Cricket format 50 overs Participants 16 | ||
Dates 12 January – 4 February 2018 Tournament format(s) Round-robin and knockout | ||
The 2018 ICC Under-19 Cricket World Cup is an international limited-overs cricket tournament to be held in New Zealand from 12 January to 4 February 2018. It will be the twelfth edition of the Under-19 Cricket World Cup, and the third to be held in New Zealand (after the 2002 and 2010 events). New Zealand will be the first country to host the event three times.
Qualification
The ten full members of the International Cricket Council (ICC) qualify automatically for the tournament. Namibia, which placed seventh at the 2016 World Cup, also qualified automatically as the highest ranked associate member. The other five places in the tournament will be awarded to the winners of the five regional under-19 tournaments.
References
2018 Under-19 Cricket World Cup Wikipedia(Text) CC BY-SA