ICC Champions Trophy winners list: Know all the champions from 1998-2025

The ICC Champions Trophy is a marquee cricket tournament that is played in One-Day International (ODI) format.

Previously named the ICC KnockOut Trophy, the ICC Champions Trophy was introduced by the International Cricket Council (ICC) in 1998.

The ICC Champions Trophy was launched in order to raise funds for the development of the sport in non-Test playing countries.

The inaugural edition of the ICC Champions Trophy was held in Bangladesh in June 1998. A total of nine teams participated. South Africa later won the first edition of the tournament after defeating West Indies by four wickets in the final at the Bangabandhu National Stadium in Dhaka.

In a bid to increase the popularity of the game in ICC Associate member nations, the second edition of the ICC Champions Trophy was staged in Kenya in 2000.

New Zealand were crowned champions after they beat India by four wickets in the 2000 final to claim their maiden ICC title.

Since 2002, the hosting of the ICC Champions Trophy has been shared between countries under an unofficial rotation system with six ICC members having staged at least one match in the tournament.

It is also often dubbed the "Mini World Cup" as it involved all of the full members of the ICC from the 2002 tournament onwards.

India and Sri Lanka shared the ICC Champions Trophy in 2002 after the final was abandoned due to rain on two occasions.

The ICC Champions Trophy current format involves a qualification phase. It is held in the preceding edition of the Cricket World Cup to determine which teams qualify for the tournament phase.

Australia and India are the most successful teams in the ICC Champions Trophy history with two titles each. South Africa, New Zealand, Sri Lanka, West Indies and Pakistan have clinched the trophy once each.

Meanwhile, Pakistan are the defending champions of the ICC Champions Trophy after they beat archrivals India by 180 runs in the 2017 final at The Oval in London.

The ICC Champions Trophy 2025 will be held in Pakistan and the United Arab Emirates (UAE). Get ICC Champions Trophy winners list.