Champions Trophy Winners List

ICC Champions Trophy was first introduced in 1998 as ICC Knockout Tournament by International Cricket Council.It's a short cricket tournament to raise funds for enlargement of the game in non test playing countries. The tournament is also known as Mini World Cup.ICC Champions Trophy was extended to 2017 'cause of its major popularity, as 2013 was announced the final edition of this tournament.

ICC Champions Trophy Winners List

Who won the first ICC Champions Trophy?

On 1 November,1998,South Africa won the first ICC Champions Trophy,against West Indies by four wickets (with 18 balls remaining).The ICC Knockout Trophy was held at Bangabandhu National Stadium in Dhaka,Bangladesh.As South Africa won the toss and chose to field first,indies was invited to bat. Phillo Wallace scored 103 runs off 102 balls (with the strike rate of 100.98).West Indies was stopped at 245 runs with three balls remaining.

Hansie Cronje scored 61 runs off 77 balls (with the strike rate of 79.22),Mike Rindel scored 49 runs off 56 balls (with the strike rate of 87.50) and Jacques Kallis scored 37 runs off 51 balls (with the strike rate of 72.54). South Africa reached 248 runs in 47 overs with the loss of 6 wickets. Jacques Kallis was both Player of the tournament and final.

Which teams have the most ICC Champions Trophy till 2025?

India and Australia have two ICC Champions Trophy titles till 2025.

Winning years of India

From 29-30,September,2002,the final match between India and Sri Lanka took place at R. Premadasa Stadium in Colombo,Sri Lanka. Sri Lanka won the toss and elected to bat first.Sri Lanka Scored 244 runs in 50 overs with the fall of 5 wickets. When India had 14 runs in 2 overs,then the match was interrupted by rain.The match was delayed to next day,rain occurred again,hence both teams were announced as winners.India and Sri Lanka was the Co-winner of ICC Champions 2002.

On 23rd June,2013,India won the match against England by 5 runs at the Edgbaston Cricket Ground in Birmingham.England won the toss and chose to field first. India Scored 129 runs in 20 overs with the loss of 7 wickets and England was stopped at 124 runs in 20 overs. Ravindra Jadeja was the Player of the Match and Shikhar Dhawan was the Player of the Series.

Winning years of Australia

On 5th November, 2006,Australia had their first title against West Indies,by 8 wickets (Duckworth Lewis's Method).The tournament was held at Brabourne Stadium in Mumbai, India. West Indies won the toss and chose to bat first. West Indies scored 138 runs in 30.4 overs. Australia reached 116 runs in 28.1 overs and won. Shane Watson was the Player of the match and Chris Gayle was the Player of the Series.

The match was delayed by one year.Hence,on 5th October,2009,Australia won their second ICC Champions Trophy.New Zealand was the runner-up team.Venue was Supersport Park in Centurion,South Africa.The tournament was won by 6 Wickets. New Zealand won the toss and chose to bat first.New Zealand had scored 200 runs in 50 overs with the fall of 9 wickets. Australia reached 206 runs in 45.2 overs with the loss of 4 wickets. Shane Watson was the Player of the match and Ricky Ponting was the Player of the Series.

Which teams have won a single ICC Champions Trophy till 2025?

South Africa, New Zealand, Sri Lanka, West Indies and Pakistan.

  1. South Africa was the first winner of ICC Champions Trophy,back then known as ICC Knockout Trophy. The match was against the West Indies at Bangabandhu National Stadium in Dhaka,Bangladesh.SA won by 4 wickets.
  2. On 15th October, 2000, New Zealand won their first title against India at Gymkhana Club Ground in Nairobi,Kenya by 4 wickets. New Zealand won the toss and chose to field first.India was stopped at 264 runs in 50 overs with the fall of 6 wickets,New Zealand reached 265 runs in 49.4 overs.Chris Cairns was the Player of the Match.
  3. Sri Lanka was the Co-winner of 2002's ICC Champions Trophy with India due to interruption by rain.
  4. On 25th September, 2004,West Indies had their first Trophy against England at The Oval in London. West Indies won by 2 wickets.West Indies won the toss and chose to field first.England was All out at 217 runs in 49.4 overs,whereas West Indies Scored 218 runs in 48.5 overs with the loss of 8 wickets. Ian Bradshaw was the Player of the Match and Ramnaresh Sarwan was the Player of the Series.
  5. On 18th June,2017,Pakistan won the ICC Champions Trophy against India by 180 runs at The Oval in London. India won the toss and chose to field first.Pakistan Scored 338 runs,India was All out at 158 runs. Fakhar Zaman was the Player of the Match and Hassan Ali was the Player of the Series.

Which teams have not won a single ICC Champions Trophy till 2025?

Zimbabwe (1998),Bangladesh (2000) only qualified to the Quarterfinal,Kenya(2002) and the United States (2004).