Women's_Asia_Cup

Women's Asia Cup

Women's Asia Cup

Asian Cricket tournament

This article is about the women's cricket tournament. For the men's cricket tournament, see Asia Cup. For other uses, see Asia Cup (disambiguation).

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]

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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

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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 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

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.

2024

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

Results

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Performance by team

Legend
  • 1st – Champions
  • 2nd – Runners-up
  • 3rd – Third place
  • SF - Semi-finalists
  • GS – Group stage
  • Q – Qualified
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Debutant teams in main tournament

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Ranking

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Medals

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Summary

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Qualification

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See also

References

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    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.
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    Mohanty, Dillip. "List of Women's Asia Cup Winners: Champions Through the Years". Sportsboom.com. Retrieved 13 September 2023.
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    [ 2004 Women's Asia Cup] at CricketArchive
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    [ 2005/06 Women's Asia Cup] at Cricket Archive
  5. [5]
    [ Points table] for 2005/06 Women's Asia Cup at Cricket Archive
  6. [6]
    [ Scorecard] of India Women v Sri Lanka Women, 4 January 2006 at Cricket Archive
  7. [7]
    [ 2006 Women's Asia Cup] at Cricket Archive]
  8. [8]
    [ Scorecard] of India Women v Sri Lanka Women match, 21 December 2006 at Cricket Archive
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    [ Scorecard] of India Women v Sri Lanka Women match, 11 May 2008 at ESPN cricinfo
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    Scorecard of Asian Cricket Council Women's Twenty20 Asia Cup, 2012/13 Final
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    Final, Asian Cricket Council Women's Twenty20 Asia Cup at Guangzhou, Oct 13 2012, ESPN Cricinfo, retrieved 10 June 2018
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    "Womens Asia Cup T20, 2018". CricBuzz. Retrieved 10 June 2018.
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    "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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    "Asian Cricket Council Calendar 2020". Asian Cricket Council. Retrieved 21 July 2019.
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    "Cricket for some, not for all - where does the women's game stand?". ESPN Cricinfo. Retrieved 21 September 2020.
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    Ghosh, Annesha. "Sylhet to host 2022 Women's Asia Cup starting October 1". ESPNcricinfo. Retrieved 27 August 2022.
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    Shetty, Neha (6 January 2023). "Pathway to Women's Asia Cup 2024 announced by ACC". Female Cricket. Retrieved 5 April 2023.
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    "Cricket Records – Records – 1984 – Sri Lanka – One-Day Internationals – Match results – ESPN Cricinfo". Cricinfo.
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