Team Asia Explained

The term Team Asia is used in a number of sports to designate a unified team of Asian countries in several sports competitions and sports tournaments.

Competitions featuring an Asia team

Competition	Sport	Contributing regions	Notes
2016 ISU Team Challenge Cup			The inaugural ISU Team Challenge Cup features Team Asia against Team Europe and Team North America	[1]
2015 Kings Cup	Pool (cue sport)		The inaugural Kings Cup featured Team Asia versus European and US players on Team West.	[2] [3] [4]
Queens Cup	Billiards		Team Asia plays against Team West	[5]
2015 Peachtree Cup	Road running		The inaugural Peachtree Cup, part of the Peachtree Road Race 2015 competition, featured Team Asia against Team USA, Team Europe, Team Africa.	[6] [7] [8]
2014 World Ladies Championship Goodwill Cup	Golf		The inaugural World Ladies Championship Goodwill Cup featured Team Asia versus Team Europe. The Goodwill Cup large team championship was played as part of the World Ladies Championship.	[9] [10]
EurAsia Cup	Golf		The EurAsia Cup features Team Asia versus Team Europe.	[11]
Euro-Asia Cup	Table tennis		The Euro-Asia Cup features Team Asia versus Team Europe.
Basketbol Süper Ligi All-Star Game	Basketball		The Turkish Basketball Super League's game features Team Asia versus Team Europe, with the teams consisting of players representing clubs based in the Asian (Anatolia) and European (East Thrace) portions of Turkey.	[12]

Note that in the above sports there also exist national teams taking part in other competitions

See also

• Team North America
• Team Europe
• Team World
• Team Africa
• Team Latin America

Notes and References

1. News: Skate second comings: Max Aaron as Elvis Stojko, Jason Brown as Paul Wylie? . Philip Hersh . 25 October 2015 . Chicago Tribune .
2. News: 'Bata' Reyes to lead Team Asia in Kings Cup . 7 September 2015 . ABS-CBN News .
3. News: Bata heads Team Asia in King's Cup . The Philippine Star . 8 September 2015 .
4. News: Double KO. Team Asia Gets the Best Player in the World & His Brother . Autumn Grucella . October 2015 . Inside Pool .
5. News: Amit leads Team Asia to Second Queens Cup Championship . 19 April 2015 . ABS-CBN Sports .
6. News: Team Africa wins Peachtree Cup at AJC Peachtree Road Race . 4 July 2015 . Associated Press . WRDW-TV-12-Agusta News .
7. News: Peachtree Road Race Adds Elite Team Competition . Peter Gambaccini . 18 March 2015 . Runner's World .
8. Web site: Team USA is Strong, But Team Africa Prevails in Peachtree Cup . 4 July 2015 . Atlanta Track Club .
9. Web site: Team Asia Wins Inaugural Goodwill Trophy . 5 March 2014 . CLPGA Tour . China LPGA .
10. Web site: Team Asia Wins First Goodwill Trophy . Mission Hills Group . Mission Hills World Ladies Championship .
11. News: Get ready for another Europe-Asia showdown . The Star (Kuala Lumpur) . Lim Teik Huat . 28 September 2015 .
12. News: Team Europe defeats Team Asia 138-130 at TBL All-Star Ankara . Hurriyet Daily News . 19 January 2015 .