Twenty20 East Asia Cup

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Twenty20 East Asia Cup
Format Twenty20, T20I and WT20I
First edition 2016 (Men's)
2015 (Women's)
Latest edition 2024 (Men's)
2024 (Women's)
Current championMen's:Flag of Hong Kong.svg  Hong Kong (1st title)
Women's:Flag of Hong Kong.svg  Hong Kong (4th title)
Most successfulMen's:Flag of Hong Kong.svg  Hong Kong
Flag of Japan.svg  Japan
Flag of South Korea.svg  South Korea
(1 title each)
Women's:Flag of Hong Kong.svg  Hong Kong (4 titles)

The Twenty20 East Asia Cup is a quadrangular cricket tournament played between teams representing China, Hong Kong, Japan and South Korea. From 2015 to 2019 the tournament rotated on a year-by-year basis from either a men's or women's tournament. [1] The first edition took place in 2015, a women's tournament in South Korea. [2] The first men's tournament took place the following year in Japan. [3] The 2019 women's tournament was the first to be played with full Women's Twenty20 International (WT20I) status, after the International Cricket Council (ICC) had granted T20I status to matches between all of its members. [4]

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There was no tournament in 2020, after it was cancelled due to the COVID-19 pandemic. [5] In May 2021, the four cricket associations signed an agreement for the next four editions of the women's tournament which would become an annual event. [6] Hong Kong were scheduled to host the 2021 edition, [7] and Japan, China and South Korea hosting the next three editions, respectively. [8]

The 2024 men's tournament was the first to be played with full Twenty20 International (T20I) status, after the International Cricket Council (ICC) had granted T20I status to matches between all of its members. [9]

Tournaments summary

Men's

DetailsDatesHost nation(s)Final
VenueWinnerResultRunner-up
2016
Men's
3 – 6 November 2016Flag of Japan.svg  Japan Sano International Cricket Ground, Sano Flag of South Korea.svg  South Korea
101/6 (19 overs)
South Korea won by 4 wickets [10]
Scorecard
Flag of Japan.svg  Japan
100/7 (20 overs)
2018
Men's
13–15 September 2018Flag of Hong Kong.svg  Hong Kong Mission Road Ground, Mong Kok Flag of Japan.svg  Japan
160 (19.4 overs)
Japan won by 86 runs [11]
Scorecard
Flag of Hong Kong.svg  Hong Kong Dragons
74 (18.1 overs)
2024
Men's
14–17 February 2024Flag of Hong Kong.svg  Hong Kong Mission Road Ground, Mong Kok Flag of Hong Kong.svg  Hong Kong
219/7 (20 overs)
Hong Kong won by 34 runs [12]
Scorecard
Flag of Japan.svg  Japan
184/8 (20 overs)

Women's

DetailsDatesHost nation(s)Final
VenueWinnerResultRunner-up
2015
Women's
17–20 September 2015Flag of South Korea.svg  South Korea Yeonhui Cricket Ground, Incheon Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg  China
123/2 (20 overs)
China Women won by 38 runs [13]
Scorecard
Flag of Hong Kong.svg  Hong Kong
85/4 (20 overs)
2017
Women's
21–24 September 2017Flag of Hong Kong.svg  Hong Kong Kowloon Cricket Club, Hong KongFlag of Hong Kong.svg  Hong Kong
85/5 (16.2 overs)
Hong Kong Women won by 5 wickets (DLS method) [14]
Scorecard
Flag of Japan.svg  Japan
90/4 (20 overs)
2019
Women's
19–22 September 2019Flag of South Korea.svg  South Korea Yeonhui Cricket Ground, Incheon Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg  China
104/4 (20 overs)
China Women won by 14 runs [15]
Scorecard
Flag of Hong Kong.svg  Hong Kong
90/9 (20 overs)
2022
Women's
27–30 October 2022Flag of Japan.svg  Japan Kaizuka Cricket Ground, Kaizuka Flag of Hong Kong.svg  Hong Kong 4–0 (bilateral series) [16] Flag of Japan.svg  Japan
2023
Women's
25–28 May 2023Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg  China Pingfeng Campus Cricket Field, Hangzhou Flag of Hong Kong.svg  Hong Kong
72/9 (20 overs)
Match tied (Hong Kong won the Super Over) [17]
Scorecard
Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg  China
72 (12 overs)
2024
Women's
8–13 October 2024Flag of South Korea.svg  South Korea Yeonhui Cricket Ground, Incheon Flag of Hong Kong.svg  Hong Kong
111/0 (16.4 overs)
Hong Kong Women won by 10 wickets [18]
Scorecard
Flag of Japan.svg  Japan
108/6 (20 overs)

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