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Sporting organization in South Korea
Korea Cricket Association
(
Korean
:
大寒크리켓協會
)
[1]
is the official
governing body
of the sport of
cricket
in
South Korea
. The KCA operates
Korean national team
and
Korean women's national team
. Its current headquarters is located in
Seoul
,
South Korea
. Korea Cricket Association is South Korea's representative at the
International Cricket Council
and is an
associate member
[2]
and has been a member of that body since 2001 initially as an affiliate member. It is also a member of the
East Asia-Pacific Cricket Council
.
The
2014 Asian Games
featured cricket for both the men's and the women's event and for that purpose a cricket facility was built known as
Yeonhui Cricket Ground
for the
cricket
matches to be played in the games.
It has been reported that the crowd capacity of this ground will be 2,352. This is the first cricket stadium in South
Korea
.
[3]
In 2016, the South Korean men's team competed in the inaugural East Asia Cup played among the four teams with
Japan
, China and Hong Kong Dragons being the other three teams. It was hosted by
Japan Cricket Association
at
Sano International Cricket Ground
. The tournament was won by South Korea after beating Japan in the final.
[4]
In 2017, the South Korean women's team participated in the Women's East Asia Cup in Hong Kong.
[5]
In April 2018, the ICC decided to grant full
Twenty20 International
(T20I) status to all its members. Therefore, all men's
Twenty20
matches played between South Korea and other
ICC members
after 1 January 2019 will be a full T20I and all women's T20 matches with other ICC members after 1 July 2018 have the
WT20I
status.
[6]
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