The 2017 ICC Champions Trophy will be held in England and Wales between 1 and 18 June 2017. This will be the 8th edition of the tournament.
India, the current holders of the trophy will begin their campaign against Pakistan on June 4 in Birmingham.
This tournament is also known as the Mini World Cup and will feature the top-8 ranked One Day International teams. In the first four seasons, all the 10 full members participated, but from 2008 the number has been trimmed to 8 teams.
We take a look at the list of winners of this Trophy down the years.
1998: (Winner- South Africa, Host- Bangladesh)
The inaugural season was won by South Africa, their only ICC silverware ever since. The Proteas defeated West Indies in the finals by 4 wickets.
Chasing a target of 245, South Africa eased to a victory in the 47th over. Captain Hansie Cronje was the top-scorer for them as he saw the team through with an unbeaten 61.
Jacques Kallis was the wrecker-in-chief with the ball as he picked up 5 wickets for only 30 runs in his 7.3 overs.
2000: (Winner- New Zealand, Host-Kenya)
The format was tweaked for this version and it was made a knock-out affair. New Zealand were crowned the champions.
Zaheer Khan, Yuvraj Singh and Marlon Samuels made their ODI debuts during the competition.
All the test playing nations participated in the tournament along with the leading Associates Bangladesh and hosts Kenya.
In the finals, New Zealand beat India by 4 wickets. India had previously beaten Australia and South Africa, but were thwarted by a spirited New Zealand side in the finals.
Captain Saurav Ganguly scored 117 as India posted a formidable target of 265. In reply, New Zealand were struggling at 132/5, but then the partnership between Chris Cairns and Chris Harris sealed the match. Cairns smashed a counter-attacking century and New Zealand won the game with 2 balls to spare.
2002: (Winners: India and Sri Lanka, Host: Sri Lanka)
This was not a knock-out tournament and all the matches were played in Colombo at two grounds: R. Premadasa Stadium and Sinhalese Sports Club Ground.
12 teams participated in the tournament including Kenya and Netherlands.
India and Sri Lanka had to be declared joint winners as the Final was washed out twice.
2004: (Winner- West Indies, Host-England)
Twelve teams competed in 15 matches spread over 16 days at three venues: Edgbaston, The Rose Bowl and The Oval.
The United States of America were making their One Day Internationals debut.
West Indies were the champions as they beat hosts England in a humdinger of a final at the Oval.
Marcus Trescothick scored a century but England could only muster 217 runs. In response, West Indies were struggling at 147/8 and were staring down the barrel.
But then game the great rescue. In front of a packed Oval crowd and under diminishing light, Courtney Browne and Ian Bradshaw put together an unbeaten stand of 71 and won the match.
2006: (Winner- Australia, Host- India)
The fifth edition of the tournament was held in India from 7 October to 5 November 2006.
The all-conquering Australian side won their first Champions trophy as they beat West Indies by 8 wickets in the Final.
Nathan Bracken, Glenn McGrath and Shane Watson combined and shot out West Indies for a paltry 138 runs. In response, Australia romped home in the 29th over as Shane Watson and Damien Martyn saw the team home after initial jitters.
2009: (Winner: Australia, Hosts: South Africa
The 2009 ICC Champions Trophy held in South Africa between 22 September and 5 October. Two venues, Wanderers Stadium and the Centurion Park hosted all the matches.
Australia once again showed their dominance as they defended their title by beating New Zealand in the Finals by 6 wickets.
Shane Watson was in a hot-streak and smashed centuries in the semi-finals and the finals. Australia bundled out New Zealand for 200 and then Watson scored an unbeaten 105 to see the chase through.
2013: (Winner: India, Hosts: England)
London(The Oval), Cardiff and Birmingham hosted the matches during this tournament.
India were the team to beat in this tournament as they did not lose even one match and eventually beat hosts England in the final which was a curtailed match due to rains.
The match was reduced to 20 overs and India just about got home in the final ball as they restricted England to 124 who were chasing 129 runs to win.
This was a tournament in which Shikhar Dhawan came to the fore and was adjudged the man of the series.
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