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ICC Champions Trophy
FAST FACTS :

• Vital stats: 18 inches high, 5.5 inches wide, 17.6 lbs. in weight.

• Made from: solid silver

• Value: US$20,000

• Current holder: West Indies

Major teams from 10 countries are gearing up for a winner-take-all tournament held this year being aired on television networks worldwide from major venues in India.

Live from Brabourne Stadium in Mumbai, Sardar Patel Stadium in Ahmedabad, Punjab Cricket Association Stadium in Mohali, and Sawai Man Singh Stadium in Jaipur — it's time once again for the ICC Championship Trophy in international cricket.

World class teams will grapple with each other and against defending champion West Indies to claim the sterling silver prize that is the ICC Champions Trophy, (first introduced as the KnockOut Trophy tournament in 1998) leading up to the biggest prize of all in 2007, the Cricket World Cup.

ICC Champions Trophy on TV

Sky Sports has it covered in most of Europe and the UK, while the BBC also promises live radio reports on Five Live Sports Extra. Also watch for special streaming online video packages on offer as the tournament draws near...

ICC 2006 Champions Trophy Fixtures

Date	Match	Venue
October
Qualifying Rounds
7	Sri Lanka v Bangladesh	Mohali
8	West Indies v Zimbabwe	Ahmedabad
10	Sri Lanka v Zimbabwe	Ahmedabad
11	West Indies v Bangladesh	Jaipur
13	Bangladesh v Zimbabwe	Jaipur
14	Sri Lanka v West Indies	Mumbai
Group Stage Group A
15	India v England	Jaipur
18	Australia v West Indies	Mumbai
21	Australia v England	Jaipur
26	India v West Indies	Ahmedabad
28	England v West Indies	Ahmedabad
29	India v Australia	Mohali
Group B
16	New Zealand v South Africa	Mumbai
17	Pakistan v Sri Lanka	Jaipur
20	New Zealand v Sri Lanka	Mumbai
24	South Africa v Sri Lanka	Ahmedabad
25	New Zealand v Pakistan	Mohali
27	Pakistan v South Africa	Mohali
November
1	Australia vs New Zealand	Mohali
2	South Africa vs West Indies	Jaipur
5 Final	Australia v West Indies	Mumbai

ICC Champions Trophy Online

ICC Champions Trophy - The official home of this year's tournament with the latest news, pictures and press releases leading up to the opening game, along with an archive of information on past tournament scores and winners.

Cricinfo ICC Champions Trophy 2006 - News stories and updates, scores & results, pictures, the full schedule plus complete fixtures downloadable to your Microsoft Outlook calendar.

BBC Sports - ICC Champions Trophy 2006 - Stay tuned for play-by-play live game coverage, video clips & audio reports, complete fixtures, scores, feature stories, opinion pieces, visitor comments, or have your say in the related forums.

ICC Champions Trophy - Historical overview of the Champions Trophy with its origins in the KnockOut Trophy tournament, comparisons in importance with the Cricket World Cup, list of winners dating back to 1998 and related links, from Wikipedia.

also see -> 2007 Cricket World Cup