The 2012 ICC Under-19 Cricket World Cup was a one-day cricket competition for sixteen international U-19 cricketing teams which was held in August 2012. This was the ninth time that the
tournament
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# One or more competitions held at a single venue and concentr ...
was held since its inception back in
1988
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. The tournament was held in Australia for the second time after previously hosting it in 1988 with the tournament being held across three cities (
Brisbane
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,
Sunshine Coast and
Townsville
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).
Six teams qualified from the
qualifying event
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as they joined the full members that automatically qualified through to the World Cup. The teams were separated into four groups of four with the top two teams qualifying through to the Super League while the bottom two will compete in the Plate Championship. After finishing second in their group,
India
India, officially the Republic of India (Hindi: ), is a country in South Asia. It is the seventh-largest country by area, the second-most populous country, and the most populous democracy in the world. Bounded by the Indian Ocean on the so ...
beat
Australia
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in the final by six wickets to win their third title after previously winning in
2000
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and
2008
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. India's
Unmukt Chand
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scored 111
not out
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Occurrence
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, facing 130 balls and was awarded
Man of the Final. Australian captain
Will Bosisto was awarded
Man of the Series
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.
Canada was originally scheduled to be the host of the event, after being selected as hosts in 2007.
Qualification
16 teams participated in the competition. The 10 nations with ICC Full Membership automatically qualified for the tournament. Ten further teams competed in the
qualifying event
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which was held in
Ireland
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with only the top six teams qualifying through to the 2012 World Cup.
Scotland
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(winners),
Nepal
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सङ्घीय लोकतान्त्रिक गणतन्त्र नेपाल ), is a landlocked country in South Asia. It is mai ...
,
Ireland
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,
Afghanistan
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,
Papua New Guinea
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and
Namibia
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all finished in the top 6 to book their spot into the World Cup.
Groups
The following groups were chosen for the World Cup 2012 by the
International Cricket Council
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. The number alongside gives the rank of the team. The tournament will begin with a league stage consisting of four groups of four. Each team will play each of the other teams in its group once.
Group A
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* (1)
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Group B
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* (2)
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Group C
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It was designed to replace both Group 5 special production cars (closed top touri ...
* (3)
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Group D
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Squads
Each country selected a 15-man squad for the tournament.
Fixtures
Fixtures as follows:-
iccu19worldcup.yahoo.net 15 December 2010
Warm-up games
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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 take part in a Plate competition knock-out.
Group A
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Group C
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Group D
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Knockout stages
Plate Championship
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Super League
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Final standings
* Qualify for the 2014 Under-19 Cricket World Cup, 2014 U-19 World Cup as full members.
See also
* ICC Under-19 Cricket World Cup
The ICC Under-19 Cricket World Cup is an international cricket tournament organised by the International Cricket Council (ICC) contested by national under-19 teams. First contested in 1988, as the Youth World Cup, it was not staged again u ...
* International Cricket Council
The International Cricket Council (ICC) is the world governing body of cricket. Headquartered in Dubai, United Arab Emirates, its members are List of International Cricket Council members, 108 national associations, with 12 List of Internation ...
References
External links
Official website
(archived September 2012)
{{ICC Under-19 Cricket World Cup
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Icc Under-19 Cricket World Cup, 2012
ICC Under-19
Sport in Townsville
Cricket in Queensland
International cricket competitions in Australia
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