Asia Cup cricket winners: India most successful team with nine titles - get full list
India, Sri Lanka and Pakistan are the only teams that have won the continental championship.
The Asia Cup is a men’s cricket tournament held every two years to crown the continental champions.
Organised by the Asian Cricket Council (ACC), the Asia Cup was established in 1983 and first held a year later at Sharjah in the United Arab Emirates (UAE).
Although the Asia Cup cricket tournament was contested in the 50-over ODI format for its first 12 editions, the tournament has been played on a rotational basis between ODIs and T20Is since 2016.
To date, the Asia Cup has been played in the T20 format thrice - 2016, 2022 and 2025. All the other 14 editions of the tournament have been held in the ODI format.
Apart from the traditional continental heavyweights like India, Pakistan, Sri Lanka, Bangladesh and Afghanistan, associate nations like Hong Kong China, United Arab Emirates and Nepal have also featured in the Asia Cup at some stage.
Sri Lanka hold the record for most Asia Cup appearances, having featured in all 17 editions so far.
India, Sri Lanka and Bangladesh have recorded 16 appearances each, while Afghanistan have played in the tournament five times.
Asia Cup cricket winners list
India, led by captain Sunil Gavaskar, won the inaugural Asia Cup in 1984 - a three-team affair also involving Pakistan and Sri Lanka.
The Indian cricket team is also the most successful side in the Asia Cup, clinching the title nine times in 17 editions.
India won four of the first five editions of the tournament and are also the only team to win three successive Asia Cup titles, between 1988 to 1995.
Most successful cricket teams in Asia Cup
| Teams | Titles | Winning Years |
|---|---|---|
| India | 9 | 1984, 1988, 1991, 1995, 2010, 2016, 2018, 2023, 2025 |
| Sri Lanka | 6 | 1986, 1997, 2004, 2008, 2014, 2022 |
| Pakistan | 2 | 2000, 2012 |
Sri Lanka are the second-most successful team in the competition, having lifted the Asia Cup six times, while Pakistan are third with two titles.
Bangladesh have finished as runners-up thrice in 2012, 2016 and 2018. Meanwhile, Sri Lanka have finished as runners-up in the Asia Cup seven times - the most by any team.
While both of Pakistan’s Asia Cup triumphs have come in the ODI format, India and Sri Lanka have also enjoyed success in the T20 format at the continental showpiece.
No other team apart from India, Sri Lanka and Pakistan have managed to win the Asia Cup. India are currently the defending champions.
