Women's Asia Cup
Asian Cricket tournament
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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.[1]
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| Administrator | Asian Cricket Council |
|---|---|
| Format | WODI and WT20I |
| First edition | 2004 |
| Latest edition | 2024 |
| Next edition | 2026 |
| Tournament format | Round-robin and knockouts |
| Number of teams | 8 |
| Current champion |  India (8th title) |
| Most successful | India (8 titles) |
| Most runs | Mithali Raj |
| Most wickets | Neetu David |
 2026 | |
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).[2]
History
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.[3]
2005–06
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
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
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
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 [10][11]
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.[12] Bangladesh beat six-time winner India by 3 wickets in the final to clinch their first Asia Cup title.[13]
2022
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 while Inoka Ranaweera and Deepti Sharma were the joint-highest wicket takers of this tournament.
2024
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
Performance by team
- Legend
- 1st – Champions
- 2nd – Runners-up
- 3rd – Third place
- SF - Semi-finalists
- GS – Group stage
- Q – Qualified
Host Team |
 2004 WODI |
 2005 WODI |
2006 WODI |
2008 WODI |
 2012 WT20I |
 2016 WT20I |
 2018 WT20I |
 2022 WT20I |
2024 WT20I |
 2026 WT20I |
Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
 Bangladesh |
– | — | — | 4th | SF | 4th | 1st | 5th | SF | SF | 7 |
 China |
— | — | — | — | GS | — | — | — | — | — | 1 |
 Hong Kong |
– | — | — | — | GS | — | — | — | — | GS | 2 |
 India |
1st | 1st | 1st | 1st | 1st | 1st | 2nd | 1st | 2nd | 1st | 10 |
 Indonesia |
– | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | GS | 1 |
 Malaysia |
– | — | — | — | — | — | 6th | 7th | GS | — | 3 |
 Nepal |
– | — | — | — | GS | 6th | — | — | GS | — | 3 |
 Pakistan |
– | 3rd | 3rd | 3rd | 2nd | 2nd | 3rd | SF | SF | SF | 9 |
 Sri Lanka |
2nd | 2nd | 2nd | 2nd | SF | 3rd | 4th | 2nd | 1st | 2nd | 10 |
 Thailand |
– | — | — | — | GS | 5th | 5th | SF | GS | GS | 6 |
 United Arab Emirates |
– | — | — | — | — | — | — | 6th | GS | GS | 3 |
Debutant teams in main tournament
Ranking
Results
| # | Year | Host | 1st | 2nd | 3rd | 4th | 5th | 6th | 7th | 8th | Teams |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 2004 | SRI |
IND |
SRI |
2 | ||||||
| 2 | 2005 | PAK |
PAK |
3 | |||||||
| 3 | 2006 | IND |
3 | ||||||||
| 4 | 2008 | SRI |
BAN |
4 | |||||||
| 5 | 2012 | CHN |
PAK |
BAN |
SRI |
THA |
CHN |
NEP |
 HKG |
8 | |
| 6 | 2016 | THA |
SRI |
BAN |
NEP |
6 | |||||
| 7 | 2018 | MAS |
BAN |
IND |
PAK |
SRI |
MAS |
6 | |||
| 8 | 2022 | BAN |
IND |
SRI |
THA |
BAN |
UAE |
MAS |
7 | ||
| 9 | 2024 | SRI |
SRI |
IND |
BAN |
PAK |
THA |
NEP |
UAE |
MAS |
8 |
| 10 | 2026 | UAE |
IND |
SL |
UAE |
THA |
 INA |
HKG |
8 | ||
Medals
| Rank | Nation | Gold | Silver | Bronze | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | India (IND) | 8 | 2 | 0 | 10 |
| 2 | Sri Lanka (SRI) | 1 | 6 | 2 | 9 |
| 3 | Bangladesh (BAN) | 1 | 0 | 3 | 4 |
| 4 | Pakistan (PAK) | 0 | 2 | 7 | 9 |
| 5 | Thailand (THA) | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| Totals (5 entries) | 10 | 10 | 13 | 33 | |
Summary
Qualification
| # | Year | Games | Teams in Qualification | Qualified Teams |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1–7 | 2004–2018 | No qualification round | ||
| 8 | 2022 | 2022 T20 Championship | 10 | 2 |
| 9 | 2024 | 2024 Premier Cup | 16 | 4 |
| 10 | 2026 | 2026 Premier Cup | 18 | 4 |
| Total | 3 | Women's Asia Cup Qualification | Max: 18 | Max: 4 |
See also
- Asia Cup – the equivalent men's event
- ACC Emerging Teams Asia Cup
- ACC Under-19 Asia Cup