The 2018 Under-19 Cricket World Cup in New Zealand was contested by sixteen teams, eleven of which qualified automatically.
In early 2016, it was determined that the top-placed ICC associate member at the 2016 Under-19 World Cup in Bangladesh would also qualify automatically for the 2018 event.
Canada qualified for the 2019 ICC U19 World Cup in New Zealand on Net Run Rate.
[4][5] The Asia Division Two tournament was played in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia, from 26 September to 6 October 2016, and featured ten teams.
Four teams took part in a double round-robin: Fiji, Papua New Guinea, Samoa, and Vanuatu.