The Women's Asia Cup is the biennial

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tournament organised by the

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. The tournament is played by senior national cricket teams of Asian members, determining the continental champion of

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. The first Asia Cup was held in 2004 on

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and

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in the Sri Lanka. The 2020 edition was postponed to 2021 due to the

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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

One-Day Internationals

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The first Women's Asia Cup was played in

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in April 2004. Only two teams took part,

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and Sri Lanka and they played a five match

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series against each other. India won all five matches in the first Women's Asia Cup.

2005–06

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hosted the second Women's Asia Cup in December 2005 and January 2006.

made their first appearance in the tournament. India again won the tournament, beating

by 97 runs in the final.

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The third Women's Asia Cup tournament was played in

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in December 2006. The tournament went very much the way of the previous event.

beat

in the final, this time by eight wickets.

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The fourth Women's Asia Cup tournament was played in

in May 2008.

again won the tournament, defeating

by 177 runs in the final.

Twenty20 cricket

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The fifth Women's Asia Cup Tournament was played in Guanggong Cricket Stadium,

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from 24 to 31 October 2012. India defeated Pakistan by 19 runs in the final

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The sixth Women's Asia Cup tournament was played in

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, from 27 November to 4 December 2016. India beat Pakistan by 17 runs in the final, becoming champion for the 6th time consecutively.

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The seventh Women's Asia Cup tournament was played in

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, from 3 June to 10 June 2018.

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beat six-time winner India by 3 wickets in the final to clinch their first Asia Cup title.

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A tournament was due to take place in 2020 in Bangladesh, but was postponed to 2021 (and eventually 2022) due to the

. The 2022 edition of the tournament took place at

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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.

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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

Performance by team

;Legend * – Champions * – Runners-up * – Third place * - Semi-finalists *GS – Group stage *Q – Qualified

Debutant teams in main tournament

Ranking

Results

Medals

Summary

Qualification

References

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History

One-Day Internationals

2004 2004 was designated as an International Year of Rice by the United Nations, and the International Year to Commemorate the Struggle Against Slavery and Its Abolition (by UNESCO). Events January * January 3 – Flash Airlines Flight 60 ...

2005–06

2006 2006 was designated as the International Year of Deserts and Desertification. Events January * January 1– 4 – Russia temporarily cuts shipment of natural gas to Ukraine during a price dispute. * January 12 – A stampede during t ...

2008 2008 was designated as: *International Year of Languages *International Year of Planet Earth *International Year of the Potato *International Year of Sanitation The Great Recession, a worldwide recession which began in 2007, continued throu ...

Twenty20 cricket

2012 2012 was designated as: *International Year of Cooperatives *International Year of Sustainable Energy for All Events January *January 4 – The Cicada 3301 internet hunt begins. * January 12 – Peaceful protests begin in the R ...

2016 2016 was designated as: * International Year of Pulses by the sixty-eighth session of the United Nations General Assembly. * International Year of Global Understanding (IYGU) by the International Council for Science (ICSU), the Internationa ...

2018 Events January * January 1 – Bulgaria takes over the Presidency of the Council of the European Union, after the Estonian presidency. * January 4 – SPLM-IO rebels loyal to Chan Garang Lual start a raid against Juba, capital of ...

2022 The year began with another wave in the COVID-19 pandemic, with SARS-CoV-2 Omicron variant, Omicron spreading rapidly and becoming the dominant variant of the SARS-CoV-2 virus worldwide. Tracking a decrease in cases and deaths, 2022 saw ...

2024 The year saw the list of ongoing armed conflicts, continuation of major armed conflicts, including the Russian invasion of Ukraine, the Myanmar civil war (2021–present), Myanmar civil war, the Sudanese civil war (2023–present), Sudane ...

Results

Performance by team

Debutant teams in main tournament

Ranking

Results

Medals

Summary

Qualification

See also

References

2008 2008 was designated as: International Year of Languages International Year of Planet Earth International Year of the Potato International Year of Sanitation The Great Recession, a worldwide recession which began in 2007, continued throu ...

2012 2012 was designated as: International Year of Cooperatives International Year of Sustainable Energy for All Events January January 4 – The Cicada 3301 internet hunt begins. January 12 – Peaceful protests begin in the R ...