The Champions League was expanded from eight to 12 teams, and will include the domestic Twenty20 winners of West Indies, Sri Lanka and New Zealand, as well as Delhi Daredevils, who topped the round-robin stage of the 2009 IPL. The inaugural Champions Twenty20 League will be held from October 8-23 in India, just after the Champions Trophy. The prize money for the tournament will be US$ 6 million, and the draw will be held in London on June 23 after which the venues will be finalised.
Delhi Daredevils will be joined by Deccan Chargers and Royal Challengers Bangalore, the 2009 IPL finalists. Other 2009 domestic finalists and winners include: Victoria and New South Wales from Australia, Cape Cobras and Eagles from South Africa, Otago from New Zealand, Trinidad and Tobago from West Indies and Wayamba from Sri Lanka). England's Twenty20 Cup finalists will only be decided on August 25 2009. Sialkot Stallions, the winners of Pakistan's domestic Twenty20 tournament, will not feature beacuse of restrictions by the Pakistan Government.
In the first stage there will be a total of 23 matches and the teams will be divided into four groups of three each to play on a league basis. The top two teams from each group move on to the second stage. The four top teams from there will play the semi-finals.
The 2008 Champions League Twenty20 is the first edition of the international club cricket tournament. It is due to be held in India or the Middle East in October 2008. The winners will earn around $5m. The tournament is expected to last ten days and consist of fifteen matches.
Champions League Twenty20 2008 Schedule postponed, then scrapped
The inaugural edition of the Champions League Twenty20 scheduled to be played from December 3 to 10 has been postponed.
The decision was taken by the Governing Council of the Champions League Twenty20 (CL T20) after consultations among the three founding board members of the tournament - Board of Control for Cricket in India, Cricket Australia and Cricket South Africa.
Lalit Modi, Chairman of the Champions League Twenty20, said, "We held consultations among all the stakeholders including the founding members, the participating teams and members of the Governing Council after the unfortunate terrorist attacks in Mumbai.
"It was agreed that in the best interests of all concerned, the inaugural edition of the Champions League 2020 should be postponed."
The 2009 ICC World Twenty20 is a Twenty20 cricket tournament scheduled to take place in England in June of 2009. It will be the second World Twenty20 and will consist of 12 teams, contested by all Test-playing nations plus qualifiers (Ireland, Netherlands and Scotland)
The 2009 Indian Premier League season, abbreviated as IPL 2 or the 2009 IPL, is the second season of the Indian Premier League, established by the Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI) in 2007. The tournament is hosted by South Africa and is scheduled between 18 April and 24 May 2009. The estimated television audience in India alone is over 200 million people.
The Champions Twenty20 League, formed with the official sanction of ICC will kick off in October 2008. Eight domestic teams from four nations will participate. Cricket Australia will partner the Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI), the England and Wales Cricket Board (ECB) and Cricket South Africa (CSA). The champion team in the Champions Twenty20 league will get US $5 million, which is the highest ever prize money for a cricket event.
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