ICC Champions Trophy
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Inaugurated as the ICC Knock Out tournament in 1998, the ICC Champions Trophy is cricket's one-day international tournament second in importance only to the World Cup. All the full members of the ICC take part plus a number of associate members. The Champions Trophy is a financially important event. Money generated through the event is used in ICC's Development Program. Unlike the World Cup which can last for over a month, the Champions Trophy is a two week event, where no team plays the other team more than once (since only one team from each pool of three teams is picked for the semi final) and no team plays more than four games to attain cricket glory. Losing even a single match is potential elimination from the event.
The first two tournaments were called ICC Knockout. There were no pools and only 8 and 10 games were played in 1998 and 2000 respectively. The Australian team which lost to India early on in the games was the most critical of the format where you are given no second chance.
Since the World Cup more or less convincingly establishes supermacy in cricket the need of Champions Trophy is now probably only of monetary interest for ICC and the hosting board, although the early tournaments also intended to raise the profile of the game in the host nations.
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Previous tournaments
| Year | Venue | Winner | Format |
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| 1998 | Bangladesh | South Africa | Knockout |
| 2000 | Kenya | New Zealand | Knockout |
| 2002 | Sri Lanka | India/Sri Lanka* | Round Robin |
| 2004 | England | West Indies | Round Robin |
*Final washed out due to rain
ICC Champions Trophy 2004
Main article: ICC Champions Trophy 2004
The 2004 ICC Champions Trophy was held in September in England. Twelve teams competed in fifteen matches spread over sixteen days.
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ICC Champions Trophy 2006
The 2006 ICC Champions Trophy is due to be held in India.
External links
- Competition Site (http://www.icc-cricket.com/icc/events/championstrophy/)