The ACC Trophy was a limited-overs cricket tournament organised by the Asian Cricket Council (ACC). Open only to associate and affiliate members of the International Cricket Council (ICC), it was contested biennially between 1996 and 2012, but was replaced by the three-division ACC Premier League in 2014 as the primary limited-overs competition for non-Test-playing ACC members. The tournament was discontinued for 9 years, and reinvented as ACC Premier Cup in 2023. The finalists of the 2000 and 2006 tournaments qualified for the Asia Cup, where matches had One Day International (ODI) status.
The inaugural edition of the tournament was played in Malaysia in 1996, and featured 12 teams in a single division. The single-division format continued until the 2006 tournament, which featured a record 17 teams. The ACC Trophy was then split into "Elite" (first-grade) and "Challenge" (second-grade) divisions, with the first editions held under this format being the 2008 ACC Trophy Elite and the 2009 ACC Trophy Challenge (the latter tournament was the only one to be held in an odd year). The two-division format continued until the final tournament in 2012, with promotion and relegation between divisions.
Only six teams – Hong Kong, Malaysia, the Maldives, Nepal, Singapore, and the United Arab Emirates – competed in all nine editions of the ACC Trophy, although the Maldives and Singapore were relegated to the "Challenge" tournament at various stages after the introduction of two divisions. The UAE was by far the most successful ACC Trophy team, with five wins (and four consecutive victories from 2000 to 2006). Bangladesh won the first two tournaments, but were rendered ineligible after gaining Test status.
Previous finals
ACC Trophy Tournament Final venue Scores Result 1996 Kuala Lumpur 212 in 49.3 overs (Shahriar Hossain 58; Saleem Raza 3-31) 104 in 36.5 overs (Arshad Laeeq 31*; Sheikh Salahuddin 3–13) Bangladesh won by 108 runs 1998 Kathmandu 83 in 37.2 overs (Rohan Selvaratnam 25; Aminul Islam 3-22) 85/2 in 21.1 overs (Shahriar Hossain 51; Matthew William 1–5) Bangladesh won by 8 wickets 2000 Sharjah 186 49.4 overs (Rahul Sharma 78; Asim Saeed 4-32) 191/7 in 44 overs (Mehmood Pir Baksh 56; Mohammad Zubair 4-30) UAE won by 3 wickets 2002 Singapore 184 in 50 overs (Paresh Lohani 52; Arshad Ali 4-24) 185/4 in 38.3 overs (Khuram Khan 60*; Binod Das 2-27) UAE won by 6 wickets 2004 Kuala Lumpur 253/7 in 50 overs (Syed Maqsood 67; Hemal Mehta 3-38) 159 in 44 overs (Hemal Mehta 39; Ali Asad 4-38) UAE won by 94 runs 2006 Kuala Lumpur 174/8 in 50 overs (Tim Smart 56; Arshad Ali 3-35) 175/5 in 35.3 overs (Khurram Khan 59*; Nadeem Ahmed 3-48) UAE won by 5 wickets ACC Trophy Elite Tournament Final venue Scores Result 2008 Kuala Lumpur 243/7 in 50 overs (Saqib Ali 102; Najeeb Amar 4-61) 205/7 in 34.1 overs (Najeeb Amar 100; Shadeep Silva 3-39) Hong Kong won by 3 wickets (D/L) 2010 Kuwait City 224 in 50 overs (Karim Sadiq 58; Binod Das 3-35) 129 in 40 overs (Sharad Vesawkar 35; Nowroz Mangal 2–9) Afghanistan won by 95 runs 2012 Sharjah 241/6 in 50 overs (Saqib Ali 101*; Shakti Gauchan 3-36) 241/9 in 50 overs (Subash Khakurel 55; Ahmed Raza 2-44) Match tied. Nepal and UAE shared trophy. ACC Trophy Challenge Tournament Final venue Scores Result 2009 Chiang Mai 322/9 in 50 overs (Adnan Ilyas 138; Lobzang Yonten 2-56) 104 in 40 overs (Kumar Subba 40; Hemal Mehta 3-22) Oman won by 213 runs 2010 BangkokAsian Cricket Council – ACC Trophy Challenge 2010 139 in 43.3 overs (Shoaib Ali 39; Ahmed Faiz 3–19) 140/9 in 41.4 overs (Abdulla Shahid 30; Shoaib Ali 5-25) Maldives won by 1 wicket 2012 Chiang MaiAsian Cricket Council – ACC Trophy Challenge 2012 214/8 in 50 overs (Chetan Suryawanshi 40; Qamar Saeed 3-27) 190 in 45.4 overs (Sameer Yousuf 31; Amjad Mahboob 5-22) Singapore won by 24 runs
ACC Trophy records
Team records Highest total: 510/6 (50 overs) v , 2010 Lowest total: 10 all out (12.1 overs) v , 2006 Most wins: UAE 5, Nepal 2, Bangladesh 2, Hong Kong 1, Afghanistan 1
Individual records Most runs in an innings: Arshad Ali 213* (146) Most runs in a career: Arshad Ali 461 Best batting average: Arshad Ali 153.66 Best bowling in an innings: Mehboob Alam 7/3 v , 2006 Most wickets in a career: Mehboob Alam 52 Best bowling ave: Kashif Butt 3.00 Most catches by an outfielder (career): Khuram Khan 5 Most wicket-keeping dismissals (career): Mohammad Nadeem 8 Most ACC Trophy appearances:
Best Partnerships
Note: Records are incomplete.
Sarfraz Ahmed & Fahad Suleiman for v 201* Rahul Sharma & Khalid Butt for v 181 Muhammad Jahangir & Irfan Ahmed for v 174 Nowroz Khan & Karim Sadiq for v 171 Chaminda Ruwan & Munish Arora for v 170 Omer Taj & Muhammad Jahangir for v 174 Muhammed Iqbal & Arshad Ali for v 166 Rahul Sharma & Khalid Butt for v 161 Nadeem Babar & Hammad Saeed for * v 158 Arshad Ali & Saqib Ali for v 152
Participating teams Legend – Champions – Runners-up – Third place SF – Semi-finalist GS – Group stage Q – Qualified — Hosts
Team 1996 1998 2000 2002 2004 2006 2008 2010 2012 Total — — — — 6th 3rd 3rd 1st 3rd 5 — — — — GS 6th 7th 10th — 4 1st 1st — — — — — — — 2 — — — — QF 13th — 8th 10th 4 GS — — — — 15th — — — 2 SF — — — — — — — — 1 GS SF 2nd SF GS 2nd 1st 3rd 5th 9 — — — — GS 16th — — — 2 GS GS GS — — — — — — 3 — — GS GS 3rd 9th 8th 7th 7th 7 GS 2nd SF SF QF 7th 6th 4th 4th 9 GS GS GS GS GS 14th — — 8th 7 — — — — — 17th — — — 1 GS GS SF 2nd 5th 4th 4th 2nd 1st 9 — — — GS 2nd 11th — 6th 6th 5 SF GS — — — — — — — 2 — — — GS 4th 8th 9th — — 4 — — — — GS 10th 10th — 9th 4 GS GS GS GS GS 5th 5th 9th — 8 GS GS — GS GS 12th — — — 5 2nd SF 1st 1st 1st 1st 2nd 5th 1st 9 Note: the above table includes results in all top-flight ACC tournaments – the ACC Trophy from 1996 to 2006, and the ACC Trophy Elite from 2008 to 2012, Teams in italics no longer compete in ACC Trophy/ACC Trophy Elite matches, either through having gained Test status ( and ), or through having moved to the ICC East Asia-Pacific region (, , and ).
Champions and runners-up TeamChampionsRunner up52201212100101 Notes: Bangladesh gained full Test status in 2000 and are no longer eligible to participate in the ACC Trophy.
See also Asia Cup ACC Premier Cup ACC Twenty20 Cup ACC Premier League
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