Thursday, March 13, 2008

ICC Champions Trophy 2008 Groupings

After a volatile tri-series Down Under, India and Australia are set to face off again in September as the two teams find themselves in the same group for the ICC Champions Trophy scheduled to be held in Pakistan.


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 (3), Sri Lanka (6), England (7)
The groupings were finalised on the basis of teams' rankings in the ICC ODI Championship table as on March 12, which was the cut-off date for the determination of the seedings for the Champions Trophy.

The event will be played in a round-robin format with the top two sides from each group progressing to the semi-finals with the winners of these matches contesting the final.

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