This year, the groupings were finalised on March 12 on the basis of teams' rankings in the LG ICC ODI

Championship table as on 12 March which was the cut-off date for the determination of the seedings for the ICC
Champions Trophy 2008. The eight teams were then split into two groups of four with a round-robin format in
operation. The top two sides from each group will progress to the knock-out stage.
The following are the two groups (with seedings in brackets):
Group A: Australia (1), India (4), Pakistan (5), West Indies (8)
Group B: South Africa (2), New Zealand [Images] (3), Sri Lanka (6), England [Images] (7)
Schedule:
11 September � Pakistan v West Indies, Lahore.
12 September � New Zealand v Sri Lanka, Karachi.
13 September � Australia v India, Lahore.
14 September � England v Sri Lanka, Karachi.
15 September � South Africa v New Zealand, Rawalpindi.
16 September � West Indies v India, Karachi.
17 September � Pakistan v Australia, Rawalpindi
18 September � South Africa v Sri Lanka, Lahore.
19 September � England v New Zealand, Rawalpindi.
20 September � Pakistan v India, Lahore.
21 September � Australia v West Indies, Karachi; England v South Africa, Rawalpindi.
24 September � 1st semi-final, Karachi.
25 September � 2nd semi-final, Rawalpindi.
28 September � Final, Lahore.
Former winners:
1998 � South Africa
2000 � New Zealand
2002 � India and Sri Lanka (joint winners)
2004 � West Indies
2006 � Australia