The 2000 ACC Trophy was a
cricket
Cricket is a bat-and-ball game played between two teams of eleven players on a field at the centre of which is a pitch with a wicket at each end, each comprising two bails balanced on three stumps. The batting side scores runs by st ...
tournament held from 15 to 24 November 2000 in the
United Arab Emirates
The United Arab Emirates (UAE; ar, اَلْإِمَارَات الْعَرَبِيَة الْمُتَحِدَة ), or simply the Emirates ( ar, الِْإمَارَات ), is a country in Western Asia ( The Middle East). It is located at ...
. It gave Associate and Affiliate members of the
Asian Cricket Council
The Asian Cricket Council also known as ACC is a cricket organisation which was established in 1983, to promote and develop the sport of cricket in Asia. Subordinate to the International Cricket Council, the council is the continent's regional ...
experience of international
one-day cricket and also helped form an essential part of regional rankings.
The tournament was won by the
host nation, who defeated
Hong Kong
Hong Kong ( (US) or (UK); , ), officially the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region of the People's Republic of China (abbr. Hong Kong SAR or HKSAR), is a city and special administrative region of China on the eastern Pearl River Delta i ...
in the final by three wickets. This was the United Arab Emirates' first title.
Teams
The following eight teams took part in the tournament:
Group stages
The eight teams were divided into two groups of four, with the top two from each group qualifying for the semi-finals.
Group A
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Group B
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Semi-finals
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Final
Statistics
References
External links
CricketArchive tournament page
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ACC Trophy
ACC Trophy
The ACC Trophy was a limited-overs cricket tournament organised by the Asian Cricket Council (ACC). Open only to associate and affiliate members of the International Cricket Council (ICC), it was contested biennially between 1996 and 2012, but ha ...
International cricket competitions in 2000–01
International cricket competitions in the United Arab Emirates