ICC Champions Trophy

Winners

Year	Winning team
1998	South Africa
2000	New Zealand
2002	India   Sri Lanka
2004	West Indies
2006	Australia
2009	Australia (2)
2013	India (2)
2017	Pakistan

 

 

The first Cricket World Cup was held in 1975 and then every four years since. The tournament was usually played by full ICC member nations. The ICC conceived the idea of the Champions Trophy – a short cricket tournament to raise funds for the development of the game in non-test playing countries, with the first tournaments being held in Bangladesh and Kenya.^[3]

It was inaugurated as the ICC KnockOut Trophy in 1998. Its name was changed to the Champions Trophy before the 2002 edition.^[4][5]

Since 2002, the tournament has been held in full ICC member nations with the number of teams has been reduced to eight. The tournament, later dubbed the "Mini World Cup" as it involved all of the full members of the ICC,^[6][7][8] was planned as a knock-out tournament so that it was short and did not reduce the value and importance of the World Cup. However, from 2002, the tournament has had a round-robin format, followed by a few knockout games, but the tournament still takes places over a short period of time – about two weeks.

The number of teams competing has varied over the years; originally all the ICC's full members took part, and from 2000 to 2004 associate members were also involved. Since 2009, the tournament has only involved the eight highest-ranked teams in the ICC ODI Rankings as of six months prior to the beginning of the tournament. The tournament has been held in 7 countries since its inception, with England hosting it thrice.

Up to 2006 the Champions Trophy was held every two years. The tournament had been scheduled to be held in Pakistan in 2008 but was moved to South Africa in 2009 due to security reasons. From then on it has been held every four years like the World Cup.

There were calls to scrap the tournament after 2013 and 2017,^[9] with no tournament hosted in 2021. However, it was reinstated in 2025.^[10]

In the first eight editions, the top teams in the ICC Men's ODI Team Rankings qualified in the tournament. In the first 2 editions, a few pairs of teams played in the Pre-Quarter-finals to determine who would move on to the Quarter-finals. The number of teams was 9 in 1998, which was increased to 11 in 2000 and to 12 in 2002. In 2006, it was reduced to 10, with four teams playing in a qualifying round-robin from which 2 progressed to the main tournament. From the 2009 tournament onwards, the number further reduced to 8.

From the 2025 ICC Champions Trophy onwards, the top eight teams of the most recent ICC Men's Cricket World Cup qualify for the event.

The Champions Trophy differs from the World Cup in a number of ways. The matches in the Champions Trophy are held over a period of around two and a half weeks, while the World Cup can last for over a month. The number of teams in the Champions Trophy are fewer than the World Cup, with the latest edition of the World Cup having 10 teams whereas the latest edition of the Champions Trophy having 8.

For 2002 and 2004, twelve teams played a round-robin tournament in four pools of three, with the top team in each pool moving forward to the semi-final. A team would play only four games (two in the pool, semi-final and final) to win the tournament. The format used in the Knock Out tournaments differed from the formats used in the Champions Trophy. The competition was a straight knock out, with no pools and the loser in each game being eliminated. Only eight games were played in 1998, and 10 games in 2000.

Since 2009, eight teams have played in two pools of four in a round-robin format, with the top two teams in each pool playing in the semi-finals. Losing a single match potentially means elimination from the tournament. A total of 15 matches are played in the present format of the tournament, with the tournament lasting about two and a half weeks.^[11]

Summary of tournament formats
#	Year	Host(s)	Teams	Matches	Preliminary stage	Final stage
1	1998	Bangladesh	9	8	Pre-Quarter final between 2 teams: 1 match	Knock-out of 8 teams: 7 matches
2	2000	Kenya	11	10	Pre-Quarter final between 6 teams: 3 matches
3	2002	Sri Lanka	12	15	4 groups of 3 teams: 12 matches	Knock-out of 4 teams (top in each group): 3 matches
4	2004	England
5	2006	India	10	21	Qualifying group of 4 teams: 6 matches 2 groups of 4 teams: 12 matches	Knock-out of 4 teams (top 2 in each group): 3 matches
6	2009	South Africa	8	15	2 groups of 4 teams: 12 matches
7	2013	England   Wales
8	2017
9	2025	Pakistan	To Be Decided
10	2029	India

 

 

2004,
2013,2017

 

2006,
2029

 

2025

 

1998

 

2002

 

2000

 

2009

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Host countries of the Champions Trophy (Italics indicates a future event)

 

England has hosted the tournament for the most times - 3 (2004, 2013, 2017) followed by Wales (2013 and 2017). Bangladesh, Kenya, Sri Lanka, India and South Africa have all hosted the tournament once each.

Sri Lanka were the first (and currently the only) host team to win the tournament (alongside joint winners India), while also being the first home team to reach the final of the tournament.^[12] England reached the final two times, both on home soil, only to lose to winners West Indies (2004) and India (2013) respectively.^[13]

In 2021; the ICC announced the Future Tours Programme for the 2024-2031 cycle, announcing Pakistan as the host for the 2025 edition and India for the 2029 edition of the tournament.^{[14][15][16][17]}

Thirteen nations have qualified for the Champions Trophy at least once. Seven teams have competed in every finals tournament. Seven different nations have won the title. South Africa won the inaugural tournament, India and Australia have each won twice, while New Zealand, Sri Lanka, West Indies and Pakistan have each won once. Australia (2006, 2009) is the only nation to have won consecutive titles. Bangladesh, Zimbabwe, England and Ireland are the only full icc member nations (test-playing nations) not to win the Champions Trophy. England has reached the final twice, but lost both times (2004, 2013), Bangladesh reached the semi-finals in 2017, while Zimbabwe has never got past the first round. The highest rank secured by an associate member nation (non test-playing nations) is the 9th rank in first stage achieved by Kenya in 2000.

Sri Lanka was the first and only host to win the tournament, in 2002, but they were declared co-champions with India as the final was twice washed out. England is the only other host to have made the final. It has achieved this twice – in 2004 and 2013. Bangladesh is the only host who did not take part in the tournament while hosting it, in 1998. Kenya in 2000, India in 2006, and South Africa in 2009 have been the only host teams that were eliminated in the first round.

Comprehensive results for all teams participating in all tournaments for the ICC Champions Trophy is given below. For each tournament, the number of teams in each finals tournament (in brackets) are shown.

Host Team	1998 (9)	2000 (11)	2002 (12)	2004 (12)	2006 (10)	2009 (8)	2013 (8)	2017 (8)	2025 (8)	2029 (8)	Apps.
Afghanistan									Q		1
Australia	QF	QF	SF	SF	W	W	7th	7th	Q		9
Bangladesh		PQF	11th	11th	PQF			SF	Q		6
England	QF	QF	6th	RU	7th	SF	RU	SF	Q		9
India	SF	RU	W	7th	5th	5th	W	RU	Q	Q	10
Kenya		PQF	10th	10th							3
Netherlands			12th								1
New Zealand	QF	W	8th	5th	SF	RU	5th	8th	Q		9
Pakistan	QF	SF	5th	SF	8th	SF	8th	W	Q		9
South Africa	W	SF	SF	6th	SF	7th	SF	5th	Q		9
Sri Lanka	SF	QF	W	8th	6th	6th	SF	6th			8
United States				12th							1
West Indies	RU	PQF	7th	W	RU	8th	6th				7
Zimbabwe	PQF	QF	9th	9th	PQF						5

Legend

• W – Champions
• RU – Runners-up
• SF – Semi-finalists
• QF – Quarter-finalists (1998–2000)
• PQF - Pre Quarter-finalists (1998–2000, 2006)
• 5th-12th – Group Stage (2002–2004)
• 5th-8th – Group Stage (2006–present)
• Q – Qualified
• Apps – Appearances
• A red box around the year indicates home team

Notes

• India and Sri Lanka were declared co-champions in 2002.

Team appearing for the first time, in alphabetical order per year.

Year	Debutants	Total
1998	Australia,   England,   India,   New Zealand,   Pakistan,   South Africa,   Sri Lanka,   West Indies,   Zimbabwe	9
2000	Bangladesh,   Kenya	2
2002	Netherlands	1
2004	United States	1
2006	none	0
2009	none	0
2013	none	0
2017	none	0
2025	Afghanistan	1
2029	To Be Decided

The table below provides an overview of the performances of teams over past ICC Champions Trophy. Teams are sorted by best performance, then by appearances, total number of wins, total number of games, and alphabetical order respectively.

	Appearances				Statistics
Team	Total	First	Latest	Best result	Mat.	Won	Lost	Tied	NR	Win%†
India	8	1998	2017	Champions (2002, 2013)	29	18	8	0	3	69.23
Australia	8	1998	2017	Champions (2006, 2009)	24	12	8	0	4	60.00
South Africa	8	1998	2017	Champions (1998)	24	12	11	1	0	52.08
New Zealand	8	1998	2017	Champions (2000)	24	12	10	0	2	54.54
Sri Lanka	8	1998	2017	Champions (2002)	27	14	11	0	2	56.00
West Indies	7	1998	2013	Champions (2004)	24	13	10	1	0	56.25
Pakistan	8	1998	2017	Champions (2017)	23	11	12	0	0	47.82
England	8	1998	2017	Runners-up (2004, 2013)	25	14	11	0	0	56.00
Bangladesh	5	2000	2017	Semi-finals (2017)	12	2	9	0	1	18.18
Zimbabwe	5	1998	2006	Quarter-finals (2000)	9	0	9	0	0	0.00
Kenya	3	2000	2004	Pool/Group (2002, 2004)	5	0	5	0	0	0.00
Netherlands	1	2002	2002	Pool stage (2002)	2	0	2	0	0	0.00
United States	1	2004	2004	Group stage (2004)	2	0	2	0	0	0.00
Last Updated: 18 June 2017 Source: Cricinfo

† The win percentage excludes matches with no result and counts ties as half a win.

All of the matches in the 1998 tournament were played in Bangladesh at Bangabandhu National Stadium in Dhaka. The tournament was won by South Africa who beat West Indies in the final. Philo Wallace of West Indies was the leading run scorer in the tournament of scoring 221 runs.

 

All of the matches in the 2000 tournament were played at Gymkhana Club Ground in Nairobi, Kenya. All the test playing nations participated in the tournament along with the finals, involving Kenya, India, Sri Lanka, West Indies, Bangladesh and England. The tournament was won by New Zealand who beat India in the final. Indian skipper Sourav Ganguly (348) was the leading run scorer in this tournament. Venkatesh Prasad (8) was the leading wicket taker. This was the first ICC event won by New Zealand. It was also their only ICC trophy till 2021, and their only limited overs tournament till date.

The 2002 ICC Champions Trophy was held in Sri Lanka, and included the 10 ICC Test playing nations including the newly appointed full member Bangladesh, Kenya (ODI status) and the 2001 ICC Trophy winners Netherlands. The final between India and Sri Lanka was washed out due to rain twice to leave no result. First, Sri Lanka played 50 overs and then India played two overs before the rain caused interruption. The next day, Sri Lanka again played 50 overs and India played eight overs. In the end India and Sri Lanka were declared joint winners. The teams played 110 overs, but there was no result. Virender Sehwag (271) had the highest number of runs in the tournament and Muralitharan (10) had the highest number of wickets.^[18]

 

The 2004 ICC Champions Trophy was held in England and the nations competing included the ten ICC Test nations, Kenya (ODI status), and – making their One Day International debut – the United States who qualified by winning the recent 2004 ICC Six Nations Challenge. The competition was more like a knockout series where teams losing even one game at the group stage were out of the tournament. The 12 teams were divided into 4 groups and the table topper from each group played semi finals. ENG defeated AUS in the 1st semi-final to make their 4th appearance in final of an ICC event. PAK lost to WI in the second semi final, which was a low scoring game. In the final game the WI team under Lara's leadership won a tense match with the help of wicket keeper C Browne and tailender Ian Bradshaw.

The 2006 ICC Champions Trophy was held in India with the final on 5 November 2006. A new format was used. Eight teams were competing in the group phase: the top six teams in the ICC ODI Championship on 1 April 2006, plus two teams chosen from the other four Test-playing teams Sri Lanka, West Indies, Bangladesh and Zimbabwe, chosen from a pre-tournament round robin qualifying round. West Indies and Sri Lanka qualified ahead of Bangladesh and Zimbabwe.

The eight teams were then split into two groups of four in a round robin competition. While Australia and West Indies qualified from Group A, South Africa and New Zealand qualified from Group B for the semifinals. Australia and West Indies reached the final defeating New Zealand and South Africa, respectively. In the final, Australia beat West Indies by 8 wickets to win the trophy for the first time. The venues for the tournament were Mohali, Ahmedabad, Jaipur and Mumbai.

In 2006, the ICC selected Pakistan to host the 2008 ICC Champions Trophy. On 24 August 2008 it was announced that the 2008 ICC Champions Trophy in Pakistan has been postponed to October 2009 as several countries were reluctant to visit Pakistan for security reasons. However, due to the crowded international schedule around that date, and concerns about whether the security situation would have changed by that time, there was widespread scepticism whether it would actually take place in 2009.^[19]

On 16 March 2009, an announcement was made that the ICC has recommended that the 2009 ICC Champions Trophy be moved from Pakistan to South Africa.^[20]

On 2 April 2009, Cricket South Africa confirmed that it would host the 2009 ICC Champions Trophy from 24 September to 5 October. The Board accepted recommendations from the ICC that Liberty Life Wanderers (Johannesburg) and Supersport Park (Centurion) be the host venues. The details of SA's hosting of the Champions Trophy were ironed out at a meeting between CSA's CEO Gerald Majola and ICC general manager – Commercial, Campbell Jamieson. Majola confirmed that the six warm-up games will be played at Benoni's Willowmoore Park, and Senwes Park in Potchefstroom.^[21]

Australia beat England by 9 wickets in the 1st semi-final, and New Zealand beat Pakistan by 5 wickets in the 2nd semi-final, to set up a final that saw Australia beat New Zealand by 6 wickets, in 45.2 overs.

 

England and Wales hosted the 2013 Champions Trophy.^[22] England became the only country to host the Champions Trophy twice.^[23] Australia failed to win a single game in their group, and were knocked out along with New Zealand in Group A. Pakistan lost all three games in Group B and were knocked out along with West Indies. England and Sri Lanka from Group A, and India and South Africa from Group B, made it to the semi-finals.

India and England won their respective games against Sri Lanka and South Africa comprehensively and the final between the two took place on 23 June 2013. India beat England by 5 runs at Edgbaston, winning their second title, although their first title, in 2002, was shared with Sri Lanka due to the final being washed out. Ravindra Jadeja was adjudged man of the match and he also received the "Golden Ball" for taking the most wickets in the tournament. Shikhar Dhawan received the "Golden Bat" for scoring the most runs in the series and was also adjudged the Man of the Series for his consistent outstanding performances. MS Dhoni became the first captain in history to win all three major ICC trophies – World Cup in 2011, World T20 in 2007 and this edition of the Champions Trophy.

 

In the lead-up to the 2013 tournament, the ICC announced that the 2013 Champions Trophy was to be the last,^[24] with its place in the cricketing calendar to be taken by a new ICC World Test Championship.^[25] However, in January 2014, that decision was reversed, due to the massive success of the 2013 edition, with the ICC confirming that the 2017 Champions Trophy tournament would take place and the proposed Test Championship was cancelled.^[26] England and Wales hosted the 2017 ICC Champions Trophy. England became the only country to host the Champions Trophy thrice, and England and Wales became the only countries to host the ICC Champions Trophy consecutively, also hosting the 2013 edition. Bangladesh replaced the West Indies, who finished outside the top eight in ninth position, in the ICC ODI Team Rankings on the cut-off date. Bangladesh returned to the ICC Champions Trophy for the first time since 2006, and, for the first time, the West Indies failed to qualify, having won the tournament in 2004.

Arch-rivals Pakistan and defending champions India took each other on in the final of a tournament for the first time since 2007, with the final taking place at The Oval in London.^[27] It was India's fourth appearance and Pakistan's maiden appearance in a Champions Trophy final. Pakistan beat India comfortably by 180 runs, outclassing them across all three departments-batting, bowling and fielding, unlike in the match between the two teams in the group stages, where India had beaten Pakistan by a huge margin.^[28][29] Pakistan, the lowest-ranked team in the competition,^[30] won their first Champions Trophy title and became the seventh nation to win it.

Fakhar Zaman of Pakistan received the Man of the Match award for scoring 114.^[31] Shikhar Dhawan of India received the "Golden Bat" award for scoring 338 runs, and became the first and only batter to not only win 2 Golden Bats in the ICC Champions Trophy but also 2 consecutive Golden Bats (he also won it in 2013).^[32] Hasan Ali of Pakistan received the "Golden Ball" award for taking 13 wickets; he was also adjudged the Man of the Series for his outstanding contribution towards Pakistan's first ICC title since the 2009 T20 World Cup.^[33]

On 16 November 2021, it was announced that the 2025 ICC Champions Trophy is scheduled to be held in Pakistan. It is expected to be played in February and March 2025.^[34]

On 16 November 2021, it was announced that the 2029 ICC Champions Trophy will be held in India. It is expected to be played in October and November 2029.^[35]

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