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The International Cricket Council (ICC) Champions Trophy 2013 is all set to kick off on Thursday (6 June) in England with India taking on South Africa in the opening game to be played at Sophia Gardens, Cardiff.

The Champions Trophy, which is touted as second in importance only to Cricket World Cup, is an ODI played every two years. The top top eight nations in the ICC ODI rankings - Australia, England, India, New Zealand, Pakistan, South Africa, Sri Lanka and West Indies - will participate in the tournament.

A total number 15 matches will be played in the tournament which will conclude on 23 June.

Australia, the defending champions, are the only country that have won the title twice since the conception of the tournament in 1998. Other countries that have won the title include South Africa (1998), New Zealand (2000), Sri Lanka and India (2002), and West Indies (2004).

Tournament Format

Eight participating teams are divided into two - Group A and Group B - whereby each team will meet the other team in their respective groups during the Group stage.

The top two teams from each group will move to the semi-finals. Winner of Group A will take on the runner up of Group B in the 1st semi-final, and the winner of Group B will meet the runner of Group A in the 2nd semi-final. The winners of 1st and 2nd semi-finals will meet in the final.

Group A Standings

Pos Team Matches Won Lost Tied N/R Net RR Points
1 England 3 2 1 0 0 +0.308 4
2 Sri Lanka 3 2 1 0 0 -0.197 4
3 New Zealand 3 1 1 0 1 +0.777 3
4 Australia 3 0 2 0 1 -0.680 1

Group B Standings

Pos Team Matches Won Lost Tied N/R Net RR Points
1 India 3 3 0 0 0 +1.154 6
2 South Africa 3 1 1 1 0 +0.417 3
3 West indies 3 1 1 1 0 -0.200 3
4 Pakistan 3 0 3 0 0 -1.039 0

Champions Trophy 2013 Schedule & Match Results

Match Date Time Teams Venue Results
1, Group B Thu, 6 June 03:00 PM India vs South Africa Sophia Gardens, Cardiff India win by 26 runs
(Match Report
2, Group B Fri, 7 June 03:00 PM Pakistan vs West Indies Kennington Oval, London West Indies win by 2 wickets
(Match Report
3, Group A Sat, 8 June 03:00 PM England vs Australia Edgbaston, Birmingham England win by 48 runs
(Match Report
4, Group A Sun, 9 June 03:00 PM New Zealand vs Sri Lanka Sophia Gardens, Cardiff New Zealand win by 1 wicket
(Match Report
5, Group B Mon, 10 June 05:30 PM Pakistan vs South Africa Edgbaston, Birmingham South Africa win by 67 runs
(Match Report
6, Group B Tue, 11 June 03:00 PM India vs West Indies Kennington Oval, London India win by 8 wickets
(Match Report
7, Group A Wed, 12 June 03:00 PM Australia vs New Zealand Edgbaston, Birmingham No-result(Match Report
8, Group A Thu, 13 June 05:30 PM England vs Sri Lanka Kennington Oval, London Sri Lanka win by 7 wickets
(Match Report
9, Group B Fri, 14 June 03:00 PM South Africa vs West Indies Sophia Gardens, Cardiff Match tied
(Match Report
10, Group B Sat, 15 June 03:00 PM India vs Pakistan Edgbaston, Birmingham India win by 8 wickets
(Match Report
11, Group A Sun, 16 June 03:00 PM England vs New Zealand Sophia Gardens, Cardiff England win by 10 runs
(Match Report
12, Group A Mon, 17 June 05:30 PM Australia vs Sri Lanka Kennington Oval, London Sri Lanka win by 20 runs
(Match Report
13 Wed, 19 June 03:00 PM TBC vs TBC, 1st Semi-Final
England vs South Africa
Kennington Oval, London England win by 7 wicket
(Match Report
14 Thu, 20 June 03:00 PM TBC vs TBC, 2nd Semi-Final
India vs Sri Lanka
Sophia Gardens, Cardiff India win by 8 wickets
(Match Report)
15 Sun, 23 June 03:00 PM TBC vs TBC, Final
Final
India vs England 
Edgbaston, Birmingham India win by 5 runs
(Match Report