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 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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and
Townsville).
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 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 scored 111
not out, facing 130 balls and was awarded
Man of the Final. Australian captain
Will Bosisto was awarded
Man of the Series.
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 with only the top six teams qualifying through to the 2012 World Cup.
Scotland (winners),
Nepal,
Ireland,
Afghanistan,
Papua New Guinea and
Namibia 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. 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
* (1)
* (8)
* (12)
* (13)
Group B
* (2)
* (7)
* (11)
* (14)
Group C
* (3)
* (6)
* (10)
* (15)
Group D Group D may refer to:
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** Formula Two
** Formula Three
** Formula 3000
* One of six or eight groups of four teams competing at the FIFA World Cup
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* (4)
* (5)
* (9)
* (16)
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 B
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Group C
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Group D
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Knockout stages
Plate Championship
=9th place play-off quarter-finals
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=9th place play-off semi-finals
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=13th place play-off semi-finals
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=15th place play-off
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=13th place play-off
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=11th place play-off
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=Plate Final
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Super League
=Quarter-finals
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=Semi-finals
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=5th place play-off semi-finals
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=7th place play-off
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=5th place play-off
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=3rd place play-off
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=Final
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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
* International Cricket Council
References
External links
Official website
(archived September 2012)
{{ICC Under-19 Cricket World Cup
ICC Under-19 Cricket World Cup
Icc Under-19 Cricket World Cup, 2012
ICC Under-19
Sport in Townsville
Cricket in Queensland
International cricket competitions in Australia
2012 ICC Under-19 Cricket World Cup