These 14 teams, including Japan, qualified for the ICC tournament, now only 2 places vacant

Cricket News Desk. All the cricket teams dream of playing in the ICC tournament, but only a few selected teams can realize this dream. The Japanese cricket team has become one of the lucky teams that qualifies for the ICC Under-19 Men’s World Cup 2026. In the qualifying round, Japan played 2-2 games against PNG, ie Papua New Guinea and Fiji and won everyone. In this way, the Japanese team became the 14th team that qualified for the Under-19 World Championships with 8 points. They are the third team to qualify for the Under-19 World Championships through regional qualifications. Tanzania had previously reserved its place by winning the African qualifiers and winning the Asia qualifiers by Winning Afghanistan. Japan will participate in this tournament for the second time. Japan qualified for the Under-19 World Championship for the second time. Earlier, the Japanese cricket team took part in the tournament that was played for the first time in 2020, but despite playing 6 games, it couldn’t win a single game. This time, Japan will try to open the victory account in the tournament and will also try to influence the cricket world with its performance. The ICC Under-19 men’s World Championships will be held in Zimbabwe and Namibia next year. A total of 16 teams will participate in this tournament. So far, 14 teams have tickets for this World Cup. Now only two teams from the US and Europe region have yet to be determined on the basis of merit. The top 10 teams from the Under-19 World Cup have already secured their place for next year’s tournament. It contains teams from Australia, Bangladesh, England, India, Ireland, New Zealand, Pakistan, South Africa, Sri Lanka and West Indies. At the same time, Zimbabwe will participate in the tournament as a host. Share this story -tags