The 2016 East Asia Cup was a Twenty20 (T20) cricket tournament, which was held in Japan in November 2016.[1] The matches were all played at the Sano International Cricket Ground in the city of Sano.[2]
| Dates | 3 – 6 November 2016 |
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| Administrator(s) | Japan Cricket Association |
| Cricket format | Twenty20 |
| Host(s) |  Japan |
| Champions |  South Korea (1st title) |
| Runners-up | Japan |
| Participants | 4 |
| Matches | 8 |
| Most runs | Masaomi Kobayashi (111) |
| Most wickets | Kohei Wakita (10) |
The Twenty20 East Asia Cup is an annual competition featuring China, Hong Kong, Japan and South Korea that was first played in 2015 and alternates annually between a men's and women's event.[3] This was the first edition of the men's event, after China won the inaugural women's edition in 2015.[4] Matches did not have Twenty20 International status. Hong Kong was represented by the Hong Kong Dragons side, a team representing Hong Kong's Chinese community, instead of the full national side.
South Korea defeated hosts Japan in the final on 6 November 2016 to win the East Asia Cup.[2]
Squads edit
 China[5]
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 Hong Kong Dragons[6]
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Japan[7]
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South Korea[8]
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Round-robin edit
Points table edit
| Team[9] | P | W | L | T | NR | Pts | NRR | Status |
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| Japan (H)
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3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | +2.453 | Advanced to the final |
| South Korea
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3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 4 | +2.608 | |
| China
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3 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | –1.594 | Advanced to the 3rd place play-off |
| Hong Kong Dragons
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3 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | –3.174 |
Matches edit
3 November 2016
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Zhang Yu Fei 53* (65)
Kohei Wakita 3/15 (4 overs) |
Masaomi Kobayashi 29* (35)
Wang Zihao 2/18 (3 overs) |
- China won the toss and elected to bat.
3 November 2016
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Choi Jiwon 45* (39)
Danny Lee 2/29 (4 overs) |
Siegfried Wai 11 (22)
Unair Khan 3/11 (3 overs) |
- South Korea won the toss and elected to field.
4 November 2016
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Tian Suqing 20 (45)
Choi Jiwon 2/6 (4 overs) |
Choi Jiwon 20* (13)
Wang Zihao 1/17 (3 overs) |
- China won the toss and elected to bat.
4 November 2016
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Masaomi Kobayashi 48 (54)
Siegfried Wai 3/26 (4 overs) |
Louis Chan 13 (22)
Makoto Taniyama 3/5 (4 overs) |
- Japan won the toss and elected to bat.
5 November 2016
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Bobby Chan 19 (25)
Xu Hao 4/17 (4 overs) |
Yan Hua Wen 25 (26)
Edwin Ang 3/7 (4 overs) |
- Hong Kong Dragons won the toss and elected to bat.
5 November 2016
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Wataru Miyauchi 37 (49)
Kim Yongtae 2/15 (4 overs) |
Kim Yongtae 30 (17)
Kohei Wakita 4/13 (4 overs) |
- Japan won the toss and elected to bat.
Play-offs edit
Third-place play-off edit
6 November 2016
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Jason Lui 48* (33)
Zhang Yu Fei 2/13 (4 overs) |
Song Yangyang 30 (32)
Henry Siu 3/23 (3.3 overs) |
- China won the toss and elected to field.
Final edit
6 November 2016
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Masaomi Kobayashi 22 (32)
Jun Hyunwoo 2/13 (2 overs) |
Jun Hyunwoo 26 (25)
Mian Siddique 4/12 (4 overs) |
- Japan won the toss and elected to bat.
References edit
- ^ "East Asia Cup 2016". ESPN Cricinfo. Retrieved 18 May 2020.
- ^ a b "South Korea edge Japan to win East Asia Cup cricket tournament". Inside the Games. 8 November 2016. Retrieved 17 May 2020.
- ^ "East Asia Cup 2018". Cricket Hong Kong. Retrieved 17 May 2020.
- ^ "2015 East Asia Cup". Japan Cricket Association. Retrieved 18 May 2020.
- ^ "China squad East Asia Cup 2016". ESPN Cricinfo. Retrieved 18 May 2020.
- ^ "Hong Kong Dragons squad East Asia Cup 2016". ESPN Cricinfo. Retrieved 18 May 2020.
- ^ "Japan squad East Asia Cup 2016". ESPN Cricinfo. Retrieved 18 May 2020.
- ^ "South Korea squad East Asia Cup 2016". ESPN Cricinfo. Retrieved 18 May 2020.
- ^ "East Asia Cup 2016 - Points Table". ESPN Cricinfo. Retrieved 18 May 2020.