2025 Asia Cup

Last updated
2025 Asia Cup
DatesTBD – October 2025
Administrator(s) Asian Cricket Council
Cricket format Twenty20 International
Tournament format(s)Group stage and knockout
Host(s)Flag of India.svg  India
Participants6
Matches13
2023
2027

The 2025 Asia Cup will be the 17th edition of the men's Asia Cup cricket tournament. It is scheduled to take place in India in October 2025 with the matches to be played in T20I format. The tournament will serve as a crucial preparation for the teams that qualified for the 2026 T20 World Cup. India are the defending champions. [1]

Contents

The tournament will feature 6 teams. The five full members of the Asian Cricket Council; Afghanistan, Bangladesh, India, Pakistan, and Sri Lanka automatically qualify for the tournament and they will be joined by United Arab Emirates, who qualified after winning the 2024 ACC Men's Premier Cup. [2]

Background

On 28 July 2024, the information was revealed following the Asian Cricket Council's (ACC) release of an Invitation for Expressions of Interest (IEOI) document on Saturday. This document invites interested parties to submit their IEOI for ACC Sponsorship Rights for the period from 2024 to 2027. The document also mentioned that all details, including schedules, dates, formats, and venues, are tentative and subject to change at the ACC's discretion without any liability. [3]

Format

The groups and format of the tournament will follow a similar structure to previous tournaments, with the six teams split into two groups of three. The top two teams from each group will qualify for a single-group Super Four stage. The top two teams in this stage will contest the final for the Asia Cup trophy. [4]

Teams and qualification

The five full members of the Asian Cricket Council qualified automatically for the tournament while the United Arab Emirates joined them after winning the 2024 ACC Premier Cup. [5]

Means of qualificationDateHostsBerth(s)Qualified
ICC Full Members5Flag of Afghanistan (2013-2021).svg  Afghanistan
Flag of Bangladesh.svg  Bangladesh
Flag of India.svg  India
Flag of Pakistan.svg  Pakistan
Flag of Sri Lanka.svg  Sri Lanka
2024 ACC Premier Cup 12 – 21 April 2024Flag of Oman.svg  Oman 1Flag of the United Arab Emirates.svg  United Arab Emirates
6

Group stage

Group A

PosTeamPldWLNRPts NRR
1Flag of India.svg  India (H)00000
2Flag of Pakistan.svg  Pakistan 00000
3Flag of the United Arab Emirates.svg  United Arab Emirates 00000
First match(es) will be played: unknown. Source: [ citation needed ]
(H) Host

  Advanced to the Super Four

Group B

PosTeamPldWLNRPts NRR
1Flag of Afghanistan (2013-2021).svg  Afghanistan 00000
2Flag of Bangladesh.svg  Bangladesh 00000
3Flag of Sri Lanka.svg  Sri Lanka 00000
First match(es) will be played: unknown. Source: [ citation needed ]

  Advanced to the Super Four

Super Four

PosTeamPldWLNRPts NRR
1Winner of Group A00000
2Runner-up of Group A00000
3Winner of Group B00000
4Runner-up of Group B00000
First match(es) will be played: unknown. Source: [ citation needed ]

  Advanced to the Final

Final

October 2025
1st placed team
v
2nd placed team
TBD

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