The 2019 Women's East Asia Cup was a

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tournament, which was held in South Korea in September 2019. All of the matches were played at the

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, where a round-robin series was followed by a final and a third-place play-off. The

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that was first played in 2015 and alternates annually between a men's and women's event. The women's event was won by China in

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. The men's events in

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(both featuring the Hong Kong Dragons – a side representing Hong Kong's Chinese community – instead of their senior national team) had been won by South Korea and Japan, respectively. The 2019 edition was the first to be granted official T20I status after the

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(ICC) had granted T20I status to matches between all of its members from 1 July 2018 (women's teams) and 1 January 2019 (men's teams). China defeated Hong Kong in the final by 14 runs to claim the title. Chinese batter Sun Meng Yao contributed nearly half of her team's runs with an innings of 49 *.

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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