2009 ICC EAP Cricket Trophy (One day) explained

2009 ICC EAP Trophy
Administrator:	EAP
Cricket Format:	List A
Tournament Format:	Group Stage with Finals
Champions:	Div 2:  (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.

Teams

Division 1

Division 2

Group stages

Division 1

Papua New Guinea was undefeated after the round-robin stage.

width=175	Team	width=20 abbr="Points"	Pts	width=20 abbr="Played"	Pld	width=20 abbr="Won"	W	width=20 abbr="Lost"	L	width=20 abbr="Net run rate"	NRR
	8	4	4	0	2.612
	4	4	2	2	0.022
	0	4	0	4	-3.842

Division 2

Vanuatu was undefeated after the round-robin stage.

width=175	Team	width=20 abbr="Points"	Pts	width=20 abbr="Played"	Pld	width=20 abbr="Won"	W	width=20 abbr="Lost"	L	width=20 abbr="Net run rate"	NRR
	8	4	4	0	2.586
	6	4	3	1	0.351
	4	4	2	2	-0.259
	2	4	1	3	-0.198
	0	4	0	4	-3.311

Play-offs

There were four play-off matches to decide the final standings.

Final (Div 1)

Final standings

Division 1

width=50	Pos	width=175	Team	width=275	Promotion
1st		Remain in Division One
2nd
3rd

Division 2

width=50	Pos	width=175	Team	width=275	Promotion
1st		Promoted to 2010 ICC WCL Division Eight & 2011 ICC EAP Trophy Division 1
2nd		Remain in Division Two
3rd
4th
5th

See also

• International cricket in 2009