{"id":32792,"date":"2025-12-15T16:01:18","date_gmt":"2025-12-15T07:01:18","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/cricket.or.jp\/?p=32792"},"modified":"2026-04-03T17:32:39","modified_gmt":"2026-04-03T08:32:39","slug":"junior-womens-cricket-tournament-2026-apr-u16-u19","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/cricket.or.jp\/en\/junior-womens-cricket-tournament-2026-apr-u16-u19\/","title":{"rendered":"2026 Expression of Interest: Junior Female Cricket Tournament \u2013 U16 &#038; U19 Divisions"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Following the success of the <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/cricket.or.jp\/en\/archives\/31524\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">first Junior Female Tournaments<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, the Japan Cricket Association is excited to invite schools, clubs, teams, and individuals to express their interest in participating in the next Junior Female Tournaments in April 2026.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Both the Under 16 and Under 19 tournaments aim to provide young females with a competitive and supportive environment to develop their skills, gain match experience, and enjoy the spirit of cricket.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p>These two tournaments will also act as trials for the formation of a female category in the Japan National Academy.<\/p>\n<p>The Japan National Academy (Female), which will not have an age limit, will also be where the Women\u2019s U19 Japan National Team will be selected from. It is hoped the Women\u2019s U19 team will play its first matches in 2026.<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">We are aiming to fill a minimum of four teams in each event.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<h3><b>Tournament Details:<\/b><\/h3>\n<ul>\n<li><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Tournaments: U16 and U19<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Dates: April 4 &#8211; 6 (U16s), April 9 &#8211; 12 (U19s)<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Venue: Sano International Cricket Ground, Tochigi, Japan<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Format: 20-over matches, hardball<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Equipment: Bring your own gear (JCA can supplement if required)<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Uniform: JCA will provide playing shirt, pants, cap<\/span><\/li>\n<li>Cost: Free<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h3><b>How to Express Interest:<\/b><\/h3>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Individuals, teams, or schools interested in participating are requested to complete the Expression of Interest Form [<\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/forms.gle\/Fw6bwbVYe71Dfebv7\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">https:\/\/forms.gle\/Fw6bwbVYe71Dfebv7<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">]. This will help us plan the match schedules efficiently. Deadline is Monday, February 2nd.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Don\u2019t miss the opportunity to give your young players a chance to play, learn, and grow in a supportive cricket environment.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><i>*The events will take place on weekdays. Since this is part of a national trial the JCA can provide letters to assist with time away from school\/university studies.\u00a0<\/i><\/p>\n<p><b>Point of Contact<\/b><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Japan Cricket Association<br \/>\n<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Female Cricket Coordinator<br \/>\n<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Elena Kusuda | e.kusuda@cricket.or.jp<\/span><\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Following the success of the first Junior Female Tournaments, the Japan Cricket Association is excited to invite schools, clubs, teams, and individuals to express their interest in participating in the&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4916,"featured_media":31527,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1,7],"tags":[526],"class_list":["post-32792","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-other-news","category-news-and-articles","tag-competition","region-east-kanto-rca","region-hokkaido-rca","region-hokushinetsu-rca","region-kyushu-rca","region-north-kanto-rca","region-south-kanto-rca","region-tohoku-rca","region-tokai-rca","region-west-kanto-rca","region-454","region-kansai-rca"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/cricket.or.jp\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/32792","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/cricket.or.jp\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/cricket.or.jp\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cricket.or.jp\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/4916"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cricket.or.jp\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=32792"}],"version-history":[{"count":12,"href":"https:\/\/cricket.or.jp\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/32792\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":32843,"href":"https:\/\/cricket.or.jp\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/32792\/revisions\/32843"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cricket.or.jp\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/31527"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/cricket.or.jp\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=32792"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cricket.or.jp\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=32792"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cricket.or.jp\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=32792"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}