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Asian Qualifying Tournaments
Phase 1: ACC Trophy
- Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia: 12-22 June 2004
- Teams: Afghanistan, Bahrain, Bhutan, Hong Kong, Iran, Kuwait, Malaysia, Maldives, Nepal, Oman, Qatar, Saudi Arabia, Singapore, Thailand, United Arab Emirates.
The top two countries in this tournament qualify for the ICC Trophy 2005. The third, fourth and fifth-placed countries qualify for the Repechage Tournament (WCQS2).
Preliminary Round
Group A
- UAE 302-8 (Arshad Ali 128*, Asim Aseed 70, Khurram Khan 58) beat Singapore 69 by 233 runs
- Thailand 103 lost to Qatar 104-0 (O Taj 58*, Jehangir 42*) by 10 wickets
- Singapore 275-4 (J Dearing 100*, S Mendis 54) beat Thailand 170 by 105 runs
- Qatar 111 (Syed Maqsood 4-12) lost to UAE 112-0 (Asim Saeed 66*) by 10 wickets
- Singapore 107 lost to Qatar 108-3 (Omar Taj 68) by 7 wickets
- Thailand 78 lost to UAE 80-0 (A Ali 41*) by 10 wickets
UAE 6, Qatar 4, Singapore 2, Thailand 0.
Group B
- Malaysia 219-8 (S Navratnam 81*, S Jayawardhana 46) beat Maldives 199 (I Nihad 50, Ahmed Afzal 43) by 20 runs
- Kuwait 228 beat Saudi Arabia 176 by 52 runs
- Saudi Arabia 262 (Sarfraz Ahmad 75, Naeem Amin 54) beat Maldives 170 (I Hussain 51) by 92 runs
- Kuwait 226 (Babu 44) beat Malaysia 118 (Azmat 4-9) by 108 runs
- Maldives 163 lost to Kuwait 164- 2 (S Raza 86) by 8 wickets
- Malaysia 268-7 (S Navaratnam 88, S Jayawardene 87, N Amin 3-49) beat Saudi Arabia 197 (Wahajuddin 55, V Suppiah 3-25, S Navaratnam 3-45) by 71 runs
Kuwait 6, Malaysia 4, Saudi Arabia 2, Maldives 0.
Group C
- Bahrain 212-7 (Qamar Saeed 79, Asghar Majeed 56, S Lama 3-49) beat Hong Kong 188 (R Sharma 62, M Cheruparambil 50) by 24 runs
- Afghanistan 202 (N Mangal 101, H Desai 6-43) lost to Oman 204-6 (H Desai 82, N Esakhail 3-28) by 4 wickets
- Bahrain 216 lost to Oman 217-6 (Syed Azhar Ali 68*) by 4 wickets
- Hong Kong 169 (A Shah 3-17) beat Afghanistan 157 (R Ahmad 60*) by 12 runs
- Bahrain 172 lost to Afghanistan 173- 2 (K Khan 100, N Ros 60) by 8 wickets
- Oman 185 (R Sharma 37, J Iqbal 4-57) beat Hong Kong 174 (T Smart 48, H Desai 5-29) by 11 runs
Oman 6, Afghanistan 2, Bahrain 2, Hong Kong 2.
Group D
- Bhutan 91 (RK Pradhan 3-13) lost to Nepal 92-1 (M Alam 44*) by 9 wickets
- Bhutan 187 (T Wangchuk 48) beat Iran 101 (M Ghasem 37) by 86 runs
- Iran 29 (M Alam 5-10) lost to Nepal 30-0 by 10 wickets
Nepal 4, Bhutan 2, Iran 0.
Classification Stages
Quarter-Finals
- UAE 267 (49.5 overs) beat Malaysia 206 (47.2 overs) by 61 runs
- Kuwait 242 (49.4 overs) beat Afghanistan 193 (44.2 overs) by 49 runs
- Bhutan 70 (40.3 overs) lost to Oman 71-0 (4.4 overs) by 10 wickets
- Nepal 164-9 (50 overs) lost to Qatar 165-6 by 4 wickets
5th-8th Place
- Malaysia 121 lost to Afghanistan 122-7 by 3 wickets
- Bhutan 72 lost to Nepal 76-4 by 6 wickets
5th-6th Place
- Nepal 147 beat Afghanistan 100 by 47 runs
Semi-Finals
- UAE 338-7 beat Kuwait 218 by 120 runs
- Qatar 158 lost to Oman 159-6 by 4 wickets
3rd-4th Place
- Kuwait 217 beat Qatar 191 by 26 runs
Final
- UAE beat Oman by 94 runs.
Kuala Lumpur, 22 June.
UAE 253-7 (50 overs, Arshad Ali 77, Syed Maqsood 67*, Naeemuddin 37, H Mehta 3-38)
Oman 159 (44 overs, H Mehta 39, A Assad 4-38, M Tauqir 3-26)
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