Under-19 Women's T20 World Cup

For the men's tournament, see Under-19 Cricket World Cup.

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]

ICC Under-19 Women's T20 World Cup

Administrator	International Cricket Council
Format	Limited-overs (20 overs)
First edition	2023  South Africa
Latest edition	2023  South Africa
Next edition	2025  Malaysia
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

History

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]

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On 18th August 2024 it was announced that Thailand had withdrawn as host which made Malaysia the sole host of 2025 Under-19 Women's T20 World Cup.

Results

Year	Host(s)	Final venue	Final			No. of teams
			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

Performance of teams

Team	Appearances			Best performance	Statistics
	Total	First	Latest		Played	Won	Lost	Tie	NR	Win%
India	1	2023	2023	Champions (2023)	7	6	1	0	0	85.71
England	1	2023	2023	Runners-up (2023)	7	6	1	0	0	85.71
New Zealand	1	2023	2023	Semi-finals (2023)	6	5	1	0	0	83.33
Australia	1	2023	2023	Semi-finals (2023)	6	4	2	0	0	66.66
Bangladesh	1	2023	2023	Super 6 (2023)	5	4	1	0	0	80.00
South Africa	1	2023	2023	Super 6 (2023)	5	4	1	0	0	80.00
Pakistan	1	2023	2023	Super 6 (2023)	5	3	2	0	0	60.00
Rwanda	1	2023	2023	Super 6 (2023)	5	2	3	0	0	40.00
West Indies	1	2023	2023	Super 6 (2023)	5	2	3	0	0	40.00
Ireland	1	2023	2023	Super 6 (2023)	5	1	4	0	0	20.00
Sri Lanka	1	2023	2023	Super 6 (2023)	5	1	4	0	0	20.00
United Arab Emirates	1	2023	2023	Super 6 (2023)	5	1	4	0	0	20.00
Indonesia	1	2023	2023	Group Stage (2023)	4	1	3	0	0	25.00
Scotland	1	2023	2023	Group Stage (2023)	4	1	3	0	0	25.00
United States	1	2023	2023	Group Stage (2023)	4	0	4	0	0	0.00
Zimbabwe	1	2023	2023	Group Stage (2023)	4	0	4	0	0	0.00

Note:

• Teams are sorted by their best performance, then winning percentage, then (if equal) by alphabetical order.

Team results by tournament

Legend

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
	2023 (16)	2025 (16)	2027 (16)
Australia	SF	Q		1
Bangladesh	R2	Q	Q	1
England	RU	Q		1
India	W	Q		1
Indonesia	R1	×		1
Ireland	R2	Q		1
Malaysia	×	Q		–
Nepal	×	Q	Q	–
New Zealand	SF	Q		1
Nigeria	×	Q		–
Pakistan	R2	Q		1
Rwanda	R2	×		1
Samoa	×	Q		1
Scotland	R1	Q		1
South Africa	R2	Q		1
Sri Lanka	R2	Q		1
United Arab Emirates	R2	×		1
United States	R1	Q		1
West Indies	R2	Q		1
Zimbabwe	R1	×		1

Debutant teams in each tournament

Year	Debutants	Total
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

Tournament records

As of 29 January 2023

ICC Women's Under-19 Cricket World Cup Records
Batting
Most runs	Shweta Sehrawat	297 (2023)
Highest score	Grace Scrivens v Ireland	93 (2023)
Most sixes	Shafali Verma	7 (2023)
Most fours	Shweta Sehrawat	50 (2023)
Most runs in a tournament	Shweta Sehrawat	297 (2023)
Bowling
Most wickets	Maggie Clark	12 (2023)
Best bowling figures	Ellie Anderson v West Indies	5/12 (2023)
Most wickets in a tournament	Maggie Clark	12 (2023)
Team
Highest team total	India v United Arab Emirates	219/3 (2023)
Lowest team total	Zimbabwe v England	25 (2023)
Largest victory (by runs)	England v Zimbabwe	174 (2023)
Highest match aggregate	India v South Africa	336-8 (2023)
Lowest match aggregate	India v Sri Lanka	119-12 (2023)

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