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 2009 - 2010 will stay in place until December 2012
Method:
- The ACC ranking system is based on a 2-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 2010 | ACC U-19 Elite 2009 | ACC U-16 Elite 2010 | FINAL COMBINED |
| Ranking/Points | Ranking/Points | Ranking/Points | Ranking/Points |
| 1. Afghanistan | 1. Hong Kong | 1. Singapore | 1. Nepal |
| 2. Nepal | 2. Afghanistan | 2. Nepal | 2. Hong Kong |
| 3. Hong Kong | 3. Nepal | 3. Malaysia | 3. Malaysia |
| 4. Malaysia | 4. Qatar | 4. Hong Kong | 4. Afghanistan |
| 5. Oman | 5. Malaysia | 5. Saudi Arabia | 5. Singapore |
| 6. UAE | 6. UAE | 6. Bahrain | 6. Oman |
| 7. Kuwait | 7. Oman | 7. Kuwait | 7. Saudi Arabia |
| 8. Bhutan | 8. Singapore | 8. Thailand | 8. Kuwait |
| 9. Singapore | 9. Saudi Arabia | 18. Qatar* | 9. UAE |
| 18. Bahrain* | 10. Bhutan | 18. UAE* | 10. Bhutan |
| ACC Trophy Challenge 2010 | ACC U-19 Challenge 2009 | ACC U-16 Challenge 2010 | |
| Ranking/Points | Ranking/Points | Ranking/Points | |
| 11. Maldives |
11. Bahrain | 11. Oman | 11. Thailand |
| 12. Saudi Arabia |
12. Thailand | 12. Iran | 12. Bahrain |
| 13. Qatar |
13. Kuwait | 13. Afghanistan | 13. Qatar |
| 14. Thailand |
14. China | 14. Bhutan | 14. Maldives |
| 15. Iran |
15. Maldives | 15. China | 15. Iran |
| 16. China |
16. Myanmar | 16. Maldives | 16. China |
| 17. Brunei |
17. Iran | 17. Myanmar | 17. Myanmar |
| 18. Myanmar | 18. Brunei | 18. Brunei* | 18. Brunei |
(*) Did not participate
- 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.
- Countries who have not participated or are disqualified are given 18 points for each tournament missed.
