Champions Trophy Winners List: All ICC Champions Trophy Winners So Far

The ICC Champions Trophy 2025 kicks off in Pakistan with the first match between the hosts and New Zealand. The match starts from 2.30 pm IST. Pakistan recently played the Tri-Series final against the same opposition last week and lost the match.

Within a week of playing each other, New Zealand and Pakistan are facing each other in a high-stake clash in the ICC Champions Trophy.

The tournament starts in Karachi and matches will be played across Lahore and Rawalpindi as well. Barring India all other teams will be playing their matches in Pakistan. India will be playing all their matches in Dubai. They have their matches against Bangladesh (February 20), Pakistan (February 23) and New Zealand (March 2).

Pakistan Ready To Host Champions Trophy - PCB Chief Mohsin Naqvi

The Pakistan Cricket Board have made all the necessary attempts to stage the tournament in Pakistan itself. PCB Chief Mohsin Khan has worked hard to get everything in order ahead of the start of the tournament.

He also came out with a statement where he proudly spoke about the country now being ready to host an ICC event for the first time in 29 years.

"As with any ICC event, the host nation must submit a comprehensive security plan for review by ICC security experts and representatives from participating countries. Our security plan was presented to the International Cricket Council (ICC) Board in October 2024 and received unanimous approval. This plan ensures that all necessary protocols are in place to provide a safe and seamless experience for teams, officials, and spectators alike. Pakistan is fully prepared to host the world's best cricketers, officials, foreign spectators and commercial partners" Naqvi said to Cricbuzz.

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Meanwhile, in this article, we will take a look at all the past winners of the Champions Trophy. The tournament was first played in 1998 with South Africa winning the inaugural Champions Trophy hosted in Bangladesh. Since then the tournament was hosted in every two years till 2006. Australia won the tournament in back to back editions in 2006 and 2009. After 2009, the event was hosted in 2013 with India crowned champions. Four years later, in England, Pakistan went onto win their maiden Champions Trophy title by beating India in the final.

ICC Champions Trophy - Previous Winners List

Among the top teams, only Bangladesh and England are yet to win this tournament. India and Australia are the only two teams to have won the title twice. South Africa, West Indies, New Zealand and Sri Lanka have won the title once. Sri Lanka were the joint-winners alongside India in the 2002 edition.

This time around, they missed out on qualification after fairing poorly in the ODI World Cup 2023. Instead of them, Afghanistan qualified for the Champions Trophy for the very first time. The Afghans finished sixth on the points table and the selection criteria for this Champions Trophy were the top 8 teams. Hence Sri Lanka and West Indies missed out on qualification.

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