The ICC Champions Trophy is a prestigious international cricket tournament organized by the ICC. It was at first called the ICC KnockOut Tournament and later by the name of ICC Champions Trophy. Over the years, its format has changed; however, it always included high-intensity matches between top cricketing nations, and occasionally unexpected winners emerged from the ICC Champions Trophy, so let us take a look at this list.The Champions Trophy in its first outing was held in Bangladesh in June 1998, 23 years after the Cricket World Cup started. The first two tournaments were held in ICC Associate member countries, Bangladesh and Kenya respectively, to help promote cricket in those regions and use the funds collected for the development of their cricket. Format Of Champions Trophy The competition usually consisted of eight teams divided into two groups. The teams within each group played against all the others in that group on a round-robin basis. The leading teams in each group then progressed through to the semi-finals and ultimately to the final for the winner.Over the years, the ICC Champions Trophy has been marked by memorable matches and performances of the teams that have taken part in the tournament. Most of the times, Australia, India, and South Africa have ruled the roost in any form of cricket at the international level. Also Read | Complete List of Arjuna Award Winners for Cricket List of ICC Champions Trophy Winners from 1998 to 2017 Host Nation Year Winner Bangladesh 1998 South Africa Kenya 2000 New Zealand Sri Lanka 2002 India & Srilanka England 2004 West Indies India 2006 Australia South Africa 2009 Australia England and Wales 2013 India England and Wales 2017 Pakistan ICC Champions Trophy 2025, will be hosted by Pakistan from February 19 to March 9, 2025. The last edition of the ICC Champions Trophy was held in 2017, hosted by England and Wales, where Pakistan emerged as the surprise winners, defeating arch-rivals India in the final. Also Read | Understanding the Follow-On Rule in Test Cricket