The ICC Women's Under-19 Cricket World Cup is an international

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tournament organised by the

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(ICC) contested by the national women's under-19 teams. The first tournament is scheduled to be held in January 2023 in South Africa, with matches being played in the T20 format.

History

Originally, the tournament was scheduled to take place in January 2021, before being moved back to December 2021 due to the

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. In November 2020, the ICC looked at the possibility of deferring the tournament from its scheduled slot of January 2021 to later in the year. In January 2021, the Bangladesh Cricket Board (BCB) confirmed that they would host the tournament in December 2021, however the tournament was postponed for a second time, and was moved to January 2023. In January 2022,

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, the CEO of the ICC said that the tournament was "very much on the cards", and that the ICC were starting the process for hosts. On November 13, 2022, the ICC released a Media Release where they announced the hosts for the both men's and women's U19 events from 2024 to 2027, in which Malaysia and Thailand were jointly given the rights to host the 2025 ICC Under-19 Women's T20 World Cup and Bangladesh and Nepal to host the 2027 event.

Finals

References

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