ACC Trophy


The ACC Trophy was a limited-overs cricket tournament organised by the Asian Cricket Council. Open only to associate and affiliate members of the International Cricket Council, it was contested biennially between 1996 and 2012, but has been replaced by the three-division ACC Premier League as the primary limited-overs competition for non-Test-playing ACC members. The finalists of the 2000 and 2006 tournaments qualified for the Asia Cup, where matches had One Day International 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" and "Challenge" divisions, with the first editions held under this format being the 2008 ACC Trophy Elite and the 2009 ACC Trophy Challenge. 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. Bangladesh won the first two tournaments, but were rendered ineligible after gaining Test status.

Previous finals

ACC Trophy records

Team records

Note: Records are incomplete.
  1. Sarfraz Ahmed & Fahad Suleiman for v 201*
  2. Rahul Sharma & Khalid Butt for v 181
  3. Muhammad Jahangir & Irfan Ahmed for v 174
  4. Nowroz Khan & Karim Sadiq for v 171
  5. Chaminda Ruwan & Munish Arora for v 170
  6. Omer Taj & Muhammad Jahangir for v 174
  7. Muhammed Iqbal & Arshad Ali for v 166
  8. Rahul Sharma & Khalid Butt for v 161
  9. Nadeem Babar & Hammad Saeed for * v 158
  10. Arshad Ali & Saqib Ali for v 152

    Participating teams

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Team
1996
1998
2000
2002
2004
2006
2008
2010
2012		Total
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————GS6th7th10th—4
'1st1st———————2
————QF13th—8th10th4
GS————15th———2
'SF————————1
GSSF2ndSFGS2nd1st3rd5th9
————GS16th———2
'GSGSGS——————3
——GSGS3rd9th8th7th7th7
GS2ndSFSFQF7th6th4th4th9
GSGSGSGSGS14th——8th7
—————17th———1
GSGSSF2nd5th4th4th2nd1st9
———GS2nd11th—6th6th5
'SFGS———————2
———GS4th8th9th——4
————GS10th10th—9th4
GSGSGSGSGS5th5th9th—8
GSGS—GSGS12th———5
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Notes:
Bangladesh gained full Test status in 2000 and are no longer eligible to participate in the ACC Trophy.