The ACC Premier League is a One Day

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tournament run by the

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that is contested between its members nations in

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. It has evolved from the former ACC Trophy Elite cricket competition and played under three divisions; Premier, Ellite and Challenge. It gives Associate and Affiliate members of the

experience of international one-day cricket and also helps form an essential part of regional rankings. The first tournament was held in

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in May 2014. However, after first edition of Premier and Elite tournament, ACC reformed the tournament structure bifurcated into regional basis rather than Divisional basis.

2014-15

2014 ACC Premier League

The first tournament was held in

between 1–7 May 2014.

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won the tournament. The top four teams,

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Nepal Nepal (; ne, :ne:नेपाल, नेपाल ), formerly the Federal Democratic Republic of Nepal ( ne, सङ्घीय लोकतान्त्रिक गणतन्त्र नेपाल ), is a landlocked country in S ...

and

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qualified for the

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2014 ACC Elite League

The first tournament of second division of ACC Premier League was held in

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between 7–13 June 2014.

won the tournament and qualified for 2016 ACC Premier League and

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finishing second qualified for

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2015 ACC Challenge League

The lowest division was supposed to be held in 2015. The participants in the tournament will be

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, China,

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and

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. But, this was cancelled. From 2017, ACC started region based cricket calendar separated into Eastern and Western Regions rather than divisions, hence, this tournament will never happen again.

2014-15

2014 ACC Premier League

2014 ACC Elite League

2015 ACC Challenge League

2023

2023 ACC Men's Challenger Cup (50-overs)

2023 ACC Men's Premier Cup (50-overs)

See also

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