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| Nickname | Hong Kong Youth (HKY) |
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| One Day name | Hong Kong |
TheHong Kong national under-19 cricket team represents theSpecial Administrative Region of China in international under-19 cricket. It has qualified for theUnder-19 Cricket World Cup on one occasion, in2010.
Hong Kong was originally part of theICC East Asia-Pacific region, and finished runner-up toPapua New Guinea u19 for the2001 EAP Under-19 Cricket Trophy.[1]
At the2009 Under-19 Cricket World Cup Qualifier in Canada, the team placed sixth overall to become the last team to qualify for the2010 Under-19 Cricket World Cup in New Zealand. They won only three out of their nine games at the tournament, finishing aboveUganda u19 andNetherlands u19 onnet run rate.Irfan Ahmed was the team's leading run-scorer at the qualifier.[2]
Jamie Atkinson was named as the squad's captain for the 2010 World Cup.[3] The team failed to win a game in the first round, losing toEngland u19,India u19 andAfghanistan u19 (also in its first World Cup). The team was bowled out on each occasion but did not disgrace itself.[4] Later, in the plate stage, Hong Kong lost toBangladesh u19 but then got revenge over Afghanistan, defeating them by four wickets. In the final game, the 13th place play-off, Hong Kong lost heavily toZimbabwe u19, being bowled out for 98 to record its lowest score of the tournament.[4]
For the 2019 ACC Under-19 Eastern Region tournament, former national team playerJawaid Iqbal was appointed as the coach.[5] As of 2020, a national under-19 50-over cup was used to select the national team squad.[6]
| Hong Kong's U19 World Cup record | ||||||||
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| Year | Result | Pos | № | Pld | W | L | T | NR |
 1988 | Did not enter | |||||||
 1998 | Did not qualify | |||||||
 2000 | ||||||||
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 2008 | ||||||||
| 2010 | First round | 14th | 14 | 5 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 0 |
| 2012 | Did not qualify | |||||||
 2014 | ||||||||
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 2022 | ||||||||
| Total | 5 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 0 | |||
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