the 2018 amata friendship cup (; ) was the first edition of the amata friendship cup matches, held 21–23 december at the amata spring country club in chonburi, thailand. the amata friendship cup is a team competition between the top mixed-gender professional and amateur golfers from thailand and japan. it is a three-day match play event between teams of twelve players with a similar format to the ryder cup and solheim cup. boonchu ruangkit and virada nirapathpongporn captained the thai team and naomichi ozaki and miho koga captained the japanese team.