| 2016 East Asia Cup | |
| Fromdate: | 3 |
| Todate: | 6 November 2016 |
| Administrator: | Japan Cricket Association |
| Cricket Format: | Twenty20 |
| Host: |  Japan |
| Count: | 1 |
| Participants: | 4 |
| Matches: | 8 |
| Most Runs: | Masaomi Kobayashi (111) |
| Most Wickets: | Kohei Wakita (10) |
| Next Year: | 2018 |
| Next Tournament: | 2018 Twenty20 East Asia Cup |
The 2016 East Asia Cup was a Twenty20 (T20) cricket tournament, which was held in Japan in November 2016.[1] The matches were all played at the Sano International Cricket Ground in the city of Sano.[2]
The Twenty20 East Asia Cup is an annual competition featuring China, Hong Kong, Japan and South Korea that was first played in 2015 and alternates annually between a men's and women's event.[3] This was the first edition of the men's event, after China won the inaugural women's edition in 2015.[4] Matches did not have Twenty20 International status. Hong Kong was represented by the Hong Kong Dragons side, a team representing Hong Kong's Chinese community, instead of the full national side.
South Korea defeated hosts Japan in the final on 6 November 2016 to win the East Asia Cup.
| Team[9] | Status | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| (H) | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | +2.453 | Advanced to the final |
| 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 4 | +2.608 | ||
| 3 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | –1.594 | Advanced to the 3rd place play-off | |
| 3 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | –3.174 |
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