2014 Under-19 Cricket World Cup
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| Administrator(s) | International Cricket Council |
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| Cricket format | One Day International |
| Tournament format(s) | Round-robin and knockout |
| Host(s) |
 United Arab Emirates
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| Champions |
 South Africa (1st title) |
| Participants | 16 |
| Matches played | 48 |
| Player of the series |
Aiden Markram
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| Most runs |
 Shadman Islam (406) |
| Most wickets |
 Anuk Fernando (15) |
| Official website | Official website |
The 2014 ICC Under-19 Cricket World Cup was a one-day cricket competition for sixteen international U-19 cricketing teams which was played in the United Arab Emirates. This was the tenth edition of the tournament. Sixteen nations competed: the ten Test-playing teams, the United Arab Emirates as hosts, and five additional associate and affiliate qualifiers (Afghanistan, Canada, Namibia, Papua New Guinea, and Scotland). India entered the tournament as defending champions, having won the title in 2012 in Australia under the captaincy of Unmukt Chand. In the final, South Africa beat Pakistan by six wickets to win the tournament. South Africa captain Aiden Markram was awarded Man of the Series.
Sixteen teams participated in the competition: the 10 nations with ICC Full Membership automatically qualified for the tournament, the UAE qualified as the hosts, and five additional teams qualified through the different regional tournaments. Unlike the previous tournament, there was no global qualifier for this world cup: rather, the winner of each of five regional tournaments directly qualified for the World Cup.
The following venues were used for the tournament:
The following groups were chosen for the World Cup 2012 by the International Cricket Council. The tournament began with a league stage consisting of four groups of four. Each team played each of the other teams in its group once.
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