The 2025 ICC Under-19 Women's T20 World Cup will be the second edition of the Under-19 Women's T20 World Cup, and is scheduled to be hosted by Malaysia in 2025.[1][2][3][4][5] The schedule of the tournament announced by International Cricket Council on 18 August 2024.[6] India are the defending champions.[7]
| Dates | 18 January – 2 February 2025 |
|---|---|
| Administrator(s) | International Cricket Council (ICC) |
| Cricket format | Limited-overs (20 overs) |
| Host(s) |  Malaysia |
| Participants | 16 |
| Matches | 41 |
Qualification
editThe top 10 full member teams of 2023 Under-19 World Cup secure direct qualification.
In May 2024, Samoa became the first team to qualify from regional pathway, after winning the East Asia-Pacific Qualifier. For the second time in a row, United States of America received automatic qualification for the World Cup as they were still the only team in the region to fulfill the criteria required to enter the qualification pathway.[8]
| Means of qualification | Berths | Qualified |
|---|---|---|
| Host nation | 1 | Malaysia
|
| Previous tournament | 10 |  Australia
|
 Bangladesh
| ||
 England
| ||
 India
| ||
 Ireland
| ||
 New Zealand
| ||
 Pakistan
| ||
 South Africa
| ||
 Sri Lanka
| ||
 West Indies
| ||
| Regional qualification | 5 |  Nepal
|
 Nigeria
| ||
 Samoa
| ||
 Scotland
| ||
 United States[a]
| ||
| Total | 16 |
- ^ United States qualified automatically as they were the only team in the region that fulfilled the required criteria.
Competition format
editThe 16 teams will divided into four groups of four, and will play once against each other side in their group. The top three teams in each group will progress to the Super Six League stage, where qualifying teams from Group A will play against two of the qualifying teams from Group D, and qualifying teams from Group B will play against two of the qualifying teams from Group C. Points from matches against teams that also qualified from the first group stage will carried forward into the Super Six League stage. The top two sides from each of the Super Six Leagues will progress to the semi-finals, with the final taking place on 2 February 2025.[9]
Squads
editEach team could select a squad of fifteen players for the tournament, with additional non-travelling reserves also able to be named. England were the first side to name their squad, doing so on 3 October 2024.[10]
Group stage
editGroup A
edit| Pos | Team | Pld | W | L | T | NR | Pts | NRR |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | India
|
0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — |
| 2 | Malaysia (H)
|
0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — |
| 3 | Sri Lanka
|
0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — |
| 4 | West Indies
|
0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — |
(H) Host
Fixtures
editGroup B
edit| Pos | Team | Pld | W | L | T | NR | Pts | NRR |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | England
|
0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — |
| 2 | Ireland
|
0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — |
| 3 | Pakistan
|
0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — |
| 4 | United States
|
0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — |
Fixtures
editGroup C
edit| Pos | Team | Pld | W | L | T | NR | Pts | NRR |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | New Zealand
|
0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — |
| 2 | Nigeria
|
0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — |
| 3 | Samoa
|
0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — |
| 4 | South Africa
|
0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — |
Fixtures
editGroup D
edit| Pos | Team | Pld | W | L | T | NR | Pts | NRR |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Australia
|
0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — |
| 2 | Bangladesh
|
0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — |
| 3 | Nepal
|
0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — |
| 4 | Scotland
|
0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — |
Fixtures
editSuper 6
editTeams will face each other in diagonally form in Super 6, means A1 will face D2 and D3, A2 will face D1 and D3, A3 will face D1 and D2.
Group 1
editPoints table
edit
| Pos | Team | Pld | W | L | T | NR | Pts | NRR | Qualification |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | A1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | Advance to the semi-finals |
| 2 | A2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | |
| 3 | A3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | |
| 4 | D1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | |
| 5 | D2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | |
| 6 | D3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — |
Fixtures
editGroup 2
editPoints table
edit
| Pos | Team | Pld | W | L | T | NR | Pts | NRR | Qualification |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | B1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | Advance to the semi-finals |
| 2 | B2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | |
| 3 | B3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | |
| 4 | C1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | |
| 5 | C2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | |
| 6 | C3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — |
Fixtures
edit13th to 16th Place play-offs
editKnockout stage
editBracket
edit| Semi Final | Final | ||||||||
| 1A | |||||||||
| 2B | |||||||||
| SFW1 | |||||||||
| SFW2 | |||||||||
| 2A | |||||||||
| 1B | |||||||||
Semi-final
edit1st Semi-final
edit2nd Semi-final
editFinal
editReferences
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- ^ "USA U19 Women To Play 5-Match T20I Series Against West Indies U19 Women". USA Cricket. Retrieved 12 July 2024.
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- ^ "England Women U19's name World Cup 2025 squad". England and Wales Cricket Board. 3 October 2024. Retrieved 4 October 2024.
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