2008 Champions Trophy

This year, the groupings were finalised on March 12 on the basis of teams' rankings in the LG ICC ODI Championship table as on 12 March which was the cut-off date for the determination of the seedings for the ICC Champions Trophy 2008. The eight teams were then split into two groups of four with a round-robin format in operation. The top two sides from each group will progress to the knock-out stage. The following are the two groups (with seedings in brackets): Group A: Australia (1), India (4), Pakistan (5), West Indies (8) Group B: South Africa (2), New Zealand [Images] (3), Sri Lanka (6), England [Images] (7) Schedule: 11 September � Pakistan v West Indies, Lahore. 12 September � New Zealand v Sri Lanka, Karachi. 13 September � Australia v India, Lahore. 14 September � England v Sri Lanka, Karachi. 15 September � South Africa v New Zealand, Rawalpindi. 16 September � West Indies v India, Karachi. 17 September � Pakistan v Australia, Rawalpindi 18 September � South Africa v Sri Lanka, Lahore. 19 September � England v New Zealand, Rawalpindi. 20 September � Pakistan v India, Lahore. 21 September � Australia v West Indies, Karachi; England v South Africa, Rawalpindi. 24 September � 1st semi-final, Karachi. 25 September � 2nd semi-final, Rawalpindi. 28 September � Final, Lahore. Former winners: 1998 � South Africa 2000 � New Zealand 2002 � India and Sri Lanka (joint winners) 2004 � West Indies 2006 � Australia