Women's Under-19 T20 World Cup

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

The Under-19 Women's T20 World Cup is an international cricket tournament organised by the International Cricket Council 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] India defended their title after defeating South Africa in the second edition.^[8]

Under-19 Women's T20 World Cup

Administrator	International Cricket Council
Format	Limited-overs (20 overs)
First edition	2023 South Africa
Latest edition	2025 Malaysia
Next edition	2027 Bangladesh, Nepal
Tournament format	Round Robin and Knockout
Number of teams	16 (20 teams in 2027)
Current champion	India (2nd title)
Most successful	India (2 titles)
Most runs	Gongadi Trisha (425)
Most wickets	Vaishnavi Sharma (17)
Website	ICC U19 Women's T20 World Cup

History

Women's U-19 T20 World Cup winners

Year	Champions
2023	India
2025	India (2)

The inaugural tournament was scheduled to take place in January 2021, before being moved back to December 2021 due to the COVID-19 pandemic.^[9][10] In January 2021, the Bangladesh Cricket Board confirmed that they would host the tournament,^[11] but it was later postponed for a second time and moved to January 2023, with the ICC looking for another host nation.^[12][13]

The inaugural tournament eventually took place in January 2023 in South Africa, with sixteen teams competing.^[14] India won the competition, defeating England in the final by seven wickets.^[7]

It was announced that Malaysia and Thailand would jointly host the 2025 Under-19 Women's T20 World Cup, with Bangladesh and Nepal jointly hosting the 2027 event.^[15] On 18th August 2024 it was announced that Thailand had withdrawn as host which made Malaysia the sole host of 2025 Under-19 Women's T20 World Cup. India won their second title after defeating South Africa by 9 wickets.^[16]

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	India 84/1 (11.2 overs)	India won by 9 wickets Scorecard	South Africa 82 (20 overs)	16
2027	Bangladesh    Nepal					20

Summary

Source: ESPNcricinfo

Team	Appearances			Best Performance	Statistics
	Total	First	Latest		Played	Won	Lost	Tie	NR	Win%
India	2	2023	2025	Champions (2023, 2025)	14	13	1	0	0	92.85
England	2	2023	2025	Runners-up (2023)	12	9	2	0	1	81.81
South Africa	2	2023	2025	Runners-up (2025)	11	9	2	0	0	81.81
Australia	2	2023	2025	Semi-finals (2023, 2025)	12	8	4	0	0	66.67
New Zealand	2	2023	2025	Semi-finals (2023)	11	7	4	0	0	63.63
Bangladesh	2	2023	2025	Super 6 (2023, 2025)	10	7	3	0	0	70.00
Pakistan	2	2023	2025	Super 6 (2023)	8	4	4	0	0	50.00
Nigeria	1	2025	2025	Super 6 (2025)	3	2	1	0	0	66.66
Rwanda	1	2023	2023	Super 6 (2023)	5	2	3	0	0	40.00
Sri Lanka	2	2023	2025	Super 6 (2023, 2025)	9	4	5	0	0	44.44
West Indies	2	2023	2025	Super 6 (2023, 2025)	10	3	7	0	0	30.00
Scotland	2	2023	2025	Super 6 (2025)	8	2	6	0	0	25.00
Ireland	2	2023	2025	Super 6 (2023, 2025)	10	2	7	0	1	22.22
United Arab Emirates	1	2023	2023	Super 6 (2023)	5	1	4	0	0	20.00
United States	2	2023	2025	Super 6 (2025)	7	1	6	0	0	14.28
Indonesia	1	2023	2023	Group Stage (2023)	4	1	3	0	0	25.00
Nepal	1	2025	2025	Group Stage (2025)	4	1	3	0	0	25.00
Malaysia	1	2025	2025	Group Stage (2025)	4	0	4	0	0	0.00
Samoa	1	2025	2025	Group Stage (2025)	3	0	3	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.
• The result percentage excludes no results and counts ties as half a win.

Performance by nations

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	Edition			Total
	2023	2025	2027
Australia	SF	SF		2
Bangladesh	R2	R2	Q	3
England	RU	SF		2
India	W	W		2
Indonesia	R1	×		1
Ireland	R2	R2		2
Malaysia	×	R1		1
Nepal	×	R1	Q	2
New Zealand	SF	R2		2
Nigeria	×	R2		1
Pakistan	R2	R1		2
Rwanda	R2	×		1
Samoa	×	R1		1
Scotland	R1	R2		2
South Africa	R2	RU		2
Sri Lanka	R2	R2		2
United Arab Emirates	R2	×		1
United States	R1	R2		2
West Indies	R2	R2		2
Zimbabwe	R1	×		1

Team debuts

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 2 February 2025

Under-19 Women's T20 World Cup Records			Ref
Batting
Most runs	Gongadi Trisha	425 (2023-2025)	[17]
Highest score	Gongadi Trisha (v Scotland)	110* (2025)	[18]
Most runs in a tournament	Gongadi Trisha	309 (2025)	[19]
Bowling
Most wickets	Kayla Reyneke	19 (2023-2025)	[20]
Best bowling figures	Vaishnavi Sharma (v Malaysia)	5/5 (2025)	[21]
Most wickets in a tournament	Vaishnavi Sharma	17 (2025)	[22]
Team
Highest team total	India (v  United Arab Emirates)	219/3 (2023)	[23]
Lowest team total	Samoa (v  South Africa)	16 (2025)	[24]
Largest victory (by runs)	England (v  Zimbabwe)	174 (2023)	[25]
Highest match aggregate	India v  South Africa	336/8 (2023)	[26]
Lowest match aggregate	South Africa v  Samoa	33/10 (2025)	[27]