The 2016 ICC Under-19 Cricket World Cup was an international limited-overs cricket tournament held in

Bangladesh Bangladesh (}, ), officially the People's Republic of Bangladesh, is a country in South Asia. It is the eighth-most populous country in the world, with a population exceeding 165 million people in an area of . Bangladesh is among the mo ...

from 22 January to 14 February 2016. It was the eleventh edition of the

Under-19 Cricket World Cup The ICC Under-19 Cricket World Cup is an international cricket tournament organised by the International Cricket Council (ICC) contested by national under-19 teams. First contested in 1988, as the Youth World Cup, it was not staged again ...

, and the second to be held in Bangladesh, after the 2004 event. The World Cup was contested by the national under-19 teams of sixteen

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(ICC) members, and all matches played were held under-19

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(ODI) status. Ten teams qualified automatically for the tournament through their status as ICC full members, while five others qualified by winning regional qualifying events. The final place at the tournament was taken by the winner of the 2015 Under-19 World Cup Qualifier, which was contested by the runners-up at the five regional qualifiers. However, on 5 January 2016, Cricket Australia announced that the Australian squad had pulled out of the tournament, citing security concerns.

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were invited as a replacement for Australia. Defending champions

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were knocked out of the tournament in the group stage, with back-to-back defeats to

and

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. The

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eventually defeated

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by five wickets, claiming their first title. Bangladesh's captain

Mehedi Hasan Mehidy Hasan Miraz ( Bengali: মেহেদী হাসান মিরাজ; born: 25 October 1997) is a Bangladeshi international cricket player who plays Tests and One Day Internationals (ODIs) for the Bangladesh national team. A bowl ...

was named player of the tournament, while England's Jack Burnham and Namibia's

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led the tournament in runs and wickets, respectively.

Qualification

Venues

Squads

Each team selected a 15-man squad for the tournament.

Warm-up games

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Group stage

Group A

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Group B

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Group C

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Group D

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Plate League

Plate quarter-finals

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Plate semi-finals

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Plate final

Super League

Quarter-finals

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Semi-finals

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Final

Placement matches

Final

3rd-place playoff

5th-place playoff semi-finals

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5th-place playoff

7th-place playoff

11th-place playoff

13th-place playoff semi-finals

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13th-place playoff

15th-place playoff

Final standings

References

External links

Series home at ESPN Cricinfo
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