ICC U19 Cricket World Cup Americas Qualifier
| Administrator | International Cricket Council Americas Cricket Association |
|---|---|
| Format | One Day |
| First edition | 2001 |
| Latest edition | 2011 |
| Tournament format | Round Robin |
| Number of teams | 9 |
| Current champion |  United States |
| Most successful |  Canada (3 titles) |
 2011 ICC Americas Under-19 Championship | |
The ICC Americas Under-19 Championship is a series of cricket tournaments organised by the Americas Cricket Association for the representative Under-19 teams from nations in their region. The tournament has run biannualy since 2001 and in 2009 a second division was added which took place separately. There are plans for further divisions to be added in the future to allow all member nations to participate.[1] The current champions are Canada.
The championship also serves as a qualification for the U-19 World Cup though the number of teams progressing has varied over the years.
Under-19 World Cup Qualification History
Prior to the introduction of the Americas Under-19 Championship in 2001 there was no qualification route for associate and affiliate teams to the U-19 World Cup. As a result, the only Americas team represented in the 1998 competition was the full member, the West Indies.[2] For the 2000 tournament, a combined Americas team was also given the chance to take part, representing the four longstanding associate members from the region: Canada, USA, Bermuda and Argentina.[3]
With the new championship came the possibility for an individual team to qualify for the U-19 World Cup. The winner of each championship would automatically go through to play in the finals the following year.
In 2009, Under-19 World Cup qualification was changed dramatically and a World Cup Qualifier event was introduced in which the top two teams from each of the ICC regions would compete for the final six places in the U-19 World Cup.[4] In addition to this, the Championship was expanded to two divisions due to the increase in the number of regional teams. The first Division Two tournament took place in 2010.[5]
Tournament Results
Division One
| Year | Host Nation(s) | Final Venue | Final | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Winner | Result | Runner-up | |||
| 2001 | Bermuda | Hamilton | Canada |
Canada won on points |
 Bermuda |
| 2003 | Canada | Toronto | Canada 8 points |
Canada won on points table |
 Cayman Islands6 points |
| 2005 | Canada | Toronto | United States 8 points |
USA won on points table |
Canada 5 points |
| 2007 | Canada | Toronto | Bermuda 8 points |
Bermuda won on points table |
Canada 6 points |
| 2009 | Canada | Toronto | Canada +3.87 NRR |
Canada won on net run rate table |
United States +2.59 NRR |
| 2011 | USA | Lauderhill | United States 10 points |
USA won on points table |
Canada 8 points |
Division Two
| Year | Host Nation(s) | Final Venue | Final | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Winner | Result | Runner-up | |||
| 2010 | Argentina | Buenos Aires |  Argentina+1.84 NRR |
Argentina won on net run rate table |
 Suriname+1.28 NRR |
See Also
References
- ^ Americas U19 Tournament icc-cricket.yahoo.net 14/11/10
- ^ Local talent does country proud at opening of U-19 cricket World Cup espncricinfo.com 17/02/11
- ^ Historic ICC meeting in Toronto espncricinfo.com
- ^ How Teams Qualified in ICC U19 Cricket World Cup iccu19worldcup.yahoo.net 17/02/11
- ^ Argentina look for immediate return to U19 Division 1 cricketeurope4.net 17/02/11