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South Africa to host ICC Champions Trophy 2009

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Posted by Shaun Custers on Mar 17, 2009 in International | 9 comments

The International Cricket Council (ICC) has announced that South Africa will host the ICC Champions Trophy for 2009.

The ICC Champions Trophy was scheduled to be played in Pakistan this year, but due to the unfortunate terrorist attacks on the Sri Lankan cricket team the ICC opted to relocate the competition.

The ICC Champions Trophy will be played between September 24th and October 5th. The Two venues will be the Wanderers and SuperSport Park Centurion.

The ICC Champions Trophy will be contested for by eight teams;

Group A: Australia, India, Pakistan and West Indies

Group B: South Africa, New Zealand, England and Sri Lanka

The competition consists of a round robin stage, semi finals and a final.

The previous winners if the ICC Champions Trophy (also known as the knock out tournament pre 2002) is as follows:
1998: Won by South Africa, hosted in Bangladesh
2000: Won by New Zealand, hosted in Kenya
2002: Won by Sri Lanka, hosted in India
2004: Won by West Indies, hosted in England
2006: Won by Australia, hosted in India

9 Responses to “South Africa to host ICC Champions Trophy 2009”

  1. Amar says:
    May 21, 2009 at 1:50 pm

    In 2002, the Champions Trophy was not jus won by Sri Lanka. India also won it as it was shared so the recored here need ammending. When do the fixtures come out for the 2009 Champions Trophy?

  2. Saurabh sengar says:
    June 17, 2009 at 2:07 pm

    Yes Amar you are right, more over it was not hosted by India .
    It was hosted by Srilanka

  3. Nadia says:
    June 22, 2009 at 3:22 pm

    Kindly advise as to when the fixtures for the 2009 icc champions trophy wil be available.

    thanks

  4. Shaun Custers says:
    June 24, 2009 at 2:35 pm

    @Nadia, I’m not sure. Trying to find out and will post them as soon as I get them.

  5. arusha says:
    June 30, 2009 at 1:47 pm

    it’s time MS and the boys take the trophy home to india where it belongs. and pls,in south africa we’re tired of seeing Tendulka and his troop(Ganguly, Sehwag, Dravid)fail .
    please don’t bring them…
    India is doing well with their youngstersSo what if they stumbled in the T20 world cup? they’ve got that fighting spirit that india has lacked for years…

  6. Shaun Custers says:
    July 1, 2009 at 1:10 am

    @arusha Good luck to India, you’re going to need it. The South Africans are going to be unstoppable at home.

  7. Shaun Custers says:
    July 1, 2009 at 1:11 am

    @Nadia, Still can’t find the ICC Champions Trophy 2009 fixtures, I’ll keep looking.

  8. Alfie says:
    July 10, 2009 at 4:58 pm

    I think that South Africa is maturing & owe the trophy to the country cause they are known as chokers but i’m sure that they will come right.

  9. john says:
    July 21, 2009 at 11:13 pm

    What is it with the cricket board,not giving matches to newlands ground! hardly any ipl was played here and now no icc champions matches! the board needs to react fast

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