Women's Asia Cup

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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 and knockouts
Number of teams8
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 (Asian Women’s Cricket Championships), 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[edit]

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)

One-Day Internationals[edit]

2004[edit]

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]

2005–06[edit]

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[edit]

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[edit]

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[edit]

2012[edit]

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[edit]

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[edit]

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[edit]

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[edit]

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

Results[edit]

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 Sri Lanka
Sri Lanka

Performance by team[edit]

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)
Sri Lanka
2024
T20I
(8)
Total
9
 Bangladesh 4th SF 4th 1st 5th Q 6
 China GS 1
 Hong Kong GS 1
 India 1st 1st 1st 1st 1st 1st 2nd 1st Q 9
 Malaysia 6th 7th Q 3
   Nepal GS 6th Q 3
 Pakistan 3rd 3rd 3rd 2nd 2nd 3rd SF Q 8
 Sri Lanka 2nd 2nd 2nd 2nd SF 3rd 4th 2nd Q 9
 Thailand GS 5th 5th SF Q 5
 United Arab Emirates 6th Q 2

Debutant teams in main tournament[edit]

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

Ranking[edit]

Results[edit]

# 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 8

Medals[edit]

RankNationGoldSilverBronzeTotal
1 India (IND)7108
2 Bangladesh (BAN)1012
3 Sri Lanka (SRI)0527
4 Pakistan (PAK)0257
5 Thailand (THA)0011
Totals (5 entries)88925

Summary[edit]

Rank Team Part M W L D NR
1  India 0 0 0 0 0 0
2  Sri Lanka 0 0 0 0 0 0
3  Pakistan 0 0 0 0 0 0
4  Bangladesh 0 0 0 0 0 0
5  China 0 0 0 0 0 0
6    Nepal 0 0 0 0 0 0
7  United Arab Emirates 0 0 0 0 0 0
8  Hong Kong 0 0 0 0 0 0
9  Malaysia 0 0 0 0 0 0
10  Thailand 0 0 0 0 0 0

Qualification[edit]

# 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[edit]

References[edit]

  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.
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  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.
  17. ^ Shetty, Neha (6 January 2023). "Pathway to Women's Asia Cup 2024 announced by ACC". Female Cricket. Retrieved 5 April 2023.
  18. ^ "Cricket Records – Records – 1984 – Sri Lanka – One-Day Internationals – Match results – ESPN Cricinfo". Cricinfo.