Administrator | Asian Cricket Council |
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Format | One Day International and Twenty20 International |
Tournament format | Round-robin tournament |
Number of teams | ACC member nations |
Current champion | India (6th Title) |
Most successful | India (6 Titles) |
The ACC Women's Asia Cup is an international One Day International and Twenty20 International cricket tournament contested by women's cricket teams from Asia. It has been played six times to date.
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.
Karachi, Pakistan hosted the second Women's Asia Cup in December 2005 and January 2006.Pakistan made their first appearance in the tournament.India again won the tournament, beating Sri Lanka by 97 runs in the final.
The third Women's Asia Cup tournament was played in Jaipur, India in December 2006. The tournament went very much the way of the previous event. India beat Sri Lanka in the final, this time by eight wickets.
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.