The 2025 ICC Champions Trophy schedule, and team squad players list are placed here. The Champions Trophy, which was also once called the Mini World Cup, is an ICC tournament that has been played at irregular intervals over the years. Below is all the information you need about the next edition of the Champions Trophy competition.
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Having last been played in 2017, the Champions Trophy was canned by the ICC since then. It was only recently that a decision was made to revive this format of the ICC competition and the 2025 edition of the Champions Trophy will be its ninth.
In this piece, we look at all the information for the upcoming edition of the Champions Trophy which includes its schedule and format, ticketing options, live broadcasters and squads.
Champions Trophy 2025 Fixtures
We are still awaiting the release of the exact schedule for the 2025 edition of the Champions Trophy. However what is known is that the tournament will begin from February 19 and go on till March 9, 2025 and that could make the Pakistan Cricket Board shift their dates for the PSL.
According to news reports, India and Pakistan could be placed in the same group along with Bangladesh and New Zealand. The other group will have Australia, England, South Africa and Afghanistan.
The full Champions Trophy 2025 schedule, dates, and match list will be placed below once it is released.
- India v Pakistan: March 1, 2025
Champions Trophy 2025 Squads
We are still a good few months away from the start of the 2025 ICC Champions Trophy. Player lists and entire squads for the 2025 Champions Trophy will be updated below once they are released and that’s typically done about a month or so before the start of the tournament. The full CT2025 player list for all teams is placed below.
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Champions Trophy 2025 Venues
The venues for this edition of the Champions Trophy are as follows:
- Gaddafi Stadium, Lahore
- National Stadium, Karachi
- Rawalpindi Cricket Stadium, Rawalpindi
These have been proposed by the PCB for now and the ICC is yet to confirm these. A lot could depend on whether or not India decides to travel to Pakistan for this tournament and if not, what can be done about it from the venues perspective.
Will a hybrid model be used again like was used for the 2023 Asia Cup?
Champions Trophy 2025 Format
The top seven teams in the world from the 2023 World Cup along with hosts Pakistan qualified for this edition of the Champions Trophy. What this meant was that Sri Lanka and Netherlands missed out because of net run-rate despite finishing on the same points (four) as Bangladesh.
The eight teams that qualified for the 2025 Champions Trophy include hosts and defending champions Pakistan, 2023 World Cup finalists India and Australia, South Africa, New Zealand, England, Afghanistan and Bangladesh.
These eight teams will be divided into two groups of four apiece and each team in a group will face off against the other three in their group. At the end of this group stage of the competition, the top two sides from each group will make the semifinals with the winners of those two matches entering the final.
According to unconfirmed reports, the two groups are as follows:
- Group A: India, Pakistan, New Zealand, Bangladesh
- Group B: Australia, England, Afghanistan, South Africa
How to Buy the Champions Trophy 2025 Tickets?
There will be more information on how to purchase these tickets soon.
2025 Champions Trophy Live Broadcast Information
How to watch the Champions Trophy 2025?
We will have more information on this as and when the ICC releases it closer to the start of the competition.
What Happened in the Previous Champions Trophy?
Pakistan won the 2017 edition of the Champions Trophy by beating arch-rivals India in the final. They won a one-sided title-decider by 180 runs to lift what was their last ICC trophy till date.
Earlier in the tournament, India had beaten Pakistan in their opening game easily but wins over South Africa and Sri Lanka helped Pakistan clinch their semifinal berth. India lost to Sri Lanka before defeating South Africa in a virtual quarterfinal to make it through.
In the other group, England won all their matches to top the table and aided by an abandoned game against Australia and a stunning win over New Zealand, Bangladesh became the second team to qualify for the semifinals.
Australia were left with a defeat at the hands of England and then saw both their remaining games getting washed out by rain that left them knocked out.
In the semifinal, India eased past Bangladesh in Edgbaston while Pakistan routed England in Cardiff to set up a mouth-watering final.
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