The 2012 Women's Twenty20 Asia Cup was the fifth edition of the
ACC Women's Asia Cup and the first edition played in the
Women's Twenty20 cricket
Women's Twenty20 is the use of the Twenty20 match format in women's cricket. In a Twenty20 match, the two teams bat for a single innings each, of a maximum of 20 overs. The wider rules and playing conditions are usually the same for both the ...
format as all four previous editions were contested in the
Women's One Day International cricket
Women's One Day International (WODI) is the limited overs form of women's cricket. Matches are scheduled for 50 overs, equivalent to the men's game. The first women's ODIs were played in 1973, as part of the first Women's World Cup which was ...
format. It was organized by the
Asian Cricket Council
The Asian Cricket Council also known as ACC is a cricket organisation which was established in 1983, to promote and develop the sport of cricket in Asia. Subordinate to the International Cricket Council, the council is the continent's regional ...
and the tournament took place at
Guangzhou
Guangzhou (, ; ; or ; ), also known as Canton () and alternatively romanized as Kwongchow or Kwangchow, is the capital and largest city of Guangdong province in southern China. Located on the Pearl River about north-northwest of Hong Kon ...
, China. All the matches were played at the
Guanggong International Cricket Stadium, the venue for the cricket tournament in
2010 Asian Games. Eight teams competed in the tournament which was played from 24 to 31 October 2012.
Format
The teams were divided into two groups where matches were played in a
round-robin format. The two best placed teams from each group progressed to the two-round knock-out stage.
Squads
Results
:''All times shown are in
China Standard Time
The time in China follows a single standard time offset of UTC+08:00 (eight hours ahead of Coordinated Universal Time), even though the country spans almost five geographical time zones. The official national standard time is called ''Beijing T ...
(
UTC+08:00).''
Group stage
Group A
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Group B
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Knockout stage
Semi-finals
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Final
References
External links
Tournament home at ESPN Cricinfo
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