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| Administrator | International Cricket Council |
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| Format | Limited-overs (20 overs) |
| First edition | 2023 South Africa |
| Latest edition | 2025 Malaysia |
| Next edition | 2027 Bangladesh, Nepal |
| Tournament format | Round Robin andKnockout |
| Number of teams | 16 (20 from2027) |
| Current champion |  India (2nd title) |
| Most successful | India (2 titles) |
| Most runs | Gongadi Trisha (425) |
| Most wickets | Vaishnavi Sharma (17) |
| Website | ICC U19 Women's T20 World Cup |
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TheICCUnder-19 Women's T20 World Cup is an internationalcricket tournament organised by theInternational Cricket Council contested by women's national under-19 teams.[1][2] The first tournament took place in January 2023 in South Africa,[3][4] with matches being played in theTwenty20 cricket format.[5][6]India won the inaugural tournament, defeatingEngland in the final.[7] India defended their title after defeating South Africa in the second edition.[8]
| Year | Champions |
|---|---|
| 2023 | India |
| 2025 | India (2) |
The inaugural tournament was scheduled to take place in January 2021, before being moved back to December 2021 due to theCOVID-19 pandemic.[9][10] In January 2021, theBangladesh Cricket Board confirmed that they would host the tournament,[11] but it was later postponed for a second time and moved to January 2023, with the ICC looking for another host nation.[12][13]
The inaugural tournament eventually took place in January 2023 in South Africa, with sixteen teams competing.[14]India won the competition, defeatingEngland in the final by seven wickets.[7]
It was announced thatMalaysia andThailand would jointly host the2025 Under-19 Women's T20 World Cup, withBangladesh andNepal jointly hosting the2027 event.[15] On 18th August 2024 it was announced that Thailand had withdrawn as host which made Malaysia the sole host of 2025 Under-19 Women's T20 World Cup. India won their second title after defeating South Africa by 9 wickets.[16]
| Year | Host(s) | Final venue | Final | No. of teams | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Winners | Result | Runners-up | ||||
| 2023 |  South Africa | Senwes Park,Potchefstroom | India 69/3 (14 overs) | India won by 7 wickets Scorecard |  England68 (17.1 overs) | 16 |
| 2025 |  Malaysia | Bayuemas Oval,Pandamaran | India 84/1 (11.2 overs) | India won by 9 wickets Scorecard | South Africa 82 (20 overs) | 16 |
| 2027 |  Bangladesh Nepal | 16 | ||||
Source:ESPNcricinfo
| Team | Appearances | Best Performance | Statistics | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Total | First | Latest | Played | Won | Lost | Tie | NR | Win% | ||
| India | 2 | 2023 | 2025 | Champions (2023,2025) | 14 | 13 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 92.85 |
| England | 2 | 2023 | 2025 | Runners-up (2023) | 12 | 9 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 81.81 |
| South Africa | 2 | 2023 | 2025 | Runners-up (2025) | 11 | 9 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 81.81 |
 Australia | 2 | 2023 | 2025 | Semi-finals (2023,2025) | 12 | 8 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 66.67 |
 New Zealand | 2 | 2023 | 2025 | Semi-finals (2023) | 11 | 7 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 63.63 |
| Bangladesh | 2 | 2023 | 2025 | Super 6 (2023,2025) | 10 | 7 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 70.00 |
 Pakistan | 2 | 2023 | 2025 | Super 6 (2023) | 8 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 50.00 |
 Nigeria | 1 | 2025 | 2025 | Super 6 (2025) | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 66.66 |
 Rwanda | 1 | 2023 | 2023 | Super 6 (2023) | 5 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 40.00 |
 Sri Lanka | 2 | 2023 | 2025 | Super 6 (2023,2025) | 9 | 4 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 44.44 |
 West Indies | 2 | 2023 | 2025 | Super 6 (2023,2025) | 10 | 3 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 30.00 |
 Scotland | 2 | 2023 | 2025 | Super 6 (2025) | 8 | 2 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 25.00 |
 Ireland | 2 | 2023 | 2025 | Super 6 (2023,2025) | 10 | 2 | 7 | 0 | 1 | 22.22 |
 United Arab Emirates | 1 | 2023 | 2023 | Super 6 (2023) | 5 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 20.00 |
 United States | 2 | 2023 | 2025 | Super 6 (2025) | 7 | 1 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 14.28 |
 Indonesia | 1 | 2023 | 2023 | Group Stage (2023) | 4 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 25.00 |
| Nepal | 1 | 2025 | 2025 | Group Stage (2025) | 4 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 25.00 |
| Malaysia | 1 | 2025 | 2025 | Group Stage (2025) | 4 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 |
 Samoa | 1 | 2025 | 2025 | Group Stage (2025) | 3 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 |
 Zimbabwe | 1 | 2023 | 2023 | Group Stage (2023) | 4 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 |
Note:
| W | Winner |
| RU | Runners-up |
| SF | Semi-finalist |
| R2 | Round 2 (Super 6) |
| R1 | Round 1 (Group Stage) |
| Q | Qualified |
| × | Did not qualify |
| Hosts |
| Team | Edition | Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
2023 | 2025 | 2027 | ||
| Australia | SF | SF | 2 | |
| Bangladesh | R2 | R2 | Q | 3 |
| England | RU | SF | 2 | |
| India | W | W | 2 | |
| Indonesia | R1 | × | 1 | |
| Ireland | R2 | R2 | 2 | |
| Malaysia | × | R1 | 1 | |
| Nepal | × | R1 | Q | 2 |
| New Zealand | SF | R2 | 2 | |
| Nigeria | × | R2 | 1 | |
| Pakistan | R2 | R1 | 2 | |
| Rwanda | R2 | × | 1 | |
| Samoa | × | R1 | 1 | |
| Scotland | R1 | R2 | 2 | |
| South Africa | R2 | RU | 2 | |
| Sri Lanka | R2 | R2 | 2 | |
| United Arab Emirates | R2 | × | 1 | |
| United States | R1 | R2 | 2 | |
| West Indies | R2 | R2 | 2 | |
| Zimbabwe | R1 | × | 1 | |
| Year | Debutants | Total |
|---|---|---|
| 2023 | Australia, Bangladesh, England, India, Indonesia, Ireland, New Zealand, Pakistan, Rwanda, Scotland, South Africa, Sri Lanka, United Arab Emirates, United States, West Indies, Zimbabwe | 16 |
| 2025 | Malaysia, Nepal, Nigeria, Samoa | 4 |
| 2027 | ||
| Total | 20 |
| Records | Ref | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Batting | |||
| Most runs | Gongadi Trisha | 425(2023-2025) | [17] |
| Highest score | Gongadi Trisha (vScotland) | 110*(2025) | [18] |
| Most runs in a tournament | Gongadi Trisha | 309(2025) | [19] |
| Bowling | |||
| Most wickets | Kayla Reyneke | 19(2023-2025) | [20] |
| Best bowling figures | Vaishnavi Sharma(vMalaysia) | 5/5(2025) | [21] |
| Most wickets in a tournament | Vaishnavi Sharma | 17(2025) | [22] |
| Team | |||
| Highest team total | India(v United Arab Emirates) | 219/3(2023) | [23] |
| Lowest team total | Samoa(v South Africa) | 16(2025) | [24] |
| Largest victory(by runs) | England(v Zimbabwe) | 174(2023) | [25] |
| Highest match aggregate | India v South Africa | 336/8(2023) | [26] |
| Lowest match aggregate | South Africa v Samoa | 33/10(2025) | [27] |
