| Tournament Name: | Twenty20 East Asia Cup |
| First: | 2016 (Men's) 2015 (Women's) |
| Last: | 2024 (Men's) 2023 (Women's) |
| Cricket Format: | Twenty20, T20I and WT20I |
| Champions: | Men's: (1st title) Women's: (3rd title) |
| Most Successful: | Men's: & (1 title each) Women's: (3 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]
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]
| Details | Dates | Host nation(s) | Final | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Venue | Winner | Result | Runner-up | ||||
| 2016 Men's | 3 – 6 November 2016 |  Japan | Sano International Cricket Ground, Sano | 101/6 (19 overs) | South Korea won by 4 wickets[10] Scorecard | 100/7 (20 overs) | |
| 2018 Men's | 13–15 September 2018 |  Hong Kong | Mission Road Ground, Mong Kok | 160 (19.4 overs) | Japan won by 86 runs[11] Scorecard | 74 (18.1 overs) | |
| 2024 Men's | 14–17 February 2024 | Hong Kong | Mission Road Ground, Mong Kok | 219/7 (20 overs) | Hong Kong won by 34 runs[12] Scorecard | 184/8 (20 overs) | |
| Details | Dates | Host nation(s) | Final | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Venue | Winner | Result | Runner-up | ||||
| 2015 Women's | 17–20 September 2015 | Yeonhui Cricket Ground, Incheon | 123/2 (20 overs) | China Women won by 38 runs[13] Scorecard | 85/4 (20 overs) | ||
| 2017 Women's | 21–24 September 2017 | Hong Kong | Kowloon Cricket Club, Hong Kong | 85/5 (16.2 overs) | Hong Kong Women won by 5 wickets (DLS method)[14] Scorecard | 90/4 (20 overs) | |
| 2019 Women's | 19–22 September 2019 | Yeonhui Cricket Ground, Incheon | 104/4 (20 overs) | China Women won by 14 runs[15] Scorecard | 90/9 (20 overs) | ||
| 2022 Women's | 27–30 October 2022 | Japan | Kaizuka Cricket Ground, Kaizuka | 4–0 (bilateral series)[16] | |||
| 2023 Women's | 25–28 May 2023 |  China | Pingfeng Campus Cricket Field, Hangzhou | 72/9 (20 overs) | Match tied (Hong Kong won the Super Over)[17] Scorecard | 72 (12 overs) | |