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ICC Champions Trophy 2006

The ICC Champions Trophy 2006 is scheduled to be held in India between 7 October and 5 November. Since the ICC World Cup in 1996, this is the first ICC tournament to take place in India. The 5th Champions Trophy (considering its earlier avatar of ICC Knock Out Tournament) would see India for the first time in its short history, as its venue. Naturally the game is set to create a positive stir in the cricket-loving nation.

Ten teams in total would contend in 21 games for the trophy and prize money of USD 500,000. Instead of 12 teams in previous tournaments, this year the International Cricket Council has chosen top ten sides - six teams (namely: Australia, South Africa, India, Pakistan, England, New Zealand) from the LG ICC ODI Championship table and four others (namely: Sri Lanka, West Indies, Zimbabwe, Bangladesh). The last four teams would contest in 6 matches in the qualifying round out of which only 2 would make it to the main even with the six teams from the LG ICC ODI Championship table. After playing 12 matches in the group stage, only 4 teams would play the semifinals.

Maps of India brings you the Complete Schedule of the ICC Champions Trophy 2006:

Date	Team	Vs	Team	Venue
Preliminary Round
7-Oct	Sri Lanka	Vs	Bangladesh	PCA Stadium, Mohali
8-Oct	West Indies	Vs	Zimbabwe	Sardar Patel Stadium, Ahmedabad
10-Oct	Sri Lanka	Vs	Zimbabwe	Sardar Patel Stadium, Ahmedabad
11-Oct	West Indies	Vs	Bangladesh	Sawai Man Singh Stadium, Jaipur
13-Oct	Bangladesh	Vs	Zimbabwe	Sawai Man Singh Stadium, Jaipur
14-Oct	Sri Lanka	Vs	West Indies	Brabourne Stadium, Mumbai
Group Stage
15-Oct	India	Vs	England	Sawai Man Singh Stadium, Jaipur
16-Oct	New Zealand	Vs	South Africa	Brabourne Stadium, Mumbai
17-Oct	Pakistan	Vs	Qualifier 1	Sawai Man Singh Stadium, Jaipur
18-Oct	Australia	Vs	Qualifier 2	Brabourne Stadium, Mumbai
20-Oct	New Zealand	Vs	Q1	Brabourne Stadium, Mumbai
21-Oct	Australia	Vs	England	Sawai Man Singh Stadium, Jaipur
24-Oct	South Africa	Vs	Q1	Sardar Patel Stadium, Ahmedabad
25-Oct	New Zealand	Vs	Pakistan	PCA Stadium, Mohali
26-Oct	India	Vs	Q2	Sardar Patel Stadium, Ahmedabad
27-Oct	Pakistan	Vs	South Africa	PCA Stadium, Mohali
28-Oct	England	Vs	Q2	Sardar Patel Stadium, Ahmedabad
29-Oct	India	Vs	Australia	PCA Stadium, Mohali
Knock Out Stage
1-Nov	1st Semifinal			PCA Stadium, Mohali
2-Nov	2nd Semifinal			Sawai Man Singh Stadium, Jaipur
Final
5-Nov	FINAL			Brabourne Stadium, Mumbai

All the games would be day-night matches to be played in floodlit grounds. In the present format the games are expected to be more exciting and enjoyable.

The ICC has estimated it will raise USD 65 million at the end of this year's event, which would be spent in development and promotion of cricket in ICC's Associate & Affiliate nations. Considering the huge fan following for cricket in India, the Government of India has already declared it will exempt the tax upon the income from ICC Champions Trophy 2006.

Rest assured, you can wait to watch another successful ICC Champions Trophy in 2006. So, gear up to cheer in support of your favorite team as the tournament begins.

Last Updated on 24 August 2012