Cannabis cup

Cannex Asia Cannabis Cup

A Bangkok shopping-mall gathering in April 2023, part trade show and part fan party. The only link to a Cannabis Cup in the surviving coverage is a page tag.

  • 11results on record
  • 2023years in our data
  • 1editions
  • 8matched to strains
  • EmQuartierlatest location

01Beginnings

The one edition this page can document took place in Bangkok, Thailand, in April 2023, in the event space of the EmQuartier shopping mall1. Beyond the venue and the year, the origin story is blank. The material available to us does not say who founded the event, when it first ran or what inspired it, and it does not name the organisers. The only source links the event to the phrase "Cannabis Cup" through its page tags alone, so the competition's own history is also undocumented1.

02The Story

The dates are muddled. The article's opening sentence says the event ran from 20 to 23 April 2023, but the same sentence then lists only 20, 21 and 22 April1. Our research notes point to 20 to 22 April 2023. This page does not pick between the two readings and gives the span as roughly 20 to 22 or 23 April 2023, to be tightened if an official schedule turns up. The publication also tagged the coverage 4/201.

The coverage puts the event in a wider context. The reporters write that Thailand's cannabis scene is heating up, and they describe the country as Asia's newest hot cannabis market1. That places the Bangkok gathering in a period of growing attention. The source does not say how the event related to Thailand's rules or to the wider industry beyond that framing.

03Culture and Community

According to the write-up, the crowd was a mix of exhibitors, speakers and cannabis fans1. That makes the event feel like two things at once: part trade show, where people from the business side meet, and part fan gathering. The article gives no breakdown of attendance by number, nationality or role, so we cannot say how large or how international the crowd was.

The article reads like a walk around the floor. The reporters say they talked with growers, tried products and took in the atmosphere1. The source goes no further than that. It lists no exhibitors, names no products, gives no stage schedule and does not describe any judging.

04Where Things Stand

The only coverage available to us is of the 2023 edition, which the publication tags with 4/20 and Cannabis Cup1. That tag is the only link between this event and a cup-style competition. The article text we have does not describe a contest, so how it worked, who judged it and who won are all undocumented. The page carries no publication date, only a relative age of about four years, so we cannot give a firm date for any later status1. Whether a 2025 or 2026 edition took place is not documented here.

05What Comes Next

We found no announced plans. The source covers only the 2023 edition and says nothing about later dates, venues or formats. This page does not guess whether the event will return, move or change its format. If an organiser statement or newer coverage appears, it will be added here.

The results, in our data

CannaLib holds 11 results from this cup across 1 years (2023 to 2023), 8 of them matched to a strain in the catalogue.

Recent first-place strains

YearStrainCategoryEntrant
2023StardawgBest in ShowMedicana Farm
2023Apes In SpacePopular VoteKamar Taz Farm
2023Banana HammockBest OutdoorNeramit Farm
2023Panty PunchBest IndicaRai Dern Dong Farm
2023HoneycombBest SativaPure Luxury Garden Farm
2023Cap N KushBest HybridBalance Farm
2023Apples And BananasHighest CBDChatree Farm

Editions on record

  • 2023 · EmQuartier (Helix Building), Bangkok; awards 22 Apr 2023 at Flamenco

Every result, edition by edition →

Sources

  1. The Sights & Sounds of Cannex Asia 2023 (Global Cannabis Times)

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