Asia Cup Winners List: From 1984 to 2025, only 3 teams have won the title

Asia Cup 2025: The 17th edition of the T20 Asia Cup 2025 is set to kick-off on September 9 at Sheikh Zayed Stadium, Abu Dhabi. As many as eight teams -- Afghanistan, Hong Kong, India, UAE, Bangladesh, Pakistan, Oman and Sri Lanka -- are participating in the tournament which will go on till September 28.

This year’s Asia Cup will be played in T20 format. So far, there have been two Asia Cups in the T20 format. The remaining 14 have been played in ODI format.

Here is a list of Asia Cup winners --

Edition	Year	Winner	Result	Runner-up	Host
1st	1984	India	N/A	Sri Lanka	UAE
2nd	1986	Sri Lanka	5 wickets	Pakistan	Sri Lanka
3rd	1988	India	6 wickets	Sri Lanka	Bangladesh
4th	1990-91	India	7 wickets	Sri Lanka	India
5th	1995	India	8 wickets	Sri Lanka	UAE
6th	1997	Sri Lanka	8 wickets	India	Sri Lanka
7th	2000	Pakistan	39 runs	Sri Lanka	Bangladesh
8th	2004	Sri Lanka	25 runs	India	Sri Lanka
9th	2008	Sri Lanka	100 runs	India	Pakistan
10th	2010	India	81 runs	Sri Lanka	Sri Lanka
11th	2012	Pakistan	2 runs	Bangladesh	Bangladesh
12th	2014	Sri Lanka	5 wickets	Pakistan	Bangladesh
13th	2016	India	8 wickets	Bangladesh	Bangladesh
14th	2018	India	3 wickets	Bangladesh	UAE
15th	2022	Sri Lanka	23 runs	Pakistan	Sri Lanka
16th	2023	India	10 wickets	Sri Lanka	Sri Lanka/Pakistan

India hold the record for most Asia Cup title wins. In the 31-year history of the format, India have bagged eight titles. They are followed by Sri Lanka with six Asia Cup final wins. Pakistan have won the tournament twice. Bangladesh have made it to the final three times but are yet to win their maiden Asia Cup title. Afghanistan are yet to make it to the Asia Cup final.

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Defending champions in ODI and T20I format of Asia Cup

India are defending champions of the tournament. India bowled out Sri Lanka for 54 in the previous edition's final and won the match by 10 wickets. Mohammed Siraj starred with a six-wicket haul.

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However, if the T20 format is concerned, Sri Lanka are the defending champions. In Dubai, Sri Lanka beat Pakistan by 23 runs to win the title. Bhanuka Rajapaksa starred with an unbeaten 45-ball 71.