ACC Men's Challenger Cup

The ACC Men's Challenger Cup is a Limited-overs (50 overs) and T20 International cricket tournament run by the Asian Cricket Council and contested in a league system by associate members of ACC. This is a part of the qualification pathway towards the ACC Premier Cup and the Asia Cup.^[1]

ACC Men's Challenger Cup

Administrator	Asian Cricket Council (ACC)
Format	50-overs and T20I
First edition	2023 Thailand
Latest edition	2024 Thailand
Tournament format	Group stage and knockout
Number of teams	10
Current champion	Saudi Arabia (2nd title)
Most successful	Saudi Arabia (2 titles)
Website	https://asiancricket.org/

On 9 February 2023, the ACC announced the schedule of the inaugural tournament, with 8 teams taking part (the host Thailand, Bahrain, Bhutan, Saudi Arabia, Indonesia, Maldives, Iran and Myanmar).^[2]

Results

Year	Format	Host nation	Final venue	Final
				Winner	Result	Runner-up
2023 Details	50 overs	Thailand	Terdthai Cricket Ground, Bangkok	Saudi Arabia 30/0 (4.1 overs)	Saudi Arabia by 10 wickets (scorecard)	Bahrain 26 (21.1 overs)
2024 Details	T20I	Thailand	Terdthai Cricket Ground, Bangkok	Saudi Arabia 151/5 (17.3 overs)	Saudi Arabia by 5 wickets (scorecard)	Cambodia 147/5 (20 overs)

Performance by teams

Legend

• 1st – Champions
• 2nd – Runners-up
• 3rd – Third place
• SF – Semi-finalist
• GP – Group stage
• Q – Qualified

An overview of the teams' performances in every ACC Challenger Cup:

Host Team	2023 50 overs (8)	2024 T20I (10)
Bahrain	2nd	—
Bhutan	SF	8th
Cambodia	—	2nd
China	—	9th
Indonesia	GP	6th
Iran	GP	—
Japan	—	4th
Maldives	GP	7th
Myanmar	GP	10th
Saudi Arabia	1st	1st
Singapore	—	3rd
Thailand	SF	5th

Debutant teams

Year	Teams
2023	Bahrain,  Bhutan,  Indonesia,  Iran,  Maldives,  Myanmar,  Saudi Arabia,  Thailand
2024	Cambodia,  China,  Japan,  Singapore

See also

• ACC Twenty20 Cup
• ACC Championship
• ACC Trophy