The 2017 Women's East Asia Cup was a

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tournament, which was held in Hong Kong in September 2017. The venues for the round-robin stage matches were the

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in Wong Nai, and the Mission Road Ground in

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. The tournament was completed with the final and third-place play-off, which were played at the Kowloon Cricket Club. The Twenty20 East Asia Cup is an annual competition featuring China,

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, Japan and

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that was first played in 2015 and alternates annually between a men's and women's event. China were the defending women's champions, having won the inaugural edition in 2015 at the

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in Incheon, South Korea. South Korea had won the inaugural men's edition in

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. Matches did not have

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status. Hong Kong defeated Japan in the final on 24 September 2017 to win the Women's East Asia Cup for the first time.

Squads

Round-robin

Points table

Matches

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Play-offs

Third-place play-off

Final

References

External links

Series home at ESPN Cricinfo
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