2009 ACC Trophy Challenge
The 2009 ACC Trophy Challenge was a cricket tournament in Chiang Mai, Thailand, taking place between 12 and 21 January 2009. It gave Associate and Affiliate members of the Asian Cricket Council experience of international one-day cricket and also formed part of the regional qualifications for the ICC World Cricket League. The top 2 teams were promoted to the ACC Trophy Elite Division. Bhutan also qualified for the WCL82010
Teams
After the 2006 ACC Trophy a decision was made to split the tournament into two divisions. The placement of teams in these divisions was determined by the final rankings in the previous tournament. The top ten teams went into the 2008 ACC Trophy Elite with the remaining teams taking part in the 2009 ACC Trophy Challenge. They were also joined by China who had not previously taken part in the tournament.Qualified through participation in 2006 ACC Trophy:
Newcomers to the ACC Trophy:
Squads
| Moosa Kaleem ' Afzal Faiz Abdulla Shahid Abdulla Shafeeu Neesham Nasir Ismail Nihad Mahafooz Mohamed Husham Ibrahim Ahmed Hussain Mihusan Hamid Hassan Ibrahim Ahmed Hussein Shafraz Jaleel Muviath Ghanee Ali Manik ' Hemal Mendis ' | Ye Myo Tun ' Aye Min Than Sai Sai Wunna Thaw Zin San Thein Myat Min Hein Win Maw Zaw Htoo Maung Maung Win Naung Hhlaing Tun Myo Win Kyaw Ze Za Ye Min Soe Aung Aung Than Win ' Michael Moosajee ' | Hemal Mehta ' Sultan Ahmed Adnan Ilyas Nileshkumar Parmar Vaibhav Wategaonkar Awal Khan Farhan Khan Aamer Ali Haider Ali Masqood Hussain Ameet Sampat Khalid Al-Balushi Khalid Rasheed Qaim Hussain Madhu Jesrani ' Mazhar Khan ' | Zeeshan Khan ' John Hottinger Noppon Sennamontree Thanatit Jeerapanthawong Anil Tanwani Ashish Dey Deepak Saraff Akshay Desai Nishadh Rego Shyam Sideek Vishal Pathkar Shishir Turilay Shaik Cader Shreyanshu Tewari |
| Match Officials |
| Ramani Batumalai ' Koo Chai Huat ' Upul Kaluhetti ' Mohammed Kamrulzzaman ' Ashwin Kumar Rana ' K.G. Srinivasan ' |
Group stage
Points Tables
Green denotes teams going into the semifinals. Yellow denotes teams that play in the fifth place playoff and remain in the ACC Trophy Challenge Division. Red denotes teams that play in the seventh place playoff and remain in the ACC Trophy Challenge Division.Group A
| Team | Pld | W | T | L | NR | Pts | NRR |
| 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | +6.81 | |
| 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 4 | +0.41 | |
| 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 | −0.90 | |
| 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | −3.76 |
Group B
| Team | Pld | W | T | L | NR | Pts | NRR |
| 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | +1.88 | |
| 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 4 | +3.27 | |
| 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 | +0.67 | |
| 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | −6.29 |
Fixtures and results
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Semifinals
Winners of the semifinals were promoted to the ACC Trophy Elite Division and qualified for the final.----
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Final and Playoffs
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