The ACC Trophy was a

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tournament organised by the

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(ACC). Open only to associate and affiliate members of the

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(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-

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-playing ACC members. The tournament was discontinued for 9 years, and reinvented as ACC Premier Cup in 2023. The finalists of the

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and 2006 tournaments qualified for the

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, where matches had

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(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

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and the

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(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

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between divisions. Only six teams –

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, the

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, and the

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– 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).

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won the first two tournaments, but were rendered ineligible after gaining Test status.

Previous finals

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 * 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

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region (, , and ).

Champions and runners-up

Notes: Bangladesh gained full Test status in 2000 and are no longer eligible to participate in the ACC Trophy.

References

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