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title: "The first asia cup was held at ?"  
description: "The first asia cup was held at ?"  
author: "Cox elliott"  
published: 2018-08-14  
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category: "sports"  
tags: ["cricket"]  
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# The first asia cup was held at ?

The first asia cup was held at ?\
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## Answers

### Answer by DILIP SINGH

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**The ACC [Asia Cup](https://answers.mindstick.com/qa/48257/who-won-the-inaugural-asia-cup-championship) established in 1983 as the men’s One Day International and Twenty20 international cricket tournament.** The Asian Cricket Council founded as a measure to promote goodwill between Asian countries. It was originally scheduled to hold between every two years. The first Asia cup was held in 1984 in Sharjah in the UAE, **India boycotted the 1986 [tournament](https://answers.mindstick.com/qa/39021/which-team-has-won-2015-indian-super-league-football-tournament) due to strained relations with Sri Lanka.** In 1990-91, Pakistan boycotted India due to strained relations with India. **India has won the tournament 7 times and the most successful team in the [ODI format](https://answers.mindstick.com/qa/48291/who-is-the-fastest-bowler-to-take-100-wickets-in-odi) of the tournament.** Sri Lanka with 5 titles is the second most successful team. **[India](https://yourviews.mindstick.com/view/343/son-martyr-in-2000-still-waiting-for-the-compensation) is also the most successful team in the T20 format having won the inaugural version in 2016.****\** **" HAPPY READING"**


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