Purpose:
- To categorize the member countries by performance in competitions.
- To motivate the member countries to have performance competition goals.
- To reward the member countries on their performance in ACC competitions.
The rankings for 2013 - 2014 will stay in place until December 2016
Method:
- The ACC ranking system is based on a two-year cycle for men’s cricket, as the range of age-group tournaments and ACC Trophy are completed over 2 years.
- The rankings are determined on the teams’ placings in the ACC Trophy, ACC U-19 and U-16 Cups.
- The teams with the minimum aggregate ranking points, based on their finishing positions in the tournaments are ranked highest.
| ACC Trophy Elite 2014 | ACC U-19 Elite 2013 | ACC U-16 Elite 2014 | FINAL COMBINED |
| Ranking/Points | Ranking/Points | Ranking/Points | Ranking/Points |
| 1. |
1. Afghanistan | 1. | 1. |
| 1. |
2. UAE | 2. | 2. |
| 3. |
3. Malaysia | 3. | 3. |
| 4. |
4. Nepal | 4. | 4. |
| 5. |
5. Kuwait | 5. | 5. |
| 6. |
6. Saudi Arabia | 6. | 6. |
| 7. |
7. Bahrain | 7. | 7. |
| 8. |
8. Hong Kong | 8. | 8. |
| 9. |
9. Thailand | 9. | 9. |
| 10. |
10. Qatar | 10. | 10. |
| 11. | |||
| ACC Trophy Challenge 2014 | ACC U-19 Challenge 2013 | ACC U-16 Challenge 2014 | 12. |
| Ranking/Points | Ranking/Points | Ranking/Points | 13. |
| 11. | 11. | 11. | 14. |
| 12. |
12. | 12. | 15. |
| 13. |
13. | 13. | 16. |
| 14. |
14. | 14. | 17. |
| 15. |
15. | 15. | 18. |
| 16. |
16. | 16. | |
| 17. |
17. | 17. | |
| 18. |
18. | 18. |
- The top two teams in each Challenge competition are promoted into the following two-year cycle’s Elite Division.
- The bottom two teams in each Elite competition are relegated to the Challenge Division in the following cycle.
- The ACC Women’s Tournaments are not included in the rankings system as not all members are participating in them.
