{"id":33239,"date":"2026-01-28T14:14:23","date_gmt":"2026-01-28T05:14:23","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/cricket.or.jp\/?p=33239"},"modified":"2026-02-09T09:51:30","modified_gmt":"2026-02-09T00:51:30","slug":"futures-league-2026","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/cricket.or.jp\/en\/futures-league-2026\/","title":{"rendered":"Registrations Open for Futures League 2026"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-26197 size-thumbnail\" src=\"https:\/\/cricket.or.jp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/Futures-League-Black-150x150.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" \/>The fifth edition of the Futures League will see the tournament revamped and more opportunities for young cricketers to showcase their skills.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">There are several exciting new developments, listed below:\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The league will expand from four teams to six teams<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The league will change from 20 overs to 40 overs<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The league will run over two weekends in April (18,19,20 \/ 25,26 April)<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The league will move from Under 23 to Under 19<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The age cut off is a date of birth on or after 1st April 2007<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Entry fee will increase to JPY 10,000 per person<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">These changes have been made to align the JCA with the new participation criteria given by the ICC for entry into the Under 19 World Cup Qualification pathway.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The old format of the tournament will be rebranded the Futures League T20, and will run in early October, retaining the same format. The T20 tournament will primarily be for players Under 23 who are living in Japan, or did not participate in the 40-over tournament.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The registration form can be completed here:\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/forms.gle\/Eb5ZyQEuVZhAMc2b7\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">https:\/\/forms.gle\/Eb5ZyQEuVZhAMc2b7<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><b>The deadline for registrations is Friday 27th February 2026.<\/b><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Squads will be limited to 14 players each, but those who are not selected are encouraged to come to the ground each day for some practice and to act as potential reserves.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">As it was in 2024 &amp; 2025, the Futures League will also act as the trials for the National Academy Under 19 Squad, so all participants must be eligible to represent Japan through nationality, place or birth or residency.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">All matches on SICG One will be live streamed and we are excited to showcase the next generation of Japanese talent.<\/span><\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The fifth edition of the Futures League will see the tournament revamped and more opportunities for young cricketers to showcase their skills.\u00a0 There are several exciting new developments, listed below:\u00a0&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":19,"featured_media":26201,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[7,442],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-33239","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news-and-articles","category-mens-national-team-u19"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/cricket.or.jp\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/33239","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\/19"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cricket.or.jp\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=33239"}],"version-history":[{"count":18,"href":"https:\/\/cricket.or.jp\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/33239\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":33356,"href":"https:\/\/cricket.or.jp\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/33239\/revisions\/33356"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cricket.or.jp\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/26201"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/cricket.or.jp\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=33239"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cricket.or.jp\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=33239"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cricket.or.jp\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=33239"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}