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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.{{cite web|url=http://content.cricinfo.com/ci/content/story/76807.html |title=Curtain falls amid high ICC hopes |date=2 November 1998 |publisher=Cricinfo |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070330074121/http://content.cricinfo.com/ci/content/story/76807.html |archive-date=30 March 2007 |url-status=live |access-date=21 March 2009 |df=dmy }}

It was inaugurated as the ICC KnockOut Tournament in 1998 and has been played approximately every four years since. Its name was changed to the Champions Trophy in 2002.{{cite news|url=http://www.thehindu.com/sport/cricket/short-history-of-iccs-champions-trophy/article18559653.ece|work=The Hindu|date=24 May 2017|access-date=17 June 2017|author1=Siddharth Benkat|title=The short history of ICC Champions Trophy}}

Due to its massive commercial success,{{cite web|url=http://indianexpress.com/article/sports/cricket/icc-champions-trophy-2017-final-india-vs-pakistan-television-advertising-rates-to-go-10-times-high-ahead-of-the-india-pakistan-final-4709819/|title=TV Ad rates rocket for India-Pakistan final|work=The Times of India|author1=Sanjay Syed|date=17 June 2017|access-date=19 June 2017}} the tournament has been held in full ICC member nations as a revenue generator for the ICC, and the number of teams has been reduced to eight. The tournament, later dubbed as the mini-World Cup as it involved all of the full members of the ICC, 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.

A total of thirteen teams competed in the eight editions of the tournament, with eight competing in the last edition in 2017. ICC Champions Trophy was scrapped keeping in line with ICC's goal of having only one pinnacle tournament for each of the three formats of international cricket.{{cite web|url=http://www.espncricinfo.com/ci-icc/content/story/646147.html|title=Test Championship to replace Champions Trophy}} Australia and India have won the tournament twice each (India's 2002 win was shared with Sri Lanka due to the final being washed out twice), while South Africa, New Zealand, Sri Lanka (shared with India), West Indies and Pakistan have won it once each. No non-full member team has ever crossed the first round of the Champions Trophy.

In the lead-up to the 2017 tournament, the ICC had proposed starting an ODI League in 2019, which would have most likely led to the Champions Trophy getting scrapped.{{cite web|title=Future of Champions Trophy back in doubt|url=http://www.espncricinfo.com/ci-icc/content/story/1028721.html|website=Cricinfo|access-date=17 February 2017|language=en}} Following the 2017 Champions Trophy, David Richardson (the ICC CEO) stated that the future status of the Champions Trophy was undecided, with both a possible Test league and an additional World T20 putting additional pressure of fixtures.{{cite web|title=ICC mulls scrapping Champions Trophy|url=http://www.espncricinfo.com/ci-icc/content/story/1104976.html|website=ESPNcricinfo|access-date=22 June 2017}} In December 2017, the ICC's Future Tours Programme listed the 2021 edition taking place in India.{{cite web|title=IPL now has window in ICC Future Tours Programme|url=http://www.espncricinfo.com/story/_/id/21746867/ipl-now-window-icc-future-tours-programme|website=ESPN Cricinfo|date=12 December 2017 |access-date=12 December 2017}} However, in April 2018, the ICC announced that the tournament was scrapped, with the possibility of a T20 World Cup tournament replacing it. 2021 ICC T20 World Cup was originally due to be hosted in India, however, it was moved to UAE due to the COVID-19 pandemic.{{cite web|title=Back-to-back World T20s to replace Champions Trophy|url=http://www.espncricinfo.com/ci/content/story/1144444.html|website=ESPN Cricinfo|access-date=26 April 2018}} and no Champions Trophy was contested in 2021.{{Cite web|date=2018-04-26|title=ICC to kill off Champions Trophy and announces 2019 World Cup schedule|url=https://www.thenationalnews.com/sport/cricket/icc-to-kill-off-champions-trophy-and-announces-2019-world-cup-schedule-1.725135|access-date=2021-06-01|website=The National|language=en}}{{Cite web|date=2018-04-26|title=Champions Trophy to be replaced with world T20 tournament|url=https://www.france24.com/en/20180426-champions-trophy-be-replaced-with-world-t20-tournament|access-date=2021-06-01|website=France 24|language=en}}{{Cite web|title=ICC scraps 50-over Champions Trophy, India to host 2021 edition as World T20 |url=https://www.firstpost.com/firstcricket/sports-news/icc-scraps-50-over-champions-trophy-india-to-host-2021-edition-as-world-t20-4446999.html|access-date=2021-06-01|website=Firstpost|date=26 April 2018 }} However, as part of the 2021 Future Tour Programme, the event was reinstated for the 2025 cycle onwards.

{{Main|1998 ICC KnockOut Trophy|2000 ICC KnockOut Trophy}}

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.

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{{Main|2000 ICC KnockOut Trophy}}

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.

{{Main|2002 ICC Champions Trophy}}

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.{{cite web|url=http://www.cricmatez.com/2013/04/19/all-about-the-icc-champions-trophy/|title=All About ICC Champions Trophy|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20151208043215/http://www.cricmatez.com/2013/04/19/all-about-the-icc-champions-trophy/|archive-date=8 December 2015|df=dmy-all}}

File:Pakvaus.jpg bowling against Pakistan during a warm-up game of the tournament.]]

{{Main|2004 ICC Champions Trophy}}

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 [http://www.espncricinfo.com/ci/engine/match/66208.html 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.

{{Main|2006 ICC Champions Trophy}}

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.

{{Main|2009 ICC Champions Trophy}}

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.{{cite web|url=http://content-uk.cricinfo.com/magazine/content/current/story/366169.html|title=A devastating decision|author=Osman Samiuddin|publisher=Cricinfo.com|date=25 August 2008}}

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.{{cite web|url=http://content.cricinfo.com/ci-icc/content/current/story/395417.html|title=ICC board endorses South Africa to host Champions Trophy|publisher=Cricinfo.com|date=16 March 2009}}

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.{{cite web|url=http://www.cricket.co.za/csa-to-host-icc-champions-trophy.html|title=CSA to host ICC Champions Trophy|publisher=Cricket South Africa|access-date=15 April 2009|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090423054812/http://www.cricket.co.za/csa-to-host-icc-champions-trophy.html|archive-date=23 April 2009|url-status=dead}}

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.

{{Main|2013 ICC Champions Trophy}}

File:India vs Pakistan @ Edgbaston (9390654061).jpg during the 2013 edition.]]

England and Wales hosted the 2013 Champions Trophy.{{cite news|url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/cricket/8780309.stm|title= England to host 2013 Champions Trophy tournament |publisher=BBC | date=1 July 2010}} England became the only country to host the Champions Trophy twice.{{cite news |title=No ICC Champions Trophy after 2013 |url=http://sports.ndtv.com/cricket/news/item/188615-no-icc-champions-trophy-after-2013 |work=NDTV Sports |date=17 April 2012 |access-date=17 April 2012 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120419195735/http://sports.ndtv.com/cricket/news/item/188615-no-icc-champions-trophy-after-2013 |archive-date=19 April 2012 |url-status=dead }} 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.

{{Main|2017 ICC Champions Trophy}}

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In the lead-up to the 2013 tournament, the ICC announced that the 2013 Champions Trophy was to be the last,{{cite news |url=http://www.espncricinfo.com/ci-icc/content/current/story/561563.html |work=ESPNcricinfo |title= No Champions Trophy after 2013 |date=17 April 2012}} with its place in the cricketing calendar to be taken by a new ICC World Test Championship.{{cite news |title=ICC confirms World Test Championship in England in 2017 |url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/0/cricket/23114735 |work=BBC Sport |date=29 June 2013 |access-date=29 June 2013}} 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.{{cite web| url = http://tvnz.co.nz/cricket-news/watered-down-icc-proposal-significant-nz-5814010| url-status = dead| archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20140203181530/http://tvnz.co.nz/cricket-news/watered-down-icc-proposal-significant-nz-5814010| archive-date = 2014-02-03| title = Watered down ICC proposal significant for NZ Cricket - Cricket News {{!}} TVNZ}} 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.{{cite news|title=ICC Champions Trophy: Dominant India set up blockbuster Pakistan final |url=http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/sports/cricket/champions-trophy-2017/top-stories/ind-vs-ban-score-updates/articleshow/59159486.cms |access-date=16 June 2017|work=The Times of India |date=16 June 2017}} 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.{{cite news|url=https://www.theguardian.com/sport/live/2017/jun/18/pakistan-v-india-icc-champions-trophy-2017-final-live| title=Pakistan beat India by 180 runs to win ICC Champions Trophy 2017 final| work=The Guardian| date=18 June 2017}}{{Cite news|url=https://www.dawn.com/news/1340320/pakistan-hand-339-run-target-to-india-in-high-octane-champions-trophy-final|title=Champions!|last=Dawn.com|date=2017-06-18|work=DAWN.COM|access-date=2017-06-18|language=en}} Pakistan, the lowest-ranked team in the competition,{{cite web|url=http://www.hindustantimes.com/icc-champions-trophy-2017/england-favourites-for-icc-champions-trophy-pakistan-underdogs-waqar-younis/story-3U0nm4SjrW5l2uH5SUjQZL.html|title=England favourites, Pakistan underdogs:Waqar Younis|date=6 June 2017|access-date=17 June 2017|work=ICC Cricket|author1=Jon Stewart}} 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.{{cite web|url=http://indianexpress.com/article/sports/cricket/zaman-the-fauji-who-is-now-the-fakhar-of-pakistan-icc-champions-trophy-4710730/|title=Former Navy officer, Fakhar Zaman is now the pride of Pakistan|work=The Indian Express|date=18 June 2017|author1=Rajdeep Sardesai}} 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).{{cite web|url=http://indianexpress.com/article/sports/cricket/icc-champions-trophy-2017-shikhar-dhawans-dazzling-run-wins-him-golden-bat-4710559/|title=Shikhar Dhawan's dazzling run gets him Golden Bat|work=The Indian Express|author1=Bikas Jairu|date=18 June 2017}} 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.ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.geo.tv/latest/146284-hasan-ali-receives-player-of-the-tournament-golden-ball-on-outstanding-performance|title=Hasan Ali bags Golden Ball, Man of the Series for outstanding performances|date=18 June 2017|work=GEOtv|author1=Mohammad Zumman}}

{{main|2025 ICC Champions Trophy}}

On 16 November 2021, it was announced that the 2025 ICC Champions Trophy will be held in Pakistan. It is expected to be played in February and March 2025.{{Cite web|agency=ANI|date=Nov 16, 2021|title=Pakistan to host 2025 Champions Trophy {{!}} Cricket News - Times of India|url=https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/sports/cricket/news/pakistan-to-host-2025-champions-trophy/articleshow/87739671.cms|access-date=2021-11-16|website=The Times of India|language=en}}

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.{{Cite web|agency=ANI|date=Nov 16, 2021|title=Pakistan to host 2025 Champions Trophy {{!}} Cricket News - Times of India|url=https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/sports/cricket/news/pakistan-to-host-2025-champions-trophy/articleshow/87739671.cms|access-date=2021-11-16|website=The Times of India|language=en}}