Team Asia

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The term Team Asia is used in a number of sports to designate a unified team of Asian countries in several sports competitions and sports tournaments.

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Competitions featuring an Asia team

CompetitionSportContributing regionsNotes
2016 ISU Team Challenge Cup Figure skating The inaugural ISU Team Challenge Cup features Team Asia against Team Europe and Team North America [1]
2015 Kings Cup Pool (cue sport) The inaugural Kings Cup featured Team Asia versus European and US players on Team West. [2] [3] [4]
Queens Cup Billiards Team Asia plays against Team West [5]
2015 Peachtree Cup Road running The inaugural Peachtree Cup, part of the Peachtree Road Race 2015 competition, featured Team Asia against Team USA, Team Europe, Team Africa. [6] [7] [8]
2014 World Ladies Championship Goodwill Cup Golf The inaugural World Ladies Championship Goodwill Cup featured Team Asia versus Team Europe. The Goodwill Cup large team championship was played as part of the World Ladies Championship. [9] [10]
EurAsia Cup Golf The EurAsia Cup features Team Asia versus Team Europe. [11]
Euro-Asia Cup Table tennis The Euro-Asia Cup features Team Asia versus Team Europe.
Basketbol Süper Ligi All-Star Game Basketball The Turkish Basketball Super League's game features Team Asia versus Team Europe, with the teams consisting of players representing clubs based in the Asian (Anatolia) and European (East Thrace) portions of Turkey. [12]
Note that in the above sports there also exist national teams taking part in other competitions

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References

  1. Philip Hersh (25 October 2015). "Skate second comings: Max Aaron as Elvis Stojko, Jason Brown as Paul Wylie?". Chicago Tribune.
  2. "'Bata' Reyes to lead Team Asia in Kings Cup". ABS-CBN News. 7 September 2015.
  3. "Bata heads Team Asia in King's Cup". The Philippine Star. 8 September 2015.
  4. Autumn Grucella (October 2015). "Double KO. Team Asia Gets the Best Player in the World & His Brother". Inside Pool.
  5. "Amit leads Team Asia to Second Queens Cup Championship". ABS-CBN Sports. 19 April 2015.
  6. "Team Africa wins Peachtree Cup at AJC Peachtree Road Race". WRDW-TV-12-Agusta News. Associated Press. 4 July 2015.
  7. Peter Gambaccini (18 March 2015). "Peachtree Road Race Adds Elite Team Competition". Runner's World.
  8. "Team USA is Strong, But Team Africa Prevails in Peachtree Cup". Atlanta Track Club. 4 July 2015.
  9. CLPGA Tour (5 March 2014). "Team Asia Wins Inaugural Goodwill Trophy". China LPGA.
  10. Mission Hills Group. "Team Asia Wins First Goodwill Trophy". Mission Hills World Ladies Championship.
  11. Lim Teik Huat (28 September 2015). "Get ready for another Europe-Asia showdown". The Star (Kuala Lumpur).
  12. "Team Europe defeats Team Asia 138-130 at TBL All-Star Ankara". Hurriyet Daily News. 19 January 2015.

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