ACC Women's Asia Cup
AdministratorAsian Cricket Council
FormatOne Day International and Twenty20 International
First edition2004 (Sri Lanka Sri Lanka)
Latest edition2022 (Bangladesh Bangladesh)
Next edition2024
Tournament formatRound-robin tournament
Number of teamsACC member nations
Current champion India (7th title)
Most successful India (7 titles)
Most runsIndia Mithali Raj (588)
Most wicketsIndia Neetu David (26)

The Women's Asia Cup, officially known as the ACC Women's Asia Cup is a women's One Day International and Twenty20 International cricket tournament. It was established in 2004 and is a biennial tournament. The tournament is contested by cricket teams from Asia.[1]

The first Women's 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 Women's Asia Cup has ODI or T20I status. The 2012 Women's Asia Cup was the first event to be played in the T20 format. By the end of 2022, there have been eight Women’s Asia Cup tournaments with India winning the most number of titles (7).[2]

History

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 and won the first Women's Asia Cup.[3]

2005-2006

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 is scheduled to play in October to September 2024.[17]

Results

Year Format Host Nation Final Venue Final
Winner Result Runner-up
2004
Details
ODI Sri Lanka
Sri Lanka
Sinhalese Sports Club Ground,
Colombo
 India India won the tournament 5–0 Sri Lanka
[18]
2005–06
Details
ODI Pakistan
Pakistan
National Stadium,
Karachi
 India
269/4 (50 overs)
India won by 97 runs
 Sri Lanka
172/9 (50 overs)
2006
Details
ODI India
India
Sawai Mansingh Stadium, Jaipur India
95/2 (27.5 overs)
India won by 8 wickets
 Sri Lanka
93 (44.1 overs)
2008
Details
ODI Sri Lanka
Sri Lanka
Welagedara Stadium , Kurunegala India
260/7 (50 overs)
India won by 177 runs
 Sri Lanka
83 (35.2 overs)
2012
Details
T20I China
China
Guanggong International Cricket Stadium, Guangzhou India
81 (20 overs)
India won by 18 runs
 Pakistan
63 (19.1 overs)
2016
Details
T20I Thailand
Thailand
Asian Institute of Technology Ground, Bangkok India
121/5 (20 overs)
India won by 17 runs
 Pakistan
104/6 (20 overs)
2018
Details
T20I Malaysia
Malaysia
Kinrara Academy Oval, Kuala Lumpur Bangladesh
113/7 (20 overs)
Bangladesh won by 3 wickets

 India
112/9 (20 overs)

2022
Details
T20I Bangladesh
Bangladesh
Sylhet International Cricket Stadium, Sylhet India
71/2 (8.3 overs)
India won by 8 wickets

 Sri Lanka
65/9 (20 overs)

2024
Details
T20I

Performance by team

Legend
  • 1st – Champions
  • 2nd – Runners-up
  • 3rd – Third place
  • SF - Semi-finalists
  • GS – Group stage
  • Q – Qualified
Team Sri Lanka
2004
ODI
(2)
Pakistan
2005
ODI
(3)
India
2006
ODI
(3)
Sri Lanka
2008
ODI
(4)
China
2012
T20I
(8)
Thailand
2016
T20I
(6)
Malaysia
2018
T20I
(6)
Bangladesh
2022
T20I
(7)

2024
T20I
(6)
Total
9
 Bangladesh 4thSF4th1st5thQ5
 China GSTBD1
 Hong Kong GSTBD1
 India 1st1st1st1st1st1st2nd1stQ8
 Malaysia 6th7thTBD2
   Nepal GS6thTBD2
 Pakistan 3rd3rd3rd2nd2nd3rdSFQ7
 Sri Lanka 2nd2nd2nd2ndSF3rd4th2ndQ8
 Thailand GS5th5thSFTBD4
 United Arab Emirates 6thTBD1

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

See also

References

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  7. [ 2006 Women's Asia Cup] at Cricket Archive]
  8. [ Scorecard] of India Women v Sri Lanka Women match, 21 December 2006 at Cricket Archive
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