July 2007, at KaZaa Field, Port Vila.[16]
- 35 all out (24 overs) – File:Flag of Japan.svg Japan vs File:Flag of Fiji.svg Fiji, 22 July 2007, at Club Hippique Adventure Park, Port Vila.[17]
- Highest individual scores
- 257 (145 balls) – Fiji Josefa Rika, vs File:Flag of Japan.svg Japan, 20 July 2007, at Independence Park, Port Vila.[18]
- 157 (89 balls) – Vanuatu Andrew Mansale, vs File:Flag of Japan.svg Japan, 19 July 2007, at KaZaa Field, Port Vila.[19]
- 142* (125 balls) – Papua New Guinea Mahuru Dai, vs File:Flag of Namibia.svg Namibia, 8 October 2003, at Windhoek.[20]
- 129 (156 balls) – Fiji Colin Rika, vs File:Flag of Hong Kong.svg Hong Kong, 21 August 2001, at Nadi Muslim College, Nadi.[21]
- 104* (84 balls) – Papua New Guinea Norbert Kunia, vs File:Flag of Nigeria.svg Nigeria, 23 August 2005, at Willowmoore Park, Benoni.[22]
- Best bowling figures
- 6/3 (10 overs) – Vanuatu Jaxies Samuel, vs File:Flag of Japan.svg Japan, 7 February 2011, at Ron McMullin Oval, Maroochydore.[23]
- 6/13 (10 overs) – Fiji Sekope Biauniceva, vs File:Flag of Japan.svg Japan, 20 July 2007, at Independence Park, Port Vila.[24]
- 6/25 (10 overs) – Fiji S. B. Tavokiti, vs File:Flag of Tanzania.svg Tanzania, 5 October 2003, at Trans Namib Ground, Windhoek.[25]
- 5/5 (6 overs) – Vanuatu Andrew Mansale, vs File:Flag of Japan.svg Japan, 19 July 2007, at KaZaa Field, Port Vila.[26]
- 5/7 (8 overs) – Vanuatu Patrick Matautaava, vs File:Flag of Fiji.svg Fiji, 8 February 2011, at Kev Hackney Oval, Maroochydore.[27]
See also
References
- ↑ Ashantha, Amal - match referees for Youth Asia Cup (6 July 1999) espncricinfo.com
- ↑ Youth Asia Cup Archived 2011-07-21 at the Wayback Machine www.cricket.com.hk 16/02/11
- ↑ Papua New Guinea through to Under-19 World Cup in convincing style espncricinfo.com 16/02/11
- ↑ U-19 World Cup tribuneindia.com
- ↑ ICC Under 19 World Cup 2004 cricketeurope4.net 16/02/11
- ↑ "Sport: PNG forfeits U19 Cricket World Cup chance". RNZ. Retrieved 8 June 2019.
- ↑ "Japan qualify for 2020 U-19 World Cup after Papua New Guinea forfeiture". ESPN Cricinfo. Retrieved 8 June 2019.
- ↑ Fiji Under-19s v Japan Under-19s, East Asia-Pacific Under-19 Championship 2007 – CricketArchive. Retrieved 12 February 2015.
- ↑ Vanuatu Under-19s v Japan Under-19s, East Asia-Pacific Under-19 Championship 2007 – CricketArchive. Retrieved 12 February 2015.
- ↑ Hong Kong Under-19s v Papua New Guinea Under-19s, East Asia-Pacific Under-19 Championship 2001/02 – CricketArchive. Retrieved 12 February 2015.
- ↑ Fiji Under-19s v Papua New Guinea Under-19s, East Asia-Pacific Under-19 Championship 2001/02 – CricketArchive. Retrieved 12 February 2015.
- ↑ Papua New Guinea Under-19s v Indonesia Under-19s, East Asia-Pacific Under-19 Championship 2009 – CricketArchive. Retrieved 12 February 2015.
- ↑ Japan Under-19s v Vanuatu Under-19s, East Asia-Pacific Under-19 Championship 2010/11 – CricketArchive. Retrieved 12 February 2015.
- ↑ Fiji Under-19s v Samoa Under-19s, East Asia-Pacific Under-19 Championship 2013 – CricketArchive. Retrieved 12 February 2015.
- ↑ Papua New Guinea Under-19s v Indonesia Under-19s, East Asia-Pacific Under-19 Championship 2009 – CricketArchive. Retrieved 12 February 2015.
- ↑ Vanuatu Under-19s v Japan Under-19s, East Asia-Pacific Under-19 Championship 2007 – CricketArchive. Retrieved 12 February 2015.
- ↑ Fiji Under-19s v Japan Under-19s, East Asia-Pacific Under-19 Championship 2007 (3rd Place Play-off) – CricketArchive. Retrieved 12 February 2015.
- ↑ Fiji Under-19s v Japan Under-19s, East Asia-Pacific Under-19 Championship 2007 – CricketArchive. Retrieved 12 February 2015.
- ↑ Vanuatu Under-19s v Japan Under-19s, East Asia-Pacific Under-19 Championship 2007 – CricketArchive. Retrieved 12 February 2015.
- ↑ 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.
- ↑ Fiji Under-19s v Hong Kong Under-19s, East Asia-Pacific Under-19 Championship 2001/02 – CricketArchive. Retrieved 12 February 2015.
- ↑ Nigeria Under-19s v Papua New Guinea Under-19s, Africa/East Asia-Pacific Under-19 Championship 2005 (Pool 1) – CricketArchive. Retrieved 12 February 2015.
- ↑ Japan Under-19s v Vanuatu Under-19s, East Asia-Pacific Under-19 Championship 2010/11 – CricketArchive. Retrieved 12 February 2015.
- ↑ Fiji Under-19s v Japan Under-19s, East Asia-Pacific Under-19 Championship 2007 – CricketArchive. Retrieved 12 February 2015.
- ↑ Fiji Under-19s v Tanzania Under-19s, Africa/East Asia-Pacific Under-19 Championship 2003/04 (Group B) – CricketArchive. Retrieved 12 February 2015.
- ↑ Vanuatu Under-19s v Japan Under-19s, East Asia-Pacific Under-19 Championship 2007 – CricketArchive. Retrieved 12 February 2015.
- ↑ Fiji Under-19s v Vanuatu Under-19s, East Asia-Pacific Under-19 Championship 2010/11 – CricketArchive. Retrieved 12 February 2015.