ICC Champions Trophy Winners List from 1998 to 2025 (Updated)

The International Cricket Council (ICC) introduced another multi-nation tournament in 1998 called the Champions Trophy, however, that was not what it was called back then. 

The ICC Knockout Trophy, the name given to the tournament back then, was introduced to develop the game in the non-Test playing countries. The first two editions of the tournament were held in Bangladesh and Kenya respectively, the two associate nations back then to promote the game of Cricket and were held in a direct knockout format. It was held once every two years.

Witnessing the meteoric rise and success of the tournament, it was then shifted to the major Test-playing nations like India, England and Sri Lanka. Starting with the new format and the new name of the round-robin stage having four pools of three teams each, the 2002 tournament was held in Sri Lanka with the name ICC Champions Trophy for the first time. 

After another three successful editions, a slight format change was made in 2009 where only eight teams based on the ICC rankings six months before the tournament were allowed to participate. It was also decided that the tournament would now be held once every four years.

After the 2017 edition, the ICC decided to terminate the tournament to focus on only one global multi-national tournament for each format of the game. However, they took a U-turn in 2021 as they announced the next edition of the tournament to be held in 2025 in Pakistan. 

There has been some controversy over the Indian team's decision not to go to Pakistan for the tournament but the absence of the cash-rich nation would bring in losses for the host nation as well as the ICC. So, it has been decided that the tournament would be held in a hybrid model for the first time in history.

The tournament has seen several winners right from the start where Australia and India have been the only two teams to have held the trophy twice. Let us take a look at all the winners of the ICC Champions Trophy since its inauguration. 

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