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Asia Cup 2025 format: Explaining group stage and Super Four format for Asia Cup T20 tournament

Mayank Bande

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The Asia Cup 2025 will begin on September 9, with the 2024 T20 World Cup semi-finalists Afghanistan taking on Hong Kong in Abu Dhabi.

Suryakumar Yadav-led India will be the hot favorite heading into the competition, having won the 2023 edition of the tournament and the T20 World Cup in 2024.

This will allow all participating teams to test themselves against the Asian giants in preparation for the upcoming 2026 T20 World Cup.

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Alongside the defending champions, Afghanistan, Pakistan and Sri Lanka will be the other top contenders to assert supremacy in the continental tournament.

As the eight-team tournament kicks off, TSN explains the complete format below.

What is the format of the Asia Cup 2025?

The Asia Cup 2025 will be played in two phases: The Group Stage and Super Four.

Here's a complete breakdown of both stages of the tournament.

Group Stage:

During the Group Stage of the tournament, all eight teams, divided into two groups of four will face three teams from their group in a round-robin format.

A points table is made for both groups, where a team gains two points for every win. The top two teams in both groups will advance to the Super Four —  the remaining teams will be eliminated.

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Super Four:

All four teams will then face the other qualified teams in the Super Four stage in a round-robin format again. The top-2 teams in the Super Four stage will advance to play in tournament Final in Dubai on Sunday, September 28.

What are the Groups of the Asia Cup 2025?

The eight teams in the competition are divided into two groups (A and B) of four teams each. Below is the list of teams in each group.

Group A:

  1. India
  2. Oman
  3. Pakistan
  4. UAE

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Group B:

  1. Afghanistan
  2. Bangladesh
  3. Hong Kong
  4. Sri Lanka 

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Mayank Bande

Mayank Bande has been a content producer at The Sporting News since 2023 and has extensive experience in cricket writing. His work has previously appeared on platforms like OneCricket and Last Word on Sports. Beyond cricket, Mayank closely follows football as an FC Barcelona supporter, along with tennis and Olympic sports. Despite holding a degree in Business Administration, he chose to pursue a career in sports, bringing sharp analysis to his writing as someone who once played cricket.