Cricket Scotland to host Europe Division 1 Qualifier for 2026 ICC U19 Men’s Cricket World Cup

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2026 ICC U19 Men's Cricket World Cup Europe Division 1 Qualifier in Scotland

Cricket Scotland (CS) will be hosting the U19 Men’s National teams of Netherlands, Jersey, Denmark, Guernsey and Sweden in the 6-team Europe Division 1 Qualifier from 31st July – 06th August, 2025 for determining the one (1) qualifier into the 2026 ICC U19 Men’s Cricket World Cup in Zimbabwe and Namibia. Scotland U19 team won the previous Division 1 Qualifier in August 2023 in Netherlands and participated in the 2024 edition of the tournament in the Caribbean Islands, while teams of Jersey and Guernsey kept their places in Division 1 based on their finishing positions in the previous Division 1 Qualifier

U19 Teams of Denmark, Netherlands and Sweden qualified from Europe Division 2 Qualifier held in Copenhagen in July 2024. Chief Executive of Cricket Scotland, Trudy Lindblade, added “Cricket Scotland is thrilled to be hosting the ICC U19 Men’s Cricket World Cup Europe Qualifier this summer. We are eagerly anticipating the arrival of the best young players from across Europe, as they compete to play at next year’s showpiece event in Zimbabwe and Namibia.

Forfarshire, Arbroath, and Strathmore are three of our most historic and picturesque grounds, and we would encourage the Scottish cricketing public and local communities to come along and support the cricketing stars of the future. We are grateful to the International Cricket Council for the opportunity to host another major pathway event and we’re looking forward to a sunny week of exciting high-quality cricket.”

2026 ICC U19 Men’s Cricket World Cup Europe Division 1 Qualifier Schedule

Scotland: Thomas Knight (Captain), Finlay Carter, Max Chaplin, George Cutler, Rory Grant, Finlay Jones, Ollie Jones, Ali Khan, Olly Pillinger, Ethan Ramsay, Theo Robinson, Manu Saraswat, Ram Sharma and Jake Woodhouse

Guernsey: Charlie Forshaw (Captain), Casper Le Ray, Louis Day, George Le Roux, Freddie Forshaw, Ed Robinson, Alfie Gallienne, Harry Sherbourne, Sam Gregson, Barnabas Smith, Harry Johnson, Will Stewart, Evan Le Huray and Freddie Webb

Denmark: Nicholas Sonne-Rudd (Captain), Mustakim Aslam, Abdul Rafeh, Azaan Khan Durrani, Hashim Ahsan Ismail, Faaiz Imtiaz, Saatvik Dantuluri, Koushik Sumesh Kumar, Senuja Pehesara Withanachchi, Ammar Anwar, Avneet Singh, Yousuf Ahmed, Jabran Khan and Zayan Shams

Sweden: Muhammad Khattak (Captain), Advait Dhabe, Ashutosh Samal, Zaid Ahmad, Hasim Nijamudeen, Sayan Sharma, Karthik Tummalapalli, Kavinshankar Meenakshisundaram, Pranav Yadav, Parameshwar Marumuthu, Sanuk Gedara, Yatharth Chauhan, Abhinav Ravuri and Yaseen Khan

Jersey: Theo Pullman (Captain), Jack Kemp, Beau Gurner, Alistair Webster, Barney Aston, Ben Heelis, Sam Patidar, Harry Brasher, Sol Bennett, Jack Vowden, Louie Pullman, Luke Bosio, Freddie Harben and James Bradbury

Netherlands: Aaditt Jain, Ayaan Barve, Alejo Nota, Cedric de Lange, Elmar Boendermaker, Mark Wolfe, Roman Harhangi, Sam van Giezen, Shirsak Banerjee, Teun Kloppenburg, Thijs Vrolijk, Thomas McArthur, Tom de Leede and Victor Wiesmeier

31st July 2025: Jersey vs Denmark (Scorecard) ; Sweden vs Scotland (Scorecard) ; Netherlands vs Guernsey (Scorecard)

01st August 2025: Denmark vs Netherlands (Scorecard) ; Guernsey vs Sweden (Scorecard) ; Scotland vs Jersey (Scorecard)

03rd August 2025: Guernsey vs Scotland (Scorecard) ; Netherlands vs Jersey (Scorecard) ; Sweden vs Denmark (Scorecard)

05th August 2025: Sweden vs Netherlands (Scorecard) ; Scotland vs Denmark (Scorecard) ; Guernsey vs Jersey (Scorecard)

06th August 2025: Jersey vs Sweden (Scorecard) ; Denmark vs Guernsey (Scorecard) ; Netherlands vs Scotland (Scorecard)