Women's Asia Cup

For the men's tournament, see Asia Cup. For other uses, see Asia Cup (disambiguation).

Women's Asia Cup

Administrator	Asian Cricket Council
Format	WODI and WT20I
First edition	2004
Latest edition	2024
Tournament format	Round-robin and knockouts
Number of teams	8
Current champion	Sri Lanka (1st title)
Most successful	India (7 titles)
Most runs	Mithali Raj
Most wickets	Neetu David

The Women's Asia Cup is the biennial cricket tournament organised by the Asian Cricket Council. The tournament is played by senior national cricket teams of Asian members, determining the continental champion of Asia. ^[1]

The first Asia Cup was held in 2004 on Colombo and Kandy in the Sri Lanka. The 2020 edition was postponed to 2021 due to the COVID-19 pandemic before being cancelled. The ICC has ruled that all the matches played in the Asia Cup has ODI or T20I status. The 2012 Asia Cup was the first event to be played in the T20 format. By 2024, there have been nine Women’s Asia Cup tournaments with India winning the most number of titles (7). ^[2]

History

Winners of ACC Women's Asia Cup

Season	Format	Champion
2004	ODI	India
2005–06	ODI	India  (2)
2006	ODI	India  (3)
2008	ODI	India  (4)
2012	T20I	India  (5)
2016	T20I	India  (6)
2018	T20I	Bangladesh
2022	T20I	India  (7)
2024	T20I	Sri Lanka

One-Day Internationals

2004

The first Women's Asia Cup was played in Sri Lanka in April 2004. Only two teams took part, India and Sri Lanka and they played a five match One-Day International series against each other. India won all five matches in the first Women's Asia Cup. ^[3]

2005–06

Karachi, Pakistan hosted the second Women's Asia Cup in December 2005 and January 2006. ^[4] Pakistan made their first appearance in the tournament. ^[5] India again won the tournament, beating Sri Lanka by 97 runs in the final. ^[6]

2006

The third Women's Asia Cup tournament was played in Jaipur, India in December 2006. ^[7] The tournament went very much the way of the previous event. India beat Sri Lanka in the final, this time by eight wickets. ^[8]

2008

The fourth Women's Asia Cup tournament was played in Sri Lanka in May 2008. India again won the tournament, defeating Sri Lanka by 177 runs in the final. ^[9]

Twenty20 cricket

2012

The fifth Women's Asia Cup Tournament was played in Guanggong Cricket Stadium, Guangzhou, China from 24 to 31 October 2012. India defeated Pakistan by 19 runs in the final ^{[10] [11]}

2016

The sixth Women's Asia Cup tournament was played in Thailand, from 27 November to 4 December 2016. India beat Pakistan by 17 runs in the final, becoming champion for the 6th time consecutively.

2018

The seventh Women's Asia Cup tournament was played in Malaysia, from 3 June to 10 June 2018. ^[12] Bangladesh beat six-time winner India by 3 wickets in the final to clinch their first Asia Cup title. ^[13]

2022

A tournament was due to take place in 2020 in Bangladesh, ^[14] but was postponed to 2021 (and eventually 2022) due to the COVID-19 pandemic. ^[15] The 2022 edition of the tournament took place at Sylhet, Bangladesh in October 2022. ^[16] India beat Sri Lanka in the final, this time by eight wickets by chasing a modest total of 65 and became 7th time winner.Jemimah Rodrigues was the highest run scorer of this tournament.

2024

The ninth edition was hosted by Sri Lanka. ^[17] A total of 15 games were played in the edition among the teams including semi finals and final. All the matches were held at Rangiri Dambulla International Stadium in Dambulla. Sri Lanka women defeated India women in the final to win their maiden Women's Asia Cup title. Sri Lanka's Chamari Athapaththu was the leading run scorer of the season with 243 runs from four matches ^[18]

Results

Year	Format	Host Nation	Final Venue	No. of teams	Final
					Winner	Result	Runner-up
2004	ODI	Sri Lanka	Sinhalese Sports Club Ground, Colombo	2	India	India won the tournament 5–0	Sri Lanka [19]
2005–06	ODI	Pakistan	National Stadium, Karachi	3	India 269/4 (50 overs)	India won by 97 runs	Sri Lanka 172/9 (50 overs)
2006	ODI	India	Sawai Mansingh Stadium, Jaipur	3	India 95/2 (27.5 overs)	India won by 8 wickets	Sri Lanka 93 (44.1 overs)
2008	ODI	Sri Lanka	Welagedara Stadium, Kurunegala	4	India 260/7 (50 overs)	India won by 177 runs	Sri Lanka 83 (35.2 overs)
2012	T20I	China	Guanggong International Cricket Stadium, Guangzhou	8	India 81 (20 overs)	India won by 18 runs	Pakistan 63 (19.1 overs)
2016	T20I	Thailand	Asian Institute of Technology Ground, Bangkok	6	India 121/5 (20 overs)	India won by 17 runs	Pakistan 104/6 (20 overs)
2018	T20I	Malaysia	Kinrara Academy Oval, Kuala Lumpur	6	Bangladesh 113/7 (20 overs)	Bangladesh won by 3 wickets	India 112/9 (20 overs)
2022	T20I	Bangladesh	Sylhet International Cricket Stadium, Sylhet	7	India 71/2 (8.3 overs)	India won by 8 wickets	Sri Lanka 65/9 (20 overs)
2024	T20I	Sri Lanka	Rangiri Dambulla International Stadium, Dambulla	8	Sri Lanka 167/2 (18.4 overs)	Sri Lanka won by 8 wickets	India 165/6 (20 overs)

Performance by team

Legend

• 1st – Champions
• 2nd – Runners-up
• 3rd – Third place
• SF - Semi-finalists
• GS – Group stage
• Q – Qualified

Host Team	2004 ODI	2005 ODI	2006 ODI	2008 ODI	2012 T20I	2016 T20I	2018 T20I	2022 T20I	2024 T20I	Total
Bangladesh	–	—	—	4th	SF	4th	1st	5th	SF	6
China	—	—	—	—	GS	—	—	—	—	1
Hong Kong	–	—	—	—	GS	—	—	—	—	1
India	1st	1st	1st	1st	1st	1st	2nd	1st	2nd	9
Malaysia	–	—	—	—	—	—	6th	7th	GS	3
Nepal	–	—	—	—	GS	6th	—	—	GS	3
Pakistan	–	3rd	3rd	3rd	2nd	2nd	3rd	SF	SF	8
Sri Lanka	2nd	2nd	2nd	2nd	SF	3rd	4th	2nd	1st	9
Thailand	–	—	—	—	GS	5th	5th	SF	GS	5
United Arab Emirates	–	—	—	—	—	—	—	6th	GS	2

Debutant teams in main tournament

Year	Teams
2004	India,   Sri Lanka
2005	Pakistan
2008	Bangladesh
2012	China,   Hong Kong,     Nepal,   Thailand
2018	Malaysia
2022	United Arab Emirates

Ranking

Results

#	Year	Host	1st	2nd	3rd	4th	5th	6th	7th	8th	Teams
1	2004	SRI	IND	SRI							2
2	2005	PAK	IND	SRI	PAK						3
3	2006	IND	IND	SRI	PAK						3
4	2008	SRI	IND	SRI	PAK	BAN					4
5	2012	CHN	IND	PAK	BAN	SRI	THA	CHN	NEP	HKG	8
6	2016	THA	IND	PAK	SRI	BAN	THA	NEP			6
7	2018	MAS	BAN	IND	PAK	SRI	THA	MAS			6
8	2022	BAN	IND	SRI	PAK	THA	BAN	UAE	MAS		7
9	2024	SRI	SRI	IND	BAN	PAK	THA	NEP	UAE	MAS	8

Medals

Rank	Nation	Gold	Silver	Bronze	Total
1	India  (IND)	7	2	0	9
2	Sri Lanka  (SRI)	1	5	2	8
3	Bangladesh  (BAN)	1	0	2	3
4	Pakistan  (PAK)	0	2	6	8
5	Thailand  (THA)	0	0	1	1
Totals (5 entries)		9	9	11	29

Summary

Rank	Team	Part	M	W	L	D	NR	Win rate (%)
1	India	8	47	43	3	0	1	91%
2	Sri Lanka	8	44	20	23	0	1	45%
3	Pakistan	7	37	16	21	0	0	43%
4	Bangladesh	5	27	13	13	0	1	48%
5	Thailand	4	20	7	13	0	0	35%
6	China	1	3	1	2	0	0	33%
7	United Arab Emirates	2	7	1	5	0	1	14%
8	Nepal	3	9	1	7	0	0	11%
9	Hong Kong	1	3	0	3	0	0	0%
10	Malaysia	2	11	0	11	0	0	0%

Qualification

#	Year	Games	Teams in Qualification	Qualified Teams
1 - 7	2004 - 2018	No Qualification
8	2022 Women's Twenty20 Asia Cup	2022 ACC Women's T20 Championship	10	2 + 4
9	2024 Women's Twenty20 Asia Cup	2024 ACC Women's Premier Cup	16	2 + 4
Total	2	Women's Asia Cup Qualification	Max:16	Max:6

See also

• Cricket portal
• Sports portal

• Asia Cup - the equivalent men's event
• ACC Emerging Teams Asia Cup
• ACC Under-19 Asia Cup

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