ICC Champions Trophy 2009 will be played in South Africa  

Monday, September 21, 2009

ICC Champions Trophy 2009 will be played in South Africa. The sixth edition of ICC Champions Trophy will be played in Johannesburg and Centurion from September 22nd to October 5th.

Last time in Champions trophy there were total 21 matches played but this time it is down to 15 numbers of matches.

All eight teams are divided into two Groups A and B. India, Pakistan, Australia and West IndiesSouth Africa, New Zealand, Sri Lanka and England are in group B. Each team will play with one another in their corresponding groups and the top two teams from each group will advance into the semi finals. are in Group A while

The following are the two groups:
Group A: Australia, India, Pakistan, West Indies
Group B:
South Africa, New Zealand, Sri Lanka, England

Former winners of ICC Champions trophy
1998 - South Africa
2000 - New Zealand
2002 - India and Sri Lanka (Joint Winners)
2004 - West Indies
2006 - Australia


In the 2009 Champions Trophy winners will be awarded four times money they initially entitled to receive i.e. $4 million. Tournament will be played from September 22nd to 5th of October. Centurion and Wanderes will host 15 games.

ICC Champions Trophy 2009 Warm-up Games Schedule (All timings are mentioned in GMT+05:30)

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