Central Europe Cup

The Central Europe Cup is an international cricket tournament played annually in Prague, Czech Republic, between invited teams from across central Europe. Organized by the Czech Cricket Union, and played at the Vinoř Cricket Ground, the tournament was first held in 2014 as a 50-over tournament and retained this format until it was changed to Twenty20 in 2019.[1][2] Poland won the inaugural event in 2014, finishing ahead of Switzerland on the basis of their head-to-head record after the two teams ended the tournament level on points.[3] The Poles retained the title in 2015.[4] The 2016 tournament featured only three teams, with Poland not featuring, and was won by the hosts for the first time.[5] Poland returned in 2017 and won the tournament for a third time.[6] Switzerland claimed the title in 2018 winning all three of their matches.[7]

Central Europe Cup
AdministratorCzech Cricket Union
FormatTwenty20 (since 2019)
First edition2014
Latest edition2019
Current champion Czech Republic (2nd title)
Most successful Poland (3 titles)

The Czechs are the current champions, having defeated Hungary in the 2019 final.[8][9] As of 2019, Poland have won the tournament on the most occasions (three times), while the Czech Republic (twice) and Switzerland (once) have also claimed the title. The 2020 edition was scheduled to take place in September and would have been the first to have official Twenty20 International status since the International Cricket Council granted this status to all eligible matches played between its Members from January 2019.[10][11] The 2020 edition would also have included more teams that previous editions, with six national teams taking part – Austria, Belgium, Hungary, Luxembourg, Malta, and the hosts Czech Republic.[1] However, the tournament was cancelled on 14 September 2020 due to a worsening of the COVID-19 pandemic in the region.[12][13]

Results
Year Result Refs
Winner Runner-up Third Fourth
2014 Poland   Switzerland  Czech Republic  Luxembourg [3][14][15]
2015 Poland  Sweden  Malta  Czech Republic [4][16][17]
2016  Czech Republic   Switzerland  Estonia N/A [5][18][19][20]
2017 Poland  Luxembourg  Czech Republic   Switzerland [6][21]
2018   Switzerland  Czech Eagles  Czech Lions  Luxembourg [7][22][23]
2019  Czech Republic  Hungary   Switzerland  Latvia [8][9][24][25]
2020 Cancelled [12]

Performance by team
Legend
  • 1st – Champions
  • 2nd – Runners-up
  • 3rd – Third place
  • Q – Qualified
  • C – Qualified, but tournament was cancelled
Team 2014 2015 2016 2017 2018 2019 2020 Total
6
 Austria ——————C0
 Belgium ——————C0
 Czech Republic 3rd4th1st3rd—1stC5
 Czech Eagles ————2nd——1
 Czech Lions ————3rd——1
 Estonia ——3rd————1
 Hungary —————2ndC1
 Latvia —————4th—1
 Luxembourg 4th——2nd4th—C3
 Malta —3rd————C1
Poland 1st1st—1st———3
 Sweden —2nd—————1
  Switzerland 2nd—2nd4th1st3rd—5

References
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