The
ICC Champions Trophy, also called the "
Mini World Cup" and originally named the
ICC KnockOut Trophy, is a quadrennial cricket tournament organised by the International Cricket Council. Inaugurated in 1998, The ICC conceived the idea of the Champions Trophy â a short cricket tournament to raise funds for the development of the game in non-test playing countries. It can be compared to FIFA Confederations Cup in football. It remains as one of those ICC events that had the same format as that of another big cricketing event, like the Cricket World Cup, with the format being One Day Internationals. The tournament is one of the world's most viewed sporting events.