Asia Cup 2025 Teams: Do You know about the group and rivals of your team?

Asia Cup 2025 is just around the corner with the finalised list of Asia Cup 2025 teams. Fans are desperately waiting for this event. Especially, Pakistani and Indian fans, as International tournaments are the only events when they have a chance to see Pakistan vs India match. The nations are so hyped for this match that tickets for Pakistan vs India match are sold out within hours after the availability. In this guide, we will walk you through a detailed information about your team’s group and their rivals.

Asia Cup 2025 Teams

There are total 8 teams which are going to try their luck for the title of the Asia Cup 2025. 5 teams are directly qualified from the ICC rankings. They are listed below.

• India
• Pakistan
• Afghanistan
• Bangladesh
• Sri Lanka

There are 3 other teams, which were not in the ICC Ranking and were qualified based upon their performance in the ACC Men’s Premier Cup 2024. They are:

• United-Arab-Emirates
• Oman
• Hong Kong

Format of Asia Cup 2025

In Asia Cup 2025, teams are divided into two groups.

Group A

In group A, following 4 teams are included:

• Pakistan
• India
• United Arab Emirates
• Oman

Group B

In group B, following 4 teams are included:

• Afghanistan
• Bangladesh
• Sri Lanka
• Hong Kong

Group wise Rivals

In the group stage of the Asia Cup 2025, each team has to play 3 matches. As a result, there are going to be 6 matches in each group. Top 2 teams from each group, will be qualified for the next round. Now we will check each group to see which team has to play with the other 3 teams in their group.

Group A Rivals

As we have discussed earlier about the teams of group A, now we will breakdown the matches team wise.

India

India is the defending Champion and most Asia Cup title winner team.(Comment down if you know the number of Asia Cup titles India has won!) Here is the breakdown of matches for team India

• Team India is going to face United Arab Emirates as his first opponent.
• Team India’s 2nd match is surely the most awaited match of the tournament. If everything goes well according to the schedule, then Pakistan is going to be their opponent for this match.
• For the Third and last group stage match, team India has to play against Oman.

Pakistan

Pakistan is the 3rd most Asia Cup title winning team. In the group stage, Pakistan’s matches are as follows:

• For the first match, team Pakistan is going to face Oman.
• Pakistan has to play for the 2nd and the most hyped match of the Asia Cup 2025 against team India.
• In third and last group stage match, Pakistan team is going to play against United Arab Emirates.

United Arab Emirates

United Arab Emirates playing fourth time for the race of Asia Cup title. Their group stage matches are as follows:

• In their first group stage match of United Arab Emirates is going to play against team India.
• For, their 2nd match, they are playing against Oman.
• In their last group stage match, they will play against Pakistani team.

Oman

This is the 1st time Oman is playing in the Asia Cup. The list of Oman’s matches is as follows:

• For their match of the Asia Cup, they are playing against Pakistani team.
• They are going to face United Arab Emirates for their 2nd match.
• In their 3rd and last group stage match, they will play against team India.

Group B Rivals

For group B, we already have discussed the team names. Now we will walk you through team wise matches of group B.

Sri Lanka

Team Sri Lanka is the 2nd most Asia Cup title winner team.{comment down the number of titles Sri Lanka has won!}. Sri Lanka‘matches are as follows:

• In the 1st match, Sri Lanka team is going to play against Bangladesh.
• For their 2nd match, they are going to play against Hong Kong.
• In their last group stage match, they have to play against Afghanistan.

Afghanistan

Afghanistan is playing for the 5th time in Asia Cup. Their matches are as follows:

• Afghanistan is playing for the first match of Asia Cup 2025 against Hong Kong.
• In their 2nd group stage match, they are playing against Bangladesh.
• For their and last group stage match, they are playing against Sri Lanka.

Bangladesh

Competing for the 16th time, Team Bangladesh is trying their luck to win their first Asia Cup title. There matches are as follows:

• For their first match of the Asia Cup 2025, they are going to play against Hong Kong.
• In their 2nd group stage match, they have to play against Sri Lanka.
• In their 3rd and last group stage match, they will face team Afghanistan.

Hong Kong

Hong Kong is also competing for the 5th time in the Asia Cup. Their matches are as follows:

• Afghanistan is going to be their first rival in the group stage match of Asia Cup 2025.
• In their 2nd match they are playing against Bangladesh.
• For their 3rd and their last group stage match, they are playing against Sri Lanka.

Comment down below that which team has won the most Asia Cup titles.

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