Next year's Women's Under-19 World Cup, originally set to be jointly hosted by Malaysia and Thailand, will now be hosted entirely by Malaysia after Thailand withdrew as co-hosts. The tournament starts on 18th January.

Malaysia will also get automatic entry to the tournament along with the best ten full members from the 2023 edition and USA as the only eligible associate member in the Americas region. Samoa and Scotland have already qualified from the EAP and Europe regions, with Africa and Asia still to decide their representative.

Scotland celebrate qualifying for the tournament (Cricket Scotland)

Zimbabwe are the full member team dropping down to regional qualifying. Rwanda, despite finishing in the top eight in 2023 ahead of four full members last time, also have to requalify.

The tournament will be played across four venues in Malaysia. Bayuemas Oval hosts Group A featuring India, West Indies, Sri Lanka and the hosts, the Johor Cricket Association Oval hosts England, Pakistan, Ireland and USA, the Borneo Cricket Association ground hosts New Zealand, South Africa, Samoa and the African qualifier whilst the UKM Oval in Selangor hosts Australia, Bangladesh, Scotland and the Asian qualifier.

The remaining games are spread among the four venues with the final set to take place at Bayuemas Oval on 2nd February.