List of Teams to Qualify for ICC Champions Trophy 2025 in Pakistan after group stage of ICC World Cup 2023

The ICC Cricket World Cup 2023 has reached the final stage. The group matches ended on Sunday with a game between India and Netherlands at the M. Chinnaswamy Stadium in Bangalore. Team India dominated the group stage, beat all their opposition, and finished at the top. India also became the first team to qualify for the semi-finals.

South Africa, Australia, and New Zealand are the other three teams that made it to the next round. However, now two semi-final matches will be played on November 15 and 16. Notably, the International Cricket Council (ICC) announced that the top 8 teams on the points table of the ICC Cricket World Cup 2023 will qualify for the ICC Champions Trophy 2025 in Pakistan. It means the qualification for the Champions Trophy 2025 was based on the current tournament, and it has been.

ICC Cricket World Cup 2023: 8 teams to qualify for the ICC Champions Trophy 2025

1. Semi-finalists of ICC Cricket World Cup 2023

India finished the table winning all their group matches with 18 points. They ended up at the top. South Africa and Australia have 14 points each, and they are the second and third-ranked teams on the points table, respectively. There was a competition for the fourth team, but New Zealand played good cricket and became the fourth team to qualify for the semifinal with 10 points. These four teams qualified for the ICC Champions Trophy 2025.

2. Pakistan (Hosts)

The ICC Champions Trophy 2025 will take place in Pakistan. Though they couldn’t make it to the semi-final of the World Cup 2023, they finished in fifth place with 8 points. It was unfortunate that they failed to qualify for the semifinal, but for them to qualify for the Champions Trophy, it wasn’t needed either. Because they are the hosts of the tournament, by default they will play in the competition.0

3. Next 3 Teams

Apart from the top five teams, three teams have also qualified. Afghanistan were also in a race to qualify for the semi-final, but they lost their last two games. As a result, they finished at No. 6, but they have qualified for the Champions Trophy. The defending champions, England, were the favorites but had a poor performance. They won only three games but made it to the tournament in Pakistan. Now, Bangladesh, Sri Lanka, and Netherlands finished with four points each. But because Bangladesh had a better NRR, they finished in 8th place and became the final team to qualify for the ICC Champions Trophy 2025.