The 2020 ICC Under-19 Cricket World Cup was an international limited-overs

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tournament that was held in

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from 17 January to 9 February 2020. It was the thirteenth edition of the

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, and the second to be held in South Africa. Sixteen teams took part in the tournament, split into four groups of four. The top two teams from each group advanced to the Super League, with the bottom two teams in each group progressing to the Plate League.

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were the defending champions. In the first Super League semi-final, India beat Pakistan by ten wickets to advance to the final, with

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scoring an unbeaten century. In the second Super League semi-final, Bangladesh beat New Zealand by six wickets, with

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scoring a century. The third-place playoff match between Pakistan and New Zealand was abandoned without a ball being bowled due to rain. Therefore, Pakistan finished in third place, after scoring more points than New Zealand in the group stage of the tournament. In the final, India batted first and were all out for 177 runs in 47.2 overs. Due to a rain interruption, Bangladesh were set a revised target of 170 runs from 46 overs, per the

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, which Bangladesh chased down in 42.1 overs. Bangladesh beat India by three wickets to win the tournament. It was Bangladesh's first win in an ICC event at any level.

Qualification

The top eleven full members of the

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(ICC) at the 2018 World Cup qualified automatically for the 2020 tournament;

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were the only full member to fail to qualify automatically. They were joined by the winners of the five regional qualification tournaments. Fifty teams took part in the qualification pathway matches during 2018 and 2019. The first qualification matches took place in the Europe Division 2 group at various

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grounds in

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and

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, England, on 31 July 2018. The final round of qualification fixtures took place in the Netherlands in July & August 2019.

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became the first team to win their regional qualification group, and qualified for the Under-19 Cricket World Cup for the first time in their history.

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also qualified for the Under-19 Cricket World Cup for the first time in their history. Japan were scheduled to play

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in their final qualification fixture, but Papua New Guinea forfeited the match. The Papua New Guinea Cricket Board later suspended ten of the players for a year, after bringing the game into disrepute following a shoplifting incident.

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and the

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were the remaining three teams to secure qualification.

Umpires

On 7 January 2020, the ICC appointed the officials for the tournament. Along with the sixteen

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, Shaid Wadvalla and

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were also named as the match referees. *

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* Anil Chaudhary *

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* Adrian Holdstock * Bongani Jele *

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* Sam Nogajski * Ahmed Shah Pakteen *

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* Leslie Reifer *

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Raveendra Wimalasiri Raja Raveendra Wimalasiri (born 19 August 1969) is a Sri Lankan cricketer and umpire. He stood in his first One Day International (ODI) on 23 July 2013, between Sri Lanka and South Africa. He stood in his first Twenty20 International (T20I) on 2 ...

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Squads

Group stage

The fixtures for the tournament were confirmed by the ICC on 24 October 2019.

Group A

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Group B

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Group C

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Group D

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Plate League

Plate quarter-finals

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Plate playoff semi-finals

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Super League

Super League quarter-finals

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Super League playoff semi-finals

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Super League semi-finals

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Placement matches

15th-place playoff

13th-place playoff

11th-place playoff

9th-place playoff (Plate Final)

7th-place playoff

5th-place playoff

3rd-place playoff

Final

Final standings

References

External links

Series home at ESPNcricinfo
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