Prior to the initial 2001 competition, however, EAP teams qualified via the Youth Asia Cup.

[3] During the interim years when an EAP competition was not organised, a joint qualification event with the African Cricket Association took place.

In the 2020 Under-19 Cricket World Cup qualification, Papua New Guinea and Japan were undefeated going into the final game against each other.

However, Papua New Guinea forfeited the match after Cricket PNG suspended eleven members of the squad due to breaching the team's code of conduct.

[6][7] This section includes performances by EAP teams and players at the 2003 and 2005 combined Africa/EAP tournaments.