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
Method:
*The ACC ranking system is based on a 2-year cycle, as the range of age-group tournaments U-15, U-17, U-19 are completed over 2 years
*The rankings are determined on the teams’ placings in the ACC Trophys, ACC U-19 Cups, ACC U-17 Cups and the ACC U-15 Cups
*The teams with the minimum aggregate ranking points, based on their finishing positions in the tournaments are ranked highest
*The top ten teams in each age group participate in the corresponding Elite division, while the rest participate in the Challenge division
The current Final Combined rankings stay in place until December 2010
Ranking/Points accrued for tournaments for 2007/08 and 2008 seasons: ACC Trophy, ACC U-19, ACC U-17, ACC U-15: Elite and Challenge
Due to a change in administrative policy midway through 2008, which meant the shifting of administrative years from April 1 to March 31 to January 1 to December 31 from now on, the 2009 ACC Challenge and 2009 ACC U-17 Elite tournaments at the end of the 2008/09 tournament season are included in the 2008 rankings calculation.
| ACC Trophy Elite 2008 | ACC U-19 Elite 2007 | ACC U-17 Elite Cup 2009 | ACC U-15 Elite 2007 | FINAL COMBINED |
| Ranking/Points | Ranking/Points | Ranking/Points | Ranking/Points | Ranking/Points |
| 1. Hong Kong | 1. Nepal | 1. Nepal | 1. Singapore | 1. Singapore (18 pts) |
| 2. UAE | 2. Afghanistan | 2. Malaysia | 2 .Kuwait | 2. Nepal (24 points) |
| 3. Afghanistan | 3. UAE | 3. UAE | 3. Saudi Arabia | 3. UAE (26 points) |
| 4. Nepal | 4. Malaysia | 4. Qatar | 4 .Thailand | 4. Kuwait (27 points) |
| 5. Singapore | 5. Singapore | 5. Bahrain | 18. *** Afghanistan | 5=. Malaysia (30 points) |
| 6. Malaysia | 6. Qatar | 6. Hong Kong | 18. *** Hong Kong | 5=. Qatar (30 points) |
| 7. Bahrain | 7. Oman | 7. Singapore | 18. *** Malaysia | 7. Hong Kong (33 points) |
| 8. Kuwait | 8. Hong Kong | 8. Kuwait | 18. *** Nepal | 8. Afghanistan (34 points) |
| 9. Qatar | 9. Kuwait | 18. **Brunei | 18. *** Oman | 9. Thailand (41 points) |
| 10. Saudi Arabia | 10. Thailand | 18. ***Saudi Arabia | 18. *** UAE | 10. Saudi Arabia (42 points) |
| 11=. Bahrain (48 points) | ||||
| ACC Trophy Challenge 2009 | ACC U-19 Challenge 2008 | ACC U-17 Challenge 2008 | ACC U-15 Challenge 2007 | 11=. Oman (48 points) |
| Ranking/Points | Ranking/Points | Ranking/Points | Ranking/Points | 13. Bhutan (54 points) |
| 11. Oman | 11. Saudi Arabia | 11. Afghanistan | 11. Qatar | 14. Maldives (57 points) |
| 12. Bhutan | 12. Bhutan | 12. Oman | 12. Bhutan | 15. China (59 points) |
| 13. Maldives | 13. Maldives | 13. Thailand | 13. Maldives | 16. Iran (66 points) |
| 14. Thailand | 14. China | 14. China | 14. China | 17. Myanmar (67 points) |
| 15. Iran | 18.** Bahrain | 15. Iran | 15. Myanmar | 18. Brunei (68 points) |
| 16. Brunei | 18.** Brunei | 16. Myanmar | 16. Brunei | |
| 17. China | 18.** Iran | 18.**Bhutan | 18.**Bahrain | |
| 18. Myanmar | 18.** Myanmar | 18.***Maldives | 18.** Iran |
(**) Did not participate (***) Disqualified
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, ie. 2009-2010
The ACC Women’s Tournaments are not included in the rankings system as not all members are participating in them
The ACC Twenty20 Cup is played biennially only by the top ten teams in the Final Combined Rankings
Countries who have not participated or are disqualified are sanctioned 18 points for each tournament missed
The 2010 U-16 Elite and Challenge participants (U-15 and U-17 events are being withdrawn) are yet to be determined by the ACC Development Committee
