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| Administrator | Asian Cricket Council |
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| Format | WODI andWT20I |
| First edition | 2004 |
| Latest edition | 2024 |
| Tournament format | Round-robin andknockouts |
| Number of teams | 8 |
| Current champion |  Sri Lanka (1st title) |
| Most successful |  India (7 titles) |
| Most runs | Mithali Raj |
| Most wickets | Neetu David |
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TheWomen's Asia Cup is a biennialcricket tournament organised by theAsian Cricket Council. It is contested by the senior national women's cricket teams of Asia to determine the continental champion.[1]
The first Women's Asia Cup was held in 2004 inColombo andKandy, Sri Lanka. The 2020 edition was postponed to 2021 due to theCOVID-19 pandemic but was later cancelled. TheICC 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 2024, nine Women's Asia Cup tournaments have been held, withIndia winning the most titles (four WODI and three WT20I).[2]
| Season | Format | Champion |
|---|---|---|
| 2004 | WODI | India |
| 2005–06 | WODI | India (2) |
| 2006 | WODI | India (3) |
| 2008 | WODI | India (4) |
| 2012 | WT20I | India (5) |
| 2016 | WT20I | India (6) |
| 2018 | WT20I |  Bangladesh |
| 2022 | WT20I | India (7) |
| 2024 | WT20I | Sri Lanka |
The first Women's Asia Cup was played inSri Lanka in April 2004. Only two teams took part,India andSri Lanka and they played a five matchOne-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, beatingSri Lanka by 97 runs in the final.[6]
The third Women's Asia Cup tournament was played inJaipur,India in December 2006.[7] The tournament went very much the way of the previous event.India beatSri Lanka in the final, this time by eight wickets.[8]
The fourth Women's Asia Cup tournament was played inSri Lanka in May 2008.India again won the tournament, defeatingSri Lanka by 177 runs in the final.[9]
The fifth Women's Asia Cup Tournament was played inGuanggong 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 inThailand, 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 inMalaysia, 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 theCOVID-19 pandemic.[15] The 2022 edition of the tournament took place atSylhet,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. Yes
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 Athapaththuwas the leading run scorer of the season with 243 runs from four matches[18]
Host Team | 2004 WODI |  2005 WODI | 2006 WODI | 2008 WODI |  2012 WT20I |  2016 WT20I |  2018 WT20I | 2022 WT20I | 2024 WT20I | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
 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 |
| Year | Teams |
|---|---|
| 2004 | India, Sri Lanka |
| 2005 | Pakistan |
| 2008 | Bangladesh |
| 2012 | China, Hong Kong, Nepal, Thailand |
| 2018 | Malaysia |
| 2022 |  United Arab Emirates |
| # | 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 |
| 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) | 9 | 9 | 11 | 29 | |
| 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% |
| # | 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 |
