2025 ICC Champions Trophy

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2025 ICC Champions Trophy
DatesFebruary – March 2025
Administrator(s)International Cricket Council
Cricket formatOne Day International
Tournament format(s)Round-robin and Knockout
Host(s) Pakistan
Participants8
Matches15
Official websiteICC Champions Trophy
2017
2029

The 2025 ICC Champions Trophy will be the ninth edition of the ICC Champions Trophy, a cricket tournament for the eight top-ranked One Day International (ODI) men's national teams organised by the International Cricket Council (ICC). It will be hosted by the Pakistan Cricket Board in February and March 2025. Pakistan are the defending champions having won the previous edition in 2017.

Background

In 2016, the ICC cancelled future editions of the Champions Trophy after the 2017 tournament, aiming to have only one major tournament in each format of international cricket. In November 2021, however, they announced that the tournament would return in 2025.

In December 2022, Ramiz Raja, the former chairman of Pakistan Cricket Board, was given approval by the government for the construction of a new "high-tech" cricket stadium in Islamabad as one of the venues for the tournament.

In November 2023, during the 2023 Cricket World Cup, Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB) top officials met the ICC Executive Board seeking compensation if the Indian cricket team refuses to visit Pakistan for the tournament citing political and security concerns and the tournament is hosted in the 'hybrid-model'.

Host selection

Pakistan was announced as the host of the ICC Champions Trophy on 16 November 2021, during the 2021 ICC Men's T20 World Cup. It will be first global tournament that Pakistan has been the sole host for since the 2009 attack on the Sri Lanka national cricket team; the last major tournament to take place in the country was the 1996 Cricket World Cup which it co-hosted with India and Sri Lanka.

Qualification

Pakistan qualified for the competition automatically as hosts. They were joined by the seven other highest-ranked teams from the 2023 Cricket World Cup group stage. This was the first time former champion Sri Lanka failed to qualify for the tournament.

Means of qualification Date Venue Teams Qualified
Host nation 16 November 2021 1  Pakistan
2023 Cricket World Cup 5 October – 19 November 2023 India 7
Total 8

Group stage

The 2025 ICC Champions Trophy will follow previous editions with two groups of four teams, with the top two teams in each group qualifying for the semi-finals.

Knockout stage

Semi-finals Final
      
A1 Winner of Group A
B2 Runner-up of Group B
SFW1 Winner of Semi-final 1
SFW2 Winner of Semi-final 2
B1 Winner of Group B
A2 Runner-up of Group A

Semi-finals

Semi-final 1

Winner of Group A
v
Runner-up of Group B

Semi-Final 2

Winner of Group B
v
Runner-up of Group A

Final

Winner of Semi-final 1
v
Winner of Semi-final 2

References

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