2017 ICC Champions Trophy will begin on upcoming 1st June and it will run until the 18th June.
It will be the eighth edition of ICC Champions Trophy, which will be hosted by England and Wales for the record third time. During the first two editions (1998 and 2002), the tournament was known as the ICC KnockOut Trophy.
Since the third edition in 2002, the tournament was renamed as ICC Champions Trophy.
There were lots of memories from the previous seven editions of this tournament. In this article, we will show some important past stats of this tournament, which everyone should keep in mind during the upcoming edition.
But before moving on to the stats, we are showing the qualification process for this tournament and the previous winners of this tournament.
Qualification for 2017 ICC Champions Trophy
As a host nation, England automatically qualified for the tournament. In the addition, other 7 top-ranked teams in the ICC ODI Rankings as on 30th September 2015, earned the remaining spots of the tournaments.
| Team | ICC ODI Rankings as on 30th September 2015 | Ratings as on 30th September 2015 |
| Australia | 1 | 127 |
| India | 2 | 115 |
| South Africa | 3 | 110 |
| New Zealand | 4 | 109 |
| Sri Lanka | 5 | 103 |
| England (host) | 6 | 100 |
| Bangladesh | 7 | 96 |
| Pakistan | 8 | 90 |
Previous champions in ICC Champions Trophy
| Year | Host | Champion | Runner-up |
| 1998 | Bangladesh | South Africa | West Indies |
| 2000 | Kenya | New Zealand | India |
| 2002 | Sri Lanka | India and Sri Lanka (co-champions) | – |
| 2004 | England | West Indies | England |
| 2006 | India | Australia | West Indies |
| 2009 | South Africa | Australia | New Zealand |
| 2013 | England and Wales | India | England |