2023 Men's Premier Cup

The 2023 ACC Men's Premier Cup will be the inaugural edition of the Men's Premier Cup[1] This tournament is the qualification pathway towards Asia Cup 2023.[2] It is scheduled to be hosted by Nepal[3] from 18 April to 1 May.[4] The winner of the tournament will qualify for the 2023 Asia Cup.

2023 ACC Men's Premier Cup
Dates18 April – 1 May 2023
Administrator(s)Asian Cricket Council
Cricket formatODI and Limited-overs (50 overs)
Tournament format(s)Group stage and knockout
Host(s)Nepal Nepal
Participants10
Matches24

The Asian Cricket Council announced the schedule for the tournament on 23 March 2023.[5] Bahrain and Saudi Arabia qualified to participate in this tournament as the top two teams (finalists) of the 2023 ACC Men's Challenger Cup, with Saudi Arabia beating Bahrain in the final by 10 wickets.[6]

Venues

Groups
Group A Group B

Squads
 Bahrain  Hong Kong [7]  Kuwait  Malaysia    Nepal
 Oman  Qatar  Saudi Arabia  Singapore  United Arab Emirates

Group stage

Group A
Pos Team Pld W L T NR Pts NRR Qualification
1  Malaysia 0 0 0 0 0 0 — Advance to the Knockout Stage
2    Nepal (H) 0 0 0 0 0 0 —
3  Oman 0 0 0 0 0 0 —
4  Qatar 0 0 0 0 0 0 —
5  Saudi Arabia 0 0 0 0 0 0 —
First match(es) will be played on 18 April 2023. Source: onlinekhabar
(H) Host

Fixtures

19 April 2023
09:30
v
21 April 2023
09:30
v
   Nepal
23 April 2023
09:30
v
24 April 2023
09:30
v
   Nepal
25 April 2023
09:30
v

Group B
Pos Team Pld W L T NR Pts NRR Qualification
1  Bahrain 0 0 0 0 0 0 — Advance to the Knockout Stage
2  Hong Kong 0 0 0 0 0 0 —
3  Kuwait 0 0 0 0 0 0 —
4  Singapore 0 0 0 0 0 0 —
5  United Arab Emirates 0 0 0 0 0 0 —
First match(es) will be played on 18 April 2023. Source: onlinekhabar

Fixtures

22 April 2023
09:30
v
27 April 2023
09:30
v

Knockout stage
Semi-finals Final
      
A1 First team of Group A
B2 Second team of Group B
Winner of first semi-final
Winner of second semi-final
B1 First team of Group B
A2 Second team of Group A

Semi-finals
29 April 2023
09:30
Group A Winner
v
Group B Runner-up
29 April 2023
09:30
Group A Runner-up
v
Group B Winner

3rd Place Playoff
30 April 2023
09:30
Loser of semi-final 1
v
Loser of semi-final 2

Final
1 May 2023
09:30
Winner of semi-final 1
v
Winner of semi-final 2

Final standings

Final standings at the end of the tournament:

Position Team Result
1 Qualified for the 2023 Asia Cup and 2023 ACC Emerging Teams Asia Cup
2 Qualified for the 2023 ACC Emerging Teams Asia Cup
3
4
5
6
7
8
9
10

References
  1. "Men's Asia Cup and Asia Cup Qualifier tournaments announced for 2023 - Czarsportz Global". 31 January 2023. Retrieved 25 February 2023.
  2. Newspaper, Bhutan's Daily. "Men's cricket team prepares for ACC Men's Challenger Cup 2023". Kuensel Online. Retrieved 25 February 2023.
  3. Staff, cricnepal (1 February 2023). "Nepal to host ACC Premier Cup". cricnepal.com. Retrieved 17 February 2023.
  4. "Invitation for Expression of Interest - Combine Rights" (PDF). asiancricket.org. 8 February 2023. Retrieved 13 March 2023.
  5. @ACCMedia1 (23 March 2023). "The ACC Men's Premier Cup – an integral part of ACC's new pathway structure gets underway on the 18th of April in Nepal. 10 Associate nations will battle it out for the title and the winner will directly qualify for the Men's Asia Cup 2023" (Tweet) – via Twitter.
  6. "Saudi Arabia, Bahrain win through ACC Challenger Cup". Cricbuzz. Retrieved 5 March 2023.
  7. "HK Men's Squad for ACC Premier Cup 2023 Announced!". Hong Kong Cricket. Retrieved 5 April 2023.
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