The Junior World Series of Indoor Cricket is the premier international championship of both under 19 boys and girls, and 16/ boys in Indoor Cricket

Indoor cricket

Indoor cricket is a variant of and shares many basic concepts with cricket. The game is most often played between two teams each consisting of eight players, in matches featuring two innings of sixteen 7-ball overs each...

. The event is organised by the sport's governing body, the World Indoor Cricket Federation

World Indoor Cricket Federation

The World Indoor Cricket Federation is the international governing body of indoor cricket. The WICF is responsible for the organisation and promotion of various international indoor cricket events as well as the development of the sport itself throughout the world.-Rules and Regulation:The WICF...

 (WICF) and is held every two or three years. The first Junior World Series contest was organised in New Zealand

New Zealand

New Zealand is an island country in the south-western Pacific Ocean comprising two main landmasses and numerous smaller islands. The country is situated some east of Australia across the Tasman Sea, and roughly south of the Pacific island nations of New Caledonia, Fiji, and Tonga...

 in 2003. Separate world championships are held for both open and masters age groups with the Indoor Cricket World Cup

Indoor Cricket World Cup

The Indoor Cricket World Cup is the premier international championship of both men's and women's Indoor Cricket. The event is organised by the sport's governing body, the World Indoor Cricket Federation and is held every two or three years. The first Indoor Cricket World Cup contest was organised...

 and the Masters World Series of Indoor Cricket

Masters World Series of Indoor Cricket

The Masters World Series of Indoor Cricket is the premier international championship of both men's and women's masters Indoor Cricket. The event is organised by the sport's governing body, the World Indoor Cricket Federation and is held at varying intervals. The first Masters World Series contest...

 held at similar intervals.

The World Series is contested by the members of the WICF (though member nations have not always entered teams) and beyond being an affiliated member of that body there are no formal qualifications for entry. Australia have been the most successful side having won three out of the four world titles to date.

Tournament Format

Each tournament usually follows a simple round robin format followed by finals contested by the highest placed sides. The semi finals are contested by the top four sides and more often than not the winner of each semi final progresses to the World Cup final.

The tournament usually takes place over the course of 7 to 10 days and is sometimes run in conjunction with the Masters World Series

Masters World Series of Indoor Cricket

The Masters World Series of Indoor Cricket is the premier international championship of both men's and women's masters Indoor Cricket. The event is organised by the sport's governing body, the World Indoor Cricket Federation and is held at varying intervals. The first Masters World Series contest...

 or the World Cup

Indoor Cricket World Cup

The Indoor Cricket World Cup is the premier international championship of both men's and women's Indoor Cricket. The event is organised by the sport's governing body, the World Indoor Cricket Federation and is held every two or three years. The first Indoor Cricket World Cup contest was organised...

.

Results

Year	Host Nation(s)	Venue	Final
			19/u Boys	19/u Girls	16/u Boys
2003 Details	New Zealand New Zealand New Zealand is an island country in the south-western Pacific Ocean comprising two main landmasses and numerous smaller islands. The country is situated some east of Australia across the Tasman Sea, and roughly south of the Pacific island nations of New Caledonia, Fiji, and Tonga...	Christchurch Christchurch Christchurch is the largest city in the South Island of New Zealand, and the country's second-largest urban area after Auckland. It lies one third of the way down the South Island's east coast, just north of Banks Peninsula which itself, since 2006, lies within the formal limits of...	Australia def. South Africa   178 to 100	South Africa def. New Zealand 183 to 141	Not Contested
2005 Details	South Africa South Africa The Republic of South Africa is a country in southern Africa. Located at the southern tip of Africa, it is divided into nine provinces, with of coastline on the Atlantic and Indian oceans...	Port Elizabeth	South Africa def. Australia	Australia def. South Africa	Not Contested
2007 Details	England England England is a country that is part of the United Kingdom. It shares land borders with Scotland to the north and Wales to the west; the Irish Sea is to the north west, the Celtic Sea to the south west, with the North Sea to the east and the English Channel to the south separating it from continental...	Bristol Bristol Bristol is a city, unitary authority area and ceremonial county in South West England, with an estimated population of 433,100 for the unitary authority in 2009, and a surrounding Larger Urban Zone with an estimated 1,070,000 residents in 2007...	Australia def. South Africa   156 to 1	Australia def. South Africa   134 to -23	Not Contested
2009 Details	Australia Australia Australia , officially the Commonwealth of Australia, is a country in the Southern Hemisphere comprising the mainland of the Australian continent, the island of Tasmania, and numerous smaller islands in the Indian and Pacific Oceans. It is the world's sixth-largest country by total area...	Brisbane Brisbane Brisbane is the capital and most populous city in the Australian state of Queensland and the third most populous city in Australia. Brisbane's metropolitan area has a population of over 2 million, and the South East Queensland urban conurbation, centred around Brisbane, encompasses a population of...	Australia def. New Zealand 125 to 26	Australia def. New Zealand 115 to 71	Australia def. South Africa   159 to 73