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ICC Champions Trophy: List of past winners and the hosts

The next Champions Trophy will be held in England in 2017

The 2017 ICC Champions Trophy will be held in England and Wales between 1 and 18 June 2017. This will be the 8th edition of the tournament.

India, the current holders of the trophy will begin their campaign against Pakistan on June 4 in Birmingham.

This tournament is also known as the Mini World Cup and will feature the top-8 ranked One Day International teams. In the first four seasons, all the 10 full members participated, but from 2008 the number has been trimmed to 8 teams.

We take a look at the list of winners of this Trophy down the years.

1998: (Winner- South Africa, Host- Bangladesh)

The inaugural season was won by South Africa, their only ICC silverware ever since.  The Proteas defeated West Indies in the finals by 4 wickets.

Chasing a target of 245, South Africa eased to a victory in the 47th over. Captain Hansie Cronje was the top-scorer for them as he saw the team through with an unbeaten 61.

Jacques Kallis was the wrecker-in-chief with the ball as he picked up 5 wickets for only 30 runs in his 7.3 overs.

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