Dates | 20 – 24 August 2022 |
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Administrator(s) | Asian Cricket Council |
Cricket format | Twenty20 International |
Tournament format(s) | Round-robin |
Host(s) | Oman |
Champions | Hong Kong (2nd title) |
Runners-up | Kuwait |
Participants | 4 |
Matches | 6 |
Most runs | Yasim Murtaza (130) |
Most wickets | Ehsan Khan (9) |
The 2022 Asia Cup Qualification was a men's cricket tournament which took place in Oman in August 2022 to determine qualification for the 2022 Asia Cup (which was originally scheduled to be played in 2020).[1] The 2020 editions of the ACC Western and Eastern regional T20 tournaments were held in February and March of the same year by the Asian Cricket Council (ACC). Thirteen teams competed (eight in the Western and five in the Eastern event), with the aim of progressing to the qualifier. These were scheduled to be followed by the Asia Cup Qualifier tournament in Malaysia, which was due to be played in August 2020.[2] However, in July 2020 the Asia Cup was postponed due to the COVID-19 pandemic,[3] resulting in the postponement of the qualifier.[4] In May 2021, the Asian Cricket Council confirmed that there would be no Asia Cup in 2021, with that edition of the tournament deferred until 2023.[5] It was later announced that there would be a T20I Asia Cup in 2022, to be hosted by the United Arab Emirates.[6]