ICC champions trophy history: India and New Zealand teams will face face to face in the final of the Champions Trophy. This is the 9th edition of the Champions Trophy, but do you know how this tournament started? When was the Champions Trophy played for the first time. Apart from this, why are the top-8 teams in this tournament only? Actually, the Champions Trophy started about 27 years ago. However, at that time the Champions Trophy was known as the Nockout Trophy. The knockout trophy was won by South Africa on 1998. But after this the knockout trophy was renamed. Now the Nockout Trophy was named the Champions Trophy.
Then the knockout trophy became Champions Trophy …
The team of India and New Zealand reached the finals at the Champions Trophy 2000. This time New Zealand defeated India by 4 wickets. So far, India and Australia have won the Champions Trophy the most times. India and Australia have won the Champions Trophy title 2-2 times. Apart from this, the teams of South Africa, New Zealand, Sri Lanka, West Indies and Pakistan have become champions 1-1 times. This time there are teams from India and New Zealand in the final. Now it will be fun to see if the Indian team is able to win the Champions Trophy for the third time? Or will New Zealand win the Champions Trophy title about 25 years ago?
Why are the top-8 teams selected in the Champions Trophy?
Now the question will come in your mind that why the top-8 teams are selected in the Champions Trophy? Actually, the ICC started the tournament under the name Nockout Trophy. Therefore, its format was made so that the first match of all the teams should be like a knockout. For example, the knockout trophy started with a quarterfinal match itself. Although there were 9 teams at the beginning of that tournament, New Zealand defeated Zimbabwe in the preliminary match and qualified for the quarterfinal stage. However, the knockout trophy was then renamed the Champions Trophy, but only the top-8 teams play in the tournament. Let us tell you that the top-8 teams of the Points Table of ODI World Cup become part of the Champions Trophy.
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