Champions Trophy 2025 Guide: From schedule to prize money, everything you need to know

The ICC Champions Trophy is set for its ninth edition with eight of the best teams taking part in the 2025 edition across Pakistan and UAE. The ICC Champions Trophy 2025 will kick off on 19 February with a match between co-hosts Pakistan and New Zealand at the National Stadium in Karachi. The final will be played on 9 March.

The venue for the final is still not confirmed, however, it’s known that that the Champions Trophy 2025 final will either take place at the Gaddafi Stadium in Lahore or the Dubai International Cricket Stadium in Dubai. It’s such because India are playing all their matches in Dubai and the final will be played in the UAE if the Men in Blue qualify for the summit clash. Else, the final will take place in Dubai.

Before the ICC Champions Trophy 2025 gets underway, here’s all you need to know about the prestigious tournament.

Champions Trophy 2025 teams list, matches, prize money, squads and venues 

Champions Trophy 2025 teams and groups:

Group A: Pakistan, India, Bangladesh, New Zealand.

Group B: Australia, Afghanistan, England, South Africa.

How the eight teams qualified for the Champions Trophy 2025?

Earlier top eight teams in the rankings qualified for the Champions Trophy but the participants for the 2025 edition were picked from the 2023 ODI World Cup. The top-eight teams from the 10-team league standings of the 2023 ODI World Cup qualified for the Champions Trophy 2025.

Champions Trophy 2025 squads:

Champions Trophy 2025 format:

The eight teams are divided into two groups of four, with each team playing once against every other team in its group. The top two teams from each group advance to the semi-finals.

Champions Trophy 2025 prize money:

The Champions Trophy 2025 has a total prize pool of $6.9 million (INR 59 crore) which is a 53 percent increase from the 2017 edition.

The Champions Trophy 2025 winner will earn $2.24 million (INR 19.4 crore) in prize money, while the runners-up will receive $1.12 million (INR 10 crore). The losing semi-finalists will receive $560,000 (INR 4.8 crore).

The teams finishing in fifth or sixth place will receive $350,000 (INR 3 crore) each followed by $140,000 (INR 1.2 crore) prize money for teams finishing in the seventh or eighth place.

Each win in the group stage will fetch a team $34,000 (INR 29 lakh). Also, all eight participating teams are guaranteed a minimum of $125,000 (INR 1 crore) prize money each.

Champions Trophy debutant:

Afghanistan are the only side to make their debut in the 2025 edition. They qualified for the first time after a memorable 2023 ODI World Cup campaign where they defeated England, Pakistan and Sri Lanka.

Champions Trophy 2025 schedule (timings in IST) and venues:

Champions Trophy 2025 live streaming and past winners

Champions Trophy 2025 LIVE streaming and TV channels:

Champions Trophy: Previous winners

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