Youth World Cup Groups/Schedule

Nepal filled the last remaining spot in the Youth World Cup 2006 by winning the ACC U-19 Cup. Nepal join England, Zimbabwe and Ireland in Group D and will play the first match agaisnt England, who coincidently, has played against Nepal in every of last four Youth World Cup, on February 6.

Here is the groups, provisional schedule, Nepal’s record in Youth World Cups and more.

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The Groups for Youth World Cup. The first team in each groups are the semifinalists last year.

GROUP A GROUP B GROUP C GROUP D
Pakistan
Bangladesh
New Zealand
Uganda
West Indies
South Africa
Australia
USA
India
Sri Lanka
Scotland
Namibia
England
Zimbabwe
Ireland
Nepal

The provisional schedule of league matches are as follow:

Date Programme Venue
Feb 1,2,3 Practice Matches  
Feb 4 Opening Ceremony  
Feb 5 New Zealand v Bangladesh
South Africa v Australia
Scotland v Sri Lanka
Zimbabwe v Ireland
PSS
SSC
Premadasa
NCC
Feb 6 Pakistan v Uganda
West Indies v USA
India v Namibia
England v Nepal
PSS
Premadasa
SSC
NCC
Feb 7 New Zealand v Uganda
South Africa v USA
Sri Lanka v Namibia
Zimbabwe v Nepal
NCC
PSS
Premadasa
CCC
Feb 8 Pakistan v Bangladesh
West Indies v Australia
India v Scotland
England v Ireland
NCC
SSC
Premadasa
CCC
Feb 9 Bangladesh v Uganda
Australia v USA
Scotland v Namibia
Ireland v Nepal
SSC
PSS
CCC
NCC
Feb 10 Pakistan v New Zealand
West Indies v South Africa
India v Sri Lanka
England v Zimbabwe
SSC
PSS
Premadasa
CCC
  • The top two teams from each group will qualify for the super league quarterfinal while bottom two teams will play in the Plate Championship.
  • The winners of super league quarterfinals will play in Super League semifinal while losers play in super league playoff. Similarly, winners of plate championship quarterfinals play semifinal while losers play the Plate Championship playoff.

Nepal’s Youth World Cup record is great. In 20 matches, Nepal had won 10, lost 8 and there was no result for two matches. All the matches and their results are:

Nepal’s Performance in
Youth (U-19) World Cup
Team1 Team2 Round Date Winner
Nepal 154/9 Australia 158/4 PL 2004 Australia
Nepal 200/9 Scotland 204/7 PL 2004 Scotland
PNG 168/9 Nepal 169/3 PL 2004 Nepal
Uganda 194 Nepal 195/5 First 2004 Nepal
S Africa 156 Nepal 158/9 First 2004 Nepal
Nepal 191/8 England 192/2 First 2004 England
Zimbabwe 247/1 Nepal 110 Final 2002 Zimbabwe
B’desh 157 Nepal 180/6 PSF 2002 Nepal
Scotland 157 Nepal 205/5 PL 2002 Nepal
Nepal 137 Namibia 127 PL 2002 Nepal
Canada 102 Nepal 104/1 PL 2002 Nepal
Nepal 177 PNG 112 First 2002 Nepal
Nepal 151 Pakistan 121 First 2002 Nepal
England 204/6 Nepal 167 First 2002 England
England 260/7 Nepal 196 SL 2000 England
Sri Lanka 92/1 Nepal 89 SL 2000 Sri Lanka
Nepal 101/9 India 105/2 SL 2000 India
Nepal 107 Kenya 93 First 2000 Nepal
Nepal 0/0 Pakistan 0/0 First 2000 NR
S Africa 295/5 Nepal 24/4 First 2000 NR

Nepal has never played against Ireland in Youth World Cup but has played England thrice and Zimbabwe once. Nepal had lost all those matches.

England Vs Nepal

Youth World Cup 2000 at Colombo
England 260/7 (I Pattison 97, G Pratt 51, A Akhtar 3/57) defeated Nepal 196 all out (P Lunia 37*, A Akhtar 27, G Bridge 3/28, J Bishop 3/39) by 64 runs.

Youth World Cup 2002 at Christchurch, New Zealand
England 204/6 (G Muchall 57, BM Shafayat 45*) defeated Nepal 167 All Out (S Regmi 35*, PJ McMohan 5/25) by 37 runs.

Youth World Cup 2004 in Chittagong, Bangladesh
Nepal 191/8 (S Veshwakar 82) lost to England 192/2 (R Bopara 59, S Davies 78*) by 8 wkts.

Zimbabwe v Nepal

Youth World Cup 2002 Christchurch, New Zealand
Zimbabwe 247/1 (CK Coventry 64, B Taylor 100*, T Taibu 65*) defeated Nepal 110 All Out (W Mwayenga 3/25, H Masakadza 3/16) by 137 runs.

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