# Women's Asia Cup

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.
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).

## 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.

#### 2005–06

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

#### 2006

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

#### 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.

### 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

#### 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.

#### 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

| Year | Format | Host Nation | Final Venue | No. of teams | Final | Final | Final |
| Year | Format | Host Nation | Final Venue | No. of teams | Winner | Result | Runner-up |
| 2004 | ODI | Sri Lanka | Sinhalese Sports Club Ground, Colombo | 2 | India | India won the tournament 5–0 | Sri Lanka |
| 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
| 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

| 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) | 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 | No Qualification | 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 |