The Women's Asia Cup officially known as the ACC Women's Asia Cup, is the biennial Women's cricket tournament organised by the Asian Cricket Council (ACC). The competition is contested by Asian members' senior women's national cricket teams, determining the continental champion of Asia.[1]

ACC Women's Asia Cup
AdministratorAsian Cricket Council
FormatOne Day International and Twenty20 International
First edition2004 (Sri Lanka Sri Lanka)
Latest edition2024 (Sri Lanka Sri Lanka)
Tournament formatRound-robin and knockouts
Number of teams8
Current champion Sri Lanka (1st title)
Most successful India (7 titles)
Most runsIndia Mithali Raj
Most wicketsIndia Neetu David

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 2024, there have been nine Women’s Asia Cup tournaments with India winning the most number of titles (7).[2]

History

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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

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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]

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]

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]

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

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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]

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.

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]

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.

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

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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

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Legend
  • 1st – Champions
  • 2nd – Runners-up
  • 3rd – Third place
  • SF - Semi-finalists
  • GS – Group stage
  • Q – Qualified
Team  
2004
ODI
(2)
 
2005
ODI
(3)
 
2006
ODI
(3)
 
2008
ODI
(4)
 
2012
T20I
(8)
 
2016
T20I
(6)
 
2018
T20I
(6)
 
2022
T20I
(7)
 
2024
T20I
(8)
Total
9
  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

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

Ranking

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Results

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# 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

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RankNationGoldSilverBronzeTotal
1  India (IND)7209
2  Sri Lanka (SRI)1528
3  Bangladesh (BAN)1023
4  Pakistan (PAK)0268
5  Thailand (THA)0011
Totals (5 entries)991129

Summary

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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

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# 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

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References

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  1. ^ Pradhan, Snehal (30 November 2016). "Why is the cricket Women's Asia Cup such an important tournament for India?". Scroll.in. Retrieved 21 September 2020.
  2. ^ Mohanty, Dillip. "List of Women's Asia Cup Winners: Champions Through the Years". Sportsboom.com. Retrieved 13 September 2023.
  3. ^ [ 2004 Women's Asia Cup] at CricketArchive
  4. ^ [ 2005/06 Women's Asia Cup] at Cricket Archive
  5. ^ [ Points table] for 2005/06 Women's Asia Cup at Cricket Archive
  6. ^ [ Scorecard] of India Women v Sri Lanka Women, 4 January 2006 at Cricket Archive
  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
  9. ^ [ Scorecard] of India Women v Sri Lanka Women match, 11 May 2008 at ESPN cricinfo
  10. ^ Scorecard of Asian Cricket Council Women's Twenty20 Asia Cup, 2012/13 Final
  11. ^ Final, Asian Cricket Council Women's Twenty20 Asia Cup at Guangzhou, Oct 13 2012, ESPN Cricinfo, retrieved 10 June 2018
  12. ^ "Womens Asia Cup T20, 2018". CricBuzz. Retrieved 10 June 2018.
  13. ^ "India vs Bangladesh T20 Highlights: Bangladesh beat India by 3 wickets to clinch Women's Asia Cup". The Indian Express. Retrieved 10 June 2018.
  14. ^ "Asian Cricket Council Calendar 2020". Asian Cricket Council. Retrieved 21 July 2019.
  15. ^ "Cricket for some, not for all - where does the women's game stand?". ESPN Cricinfo. Retrieved 21 September 2020.
  16. ^ Ghosh, Annesha. "Sylhet to host 2022 Women's Asia Cup starting October 1". ESPNcricinfo. Retrieved 27 August 2022.
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  19. ^ "Cricket Records – Records – 1984 – Sri Lanka – One-Day Internationals – Match results – ESPN Cricinfo". Cricinfo.