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{{short description|Asian Cricket tournament}}
{{about|the women's cricket tournament|the men's cricket tournament|Asia Cup|other uses|Asia Cup (disambiguation)}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=September 2020}}
{{Infobox cricket tournament main
| name = ACC Women's Asia Cup
| image =
| imagesize = 220px
| administrator = [[Asian Cricket Council]]
| cricket format = [[Women's One Day International|One Day International]] and [[Women's Twenty20 International|Twenty20 International]]
| tournament format = [[Round-robin tournament]]
| first = [[2004 Women's Asia Cup|2004]] ({{flagicon|Sri Lanka}} [[Sri Lanka]])
| last = [[2022 Women's Twenty20 Asia Cup|2022]] ({{flagicon|Bangladesh}} [[Bangladesh]])
| participants = [[Asian Cricket Council|ACC]] member nations
| champions = {{crw|IND}} (7th title)
| most successful = {{crw|IND}} (7 titles)
| most runs = {{flagicon|IND}} [[Mithali Raj]] (588)
| most wickets = {{flagicon|IND}} [[Neetu David]] (26)
|next=[[2024 Women's Twenty20 Asia Cup|2024]]}}
{{Season sidebar
| title = Tournaments
| list =
*[[2004 Women's Asia Cup|2004]]
*[[2005-06 Women's Asia Cup|2005]]
*[[2006 Women's Asia Cup|2006]]
*[[2008 Women's Asia Cup|2008]]
*[[2012 Women's Twenty20 Asia Cup|2012]]
*[[2016 Women's Twenty20 Asia Cup|2016]]
*[[2018 Women's Twenty20 Asia Cup|2018]]
*[[2022 Women's Twenty20 Asia Cup|2022]]
*[[2024 Women's Twenty20 Asia Cup|2024]]
}}
The '''Asian Cricket Council Women's Asia Cup''' or [[Asian Cricket Council|ACC]] Women's Asia Cup is a women's [[Women's One Day International|One Day International]] and [[Women's Twenty20 International|Twenty20 International]] [[cricket]] tournament. It was established in 2004 and is a biennial tournament. The tournament is contested by cricket teams from [[Asia]].<ref>{{cite news|url=https://scroll.in/field/822891/why-is-the-cricket-womens-asia-cup-such-an-important-tournament-for-india|title=Why is the cricket Women's Asia Cup such an important tournament for India?|publisher=Scroll.in|first=Snehal|last=Pradhan|date=30 November 2016|access-date=21 September 2020}}</ref>

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 [[International Cricket Council|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).<ref>{{cite web |last1=Mohanty |first1=Dillip |title=List of Women's Asia Cup Winners: Champions Through the Years |url=https://www.sportsboom.com/cricket/asia-cup/list-of-women-s-asia-cup-winners-champions-through-the-years/ |website=Sportsboom.com |access-date=13 September 2023}}</ref>

==History==

===One-Day Internationals ===

====[[2004 Women's Asia Cup|2004]]====
The first Women's Asia Cup was played in [[Sri Lanka]] in April 2004. Only two teams took part, [[India national women's cricket team|India]] and [[Sri Lanka national women's cricket team|Sri Lanka
]] and they played a five match [[Women's One-day International cricket|One-Day International]] series against each other. India won all five matches and won the first Women's Asia Cup.<ref>[ 2004 Women's Asia Cup] at CricketArchive</ref>

====[[Women's Asia Cup in Pakistan in 2005-2006|2005-2006]]====
[[Karachi]], [[Pakistan]] hosted the second Women's Asia Cup in December 2005 and January 2006.<ref>[ 2005/06 Women's Asia Cup] at Cricket Archive</ref> [[Pakistan national women's cricket team|Pakistan]] made their first appearance in the tournament.<ref>[ Points table] for 2005/06 Women's Asia Cup at Cricket Archive</ref> [[India national women's cricket team|India
]] again won the tournament, beating [[Sri Lanka national women's cricket team|Sri Lanka]] by 97 runs in the final.<ref>[ Scorecard] of India Women v Sri Lanka Women, 4 January 2006 at Cricket Archive</ref>

====[[2006 Women's Asia Cup|2006]]====
The third Women's Asia Cup tournament was played in [[Jaipur]], [[India]] in December 2006.<ref>[ 2006 Women's Asia Cup] at Cricket Archive]</ref> The tournament went very much the way of the previous event. [[India national women's cricket team|India]] beat [[Sri Lanka national women's cricket team|Sri Lanka]] in the final, this time by eight wickets.<ref>[ Scorecard] of India Women v Sri Lanka Women match, 21 December 2006 at Cricket Archive</ref>

====[[2008 Women's Asia Cup|2008]]====
The fourth Women's Asia Cup tournament was played in [[Sri Lanka]] in May 2008. [[India national women's cricket team|India]] again won the tournament, defeating [[Sri Lanka national women's cricket team|Sri Lanka]] by 177 runs in the final.<ref>[ Scorecard] of India Women v Sri Lanka Women match, 11 May 2008 at ESPN cricinfo</ref>

=== Twenty20 cricket ===

====[[2012 Women's Twenty20 Asia Cup|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 <ref>Scorecard of Asian Cricket Council Women's Twenty20 Asia Cup, 2012/13 Final</ref><ref>{{citation |url=http://www.espncricinfo.com/ci/engine/current/match/584929.html|title=Final, Asian Cricket Council Women's Twenty20 Asia Cup at Guangzhou, Oct 13 2012|publisher= ESPN Cricinfo|access-date=10 June 2018}}</ref>

====[[2016 Women's Twenty20 Asia Cup|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 Women's Twenty20 Asia Cup|2018]]====
The seventh Women's Asia Cup tournament was played in [[Malaysia]], from 3 June to 10 June 2018.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.cricbuzz.com/cricket-schedule/series/2702/womens-asia-cup-t20-2018|title=Womens Asia Cup T20, 2018|publisher=CricBuzz|access-date=10 June 2018}}</ref> [[Bangladesh women's national cricket team|Bangladesh]] beat six-time winner India by 3 wickets in the final to clinch their first Asia Cup title.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://indianexpress.com/article/sports/cricket/india-vs-bangladesh-live-score-live-streaming-womens-asia-cup-t20-final-5211342/?#liveblogstart|title=India vs Bangladesh T20 Highlights: Bangladesh beat India by 3 wickets to clinch Women's Asia Cup|publisher=The Indian Express|access-date=10 June 2018}}</ref>

====[[2022_Women's_Twenty20_Asia_Cup|2022]]====
A tournament was due to take place in 2020 in Bangladesh,<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.asiancricket.org/downloads/2019/CalendarFY2020.jpg |title=Asian Cricket Council Calendar 2020 |work=Asian Cricket Council |access-date=21 July 2019}}</ref> but was postponed to 2021 (and eventually 2022) due to the [[COVID-19 pandemic]].<ref name="WAC">{{cite web|url=https://www.espncricinfo.com/story/_/id/29935247/women-cricket-covid-19-return-action-some-teams-not-all |title=Cricket for some, not for all - where does the women's game stand? |work=ESPN Cricinfo |access-date=21 September 2020}}</ref> The 2022 edition of the tournament took place at [[Sylhet International Cricket Stadium|Sylhet]], [[Bangladesh]] in October 2022.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Ghosh |first=Annesha |title=Sylhet to host 2022 Women's Asia Cup starting October 1 |url=https://www.espncricinfo.com/story/women-s-asia-cup-2022-bangladesh-sylhet-to-host-2022-women-s-asia-cup-starting-october-1-1330256 |access-date=2022-08-27 |website=ESPNcricinfo}}</ref>
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 Women's Twenty20 Asia Cup|2024]]====

The ninth edition is scheduled to play in October to September 2024.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Shetty |first=Neha |date=2023-01-06 |title=Pathway to Women's Asia Cup 2024 announced by ACC |url=https://femalecricket.com/women-cricket-news/28578-pathway-to-womens-asia-cup-2024-announced-by-acc.html |access-date=2023-04-05 |website=Female Cricket |language=en-US}}</ref>

==Results==

{| class="wikitable sortable" style="font-size:90%; width: 100%; text-align: center;"
|-
!rowspan=2 width=4%|Year
!rowspan=2 width=4%|Format
!rowspan=2 width=7%|Host Nation
!rowspan=2 width=7%|Final Venue
!colspan=3|Final
|-
!width=10%|Winner
!width=14%|Result
!width=10%|Runner-up
|-style="background:#ddeeff"
| 2004 ''[[2004 Women's Asia Cup|Details]]''
|[[Women's One Day International|ODI]]
|{{flagicon|Sri Lanka}} [[Sri Lanka]]||[[Sinhalese Sports Club Ground]], [[Colombo]]||{{crw|India}}
|'''India won the tournament 5–0'''||{{crw|SRI}} <ref name="stats.espncricinfo.com">{{cite web|url=http://stats.espncricinfo.com/ci/engine/records/team/match_results.html?class=2;id=1984;team=8;type=year|title=Cricket Records – Records – 1984 – Sri Lanka – One-Day Internationals – Match results – ESPN Cricinfo|work=Cricinfo}}</ref>
|-
| 2005–06 ''[[2005–06 Women's Asia Cup|Details]]''
|[[Women's One Day International|ODI]]
|{{flagicon|Pakistan}} [[Pakistan]]||[[National Stadium, Karachi|National Stadium]], [[Karachi]]||{{crw|India}} 269/4 (50 overs)|| '''India won by 97 runs''' || {{crw|SRI}} 172/9 (50 overs)
|-style="background:#ddeeff"
| 2006 ''[[2006 Women's Asia Cup|Details]]''
|[[Women's One Day International|ODI]]
|{{flagicon|india}} India
|[[Sawai Mansingh Stadium]], [[Jaipur]]||{{crw|India}} 95/2 (27.5 overs)|| '''India won by 8 wickets''' || {{crw|SRI}} 93 (44.1 overs)
|-
| 2008 ''[[2008 Women's Asia Cup|Details]]''
|[[Women's One Day International|ODI]]
|{{flagicon|Sri Lanka}} [[Sri Lanka]]
|[[Welagedara Stadium]] , [[Kurunegala]]||{{crw|India}} 260/7 (50 overs)|| '''India won by 177 runs''' || {{crw|SRI}} 83 (35.2 overs)
|-style="background:#ddeeff"
| 2012 ''[[2012 Women's Twenty20 Asia Cup|Details]]''
|[[Women's Twenty20 International|T20I]]
|{{flagicon|China }} [[China]]
|[[Guanggong International Cricket Stadium]], [[Guangzhou]]||{{crw|India}} 81 (20 overs)|| '''India won by 18 runs''' || {{crw|Pakistan}} 63 (19.1 overs)
|-
| 2016 ''[[2016 Women's Twenty20 Asia Cup|Details]]''
|[[Women's Twenty20 International|T20I]]
|{{flagicon|Thailand}} [[Thailand]]
|[[Asian Institute of Technology Ground]], [[Bangkok]]||{{crw|India}} 121/5 (20 overs)|| '''India won by 17 runs''' || {{crw|Pakistan}} 104/6 (20 overs)
|-style="background:#ddeeff"
| 2018 ''[[2018 Women's Twenty20 Asia Cup|Details]]''
|[[Women's Twenty20 International|T20I]]
|{{flagicon|Malaysia}} [[Malaysia]]
|[[Kinrara Academy Oval]], [[Kuala Lumpur]]||{{crw|Bangladesh}} 113/7 (20 overs)|| '''Bangladesh won by 3 wickets''' ||
{{crw|India}} 112/9 (20 overs)
|-
| 2022 ''[[2022 Women's Twenty20 Asia Cup|Details]]''
|[[Women's Twenty20 International|T20I]]
|{{flagicon|Bangladesh }} [[Bangladesh ]]
| [[Sylhet International Cricket Stadium]], [[Sylhet]]||{{crw|India}} 71/2 (8.3 overs)|| '''India won by 8 wickets''' ||
{{crw|Sri Lanka}} 65/9 (20 overs)
|-style="background:#ddeeff"
|2024 ''[[2024 Women's Twenty20 Asia Cup|Details]]''
|[[Women's Twenty20 International|T20I]]
|{{flagicon|UAE}} [[United Arab Emirates]]
|
|
|
|
|}
==Performance by team==
;Legend
*{{bg|gold|1st}} – Champions
*{{bg|silver|2nd}} – Runners-up
*{{bg|#cc9966|3rd}} – Third place
*{{bg|#cc9966|SF}} - Semi-finalists
*GS – Group stage
*Q – Qualified

{|class="wikitable" style="text-align:center; font-size:90%"
| width="150" |Team
! {{flagicon|LKA}} [[2004 Women's Asia Cup|2004]] [[Women's One Day International|ODI]] (2)
! {{flagicon|PAK}} [[2005–06 Women's Asia Cup|2005]] [[Women's One Day International|ODI]] (3)
! {{flagicon|IND}} [[2006 Women's Asia Cup|2006]] [[Women's One Day International|ODI]] (3)
! {{flagicon|LKA}} [[2008 Women's Asia Cup|2008]] [[Women's One Day International|ODI]] (4)
! {{flagicon|CHN}} [[2012 Women's Twenty20 Asia Cup|2012]] [[Women's Twenty20 International|T20I]] (8)
! {{flagicon|THA}} [[2016 Women's Twenty20 Asia Cup|2016]] [[Women's Twenty20 International|T20I]] (6)
! {{flagicon|MYS}} [[2018 Women's Twenty20 Asia Cup|2018]] [[Women's Twenty20 International|T20I]] (6)
! {{flagicon|BAN}} [[2022 Women's Twenty20 Asia Cup|2022]] [[Women's Twenty20 International|T20I]] (7)
! {{flagicon|UAE}} [[2024 Women's Twenty20 Asia Cup|2024]] [[Women's Twenty20 International|T20I]] (6)
! Total 9
|-
| align=left|{{crw|BAN|size=20px}}
| – || — || — || 4th || bgcolor=#cc9966| '''SF''' || 4th || bgcolor="gold" | '''1st''' || style="border: 3px solid red"| 5th || Q || '''5'''
|-
| align=left|{{crw|CHN|size=20px}}
| — || — || — || — || style="border: 3px solid red"| GS || — || — || — || TBD ||'''1'''
|-
| align=left|{{crw|HKG|size=20px}}
| – || — || — || — || GS || — || — || — || TBD ||'''1'''
|-
| align=left|{{crw|IND|size=20px}}
| bgcolor="gold" | '''1st''' || bgcolor="gold" | '''1st''' || style="border: 3px solid red" bgcolor="gold" | '''1st''' || bgcolor="gold" | '''1st''' || bgcolor="gold" | '''1st''' || bgcolor="gold" | '''1st''' || bgcolor="silver" | '''2nd''' || bgcolor="gold" | '''1st''' || Q ||'''8'''
|-
| align=left|{{crw|MAS|size=20px}}
| – || — || — || — || — || — || style="border: 3px solid red"| 6th || 7th || TBD || '''2'''
|-
| align=left|{{crw|NEP|size=20px}}
| – || — || — || — || GS || 6th || — || — || TBD || '''2'''
|-
| align=left|{{crw|PAK|size=20px}}
| – || style="border: 3px solid red" bgcolor=#cc9966| '''3rd''' || bgcolor=#cc9966| '''3rd''' || bgcolor=#cc9966| '''3rd''' || bgcolor="silver" | '''2nd''' || bgcolor="silver" | '''2nd''' || bgcolor=#cc9966| '''3rd''' || bgcolor=#cc9966| '''SF''' || Q || '''7'''
|-
| align=left|{{crw|SL|size=20px}}
| style="border: 3px solid red" bgcolor="silver" | '''2nd''' || bgcolor="silver" | '''2nd''' || bgcolor="silver" | '''2nd''' || style="border: 3px solid red" bgcolor="silver" | '''2nd''' || bgcolor=#cc9966| '''SF''' || bgcolor=#cc9966| '''3rd''' || 4th || bgcolor="silver" | '''2nd''' || Q ||'''8'''
|-
| align=left|{{crw|THA|size=20px}}
| – || — || — || — || GS || style="border: 3px solid red"| 5th || 5th || bgcolor=#cc9966| '''SF''' || TBD || '''4'''
|-
| align=left|{{crw|UAE|size=20px}}
| – || — || — || — || —|| — || — || 6th || TBD || '''1'''
|}

===Debutant teams in main tournament===
{| class="wikitable" style="text-align: left;"
|-
!Year
!Teams
|-
|2004
|{{crw|IND}}, {{crw|SL}}
|-
|2005
|{{crw|PAK}}
|-
|2008
|{{crw|BAN}}
|-
|2012
|{{crw|CHN}}, {{crw|HK}}, {{crw|NEP}}, {{crw|THA}}
|-
|2018
|{{crw|MAS}}
|-
|2022
|{{crw|UAE}}
|}

==See also==
{{Portal|Cricket|Sports}}
* [[Asia Cup]] - the equivalent men's event
* [[Asian Test Championship]]
* [[ACC Emerging Teams Asia Cup]]
* [[ACC Under-19 Cup]]

==References==
{{reflist}}

{{Women's Asia Cup}}
{{Cricket Women's Asia Cup winners}}
{{International women's cricket}}
{{International cricket}}
{{Asian Championships}}

[[Category:Women's Asia Cup| ]]
[[Category:Women's One Day International cricket competitions]]
[[Category:Women's Twenty20 cricket international competitions]]
[[Category:Cricket in Asia]]
[[Category:Asian championships]]
[[Category:2004 establishments in Asia]]

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