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ICC Champions Trophy

"Champions Trophy" redirects here. For other uses, see Champions Trophy (disambiguation).
This article is about the men's tournament. For the equivalent women's tournament, see ICC Women's Champions Trophy.

ICC Champions Trophy
AdministratorInternational Cricket Council
FormatOne-Day International
First edition1998  Bangladesh
Latest edition2017  England
 Wales
Next edition2025  Pakistan
Tournament formatGroup stage-Round-robin and Knockout
Number of teams8
Current champion Pakistan (1st title)
Most successful Australia
 India
(2 titles each)
Most runsCricket West Indies Chris Gayle (791)[1]
Most wicketsNew Zealand Kyle Mills (28)[2]
Websiteicc-cricket.com/about/events/icc-events/icc-champions-trophy
Tournaments

The ICC Champions Trophy, originally named the ICC KnockOut Trophy, is a quadrennial cricket tournament organised by the International Cricket Council. Inaugurated in 1998, 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. It can be compared to FIFA Confederations Cup in football. It remains as one of those ICC events that had the same format as that of another big cricketing event, like the Cricket World Cup, with the format being One Day Internationals. The tournament is one of the world's most viewed sporting events.[3]

The first Champions Trophy was organised in Bangladesh in June 1998, with the Cricket World Cup having had existed for 23 years with six completed editions. The first two Champions Trophies were held in ICC Associate member nations - Bangladesh and Kenya, to increase the popularity of the sport in those countries and then use the funds collected for the development of their cricket. From the 2002 tournament onwards, hosting has been shared between countries under an unofficial rotation system, with six ICC members having hosted at least one match in the tournament.

The current format involves a qualification phase, which takes place in the preceding edition of the Cricket World Cup, to determine which teams qualify for the tournament phase. The top eight ranked teams in the World Cup (including the hosts of the Champions Trophy) secure a berth for the tournament. A total of thirteen teams have competed in the 8 editions of the tournament, with eight teams competing in the 2017 tournament. Australia and India have won the tournament twice, while South Africa, New Zealand, Sri Lanka, West Indies and Pakistan have won it once each. Seven national teams have played in every edition of the tournament yet.

Pakistan are the current champions after winning the 2017 tournament, held in England and Wales. The subsequent 2025 ICC Champions Trophy will be held in Pakistan.

  1. ^ Cite error: The named reference ICC CT MOST RUNS was invoked but never defined (see the help page).
  2. ^ Cite error: The named reference ICC CT MOST WICKETS was invoked but never defined (see the help page).
  3. ^ Wigmore, Tim (17 June 2017). "Tremendous numbers on TV, billion or no billion". ESPNcricinfo. Retrieved 18 October 2017.

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