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The 2022 Valletta Cup was a Twenty20 International (T20I) cricket tournament held in Malta between 10 and 15 May 2022. It was the third edition of the Valletta Cup. The venue for the series was the Marsa Sports Club in Marsa. The participating teams were the hosts Malta along with Bulgaria, Czech Republic, Gibraltar, Hungary and Romania. Malta were the defending champions having defeated Switzerland in the final of the 2021 edition. Bulgaria and Gibraltar returned after finishing the 2021 tournament in third and fourth places, respectively. The Czech Republic and Hungary last featured in the 2019 Valletta Cup, in which the Czechs beat a Hungary XI in the final.

In a round-robin game against Bulgaria, Gibraltar put on an unbeaten 213 runs for the first wicket, the fourth highest opening partnerships in men's T20Is. Malta secured a place in the final on day three with a game to spare, after winning their first four matches. Romania reached the final after a rapid run-chase against Gibraltar, and they went on to defeat the hosts by 9 runs in the final.

T20 Valletta Cup on rahvusvaheline kriketiturniir, mida peetakse Vallettas Maltal. Turniiri korraldab Malta Kriketi Liit ja see toimub igal aastal alates 2018. aastast.

Turniiril osalevad rahvuslikud kriketivõistkonnad Euroopast ja Aasiast. Turniiri formaat on T20, mis tähendab, et iga meeskond mängib 20 üle.

T20 Valletta Cup on oluline sündmus Malta kriketikalendris. See on võimalus Malta meeskonnal mängida rahvusvaheliste vastastega ja see aitab edendada kriketimängu Maltal.

2023. aasta T20 Valletta Cup toimub 15.–19. juunil. Turniiril osalevad järgmised meeskonnad:

* Malta
* Austria
* Gibraltar
* Jersey
* Luksemburg
* Portugal
* Rumeenia
* Serbia