Asia Cup History

Asia cup history

The Asia Cup is an international One Day International cricket tournament. It was established in 1983 when the Asian Cricket Council was founded as a measure to promote goodwill between Asian countries. It was originally scheduled to be held every two years. The first edition was held in 1984 in Sharjah, UAE where the council's offices were based (until 1995). The International Cricket Council has ruled that all games played for the Asia Cup have official One Day International status. India along with Sri Lanka has lifted the Asia cup the most times (4). India appeared in every final apart from the 1986 (India pulled out due to strained cricketing relations with Sri Lanka), 1993 (when it was cancelled due to strained political relations between India and Pakistan) and 2000 cups. Sri Lanka, however, have appeared in every final since the cup's inception. The ACC have announced that the tournament will be held biennially from 2008 onwards.

Asia cup PREVIOUS WINNERS

Year	Host Country	Winner	Final Result
1984	United Arab Emirates	India	India beat Sri Lanka
1986	Sri Lanka	Sri Lanka	Sri Lanka beat Pakistan by 5 wickets
1988	Bangladesh	India	India beat Sri Lanka by 6 wickets
1990-1991	India	India	India beat Sri Lanka by 7 wickets
1993	Pakistan	Not Held
1995	United Arab Emirates	India	India beat Sri Lanka by 8 wickets
1997	Sri Lanka	Sri Lanka	Sri Lanka beat India  by 8 wickets
2000	Bangladesh	Pakistan	Pakistan beat Sri Lanka by 39 runs
2004	Sri Lanka	Sri Lanka	Sri Lanka beat India  by 25 runs
2008	Pakistan	Sri Lanka	Sri Lanka beat India  By 100 runs
2010	Sri Lanka	India	India beat Sri Lanka by 81 runs