Malaysian Cricket Association (MCA) will be hosting the Asian Cricket Council (ACC) Women’s Premier Cup tournament (which will act as the qualifier for ACC Women’s Asia Cup 2026) from June 03rd – 13th, 2026 at multiple venues across Bayuemas Oval in Kuala Lumpur, YSD-UKM Cricket Oval in Bangi, Selangor Turf Club in Kuala Lumpur and Kolej Tuanku Ja’afar Ground in Mantin, Negeri Sembilan. MCA will be hosting seventeen (17) Associate member teams in the Asian region (with the additional inclusion of Mongolia and Philippines for the first time, after being granted ACC Associate membership in 2025) in the tournament, where teams will be divided into four (4) groups, and the winners of all the group advancing to the semifinals of the tournament. It is expected that all four (4) semifinalist’s will qualify for the main draw of the ACC Women’s Asia Cup 2026, as it was the case in the 2024 edition, where the total number of participants for the event was increased to eight (8).
Some of the teams in the competition will already have the experience of playing in Malaysia, with the Asian Games 2026 Women’s Qualifier taking place right before this tournament. However, a majority of the teams in the competition couldn’t be at the Asian Games qualifier, as player eligibility criteria for competing in a Regional Games are different than the ICC player eligibility rules, and this ACC event is an ICC-sanctioned tournament.
Group A: Bahrain, Japan, Mongolia, Myanmar and Thailand
Group B: China, Oman, Philippines, Saudi Arabia and United Arab Emirates
Group C: Indonesia, Kuwait, Malaysia and Singapore
Group D: Bhutan, Hong Kong-China, Nepal and Qatar
ACC Women’s Premier Cup 2026 Schedule
03rd June 2026: Bahrain vs Myanmar ; China vs Oman ; Indonesia vs Singapore ; Bhutan vs Hong Kong, China ; Malaysia vs Kuwait ; Saudi Arabia vs United Arab Emirates ; Mongolia vs Thailand ; Nepal vs Qatar
04th June 2026: Japan vs Mongolia ; Philippines vs Saudi Arabia ; Indonesia vs Kuwait ; Bhutan vs Hong Kong, China ; Malaysia vs Singapore ; Bahrain vs Thailand ; Oman vs United Arab Emirates ; Bhutan vs Nepal
05th June 2026: Bahrain vs Mongolia ; Oman vs Saudi Arabia ; Kuwait vs Singapore ; Nepal vs Hong Kong, China ; Malaysia vs Indonesia ; China vs Philippines ; Japan vs Myanmar ; Bhutan vs Qatar
07th June 2026: Bahrain vs Japan ; Oman vs Philippines ; Myanmar vs Thailand ; China vs United Arab Emirates
09th June 2026: Philippines vs United Arab Emirates ; China vs Saudi Arabia ; Japan vs Thailand ; Mongolia vs Myanmar
10th June 2026: 1st Quarter Final ; 2nd Quarter Final ; 3rd Quarter Final ; 4th Quarter Final
12th June 2026: 1st Semi-Final ; 2nd Semi-Final
13th June 2026: 3rd/4th Place Play-off ; FINAL