Pre-tournament favourites Afghanistan will open their ACC Twenty20 Cup campaign with a tough match against Hong Kong on December 3, according to fixtures announced by the Asian Cricket Council.
Three of the semi-finalists were decided on the fourth day of the ACC Twenty20 Cup, with the three unbeaten teams - Afghanistan, Oman and UAE - all progressing to the last four.
The highly-fancied Nepal were taken to a bowl-out before they squeezed past over 2007 semi-finalists Kuwait, while Afghanistan, Malaysia, Oman, Saudi Arabia and UAE also registered wins on the second day of the ACC Twenty20 Cup.
Nepal, the odds-on favourites who have dominated recent Asian Cricket Council Under-19 tournaments, were brought down to earth with a bump by Hong Kong who sent them crashing to a 36-run defeat
Afghanistan's lower-order batsmen ensured their side a third-place finish, while Bahrain salvaged the seventh position with a 99-run trouncing of Kuwait on the eighth day of matches in the ACC Elite Trophy
Singapore and Kuwait competed in the final of the ACC Under-15 Elite Cup ... but only because everyone else had been thrown out of the competition for fielding over-age players