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{{Short description|Cricket competition in Vanuatu}}
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The '''2005 ICC EAP Cricket Cup''' was held in [[Vanuatu]] between 23 and 29 September 2005 as part of the qualification for the [[2011 Cricket World Cup]]. Six teams from the East Asia-Pacific Region competed in a round-robin stage, followed by ranking finals. Japan defeated the Cook Islands in a close final held at Club Hippique in [[Port Vila]], Vanuatu. Both finalists qualified for the [[2006 ICC EAP Cricket Trophy]]; the other four teams -- Tonga, Vanuatu, Indonesia and Samoa -- had their World Cup hopes dashed six years before the final competition.

== Matches ==
=== Group stage ===
{| class="wikitable" style="font-size: 100%; text-align: center;"

! Pos
! Team
! Played
! Won
! Lost
! No result
! Tie
! Points
|-
|| 1 || {{cr|COK}} || 5 || 4 || 1 || 0 || 0 || 8
|-
|| 2 || {{cr|JAP}} || 5 || 4 || 1 || 0 || 0 || 8
|-
|| 3 || {{cr|TON}} || 5 || 4 || 1 || 0 || 0 || 8
|-
|| 4 || {{cr|VAN}} || 5 || 2 || 3 || 0 || 0 || 4
|-
|| 5 || {{cr|IDN}} || 5 || 1 || 4 || 0 || 0 || 2
|-  
|| 6 || {{cr|SAM}} || 5 || 0 || 5 || 0 || 0 || 1
|}

===Finals===
====5th/6th Place Playoff====

* Samoa vs Indonesia at Independence Park - 29 September 2005

Samoa 71 all out lost to Indonesia 72/3 (23 overs) by 7 wickets.

====3rd/4th Place Playoff====

* Tonga vs Vanuatu at [[KaZaa Cricket Field]] - 29 September 2005

Tonga 105 all out lost to Vanuatu 106-4 (34 overs) by 6 wickets.

====Final====

* Japan vs Cook Islands at Club Hippique - 29 September 2005

Japan 161 all out (48 overs) beat Cook Islands 155 all out by 6 runs.

{| class="wikitable" font-size: 90%;
|-
! colspan=2 | Classification
|- valign="top"
| 1 || {{cr|JAP}}
|- 
| 2 || {{cr|COK}}
|- 
| 3 || {{cr|VAN}}
|-
| 4 || {{cr|TON}}
|-
| 5 || {{cr|IDN}}
|-
| 6 || {{cr|SAM}}
|-
|}

== See also ==
*[[International Cricket Council]]

== External links ==
*[https://web.archive.org/web/20060101003246/http://www.icc-cricket.com/icc/development/east-asia-pacific/tournaments/eap_cricket_cup_2005/ ICC EAP Cricket Cup official website]

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[[Category:International cricket competitions in 2005|EAP Cricket Cup 2005]]
[[Category:ICC EAP Cricket Trophy]]
[[Category:International cricket competitions in Vanuatu]]