2008 Champions Trophy which is the second biggest tournament after World Cup will be hosted by Pakistan. The inaugural match of Champions Trophy will be played against the home team Pakistan and West Indies on September 11 at Gaddafi Stadium in Lahore.

The defending champions Australia will start their campaign with the game against 2002 Champions trophy winner India on September 13 at Gaddafi Stadium Lahore. At Last time in Champions trophy there were total 21 matches played but this time it is down to 15 numbers of matches.

All eight teams are divided into two Groups A and B. India, Pakistan, Australia and West Indies are in Group A while South Africa, New Zealand, Sri Lanka and England are in group B. Each team will play with one another in their corresponding groups and the top two teams from each group will advance into the semi finals.

The first semi final will be played at the National Stadium Karachi on September 24^th while second semi final will be played on 25^th of September at Rawalpindi Cricket Stadium. Winners of each semi finals will meet at Gaddafi stadium to play the big Final of ICC Champions trophy 2008 on 28^th September.

The following are the two groups:
Group A: Australia, India, Pakistan, West Indies
Group B: South Africa, New Zealand, Sri Lanka, England

Former winners of ICC Champions trophy
1998 - South Africa
2000 - New Zealand
2002 - India and Sri Lanka (Joint Winners)
2004 - West Indies
2006 - Australia

Here are the complete fixture of ICC Champions Trophy 2008-09(All timing are mentioned in GMT+05:30)