ICC Champions Trophy

ICC Champions Trophy

Tournament logo
Administrator	International Cricket Council
Format	One Day International
First tournament	1998
Last tournament	2013
Tournament format	Round-robin and knockout
Number of teams	8
Current champion	India (2nd title)
Most successful	Australia  India (2 titles each)
Most runs	Chris Gayle (791)
Most wickets	Kyle Mills (28)
Website	Official Website
2017 ICC Champions Trophy

The ICC Champions Trophy is a One Day International (ODI) cricket tournament organised by the International Cricket Council (ICC), second in importance only to the Cricket World Cup. It was inaugurated as the ICC Knock Out Tournament in 1998 and has been played approximately every two years since. Its name was changed to the Champions Trophy in 2002.

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 ODI teams as of six months prior to the tournament.

In the lead-in to the 2013 tournament, the ICC announced that the 2013 Champions Trophy was to be the last,^[1] with its place in the cricketing calendar to be taken by a new ICC World Test Championship.^[2] However, in January 2014, that decision was reversed, with the ICC confirming that the 2017 Champions Trophy tournament would take place and the proposed Test Championship was cancelled.^[3]

Format

Up to 2006 the Champions Trophy was held every two years.The 2008 Champions Trophy which was supposed to be held in Pakistan moved to South Africa in 2009 due to security reasons.From then on it is held every four years like the World Cup.Still 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 weeks, while the World Cup can last for over a month. 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. In 2006, eight teams played in two pools of four, with the top two teams in each pool playing in the semi-finals. Losing even a single match would potentially mean elimination from 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 8 games were played in 1998, and 10 games in 2000.

Tournament history

Year	Host Nation(s)	Final Venue	Final			Attendance
			Winner	Result	Runner-up
ICC KnockOut Trophy 1998 Details	Bangladesh	Bangabandhu National Stadium, Dhaka, Bangladesh	South Africa 248/6 (47 overs)	South Africa won by 4 wickets Scorecard	West Indies 245 all out (49.3 overs)	40,000
ICC KnockOut Trophy 2000 Details	Kenya	Gymkhana Club Ground, Nairobi, Kenya	New Zealand 265/6 (49.4 overs)	New Zealand won by 4 wickets Scorecard	India 264/6 (50 overs)	7,000
ICC Champions Trophy 2002 Details	Sri Lanka	R. Premadasa Stadium, Colombo, Sri Lanka	Sri Lanka 244/5 (50 Overs) & 222/7 (50 Overs)  India 14/0 (2 Overs) & 38/1 (8.4 Overs)	India and Sri Lanka declared co-champions Scorecard 1 & Scorecard 2	None	34,832
ICC Champions Trophy 2004 Details	England	The Oval, London, England	West Indies 218/8 (48.5 overs)	West Indies won by 2 wickets Scorecard	England 217 all out (49.4 overs)	18,600
ICC Champions Trophy 2006 Details	India	Brabourne Stadium, Mumbai, India	Australia 116/2 (28.1 overs)	Australia won by 8 wickets (D/L method) Scorecard	West Indies 138 all out (30.4 overs)	26,000
ICC Champions Trophy 2009 Details	South Africa	SuperSport Park, Centurion, South Africa	Australia 206/4 (45.2 overs)	Australia won by 6 wickets Scorecard	New Zealand 200/9 (50 overs)	22,456
ICC Champions Trophy 2013 Details	England & Wales	Edgbaston, Birmingham, England	India 129/7 (20 overs)	India won by 5 runs Scorecard	England 124/8 (20 overs)	24,867
ICC Champions Trophy 2017 Details	England & Wales	Edgbaston, Birmingham, England

Results

Thirteen nations have qualified for the Champions Trophy at least once.Seven teams have competed in every finals tournament,six of which have won the title.South Africa won the inaugural tournament, India and Australia have won two each, while New Zealand, Sri Lanka and West Indies have each won once. Australia (2006, 2009) is the only nation to have won consecutive titles. Bangladesh, Zimbabwe, England and Pakistan are only Test playing nations who are yet to win the Champions Trophy. England has reached the final two times (2004, 2013) and Pakistan reached the semi-finals three times (2000, 2004, 2009). The best result by a non-Test playing nation is the 9th rank achieved by Kenya in the ICC KnockOut Trophy 2000 and the best result by a non-Test playing on their debut is also the 9th rank achieved by Kenya in the ICC KnockOut Trophy 2000.

Sri Lanka as a host of the ICC Champions Trophy 2002 was the first and only host till now to win the tournament, though they were declared co-champions with India. England is the only other host to have made the finals, in (2004, 2013). Bangladesh are the only host who do not take part in the tournament while hosting it. Kenya in 2000, India in 2006, and South Africa in 2009 have been the host teams that were eliminated in the first round.

Teams' performances

Comprehensive results for all teams participating in all tournaments for the ICC Champions Trophy:

Team \ Host	1998	2000	2002	2004	2006	2009	2013	2017
Australia	QF	QF	SF	SF	1st	1st	GP	Q
Bangladesh		P	GP	GP	P			Q
England	QF	QF	GP	2nd	GP	SF	2nd	Q
India	SF	2nd	1st*	GP	GP	GP	1st	Q
Kenya		P	GP	GP
Netherlands			GP
New Zealand	QF	1st	GP	GP	SF	2nd	GP	Q
Pakistan	QF	SF	GP	SF	GP	SF	GP	Q
South Africa	1st	SF	SF	GP	SF	GP	SF	Q
Sri Lanka	SF	QF	1st*	GP	GP	GP	SF	Q
United States				GP
West Indies	2nd	P	GP	1st	2nd	GP	GP
Zimbabwe	P	QF	GP	GP	P
No. of Teams	9	11	12	12	10	8	8	8

Legend

• 1st – Champion
• 2nd – Runner-up
• SF – Semi-finals
• QF – Quarter-finals (1998–2000)
• GP – Group/Pool stage – First round
• P – Preliminary qualification stage
• Q – Qualified

Notes

• The first two tournaments, in 1998 and 2000, were intended to raise the profile of the game in the host nations, Bangladesh and Kenya.
• India and Sri Lanka were declared co-champions in 2002.

Overview

The table below provides an overview of the performances of teams over past ICC Champions Trophy, as of the end of the ICC Champions Trophy 2013. 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	Tie	NR	Win%
India	7	1998	2013	Champions (2002,* 2013)	23	15	6	0	2	71.42
Australia	7	1998	2013	Champions (2006, 2009)	21	12	7	0	2	63.15
West Indies	7	1998	2013	Champions (2004)	24	13	10	1	0	56.25
New Zealand	7	1998	2013	Champions (2000)	21	12	8	0	1	60.00
Sri Lanka	7	1998	2013	Champions (2002)*	23	13	9	0	1	59.09
South Africa	7	1998	2013	Champions (1998)	21	11	9	1	0	54.76
England	7	1998	2013	Runners-Up (2004, 2013)	21	11	10	0	0	52.38
Pakistan	7	1998	2013	Semi-Finals (2000, 2004, 2009)	18	7	11	0	0	38.88
Zimbabwe	5	1998	2006	Quarter-Finals (2000)	9	0	9	0	0	0.00
Bangladesh	4	2000	2006	Qualifying round (9th Rank) (2006)	8	1	7	0	0	12.50
Kenya	3	2000	2004	Pre-Quarter-Finals (9th Rank) (2000)	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: 23 June 2013

∗ India and Sri Lanka were declared joint winners in 2002.

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

Year 1998 ICC Knock Out tournament

Won by  South Africa

All of the matches in the 1998 tournament were played in Bangladesh at Bangabandhu National Stadium. 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. This was the first and till date the only ICC event won by South Africa.

Year 2000 ICC Knock Out tournament

Won by  New Zealand

All of the matches in the 2000 tournament were played in Nairobi, Kenya. All the test playing nations participated in the tournament along with the leading Associates Bangladesh and hosts Kenya. There were three qualifying matches before the Quarter 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 and till date the only ICC event won by New Zealand.

2002 ICC Champions Trophy

Won by  India/ Sri Lanka (Declared Co-Champions)

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 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.^[4]

2004 ICC Champions Trophy

Won by  West Indies

ICC CT 2004 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 completion was more like a knockout series where teams if losing even one game at league stage are out of the tournament. 12 teams divided into 4 groups and table topper from each group played semi's. ENG defeated AUS in 1st semi-final to make it 4th appearance in final of an ICC event. PAK lose to WI in second semi final which was a low scoring game. In the final game WI team under Lara's leadership pulled off a tense match with the help of wicket keeper C Browne and tailender's Ian Bradshaw.

2006 ICC Champions Trophy

Won by  Australia

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.

2009 ICC Champions Trophy (postponed from 2008)

Won by  Australia

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.^[5]

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.^[6]

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.^[7]

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.

2013 ICC Champions Trophy

Won by  India

England and Wales hosted the 2013 Champions Trophy.^[8] England became the only country to host the Champions Trophy twice.^[9] ICC World Test Championship has been postponed to 2017 at the earliest amidst earlier reports.^[10] India, Sri Lanka, South Africa and England qualified for the semi-final stage. India and England won their respective games comprehensively and the final between the two took place on 23 June 2013. India beat England by 5 runs at Edgbaston. Ravindra Jadeja was selected as the man of the match and he also received the "Golden Ball" for taking the most wickets. Shikhar Dhawan received the "Golden Bat" for scoring the most runs in the series and was also the man of the series for his outstanding performance. This was India's second time winning the trophy, after 2002. MS Dhoni became the first skipper to win all the major ICC trophies.

2017 ICC Champions Trophy

England and Wales will host the 2017 ICC Champions Trophy. The West Indies team, for the first time, didn't qualify for the Champions Trophy after they failed to be among the top-eight in the ICC ODI Rankings by 30 September 2015. Bangladesh will return to the tournament in 11 years since their last appearance in 2006.

Debut of teams

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
Total		13

Records

National team	Final appearances	Winners	Runners-up	Years won	Years runners-up
India	3	2*	1	2002, 2013	2000
Australia	2	2	0	2006, 2009	–
West Indies	3	1	2	2004	1998, 2006
New Zealand	2	1	1	2000	2009
Sri Lanka	1	1*	0	2002	–
South Africa	1	1	0	1998	–
England	2	0	2	–	2004, 2013

* Joint Champions in 2002

Most consecutive win = India & West Indies win 6 matches

Bowling

Leading wicket takers^[11]

Player	Matches	Wickets	Runs	Average
Kyle Mills	15	28	483	17.25
Muttiah Muralitharan	17	24	484	20.17
Lasith Malinga	13	22	587	26.68
Brett Lee	16	22	591	26.86
Glenn McGrath	12	21	412	19.61

Best bowling figures in an innings^[12]

Player	Opponents	Overs	Maidens	Wickets	Runs	Year
Farveez Maharoof	West Indies	9.0	2	6	14	2006
Shahid Afridi	Kenya	6.0	1	5	11	2004
Makhaya Ntini	Pakistan	6.0	2	5	21	2006
Mervyn Dillon	Bangladesh	10.0	4	5	29	2004
Jacques Kallis	West Indies	7.3	0	5	30	1998

Batting

Highest run scorers^[13]

Player	Matches	Innings	Not out	Runs	Highest Score	Average
Chris Gayle	17	17	2	791	133*	52.73
Mahela Jayawardene	22	21	3	742	84*	41.22
Kumar Sangakkara	22	21	3	683	134*	37.94
Sourav Ganguly	13	11	2	665	141*	73.88
Jacques Kallis	17	17	3	653	113*	46.64

* signifies not out

Highest individual score^[14]

Player	Opposition	Score
Nathan Astle	United States	145*
Andy Flower	India	145
Sourav Ganguly	South Africa	141*
Sachin Tendulkar	Australia	141
Graeme Smith	England	141

* signifies not out

By tournament

Year	Player of the final	Player of the tournament	Most runs	Most wickets
1998	Jacques Kallis	Jacques Kallis	Philo Wallace (221)	Jacques Kallis (8)
2000	Chris Cairns	not awarded	Sourav Ganguly (348)	Venkatesh Prasad (8)
2002	not awarded	not awarded	Virender Sehwag (271)	Muttiah Muralitharan (10)
2004	Ian Bradshaw	Ramnaresh Sarwan	Marcus Trescothick (261)	Andrew Flintoff (9)
2006	Shane Watson	Chris Gayle	Chris Gayle (474)	Jerome Taylor (13)
2009	Shane Watson	Ricky Ponting	Ricky Ponting (288)	Wayne Parnell (11)
2013	Ravindra Jadeja	Shikhar Dhawan	Shikhar Dhawan (363)	Ravindra Jadeja (12)
2017

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