Women's Asia Cup

The Women's Asia Cup is a biennial cricket tournament organised by the Asian Cricket Council. It is contested by the senior national women's cricket teams of Asia to determine the continental champion.

The first Women's Asia Cup was held in 2004 in Colombo and Kandy, Sri Lanka. The 2020 edition was postponed to 2021 due to the COVID-19 pandemic but was later cancelled. The ICC has ruled that all matches played in the Asia Cup carry either ODI or T20I status. The 2012 edition was the first to be played in the T20 format.

As of 2026, ten Women's Asia Cup tournaments have been held, with India winning the most titles (four WODI and four WT20I).

History + Winners of ACC Women's Asia Cup Season Format Champion2004WODI 2005–06WODI 2006WODI 2008WODI 2012WT20I 2016WT20I 2018WT20I 2022WT20I 2024WT20I 2026WT20I

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 ten match One-Day International series against each other. India won all five matches in the first Women's Asia Cup.[ 2004 Women's Asia Cup] at CricketArchive

2005–06 Karachi, Pakistan hosted the second Women's Asia Cup in December 2005 and January 2006.[ 2005/06 Women's Asia Cup] at Cricket Archive Pakistan made their first appearance in the tournament.[ Points table] for 2005/06 Women's Asia Cup at Cricket Archive India again won the tournament, beating Sri Lanka by 97 runs in the final.[ Scorecard] of India Women v Sri Lanka Women, 4 January 2006 at Cricket Archive

2006 The third Women's Asia Cup tournament was played in Jaipur, India in December 2006.[ 2006 Women's Asia Cup] at Cricket Archive] The tournament went very much the way of the previous event. India beat Sri Lanka in the final, this time by eight wickets.[ Scorecard] of India Women v Sri Lanka Women match, 21 December 2006 at Cricket Archive

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.[ Scorecard] of India Women v Sri Lanka Women match, 11 May 2008 at ESPN cricinfo

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 Scorecard of Asian Cricket Council Women's Twenty20 Asia Cup, 2012/13 Final

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. Bangladesh beat six-time winner India by 3 wickets in the final to clinch their first Asia Cup title.

2022 A tournament was due to take place in 2020 in Bangladesh, but was postponed to 2021 (and eventually 2022) due to the COVID-19 pandemic. The 2022 edition of the tournament took place at Sylhet, Bangladesh in October 2022. 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 while Inoka Ranaweera and Deepti Sharma were the joint-highest wicket takers of this tournament.

2024 The ninth edition was hosted by Sri Lanka. 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

Results

YearFormatHost NationFinal VenueNo. of teamsFinalWinnerResultRunner-up 2004 WODI Sri Lanka Sinhalese Sports Club Ground, Colombo 2 India won the tournament 5–0 2005–06 WODI Pakistan National Stadium, Karachi 3 269/4 (50 overs) India won by 97 runs 172/9 (50 overs) 2006 WODI India Sawai Mansingh Stadium, Jaipur 3 95/2 (27.5 overs) India won by 8 wickets 93 (44.1 overs) 2008 WODI Sri Lanka Welagedara Stadium, Kurunegala 4 260/7 (50 overs) India won by 177 runs 83 (35.2 overs) 2012 WT20I China Guanggong International Cricket Stadium, Guangzhou 8 81 (20 overs) India won by 18 runs 63 (19.1 overs) 2016 WT20I Thailand Asian Institute of Technology Ground, Bangkok 6 121/5 (20 overs) India won by 17 runs 104/6 (20 overs) 2018 WT20I Malaysia Kinrara Academy Oval, Kuala Lumpur 6 113/7 (20 overs) Bangladesh won by 3 wickets 112/9 (20 overs) 2022 WT20I Bangladesh Sylhet International Cricket Stadium, Sylhet 7 71/2 (8.3 overs) India won by 8 wickets 65/9 (20 overs) 2024 WT20I Sri Lanka Rangiri Dambulla International Stadium, Dambulla 8 Sri Lanka won by 8 wickets 2026 WT20I United Arab EmiratesDubai International Cricket Stadium8India won by 72 runs 2028 WT20I TBD8

Performance by team Legend – Champions – Runners-up – Third place - Semi-finalists GS – Group stage Q – Qualified

2004WODI 2005WODI 2006WODI 2008WODI 2012WT20I 2016WT20I 2018WT20I 2022WT20I 2024WT20I 2026WT20I Total – — — 4th SF 4th 1st 5th SF SF 7 — — — — GS — — — — — 1 – — — — GS — — — — GS 2 1st 1st 1st 1st 1st 1st 2nd 1st 2nd 1st 10 – — — — — — — — — GS 1 – — — — — — 6th 7th GS — 3 – — — — GS 6th — — GS — 3 – 3rd 3rd 3rd 2nd 2nd 3rd SF SF SF 9 2nd 2nd 2nd 2nd SF 3rd 4th 2nd 1st 2nd 10 – — — — GS 5th 5th SF GS GS 6 – — — — — — — 6th GS GS 3

Debutant teams in main tournament YearTeams2004 20052006colspan=4 20082012 2016colspan=4 201820222024colspan=4 2026

Ranking Results #YearHost1st2nd3rd4th5th6th7th8thTeams12004222005332006342008452012 862016 672018 682022 792024 8102026 8

Medals

Summary RankTeamPartMWLDNRWin rate (%)19524840091%294924240145%384118230043%463115150148%55238150035%613120033%7310270114%839170011%92606000%10211011000%111303000%

Qualification #YearGamesTeams in QualificationQualified Teams1–72004–2018No qualification round820222022 T20 Championship10 2920242024 Premier Cup16 4 10 2026 2026 Premier Cup 18 4Total3Women's Asia Cup QualificationMax: 18Max: 4

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