2018 Asia Cup - wikipedia 2018 Asia Cup Asia Cup 2018 Dates 15 -- 28 September 2018 Administrator ( s ) Asian Cricket Council Cricket format One Day International Host ( s ) UAE Participants 6 Matches played 13 ← 2016 2020 → The 2018 Asia Cup will be a One Day International ( ODI ) cricket tournament scheduled to be held in the United Arab Emirates in September 2018. It will be the 14th edition of the Asia Cup and the third time the tournament will be played in the United Arab Emirates, after the 1984 and 1995 tournaments. India are the defending champions. Originally, the tournament was scheduled to be played in India. It was moved to the United Arab Emirates, following ongoing political tensions between India and Pakistan. On 29 October 2015, following the Asian Cricket Council ( ACC ) meeting in Singapore, Board of Control for Cricket in India ( BCCI ) secretary stated that the 2018 edition of the tournament would be held in India. In August 2017, the BCCI sought government clearance to host the tournament, after the 2017 ACC Under - 19 Asia Cup was moved to Malaysia. In April 2018, Mohammed bin Zayed Al Nahyan, the Crown Prince of Abu Dhabi, asked if the BCCI and ACC would consider hosting the tournament in Abu Dhabi, in a bid to ensure Pakistan 's participation. Pakistan were scheduled to host the 2018 ACC Emerging Teams Asia Cup ahead of the tournament in April. With the announcement that the Asia Cup would be played in the United Arab Emirates, the Emerging Teams Asia Cup was moved to December 2018, with Sri Lanka scheduled to co-host the tournament with Pakistan. The schedule and format of the tournament was announced on 24 July 2018, with the six teams split into two groups of three. The top two teams from each of the groups will then progress to the Super Four section of the tournament. From there, the top two teams of the Super Four section will then play each other in the final. Bangladesh will take on Sri Lanka in the opening game of the tournament at the Dubai International Cricket Stadium. Contents 1 Teams 2 Venues 3 Group stage 3.1 Group A 3.2 Group B 4 Super Four 5 Final 6 References 7 External links Teams Afghanistan, ICC Full Member Bangladesh, ICC Full Member India, ICC Full Member Pakistan, ICC Full Member Sri Lanka, ICC Full Member TBD, 2018 Asia Cup Qualifier Venues United Arab Emirates Dubai Abu Dhabi Dubai International Cricket Stadium Sheikh Zayed Cricket Stadium Coordinates : 25 ° 2 ′ 48 '' N 55 ° 13 ′ 8 '' E ﻿ / ﻿ 25.04667 ° N 55.21889 ° E ﻿ / 25.04667 ; 55.21889 Coordinates : 24 ° 23 ′ 47 '' N 54 ° 32 ′ 26 '' E ﻿ / ﻿ 24.39639 ° N 54.54056 ° E ﻿ / 24.39639 ; 54.54056 Capacity : 25,000 Capacity : 20,000 Matches : 8 Matches : 5 Group stage Group A Team NR Pts NRR India 0 0 0 0 0 0 + 0.000 Pakistan 0 0 0 0 0 0 + 0.000 Qualifier 0 0 0 0 0 0 + 0.000 16 September 2018 10 : 00 Scorecard Pakistan Qualifier Dubai International Cricket Stadium, Dubai 18 September 2018 10 : 00 Scorecard India Qualifier Dubai International Cricket Stadium, Dubai 19 September 2018 10 : 00 Scorecard India Pakistan Dubai International Cricket Stadium, Dubai Group B Team NR Pts NRR Afghanistan 0 0 0 0 0 0 + 0.000 Bangladesh 0 0 0 0 0 0 + 0.000 Sri Lanka 0 0 0 0 0 0 + 0.000 15 September 2018 10 : 00 Scorecard Bangladesh Sri Lanka Dubai International Cricket Stadium, Dubai 17 September 2018 10 : 00 Scorecard Afghanistan Sri Lanka Sheikh Zayed Cricket Stadium, Abu Dhabi 20 September 2018 10 : 00 Scorecard Afghanistan Bangladesh Sheikh Zayed Cricket Stadium, Abu Dhabi Super Four Team NR Pts NRR TBD 0 0 0 0 0 0 + 0.000 TBD 0 0 0 0 0 0 + 0.000 TBD 0 0 0 0 0 0 + 0.000 TBD 0 0 0 0 0 0 + 0.000 21 September 2018 10 : 00 Scorecard Group A Winner Group B Runner - up Dubai International Cricket Stadium, Dubai 21 September 2018 10 : 00 Scorecard Group B Winner Group A Runner - up Sheikh Zayed Cricket Stadium, Abu Dhabi 23 September 2018 10 : 00 Scorecard Group A Winner Group A Runner - up Dubai International Cricket Stadium, Dubai 23 September 2018 10 : 00 Scorecard Group B Winner Group B Runner - up Sheikh Zayed Cricket Stadium, Abu Dhabi 25 September 2018 10 : 00 Scorecard Group A Winner Group B Winner Dubai International Cricket Stadium, Dubai 26 September 2018 10 : 00 Scorecard Group A Runner - up Group B Runner - up Sheikh Zayed Cricket Stadium, Abu Dhabi Final Main article : 2018 Asia Cup Final 28 September 2018 10 : 00 Scorecard TBD TBD Dubai International Cricket Stadium, Dubai References ^ Jump up to : `` 2018 Asia Cup moved from India to UAE ''. ESPN Cricinfo. Retrieved 10 April 2018. Jump up ^ `` India to host Asia Cup 2018 in UAE ''. International Cricket Council. Retrieved 10 April 2018. Jump up ^ `` Future Tours Programme '' ( PDF ). International Cricket Council. Retrieved 24 August 2017. Jump up ^ `` IPL now has window in ICC Future Tours Programme ''. ESPN Cricinfo. Retrieved 12 December 2017. Jump up ^ `` 2016 Asia Cup in Bangladesh, 2018 in India : Thakur ''. The Times of India. Jump up ^ `` BCCI to seek government clearance to host 2018 Asia Cup in India after losing rights for U-19 event ''. FirstPost. Retrieved 24 August 2017. Jump up ^ `` UAE Sheikh asks BCCI, ACC to stage Asia Cup in the Gulf ''. Mumbai Mirror. Retrieved 9 April 2018. Jump up ^ `` Pakistan to host Emerging Asia Cup in 2018 ''. Wisden India. Retrieved 30 October 2017. ^ Jump up to : `` Asia Cup 2018 : No break for India in group stage ; will face qualifier and Pakistan on consecutive days ''. Times Of India. Retrieved 24 July 2018. Jump up ^ `` Asia Cup 2018 Revealed : Asia Cup Schedule ''. International Cricket Council. Retrieved 24 July 2018. External links Series home at ESPN Cricinfo Asia Cup Tournament ( ODI ) United Arab Emirates 1984 Sri Lanka 1986 Bangladesh 1988 India 1990 -- 91 United Arab Emirates 1995 Sri Lanka 1997 Bangladesh 2000 Sri Lanka 2004 Pakistan 2008 Sri Lanka 2010 Bangladesh 2012 Bangladesh 2014 United Arab Emirates 2018 Tournament ( T20I ) Bangladesh 2016 TBA 2020 Squads 1984 1986 1990 - 91 1995 2000 2008 2012 2014 2016 Qualifier 1986 2008 2016 2018 Asia Cup Final 2016 2018 Awards Centuries Five - wicket hauls Hosts Records ODIs T20Is Teams International cricket in 2018 Preceding season : International cricket in 2017 -- 18 April 2018 World Cricket League Division Four May 2018 Bangladesh women in South Africa Pakistan in Ireland Pakistan in England West Indies vs ICC World XI in England June 2018 Bangladesh against Afghanistan in India Women 's Twenty20 Asia Cup Sri Lanka in the West Indies New Zealand women in Ireland South Africa women in England England in Scotland Netherlands Tri-Nation Series Pakistan in Scotland Australia in England Afghanistan in India England women 's Tri-Nation Series India in Ireland Bangladesh women in Ireland July 2018 Zimbabwe Tri-Nation Series Women 's World Twenty20 Qualifier India in England Bangladesh in West Indies and USA New Zealand women in England South Africa in Sri Lanka Pakistan in Zimbabwe Nepal vs Netherlands in England August 2018 Nepal in Netherlands Afghanistan in Ireland Asia Cup Qualifier September 2018 Asia Cup India women in Sri Lanka Ongoing Women 's Championship Following season : International cricket in 2018 -- 19 2018 -- 19 in Indian cricket `` 2017 -- 18 BCCI Tournaments 2019 -- 20 '' National teams Men Visit by Afghanistan Tour of Ireland Tour of England 2018 Asia Cup Visit by West Indies Tour of Australia Tour of New Zealand Women 2018 Women 's Twenty20 Asia Cup Tour of Sri Lanka Tour of West Indies India - A and India - B Tour of England Visit by Australia A and South Africa A Domestic competitions Men 's Duleep Trophy Vijay Hazare Trophy Deodhar Trophy Ranji Trophy ( Group A, Group B, Group C, Plate Group ) Irani Cup Syed Mushtaq Ali Trophy Indian Premier League Women 's Senior Women 's T20 Challenger Trophy Retrieved from `` https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=2018_Asia_Cup&oldid=853991520 '' Categories : Asia Cup International cricket competitions in the United Arab Emirates 2018 in Emirati sport International cricket competitions in 2018 September 2018 sports events in Asia 2018 in Indian cricket Hidden categories : Wikipedia semi-protected pages Use dmy dates from May 2018 Talk View source Contents About Wikipedia বাংলা Deutsch हिन्दी मराठी اردو Edit links This page was last edited on 8 August 2018, at 06 : 42 ( UTC ). 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Question: the 2018 asia cup has been relocated from india to which country
Answer: United Arab Emirates