The ICC U19 Cricket World Cup Americas Qualifier (formerly ICC Americas Under-19 Championship) is an international cricket tournament contested by under-19 national teams from the ICC Americas region. The tournament has run bi-annually since 2001, occasionally with more than one division.Americas U19 Tournament icc-cricket.yahoo.net 14/11/10 The tournament serves as a qualification tournament for the Under-19 World Cup. Canada are by far the most successful team overall, winning seven titles, to the three won by the United States and the single title won by Bermuda.

History

Prior to the introduction of the Americas Under-19 Championship in 2001 there was no qualification route for associate and affiliate teams to the U-19 World Cup. As a result, the only Americas team represented in the 1998 competition was the full member, the West Indies.Local talent does country proud at opening of U-19 cricket World Cup espncricinfo.com 17/02/11

With the new championship came the possibility for an individual team to qualify for the U-19 World Cup. The winner of each championship would automatically go through to play in the finals the following year.

For the 2000 tournament, a combined Americas team was also given the chance to take part, representing the four longstanding associate members from the region: Canada, USA, Bermuda and Argentina.Historic ICC meeting in Toronto espncricinfo.com

2005 ICC U19 Cricket World Cup Americas Qualifier The tournament featured five teams, the same as at the preceding 2003 edition, but a full USA Squad featured for the first time, to compete at a simple round-robin. The United States finished the tournament undefeated to win its first title, and consequently qualified for the 2006 Under-19 World Cup in Sri Lanka. The team had nearly been barred from playing, as part of proposed International Cricket Council (ICC) sanctions against the United States of America Cricket Association (USACA) for maladministration, but ICC allowed the participation of the U19 Squad for the 2005 Qualifiers.(4 July 2005). "ICC gives blunt warning to USA" – ESPNcricinfo. Retrieved 13 July 2015.Deb K. Das (4 July 2005). "MLC steps in with last-minute offer" – ESPNcricinfo. Retrieved 13 July 2015. Canada was the runner-up at the championship, with the Cayman Islands placing third, Bermuda fourth, and Argentina placing last, again finishing winless.Americas Under-19 Championship 2005 table – CricketArchive. Retrieved 13 July 2015. The tournament was affected by rain, with two matches being abandoned and another shortened. A feature of the championship was its low scoring, with only four innings above 200 being recorded from the ten matches played.Americas Under-19 Championship 2005 – CricketArchive. Retrieved 13 July 2015. The tournament's leading runscorer, Canadian batsman Trevin Bastiampillai, was the only player to record more than 100 runs,Batting and fielding in Americas Under-19 Championship 2005 (ordered by runs) – CricketArchive. Retrieved 13 July 2015. while the leading wicket-taker, and MVP of the tournament was American bowler Abhimanyu Rajp, who took two five-wicket hauls.Bowling in Americas Under-19 Championship 2005 (ordered by wickets) – CricketArchive. Retrieved 13 July 2015.

In 2009, Under-19 World Cup qualification was changed dramatically and a World Cup Qualifier event was introduced in which the top two teams from each of the ICC regions would compete for the final six places in the U-19 World Cup.How Teams Qualified in ICC U19 Cricket World Cup iccu19worldcup.yahoo.net 17/02/11 In addition to this, the Championship was expanded to two divisions due to the increase in the number of regional teams. The first Division Two tournament took place in 2010.Argentina look for immediate return to U19 Division 1 cricketeurope4.net 17/02/11

Tournament results

Division One YearHost(s)Venue(s)ResultWinnerMarginRunner-up 2001 various Canada won on pointsfixtures 2003 King City 8 points Canada won on pointstable 6 points 2005 King City 8 points United States won on pointstable 5 points 2007 King City 8 points Bermuda won on pointstable 6 points 2009 King City +3.87 NRR Canada won on net run ratetable +2.59 NRR 2011 Fort Lauderdaleand Lauderhill 10 points United States won on pointstable 8 points 2013 King City 6 points Canada won on pointstable 4 points 2015 Somerset Village and St. David's 8 points Canada won on pointstable 2 points2017King Cityand Toronto6 points, +1.395 NRRCanada won on net run ratetable6 points, +1.162 NRR 2019 King Cityand Toronto 8 points Canada won on pointstable 6 points 2023 King Cityand Toronto 10 points, +4.849 NRR United States won on net run ratetable 10 points, +3.500 NRR

Division Two YearHost(s)Venue(s)ResultWinnerMarginRunner-up 2010 Buenos Aires +1.84 NRR Argentina won on net run ratetable +1.28 NRR 2014 Nassau Suriname won on net run ratereport

Participating teams (Division One) Legend – Champions – Runners-up – Third place R1 – First round Q – Qualified X – Qualified, tournament cancelled # – Qualified, withdrew  — Hosts

Team 2001 2003 2005 2007 2009 2011 2013 2015 2017 2019 2021 2023 2025 Total R1 5th 5th 4th 6th 6th — — — 4th X 4th Q 10 — — — 5th 5th 5th — — — — — — —3 2nd 3rd 4th 1st 3rd 3rd 3rd 3rd 3rd 3rd X 3rd Q13 1st 1st 2nd 2nd 1st 2nd 1st 1st 1st 1st X 2nd Q 13 — 2nd 3rd 3rd 4th 4th — — — 5th — — — 6 — — — — — — — # — — — # # 0 R1 4th 1st — 2nd 1st 2nd 2nd 2nd 2nd X 1st Q 12 Defunct teams Combined Bahamas, Belize and Panama R1 Defunct 1

Records Scorecards for some matches from the 2001 tournament are unavailable. Highest team scores

515/8 (50 overs) - United States vs Argentina, 14 August 2023, at Toronto Cricket, Skating and Curling Club, Toronto 441/5 (50 overs) – vs , 12 July 2019, at Maple Leaf Cricket Club, King City. 423 all out (49.4 overs) – vs , 15 August 2007, at Maple Leaf Cricket Club, King City.Canada Under-19s v Bahamas Under-19s, Americas Under-19 Championship 2007 – CricketArchive. Retrieved 12 February 2015. 382 all out (50 overs) – vs , 8 August 2001, at Southampton Oval, Hamilton.Bermuda Under-19s v United States of America Under-19s, Americas Under-19 Championship 2001 – CricketArchive. Retrieved 12 February 2015. 364/5 (50 overs) – vs , 18 July 2003, at Maple Leaf Cricket Club, King City.Argentina Under-19s v Bermuda Under-19s, Americas Under-19 Championship 2003 – CricketArchive. Retrieved 12 February 2015. 347/8 (50 overs) – vs , 14 July 2003, at Maple Leaf Cricket Club, King City.Canada Under-19s v Argentina Under-19s, Americas Under-19 Championship 2003 – CricketArchive. Retrieved 12 February 2015.

Lowest team scores 22 all out (13.5 overs) – vs , 12 February 2011, at Brian Piccolo Park, Fort Lauderdale.Argentina Under-19s v Bermuda Under-19s, Americas Under-19 Championship 2010/11 – CricketArchive. Retrieved 12 February 2015. 25 all out (15.2 overs) – vs , 14 July 2003, at Maple Leaf Cricket Club, King City.Canada Under-19s v Argentina Under-19s, Americas Under-19 Championship 2003 – CricketArchive. Retrieved 12 February 2015. 29 all out (15.3 overs) – vs , 8 July 2019, at Maple Leaf Cricket Club, King City. 33 all out (21 overs) – vs , 9 July 2019, at Maple Leaf Cricket Club, King City. 34 all out (17.4 overs) – vs , 7 February 2011, at Central Broward Regional Park, Lauderhill.United States of America Under-19s v Argentina Under-19s, Americas Under-19 Championship 2010/11 – CricketArchive. Retrieved 12 February 2015.

Highest individual scores 204 (179 balls) – Dion Stovell, vs , 18 July 2003, at Maple Leaf Cricket Club, King City.Argentina Under-19s v Bermuda Under-19s, Americas Under-19 Championship 2003 – CricketArchive. Retrieved 12 February 2015. 155 (107 balls) – Ruvindu Gunasekera, vs , 15 August 2007, at Maple Leaf Cricket Club, King City.Canada Under-19s v Bahamas Under-19s, Americas Under-19 Championship 2007 – CricketArchive. Retrieved 12 February 2015. 151 (104 balls) – Ashtan Deosammy, vs , 12 July 2019, at Maple Leaf Cricket Club, King City. 121 (93 balls) – Harsh Thaker, vs , 10 July 2015, at Somerset Cricket Club Ground, Somerset Village.Pepsi ICC U19 Division 1 Championship - Bermuda 2015 - Round: 3 - Finals: Top 3 Round Robin – CricHQ. Retrieved 13 July 2015. 119 (144 balls) – Terryn Fray, vs , 15 August 2007, at Maple Leaf Cricket Club, King City.Argentina Under-19s v Bermuda Under-19s, Americas Under-19 Championship 2007 – CricketArchive. Retrieved 12 February 2015.

Best bowling figures 7/3 (5 overs) – Pratik Patel, vs , 15 August 2007, at Maple Leaf Cricket Club, King City.Canada Under-19s v Bahamas Under-19s, Americas Under-19 Championship 2007 – CricketArchive. Retrieved 12 February 2015. 7/10 (8 overs) – Raj Vyas, vs , 8 July 2019, at Maple Leaf Cricket Club, King City. 7/12 (7 overs) – Troy Taylor, vs , 15 July 2003, at Maple Leaf Cricket Club, King City.Bermuda Under-19s v Cayman Islands Under-19s, Americas Under-19 Championship 2003 – CricketArchive. Retrieved 12 February 2015. 7/20 (6.2 overs) – Jon Roberts, vs , 8 August 2001, at St David's Cricket Club, Hamilton.Argentina Under-19s v Canada Under-19s, Americas Under-19 Championship 2001 – CricketArchive. Retrieved 12 February 2015. 6/3 (3.1 overs) – Akash Shah, vs , 7 February 2011, at Brian Piccolo Park, Fort Lauderdale.Bahamas Under-19s v Canada Under-19s, Americas Under-19 Championship 2010/11 – CricketArchive. Retrieved 12 February 2015.

See also

ICC Americas Championship

Notes

References