ICC U19 Cricket World Cup Americas Qualifier (formerly ICC Americas Under-19 Championship) is an international cricket tournament contested by under-19 national teams from the ICC Americas region. The tournament has run bi-annually since 2001, occasionally with more than one division.[1] The tournament serves as a qualification tournament for the Under-19 World Cup. Canada are by far the most successful team overall, winning seven titles, to the three won by the United States and the single title won by Bermuda.
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]
Records
Scorecards for some matches from the 2001 tournament are unavailable.
- Highest team scores
- 423 all out (49.4 overs) –
Canada vs 
Bahamas, 15 August 2007, at Maple Leaf Cricket Club, King City.[8]
- 382 all out (50 overs) –
Bermuda vs 
United States, 8 August 2001, at Southampton Oval, Hamilton.[9]
- 364/5 (50 overs) – Bermuda vs
Argentina, 18 July 2003, at Maple Leaf Cricket Club, King City.[10]
- 347/8 (50 overs) – Canada vs Argentina, 14 July 2003, at Maple Leaf Cricket Club, King City.[11]
- Lowest team scores
- 22 all out (13.5 overs) – Argentina vs Bermuda, 12 February 2011, at Brian Piccolo Park, Fort Lauderdale.[12]
- 25 all out (15.2 overs) – Argentina vs Canada, 14 July 2003, at Maple Leaf Cricket Club, King City.[13]
- 29 all out (15.3 overs) –
Cayman Islands vs United States, 8 July 2019, at Maple Leaf Cricket Club, King City.[14]
- 33 all out (21 overs) – Argentina vs Canada, 9 July 2019, at Maple Leaf Cricket Club, King City.[15]
- 34 all out (17.4 overs) – Argentina vs United States, 7 February 2011, at Central Broward Regional Park, Lauderhill.[16]
- Highest individual scores
- 204 (179 balls) – Dion Stovell, vs Argentina, 18 July 2003, at Maple Leaf Cricket Club, King City.[17]
- 155 (107 balls) – Ruvindu Gunasekera, vs Bahamas, 15 August 2007, at Maple Leaf Cricket Club, King City.[18]
- 151 (104 balls) – Ashtan Deosammy, vs Cayman Islands, 12 July 2019, at Maple Leaf Cricket Club, King City.[19]
- 121 (93 balls) – Harsh Thaker, vs United States, 10 July 2015, at Somerset Cricket Club Ground, Somerset Village.[20]
- 119 (144 balls) – Terryn Fray, vs Argentina, 15 August 2007, at Maple Leaf Cricket Club, King City.[21]
- Best bowling figures
- 7/3 (5 overs) – Pratik Patel, vs Bahamas, 15 August 2007, at Maple Leaf Cricket Club, King City.[22]
- 7/10 (8 overs) – Raj Vyas, vs Cayman Islands, 8 July 2019, at Maple Leaf Cricket Club, King City.[23]
- 7/12 (7 overs) – Troy Taylor, vs Bermuda, 15 July 2003, at Maple Leaf Cricket Club, King City.[24]
- 7/20 (6.2 overs) – Jon Roberts, vs Argentina, 8 August 2001, at St David's Cricket Club, Hamilton.[25]
- 6/3 (3.1 overs) – Akash Shah, vs Bahamas, 7 February 2011, at Brian Piccolo Park, Fort Lauderdale.[26]
2024 ICC Under-19 Cricket World Cup qualification
