2016 Asia Cup
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The 2016 Asia Cup was a major international cricket tournament featuring top Asian national teams, notable for being played in the Twenty20 format ahead of the 2016 ICC World T20.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| 2016 Asia Cup canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T6163922 — resolving that mention is where its identity was fixed. The disambiguator weighed these candidate entities and picked the highlighted one (or “None”, minting a new entity). This is how homonymy is resolved: the same surface form can point to different entities.
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
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Target entity: 2016 Asia Cup Context triple: [Sher-e-Bangla National Cricket Stadium, hostedTournament, 2016 Asia Cup]
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2014 Asia Cup
The 2014 Asia Cup was a One Day International cricket tournament held in Bangladesh, featuring top Asian national teams and ultimately won by Sri Lanka.
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B.
2022 Asia Cup
The 2022 Asia Cup was a major international men's cricket tournament featuring top Asian national teams, ultimately won by Sri Lanka.
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C.
2008 Asia Cup
The 2008 Asia Cup was a One Day International cricket tournament held in Pakistan, featuring top Asian national teams and ultimately won by Sri Lanka.
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D.
2004 Asia Cup
The 2004 Asia Cup was a One Day International cricket tournament held in Sri Lanka featuring major Asian national teams, ultimately won by the host nation.
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E.
1986 Asia Cup
The 1986 Asia Cup was a One Day International cricket tournament held in Sri Lanka, notable for being the first major multi-nation title won by the Sri Lankan national team.
- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
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Entity disambiguation (via description)
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Target entity: 2016 Asia Cup Target entity description: The 2016 Asia Cup was a major international cricket tournament featuring top Asian national teams, notable for being played in the Twenty20 format ahead of the 2016 ICC World T20.
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A.
2014 Asia Cup
The 2014 Asia Cup was a One Day International cricket tournament held in Bangladesh, featuring top Asian national teams and ultimately won by Sri Lanka.
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B.
2022 Asia Cup
The 2022 Asia Cup was a major international men's cricket tournament featuring top Asian national teams, ultimately won by Sri Lanka.
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C.
2008 Asia Cup
The 2008 Asia Cup was a One Day International cricket tournament held in Pakistan, featuring top Asian national teams and ultimately won by Sri Lanka.
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D.
2004 Asia Cup
The 2004 Asia Cup was a One Day International cricket tournament held in Sri Lanka featuring major Asian national teams, ultimately won by the host nation.
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E.
1986 Asia Cup
The 1986 Asia Cup was a One Day International cricket tournament held in Sri Lanka, notable for being the first major multi-nation title won by the Sri Lankan national team.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (46)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Asia Cup
ⓘ
cricket tournament ⓘ |
| administrator | Asian Cricket Council NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| broadcastRegion | international ⓘ |
| champion | India national cricket team NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| continent | Asia ⓘ |
| cricketFormat | Twenty20 International ⓘ |
| defendingChampion | Sri Lanka national cricket team NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| editionNumber | 13 ⓘ |
| endDate | 2016-03-06 ⓘ |
| finalDate | 2016-03-06 ⓘ |
| finalMatch | India vs Bangladesh NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| finalResult | India won by 8 wickets ⓘ |
| finalVenue | Sher-e-Bangla National Cricket Stadium NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| gender | men's tournament ⓘ |
| hostBoard | Bangladesh Cricket Board NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hostCity | Dhaka NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hostCountry | Bangladesh NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| matchesPlayed | 11 ⓘ |
| mostRuns | 153 ⓘ |
| mostRunsPlayer | Virat Kohli NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| mostWickets | 11 ⓘ |
| mostWicketsPlayer | Al-Amin Hossain NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| nextEdition | 2018 Asia Cup NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| notableFeature | first Asia Cup played in Twenty20 International format ⓘ |
| numberOfTeams | 5 ⓘ |
| officialName | Micromax Asia Cup 2016 NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| organisingBody | Asian Cricket Council NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| participatingTeam |
Bangladesh national cricket team
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
India national cricket team NERFINISHED ⓘ Pakistan national cricket team NERFINISHED ⓘ Sri Lanka national cricket team NERFINISHED ⓘ United Arab Emirates national cricket team NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| playerOfTheSeries | Shikhar Dhawan NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| previousEdition | 2014 Asia Cup NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| purpose | preparation for 2016 ICC World Twenty20 ⓘ |
| qualificationFormat | T20I qualifier among Asian Associate teams ⓘ |
| qualificationTournament | 2016 Asia Cup Qualifier ⓘ |
| qualifierTeam | United Arab Emirates national cricket team NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| runnerUp | Bangladesh national cricket team NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| sponsor | Micromax NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| sport | cricket ⓘ |
| startDate | 2016-02-24 ⓘ |
| tournamentFormat | round-robin and final ⓘ |
| venue | Sher-e-Bangla National Cricket Stadium NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| year | 2016 ⓘ |
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Instruction
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Input
Subject: 2016 Asia Cup Description of subject: The 2016 Asia Cup was a major international cricket tournament featuring top Asian national teams, notable for being played in the Twenty20 format ahead of the 2016 ICC World T20.
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