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The Sharjah Cup was an international limited-overs
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tournament that took place at the
Sharjah Cricket Association Stadium The Sharjah Cricket Stadium ( ar, ملعب الشارقة للكريكيت) is in Sharjah in the United Arab Emirates. It holds the record for the most ODIs hosted in a venue with 240 ODIs up to December 2019. It was originally constructed in t ...
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Sharjah Sharjah (; ar, ٱلشَّارقَة ', Gulf Arabic: ''aš-Šārja'') is the third-most populous city in the United Arab Emirates, after Dubai and Abu Dhabi, forming part of the Dubai-Sharjah-Ajman metropolitan area. Sharjah is the capital ...
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UAE The United Arab Emirates (UAE; ar, اَلْإِمَارَات الْعَرَبِيَة الْمُتَحِدَة ), or simply the Emirates ( ar, الِْإمَارَات ), is a country in Western Asia (The Middle East). It is located at th ...
on multiple occasions between 1984 and 2003. The stadium usually hosted two tournaments each season: a "Champions Trophy" in October/November, and a "Cup" in March/April. Typically three teams would participate in the tournament, but the format would vary, with as few as two and as many as six teams appearing. The team which competed most often in the Sharjah Cup was
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, who appeared in 28 of the 32 tournaments; Pakistan are also its most successful team, with a total of 15 titles.


Tournament results by season


References

{{reflist Cricket in the United Arab Emirates Recurring events disestablished in 2003 2003 disestablishments in the United Arab Emirates