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2025 ICC Champions Trophy: Date, how to watch, past winners, latest odds and more

The 2025 ICC Champions Trophy is a one-day international cricket tournament which is being staged in Pakistan and the United Arab Emirates.

The competition will see the top eight sides in the world go head-to-head during February and March.

The tournament will be the ninth edition of the ICC Champions Trophy and hosts Pakistan are the current holders.

Here is our guide to the 2025 ICC Champions Trophy.

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2025 ICC Champions Trophy dates

The 2025 ICC Champions Trophy will begin on Wednesday 19th February and conclude with the final, which will take place on Sunday 9th March.

2025 ICC Champions Trophy hosts

The ICC Champions Trophy 2025 will be hosted by Pakistan and also United Arab Emirates, with India having refused to play in Pakistan.

2025 ICC Champions Trophy venues

Three venues in Pakistan will host matches. They are the National Stadium in Karachi, the Gaddafi Stadium in Lahore and the Rawalpindi Cricket Stadium in Rawalpindi.

The Dubai International Cricket Stadium, in Dubai, United Arab Emirates, will also be used.

2025 ICC Champions Trophy teams

The 2025 ICC Champions Trophy is contested by the top eight ranked teams from the 2023 World Cup, Pakistan qualified as hosts.

The other seven teams involved are Afghanistan, Australia, Bangladesh, England, India, New Zealand and South Africa.

2025 ICC Champions Trophy format

The eight teams are divided in to two groups of four and will play each other once.

Group A - Bangladesh, New Zealand, India, Pakistan.
Group B - Afghanistan, Australia, England, South Africa.

The top two from each group will progress through to the knockout stages, which consist of two semi-finals and a final.

2025 ICC Champions Trophy how to watch

The 2025 ICC Champions Trophy will be streamed live on Disney+.

ICC Champions Trophy history

The first ever Champions Trophy was organised by Bangladesh in 1998 and was then rebranded as the ICC Champions Trophy in 2002.

The ICC Champions Trophy 2025 takes place every four years, however, there was no tournament in 2021.

ICC Champions Trophy past winners

Pakistan are the holders of the ICC Champions Trophy, having beaten India in the 2017 final in London, England.

Australia and India have won the ICC Champions Trophy on two occasions, while West Indies and Sri Lanka have won it once.

2025 ICC Champions Trophy odds

India are the hot fancies to win the ICC Champions Trophy 2025 and can be backed at 3.00.

Australia are viewed as the main danger and can be backed at 4.50, while South Africa and England are both 7.00.

Host nation Pakistan are 7.50, New Zealand 9.00, while Afghanistan and Bangladesh are the big outsiders at 29.00 and 51.00 respectively.

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