Administrator(s) | EAP |
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Cricket format | List A |
Tournament format(s) | Group Stage with Finals |
Host(s) | Samoa |
Champions | Div 1: Papua New Guinea (1st title) Div 2: Vanuatu (1st title) |
Participants | 8 teams |
Matches | 36 |
The 2009 East Asia-Pacific Trophy was an international cricket tournament played in ODI format at Apia, Samoa between 19 and 25 September 2009. Eight men's national teams participated in the tournament which was split into two divisions; the three nations from the World Cricket League played in division one, and the remaining five nations played in division two.
In the division one competition, after a round robin group stage of four matches, Papua New Guinea easily beat Fiji in the final.
In the division two competition, after a round robin group stage of four matches, Vanuatu easily beat the Samoa in the final. As a result of winning the tournament, Vanuatu earned promotion to both Division Eight of the World Cricket League and Division One of the EAP Trophy.
Division 1
Division 2
Papua New Guinea was undefeated after the round-robin stage. [1]
Team | Pts | Pld | W | L | NRR |
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Papua New Guinea | 8 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 2.612 |
Fiji | 4 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 0.022 |
Japan | 0 | 4 | 0 | 4 | -3.842 |
Vanuatu was undefeated after the round-robin stage. [1]
Team | Pts | Pld | W | L | NRR |
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Vanuatu | 8 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 2.586 |
Samoa | 6 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 0.351 |
Cook Islands | 4 | 4 | 2 | 2 | -0.259 |
Tonga | 2 | 4 | 1 | 3 | -0.198 |
Indonesia | 0 | 4 | 0 | 4 | -3.311 |
There were four play-off matches to decide the final standings. [2]
Pos | Team | Promotion |
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1st | Papua New Guinea | Remain in Division One |
2nd | Fiji | |
3rd | Japan |
Pos | Team | Promotion |
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1st | Vanuatu | Promoted to 2010 ICC WCL Division Eight & 2011 ICC EAP Trophy Division 1 |
2nd | Samoa | Remain in Division Two |
3rd | Cook Islands | |
4th | Tonga | |
5th | Indonesia |
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