Full-list of U-19 World Cup winning teams and runners-up including names of captain (1988- 2024)

The 2024 edition of the U-19 World Cup has reached its final stage with the two strongest teams of the tournament locking horns against each other to lift the coveted trophy. India is the defending champions of this year’s edition and has lifted the trophy 5 times, whereas Australia have got their hands on the trophy three times. 

Both the teams are coming off after playing hard-fought semi-finals against South Africa and Pakistan and will try to bring their A-game to the finals. It is set to be a re-match of the 2023 Men’s ODI World Cup final. On the eve of the finals of the 2024 U-19 World Cup final, let’s take a look back into the history of the tournament which teams won the tournament in which year, and who were the runners-up of the tournament.

India has won the tournament the maximum number of times the maximum number of times, whereas England and Bangladesh have won it the least.

Let’s start from the teams who have won it the most times to the teams who have won it the lowest:

1.    India
India have won the tournament 5 times starting from the year 2000 to the latest in the year 2022. Let’s deep dive into it:

U-19 World Cup- 2000
Winner- India
Runners Up- Sri Lanka
Captain- Mohammed Kaif 

U-19 World Cup- 2008
Winner- India
Runners Up- South Africa
Captain- Virat Kohli

U-19 World Cup- 2012
Winner- India
Runners Up- Australia
Captain- Unmukt Chand

U-19 World Cup- 2018
Winner- India
Runners Up- Australia
Captain- Prithvi Shaw

U-19 World Cup- 2022
Winners- India
Runners Up- England
Captain- Yash Dhull

2.   Australia 

Australia is the second team who have won the U-19 World Cup the maximum number of times after India. They have managed to clinch the title 3 times since its inception in 1988.

U-19 World Cup- 1988
Winners- Australia
Runners Up- Pakistan
Captain- Geoff Parker

U-19 World Cup- 2002
Winners- Australia
Runners Up- South Africa
Captain- Cameron White

U-19 World Cup- 2010
Winners- Australia
Runners Up- Pakistan
Captain- Mitchell Marsh

3.   Pakistan

The third team in the list is Pakistan as they are the only other team except India and Australia to win the coveted trophy multiple times.

U-19 World Cup- 2004
Winners- Pakistan
Runners Up- West Indies
Captain- Khalid Latif

U-19 World Cup- 2006
Winners- Pakistan
Runners Up- India
Captain- Sarfaraz Khan

4.   England 

England have got their hands on the trophy only once since the inception of the tournament.

U-19 World Cup- 1998
Winners- England
Runners Up- New Zealand
Captain- Owais Shah

5.   Bangladesh

Despite having some world-class players in their team, Bangladesh’s senior team hasn’t won anything substantial in the international but their junior team has created history by winning the U-19 World Cup once.

U-19 World Cup- 2020
Winners- Bangladesh
Runners Up- India
Captain- Akbar Ali