2022 Asia Cup Qualifier

2022 Asia Cup Qualifier
Dates20 – 24 August 2022
Administrator(s)Asian Cricket Council
Cricket formatTwenty20 International
Tournament format(s)Round-robin
Host(s) Oman
Champions Hong Kong (2nd title)
Runners-up Kuwait
Participants4
Matches6
Most runsHong Kong Yasim Murtaza (130)
Most wicketsHong Kong Ehsan Khan (9)
2018
2023

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]

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  3. ^ "Asia Cup 2020 postponed in wake of Covid-19; ACC looks for window in 2021". ESPN Cricinfo. Retrieved 9 July 2020.
  4. ^ "No home Asia Cup for UAE after tournament is cancelled due to coronavirus pandemic". The National. 9 July 2020. Retrieved 9 July 2020.
  5. ^ "2021 Edition of the Asia Cup to be postponed". Asian Cricket Council. Retrieved 23 May 2021.
  6. ^ "The SLC announces Sri Lanka's Cricketing Calendar for the year 2022". The Papare. 5 January 2022. Retrieved 5 January 2022.