Administrator | Asian Cricket Council |
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Format | 50-over |
First edition | 1996 |
Latest edition | 2012 |
Most successful | United Arab Emirates (5 titles) |
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.
ACC Trophy | |||
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Tournament | Final venue | Scores | Result |
1996 | Kuala Lumpur | Bangladesh 212 in 49.3 overs (Shahriar Hossain 58; Saleem Raza 3-31) United Arab Emirates 104 in 36.5 overs (Arshad Laeeq 31*; Sheikh Salahuddin 3-13) | Bangladesh won by 108 runs |
1998 | Kathmandu | Malaysia 83 in 37.2 overs (Rohan Selvaratnam 25; Aminul Islam 3-22) Bangladesh 85/2 in 21.1 overs (Shahriar Hossain 51; Matthew William 1-5) | Bangladesh won by 8 wickets |
2000 | Sharjah | Hong Kong 186 49.4 overs (Rahul Sharma 78; Asim Saeed 4-32) United Arab Emirates 191/7 in 44 overs (Mehmood Pir Baksh 56; Mohammad Zubair 4-30) | UAE won by 3 wickets |
2002 | Singapore | Nepal 184 in 50 overs (Paresh Lohani 52; Arshad Ali 4-24) United Arab Emirates 185/4 in 38.3 overs (Khuram Khan 60*; Binod Das 2-27) | UAE won by 6 wickets |
2004 | Kuala Lumpur | United Arab Emirates 253/7 in 50 overs (Syed Maqsood 67; Hemal Mehta 3-38) Oman 159 in 44 overs (Hemal Mehta 39; Ali Asad 4-38) | UAE won by 94 runs |
2006 | Kuala Lumpur | Hong Kong 174/8 in 50 overs (Tim Smart 56; Arshad Ali 3-35) United Arab Emirates 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 | United Arab Emirates 243/7 in 50 overs (Saqib Ali 102; Najeeb Amar 4-61) Hong Kong 205/7 in 34.1 overs (Najeeb Amar 100; Shadeep Silva 3-39) | Hong Kong won by 3 wickets (D/L) |
2010 | Kuwait City | Afghanistan 224 in 50 overs (Karim Sadiq 58; Binod Das 3-35) Nepal 129 in 40 overs (Sharad Vesawkar 35; Nowroz Mangal 2-9) | Afghanistan won by 95 runs |
2012 | Sharjah | United Arab Emirates 241/6 in 50 overs (Saqib Ali 101*; Shakti Gauchan 3-36) Nepal 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 | Oman 322/9 in 50 overs (Adnan Ilyas 138; Lobzang Yonten 2-56) Bhutan 104 in 40 overs (Kumar Subba 40; Hemal Mehta 3-22) | Oman won by 213 runs |
2010 | Bangkok [1] | Saudi Arabia 139 in 43.3 overs (Shoaib Ali 39; Ahmed Faiz 3-19) Maldives 140/9 in 41.4 overs (Abdulla Shahid 30; Shoaib Ali 5-25) | Maldives won by 1 wicket |
2012 | Chiang Mai [2] | Singapore 214/8 in 50 overs (Chetan Suryawanshi 40; Qamar Saeed 3-27) Bahrain 190 in 45.4 overs (Sameer Yousuf 31; Amjad Mahboob 5-22) | Singapore won by 24 runs |
Note: Records are incomplete.
Team | 1996 | 1998 | 2000 | 2002 | 2004 | 2006 | 2008 | 2010 | 2012 | Total |
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Afghanistan | — | — | — | — | 6th | 3rd | 3rd | 1st | 3rd | 5 |
Bahrain | — | — | — | — | GS | 6th | 7th | 10th | — | 4 |
Bangladesh | 1st | 1st | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 2 |
Bhutan | — | — | — | — | QF | 13th | — | 8th | 10th | 4 |
Brunei | GS | — | — | — | — | 15th | — | — | — | 2 |
Fiji | SF | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 1 |
Hong Kong | GS | SF | 2nd | SF | GS | 2nd | 1st | 3rd | 5th | 9 |
Iran | — | — | — | — | GS | 16th | — | — | — | 2 |
Japan | GS | GS | GS | — | — | — | — | — | — | 3 |
Kuwait | — | — | GS | GS | 3rd | 9th | 8th | 7th | 7th | 7 |
Malaysia | GS | 2nd | SF | SF | QF | 7th | 6th | 4th | 4th | 9 |
Maldives | GS | GS | GS | GS | GS | 14th | — | — | 8th | 7 |
Myanmar | — | — | — | — | — | 17th | — | — | — | 1 |
Nepal | GS | GS | SF | 2nd | 5th | 4th | 4th | 2nd | 1st | 9 |
Oman | — | — | — | GS | 2nd | 11th | — | 6th | 6th | 5 |
Papua New Guinea | SF | GS | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 2 |
Qatar | — | — | — | GS | 4th | 8th | 9th | — | — | 4 |
Saudi Arabia | — | — | — | — | GS | 10th | 10th | — | 9th | 4 |
Singapore | GS | GS | GS | GS | GS | 5th | 5th | 9th | — | 8 |
Thailand | GS | GS | — | GS | GS | 12th | — | — | — | 5 |
United Arab Emirates | 2nd | SF | 1st | 1st | 1st | 1st | 2nd | 5th | 1st | 9 |
Team | Champions | Runner Up |
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United Arab Emirates | 5 | 2 |
Bangladesh | 2 | 0 |
Nepal | 1 | 2 |
Hong Kong | 1 | 2 |
Afghanistan | 1 | 0 |
Oman | 0 | 1 |
Malaysia | 0 | 1 |
Notes: Bangladesh gained full Test status in 2000 and are no longer eligible to participate in the ACC Trophy.
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