ICC Champions Trophy

The ICC Champions Trophy , sometimes also called the Mini World Cup , has been a cricket tournament in the One-Day International format that has been held every two years since 1998 . In 1998 and 2000 it was still called the ICC Knock Out Tournament . The Champions Trophy is considered to be the most important tournament in international cricket after the Cricket World Cup . This status has been more than disputed since 2007 by the ICC World Twenty20 , which is, however, played in the shorter Twenty20 format.

Tournament mode

The format of the tournament has changed from a simple knockout system, when it was still called the ICC Knock Out Tournament , to a system with preliminary round groups and play-offs. Up to and including 2006, all ten full members of the International Cricket Council (ICC) took part, but since the tournament in Pakistan originally planned for 2008, only the first eight of the ICC's ODI world rankings. One or more countries from the group of associate members also took part in some tournaments .

Tournaments

1998 ICC Knock Out Tournament

In a qualifying game for the first round (quarter-finals) New Zealand prevailed against Zimbabwe. All games, including the qualifier, took place at the Bangabandhu National Stadium in Dhaka . South Africa defeated New Zealand in the final with 4 wickets with 3 overs remaining (18 balls).

2000 ICC Knock Out Tournament

All games took place in Nairobi . In three qualifying games for the first round (quarter-finals) India prevailed against Kenya, Sri Lanka against the West Indies and England against Bangladesh. In the final, New Zealand defeated India in a tight game with 4 wicket with only 2 balls left.

2002 ICC Champions Trophy

The tournament was hosted by Sri Lanka and in addition to the ten test nations , the Netherlands and Kenya also took part. A monsoon rain ended the final shortly after the start of the 2nd inning . The rescheduled final the next day met exactly the same fate. The title was then divided.

2004 ICC Champions Trophy

England was the host of the September 2004 tournament . Over 16 days, the 15 matches took place at three venues: Edgbaston in Birmingham, The Rose Bowl in Southampton and The Oval . Twelve teams, including Kenya and the USA, took part. The West Indies beat England in an exciting game after 48.5 over with 2 wickets in the final.

2006 ICC Champions Trophy

This time the host was India. The tournament venues were Mohali , Ahmedabad , Jaipur and Mumbai . In a qualifying group before the actual tournament began, Sri Lanka and the West Indies prevailed against Bangladesh and Zimbabwe. Australia clearly won the tournament by beating the West Indies in a rain-interrupted game with 8 wickets.

2009 ICC Champions Trophy

The schedule for the tournament, which was originally scheduled for September 2008 in Pakistan, provided for 15 games, the final was to take place in Lahore. For the first time, not all test nations are automatically qualified, only the first eight of the ICC's ODI world rankings. On August 24, 2008, the ICC announced that the tournament would be postponed to October 2009 due to strong security concerns. On February 1, 2009 the ICC decided that due to the security situation in Pakistan the tournament would be awarded to another country to be determined. In March 2009, South Africa was finally chosen as the new host, the tournament took place from September 22nd to October 5th, 2009. In the final, Australia prevailed against New Zealand.

2013 ICC Champions Trophy

In July 2010 the ICC awarded the international tournaments up to 2015, including the Champions Trophy 2013 to the England and Wales Cricket Board . In the final, India was able to prevail against hosts England.

2017 ICC Champions Trophy

The 2017 event was held again in the same stadiums as the previous tournament. In the final, Pakistan was able to prevail against India after India won the game between the two teams in the preliminary round.

Others

Originally the ICC had in 2006 u. a. awarded the Champions Trophy 2010 to the Association of the West Indies . However, after the tournament, initially planned for 2008, was postponed by one year (see above), it was decided to instead host the third World Twenty20 in the Caribbean (West Indies) in 2010 .

Previous tournaments

year	host	winner	finalist	format
1998 details	Bangladesh Bangladesh	South Africa	West Indies	KO
2000 details	Kenya Kenya	New Zealand New Zealand	India India	KO
2002 details	Sri Lanka Sri Lanka	India India and Sri LankaSri Lanka		groups
2004 details	England England	West Indies	England	groups
2006 details	India India	Australia	West Indies	groups
2009 details	South Africa	Australia	New Zealand New Zealand	groups
2013 details	England England	India	England	groups
2017 details	England England	Pakistan	India	groups