The Asia Cup has played a very important role in developing Asian cricket teams.
While this tournament has a rich history in the ODI format, its T20I format has also earned popularity in the early days.
In this article, we are discussing the champions and runners-up in the complete Asia Cup tournament history.
India won Asia Cup 7 times - 6 times in ODI and one T20I, which is also the most number of times in the Asia Cup history.
Article Contents
Finalists
Number of trophies
Teams and their total tournament appearances
Key Asia Cup facts (Do You Know?)
o Most Asia Cup trophies
o Most successive Asia Cup trophies
o Asia Cup trophies in both formats
o Most Asia Cup Finals
o Participating in all the Asia Cup tournaments
o India vs Pakistan in Asia Cup Finals
*NOTE: All the data is updated till Asia Cup 2022.
Asia Cup: Finalists
Year | Format | Host(s) | Number of Teams | Champions | Runners-up |
1984* | ODI | United Arab Emirates* | 3 | India* | Sri Lanka* |
1986 | ODI | Sri Lanka | 3 | Sri Lanka | Pakistan |
1988 | ODI | Bangladesh | 4 | India | Sri Lanka |
1990-1991 | ODI | India | 3 | India | Sri Lanka |
1995 | ODI | United Arab Emirates | 4 | India | Sri Lanka |
1997 | ODI | Sri Lanka | 4 | Sri Lanka | India |
2000 | ODI | Bangladesh | 4 | Pakistan | Sri Lanka |
2004 | ODI | Sri Lanka | 6 | Sri Lanka | India |
2008 | ODI | Pakistan | 6 | Sri Lanka | India |
2010 | ODI | Sri Lanka | 4 | India | Sri Lanka |
2012 | ODI | Bangladesh | 4 | Pakistan | Bangladesh |
2014 | ODI | Bangladesh | 5 | Sri Lanka | Pakistan |
2016 | T20I | Bangladesh | 5 | India | Bangladesh |
2018 | ODI | United Arab Emirates | 6 | India | Bangladesh |
2022 | T20I | United Arab Emirates | 6 | Sri Lanka | Pakistan |
(Only the 1984 edition had no Final for the tournament).
Asia Cup: Number of trophies
Team | Number of Finals | Number of Trophies | ||||
ODI | T20I | Total | ODI | T20I | Total | |
India | 8 | 1 | 9 | 6 | 1 | 7 |
Sri Lanka | 10 | 1 | 11 | 5 | 1 | 6 |
Pakistan | 4 | 1 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 2 |
Bangladesh | 2 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
(*The 1984 edition had no Final)
Asia Cup: Teams and their total tournament appearances
Team | Total Appearances (Number of Editions) | First Edition |
Sri Lanka | 15 | 1984 |
India | 14 | 1984 |
Pakistan | 14 | 1984 |
Bangladesh | 14 | 1986 |
Hong Kong | 4 | 2004 |
United Arab Emirates | 3 | 2004 |
Afghanistan | 3 | 2014 |
Key Asia Cup facts
(Do You Know?)
Most Asia Cup trophies
India have won most Asia Cup trophies with seven titles (six in ODI format and one in T20I format).
Most consecutive Asia Cup titles
India won the most successive Asia Cup titles with three (1988, 1990-1991 and 1995), which is still the rarest feat in this competition’s history.
Asia Cup trophies in both formats
India and Sri Lanka have won Asia Cup titles in both formats.
Most Asia Cup Finals
Sri Lanka have played most Asia Cup Finals 11 times (ten in ODI format and one in T20I format).
Participating in all the Asia Cup tournaments
Only Sri Lanka have played all the 15 Asia Cup tournaments.
India vs Pakistan in Asia Cup Finals
We are still waiting for the first Asia Cup Final between India and Pakistan, which hasn’t happened yet in any format.
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