Champions League to take place in India in 2013
The President of the Indian cricket board and the chairman of the Champions T20 League, N Srinivasan announced that the fifth edition of the tournament will be played in India and also revealed the dates and the format for the multi-team event. The Champions tournament, which will feature the winners of several T20 leagues from around the world, will be played from September 17 to October 6. The format will be similar to the one followed in the previous two editions with a qualifying round taking place first, followed by the group stage and the knock-outs. A total of 29 matches will be played with a total prize money of USD 6 million.
Runners-up of the inaugural edition in 2009, Trinidad and Tobago, who played the qualifiers in 2011 and 2012, have earned a direct entry to the group stage this year. Meanwhile, there will be no teams from England in the league in 2013 following a communication from the England and Wales Cricket Board (ECB) about their unavailability.
The top two of the four teams that will compete in the qualifying stage, will make it to the second round of the tournament. New Zealand's Otago Volts, the fourth ranked team in the Indian T20 League and the winners of the domestic competition in Pakistan and Sri Lanka, will feature in the qualifiers and will take on each other once.
South African teams Highveld Lions and Nashua Titans have qualified for the group stage of the event as have Australian teams Perth Scorchers and Brisbane Heat. The top three sides in the 2013 edition of the Indian T20 League will also earn spots in the group stage. The group stage will feature a total of 10 teams divided under two groups. The top two sides from each group will make it to the semi-finals followed by the final on October 6.
"The CLT20 will return to India this year. It will be the third time India will host the tournament in five years, after 2009 and 2011. The competition, which will again feature leading cricketers from across the world and some of the established legends of world cricket, will be watched and followed by equally passionate fans," N Srinivasan, Chairman of the league, said.
The venues for the Champions T20 league will be announced at the end of the Indian T20 League.
Teams in the qualifiers: Fourth ranked Indian T20 League team, Otago Volts from New Zealand, Champions from Sri Lanka and Champions from Pakistan.
Teams in Group A: Champions of the Indian T20 League, Highveld Lions from South Africa, Perth Scorchers from Australia, Third ranked Indian T20 League team and the top team in the qualifier.
Teams in Group B: The runners-up of the Indian T20 League, Nashua Titans from South Africa, Brisbane Heat from Australia, Trinidad & Tobago and the second placed team in the qualifier.
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