ICC U19 Men's World Cup 2026: USA qualifies, completes 16-team lineup
In an official statement, ICC said, 'The line-up for the Under 19 Men's Cricket World Cup 2026 has been finalised, with USA becoming the 16th and final team to book tickets for Zimbabwe and Namibia.
'Led by wicketkeeper-batter Arjun Mahesh, the Americans breezed through the double round-robin Qualifier on home soil in Rydal, Georgia and qualified with a game in hand to be played against Canada on 16 August.'
Full list of teams for U19 Men's World Cup 2026 and how they qualified:
-Zimbabwe qualified by virtue of being a co-host.
-Australia, Bangladesh, England, India, Ireland, Pakistan, New Zealand, Sri Lanka, South Africa and the West Indies - the top 10 teams from the 2024 edition in South Africa - secured automatic qualification.
-Tanzania qualified by winning the African Qualifiers.
-USA qualified by winning the American Qualifiers.
-Afghanistan qualified by winning the Asian Qualifiers.
-Japan qualified by winning the East-Asia Pacific Qualifiers
-Scotland qualified by winning the European Qualifiers.
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