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Champions Trophy 2009

Event Schedule

Sep-2009
Tue 22 12:30 GMT, 14:30 local	1st Match, Group B - South Africa v Sri Lanka SuperSport Park, Centurion
Wed 23 12:30 GMT, 14:30 local	2nd Match, Group A - Pakistan v West Indies New Wanderers Stadium, Johannesburg
Thu 24 07:30 GMT, 09:30 local	3rd Match, Group B - South Africa v New Zealand SuperSport Park, Centurion
Fri 25 12:30 GMT, 14:30 local	4th Match, Group B - England v Sri Lanka New Wanderers Stadium, Johannesburg
Sat 26 07:30 GMT, 09:30 local	5th Match, Group A - Australia v West Indies New Wanderers Stadium, Johannesburg
Sat 26 12:30 GMT, 14:30 local	6th Match, Group A - India v Pakistan SuperSport Park, Centurion
Sun 27 07:30 GMT, 09:30 local	7th Match, Group B - New Zealand v Sri Lanka New Wanderers Stadium, Johannesburg
Sun 27 12:30 GMT, 14:30 local	8th Match, Group B - South Africa v England SuperSport Park, Centurion
Mon 28 12:30 GMT, 14:30 local	9th Match, Group A - India v Australia SuperSport Park, Centurion
Tue 29 12:30 GMT, 14:30 local	10th Match, Group B - England v New Zealand New Wanderers Stadium, Johannesburg
Wed 30 07:30 GMT, 09:30 local	11th Match, Group A - Pakistan v Australia SuperSport Park, Centurion
Wed 30 12:30 GMT, 14:30 local	12th Match, Group A - India v West Indies New Wanderers Stadium, Johannesburg
Oct-2009
Fri 02 12:30 GMT, 14:30 local	1st Semi-Final - A1 v B2 SuperSport Park, Centurion
Sat 03 12:30 GMT, 14:30 local	2nd Semi-Final - B1 v A2 New Wanderers Stadium, Johannesburg
Mon 05 12:30 GMT, 14:30 local	Final - TBC v TBC SuperSport Park, Centurion

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ICC CHAMPIONS TROPHY 2009

ICC Champions Trophy, comprising of one of the most popular One Day International (ODI) cricket tournaments in the world, came into being in the year 1998, as ICC KnockOut Tournament. Since its inception, the tournament has been organized every two years, though it was renamed as Champions Trophy in the year 2002. Till date, the trophy is regarded as being second in importance only to the Cricket World Cup.

In the initial stages, the participating teams in the Champions Trophy comprised of all the all ten full members of the International Cricket Council (ICC). Apart from that, the tournament also included two associate members (till 2004 only). However, from the 2009 tournament onwards, the participating teams would include only the eight highest-ranked ODI teams, as placed 6 months out from the tournament.

In Cricket Champions Cup Trophy also know as Mini Word Cup, the matches are organized over a period of around two weeks and no team is allowed to play with another more than once in the tournament. In the 2002 and 2004 tournaments, the teams went through a round robin tournament, which took place in four pools of three. It was the top team in each pool that went to the semifinal. After winning only four games (two in the pool, the semi-final and the final), a team could win the trophy.

In the next ICC CT (2006), there were ten teams, which played in two pools of four. The top two teams in each pool played the semi-finals. In effect, this meant that even if a team lost one match, it went right out of the tournament. Now, the cricket lovers are eagerly awaiting the next Champions Trophy, scheduled to be held in South Africa, between 24th September and 5th October 2009.