The 2014 ICC Under-19 Cricket World Cup was a one-day cricket competition for sixteen international U-19 cricketing teams which was played in the United Arab Emirates. It was the tenth edition of the Under-19 Cricket World Cup. Sixteen nations competed: the ten Test-playing teams, the United Arab Emirates as hosts, and five additional associate and affiliate qualifiers (Afghanistan, Canada, Namibia, Papua New Guinea, and Scotland). India entered the tournament as defending champions, having won the title in 2012 in Australia under the captaincy of Unmukt Chand. In the final, South Africa beat Pakistan by six wickets to win the tournament. South Africa captain Aiden Markram was awarded Man of the Series.
Qualification
Sixteen teams participated in the competition: the 10 nations with ICC Full Membership automatically qualified for the tournament, the UAE qualified as the hosts, and five additional teams qualified through the different regional tournaments. Unlike the previous tournament, there was no global qualifier for this world cup: rather, the winner of each of five regional tournaments directly qualified for the World Cup.
Team Mode of qualification ICC Full Member ICC Full Member ICC Full Member ICC Full Member ICC Full Member ICC Full Member ICC Full Member ICC Full Member ICC Full Member ICC Full Member Host of the tournament Champion of 2013 ACC Under-19 Elite Cup Champion of 2013 ICC Africa U-19 Qualifier Champion of 2013 ICC Europe Division 1 Champion of 2013 EAP U-19 Championship Champion of 2013 ICC Americas U-19 Championship Division 1
Venues The following venues were used for the tournament:
City Stadium Abu Dhabi Sheikh Zayed Stadium Sheikh Zayed Stadium Nursery 1 Sheikh Zayed Stadium Nursery 2 Dubai Dubai International Stadium ICC Academy ICC Academy Ground No. 2 Sharjah Sharjah Cricket Stadium
Groups The following groups were chosen for the World Cup 2012 by the International Cricket Council. The tournament began with a league stage consisting of four groups of four. Each team played each of the other teams in its group once.
Group A
Group B
Group C
Group D
Squads
Each country selected a 15-man squad for the tournament.
Fixtures The tournament groups and fixtures were released on 14 December 2013.
Warm-up games
Group stage
The top 2 teams from each group qualified for the knock-out rounds of the tournament. The bottom 2 teams from each group took part in the Plate competition knock-out.
Group A
Group B
Group C
Group D
Knockout stages
Plate championship
9th place play-off quarter-finals
9th place play-off semi-finals
13th place play-off semi-finals
15th place play-off
13th place play-off
11th place play-off
9th place play-off
Super league
Quarter-finals
Semi-finals
5th place play-off semi-finals
7th place play-off
5th place play-off
3rd place play-off
Final
Final standings Position Team 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16
Qualified for the next world cup as full members of ICC. Top associate team.
See also
ICC Under-19 Cricket World Cup International Cricket Council
References
External links Official website Tournament site on ESPNcricinfo