[1] In March 2021, the International Cricket Council (ICC) announced that due to the COVID-19 pandemic the Division 2 tournament in Asia had been cancelled.
[3] In August 2021, the ICC also announced that the Americas, Asia, and East Asia-Pacific (EAP) regional qualifiers had all been cancelled due to the COVID-19 pandemic.
[7] However, in November 2021, the ICC confirmed that Scotland had replaced New Zealand in the 2022 Under-19 Cricket World Cup, after New Zealand were forced to withdraw due to the extensive mandatory quarantine restrictions placed on the return of minors due to the COVID-19 pandemic.
[1] Division 2 was originally scheduled to take place in June 2021, before being moved back to August 2021 due to the COVID-19 pandemic.
[1] However, in March 2021, the Division 2 tournament was cancelled, as Thailand were unable to host the matches due to the COVID-19 pandemic.
As a result, Oman and Singapore were promoted to Division 1, based on their past records in the competition.
[9] The following teams were scheduled to take part in the Division 1 tournament in the United Arab Emirates in September 2021.