2025 ICC Champions Trophy

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2025 ICC Champions Trophy
2025 ICC Men's Champions Trophy Logo.svg
All on The Line
Dates19 February – 9 March 2025
Administrator(s) International Cricket Council
Cricket format One Day International
Tournament format(s) Group Stage and Knockout stage
Host(s)Flag of Pakistan.svg  Pakistan
Flag of the United Arab Emirates.svg  United Arab Emirates
Participants8
Matches15
Official website icc-cricket.com
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The 2025 ICC Champions Trophy will be the ninth edition of the ICC Champions Trophy. It will be hosted by Pakistan and United Arab Emirates from 19 February to 9 March 2025 and will be contested by the top eight ranked men's national teams qualified from the 2023 Cricket World Cup. Pakistan are the defending champions, having won the previous edition in 2017.

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Background

The ICC Champions Trophy is a quadrennial ODI cricket tournament organised by the International Cricket Council (ICC). Initially held as a biennial tournament since its inaugural edition in 1998 as ICC KnockOut Trophy, it was rebranded as ICC Champions Trophy in 2002 and has been held as a quadrennial tournament since 2009. 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. [1] However in November 2021 as part of the 2024-2031 ICC men's hosts cycle, ICC announced that the tournament would return from 2025 onwards. [2]

Host selection

Pakistan was announced as the host of the 2025 ICC Champions Trophy on 16 November 2021 as part of the 2024-2031 ICC men's hosts cycle. [2] It will be the first global tournament to be hosted by Pakistan after 28 years, [3] since the 2009 attack on the Sri Lankan team. [4] 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. [5] United Arab Emirates was announced as a co-host due to India's refusal to play in Pakistan. Only the matches involving India will be played in UAE. [6] [7]

Format

Eight qualified teams divided into two groups of four, will play against the three teams in their respective group – for a total of twelve matches – and the top two teams in each group will advance to the knockout stage. The knockout stage will consist of 2 semi-finals and a final. A total of 15 matches will be played over 19 days. [6]

India's participation

The India–Pakistan cricket rivalry has been severely impacted by the tense political relations between the two nations. In November 2023, the Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB) met with the ICC Executive Board to discuss compensation if India refused to play in Pakistan. [8] [9] A year later, the Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI) informed the ICC that India wouldn't travel to Pakistan for the tournament, citing security concerns. [10] Pakistan demanded a written explanation and initially rejected the proposed hybrid model. [11]

Neutral venue arrangements

On 19 December 2024, following an agreement between BCCI and PCB, the ICC in an update issued on India and Pakistan hosted matches at ICC events, established that the upcoming ICC Champions Trophy set to be played in February and March 2025 will be played across Pakistan and a neutral venue. [12] [13] The ICC board confirmed that India and Pakistan matches hosted by either country at ICC events between 2024 and 2027 would be played at a neutral venue. This will apply also to the 2025 Women's Cricket World Cup (hosted by India) and the 2026 Men's T20 World Cup (hosted by India and Sri Lanka). It was also announced that Pakistan had been awarded hosting rights of the 2028 Women's T20 World Cup, where neutral venue arrangements will also apply. [12] The fixtures were announced on 24 December 2024, along with the Dubai International Cricket Stadium in Dubai, UAE as the neutral venue for the tournament. [14] [15]

Marketing

On 13 November 2024, The ICC launched a brand-new visual identity for the Champions Trophy with the release of a brand launch video, as the men’s event will return for the first time since 2017. [16] [17] On 14 November 2024, The PCB announced the schedule for trophy tour in the cities of Skardu, Hunza, and Muzaffarabad, located in the region of Pakistan-administered Kashmir. The PCB's plan to take the trophy to cities in Pakistan-administered Kashmir cities was objected to by the BCCI. [18] On 16 November 2024, the ICC officially announced the global trophy tour for the Champions Trophy starting in Islamabad, with the cities in Pakistan-administered Kashmir excluded. The prestigious silverware journeyed across the eight participating nations. The global trophy tour will conclude with India in January, as the trophy goes back to Pakistan. [19]

Qualification

Pakistan qualified for the competition automatically as hosts and was joined by seven other highest-ranked teams from the 2023 Cricket World Cup group stage. [20] [21] This was the first time former champions Sri Lanka failed to qualify for the tournament, while Afghanistan will make their debut appearance in the tournament. [22] [23]

List of teams qualified for the 2025 Men's Champions Trophy
Method of qualificationDate of qualificationVenuesNo. of teamsTeams
Host16 November 2021—
1
Flag of Pakistan.svg  Pakistan
2023 Cricket World Cup
(Top 7 teams from the 2023 Cricket World Cup, excluding host)		5 October – 19 November 2023Flag of India.svg  India
7
Flag of Afghanistan (2013-2021).svg  Afghanistan
Flag of Australia (converted).svg  Australia
Flag of Bangladesh.svg  Bangladesh
Flag of England.svg  England
Flag of India.svg  India
Flag of New Zealand.svg  New Zealand
Flag of South Africa.svg  South Africa
Total8

Venues

In December 2022, the Pakistan Cricket Board was given approval by the Government of Pakistan for the construction of a new cricket stadium in Islamabad for the tournament. [24] On 28 April 2024, three existing venues were proposed for the event by Pakistan. [25] The matches will be hosted in Karachi, Lahore and Rawalpindi with India playing in Dubai. [26] [6]

Match officials

Squads

Each team could select a squad of fifteen players for the tournament, with additional travelling reserves also able to be named. [27]

England became the first team to announce their squad on 22 December 2024. [28] New Zealand, Bangladesh and Afghanistan announced their squads on 12 January 2025. [29] [30] [31] Australia and South Africa announced their squads on 13 January. [32] [33] India announced their squad on 18 January 2025. [34]

Warm-up matches

Group stage

The ICC announced the groups and their fixtures on 24 December 2024, with the group stage matches being played from 19 February to 2 March 2025. The eight teams were divided into two groups of four with each team facing the other three teams in the group for a total of 15 matches. [6] The opening match will be played between hosts Pakistan and New Zealand at the National Stadium in Karachi.

Group stage
Group A Group B
Source: ESPNcricinfo [35]

Group A

PosTeam
PldWLTNRPts NRR Qualification
1Flag of Bangladesh.svg  Bangladesh 000000—Advance to
knock-out stage
2Flag of India.svg  India 000000—
3Flag of New Zealand.svg  New Zealand 000000—
4Flag of Pakistan.svg  Pakistan (H)000000—
First match(es) will be played: 19 February 2025. Source: ESPNcricinfo
(H) Host
19 February 2025
14:00  UTC+5 (D/N)
Scorecard
v

Group B

PosTeam
PldWLTNRPts NRR Qualification
1Flag of Afghanistan (2013-2021).svg  Afghanistan 000000—Advance to
knock-out stage
2Flag of Australia (converted).svg  Australia 000000—
3Flag of England.svg  England 000000—
4Flag of South Africa.svg  South Africa 000000—
First match(es) will be played: 21 February 2025. Source: ESPNcricinfo
21 February 2025
14:00  UTC+5 (D/N)
Scorecard
v
22 February 2025
14:00  UTC+5 (D/N)
Scorecard
v
26 February 2025
14:00  UTC+5 (D/N)
Scorecard
v
28 February 2025
14:00  UTC+5 (D/N)
Scorecard
v

Knockout stage

The knockout stage will consist of two semi-finals, played in Dubai on 4 March and Lahore on 5 March, and the final, at Dubai or Lahore [a] on 9 March.

Bracket

The tournament bracket is shown below, with bold denoting the winners of each match.

Semi-finals Final
      
A1 Winner of Group A
B2 Runner-up of Group B
SF1W Winner of Semi-final 1
SF2W Winner of Semi-final 2
B1 Winner of Group B
A2 Runner-up of Group A

Semi-finals

Semi-final 1
4 March 2025
13:00  UTC+4 (D/N)
Scorecard
TBD
v
TBD
Semi-final 2
5 March 2025
14:00  UTC+5 (D/N)
Scorecard
TBD
v
TBD

Final

Final
9 March 2025
14:00  UTC+5 (D/N)
Scorecard
TBD
v
TBD


Broadcasting

Broadcasters for the 2025 Champions Trophy [36]
RegionCountry/Sub-regionBroadcaster(s)Radio
Asia Bangladesh Nagorik —
India Star Sports
Disney Star 		All India Radio (AIR) [ citation needed ]
Pakistan PTV
PTV Sports
Ten Sports 		—
Singapore StarHub
Sri Lanka Maharaja TV
Europe Ireland Sky Sports
NetherlandsNOS
United Kingdom Sky Sports BBC Radio [37]
Americas Canada Willow —
United States
Caribbean ESPN Caribbean
Oceania Australia Amazon Prime ABC Sport [ citation needed ]
New Zealand Sky TV NZ —
Pacific Islands Sky Pacific [ citation needed ]
Africa Middle East and North Africa E&
Sub-Saharan Africa Super Sport

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