Dates | 2 – 5 September 2021 |
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Administrator(s) | Cricket Romania |
Cricket format | Twenty20 International |
Tournament format(s) | Group round-robin and play-offs |
Host(s) | Romania |
Champions | Romania |
Runners-up | Luxembourg |
Participants | 6 |
Matches | 11 |
Most runs | Zeeshan Kukikhel (263) |
Most wickets | Vikram Vijh (9) |
The 2021 Continental Cup was a Twenty20 International (T20I) cricket tournament that took place at the Moara Vlasiei Cricket Ground in Ilfov County, Romania, in the first week of September 2021.[1] Austria won the previous edition in 2019,[2] but did not return to defend the title in 2021. The participating nations were the hosts Romania, along with Bulgaria, Czech Republic, Hungary, Luxembourg and Malta.[1] Hungary played their first ever official men's T20I match during the tournament.[3] The teams were split into two groups, with the top two in each group progressing to the semi-finals.
Luxembourg topped Group A to set up a semi-final against Hungary, while Romania earned a semi-final against Malta after winning Group B.[4] Luxembourg and Romania advanced to the final by winning their semi-final matches, while the Czech Republic finished in fifth place after defeating Bulgaria in a play-off.[5] On the last day of the tournament, Romania defeated Luxembourg in the final by 33 runs, before Hungary secured third place with a comfortable eight-wicket win over Malta.[6]