India won the ICC U19 World Cup for the sixth time after eliminating England in the final at the Sir Vivian Richards Stadium in North Sound, Antigua.
The 2022 ICC Under-19 Cricket World Cup was a sixteen-team international limited-overs cricket competition held in the West Indies in January and February 2022. The Under-19 Cricket World Cup was contested for the fourteenth time, and it was the first time it was hosted in the West Indies. The reigning champions were Bangladesh.
Cricket West Indies revealed in March 2021 that the structure would be the same as previous seasons, with teams fighting to advance to the Plate and Super League stages of the event. The International Cricket Council (ICC) revealed the tournament's entire schedule in November 2021, with matches taking place in Antigua, Guyana, Saint Kitts, and Trinidad; the final would take place at Sir Vivian Richards Stadium in Antigua. Due to the rigorous statutory quarantine rules for kids upon their return home, New Zealand elected to withdraw from the event, with Scotland named as their substitute.
England was the tournament's first team to reach the final after defeating Afghanistan by 15 runs in the first Super League semi-final match. It was England's first appearance in the Under-19 Cricket World Cup final since winning the competition in South Africa in 1998. India defeated Australia by 96 runs in the second semi-final, advancing to their fourth straight Under-19 Cricket World Cup final.
Australia finished third after defeating Afghanistan in the tournament's last playoff match. India won their sixth Under-19 Cricket World Cup by defeating England by four wickets in the final. South African Dewald Brevis was crowned Player of the Tournament after scoring 506 runs.
