Sharjah Cup

Cricket tournament in UAE

Cricket tournament

The Champions TrophyFormat| One Day International

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First edition| 1984 UAE
Latest edition| 2003 UAE
Next edition| DISSOLVED
Most successful|  Pakistan (15 titles)

The Champions Trophy was an international limited-overs cricket tournament that took place at the Sharjah Cricket Association Stadium in Sharjah, UAE on multiple occasions between 1984 and 2003.

The stadium usually hosted two tournaments each season: a "Champions Trophy" in October/November, and a "Cup" in March/April. Typically three teams would participate in the tournament, but the format would vary, with as few as two and as many as six teams appearing. The team which competed most often in the Sharjah Cup was Pakistan, who appeared in 28 of the 32 tournaments; Pakistan are also its most successful team, with a total of 15 titles.

## Tournament results by season

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Tournament  | Winner  | Runner-up  | Third-place  | Other teams

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Rothmans Asia Cup
April 1984[1][2] |  India |  Sri Lanka |  Pakistan |
Rothmans Four-Nations Cup
March 1985[3][4][5] |  India |  Australia |  Pakistan |  England
Rothmans Sharjah Cup
November 1985[6][7][8] |  West Indies |  Pakistan |  India |
Austral-Asia Cup
April 1986[9][10][11] |  Pakistan |  India |  New Zealand
Sri Lanka |  Australia
Champions Trophy
November/December 1986[12][13][14] |  West Indies |  Pakistan |  India |  Sri Lanka
Sharjah Cup
April 1987[15][16][17] |  England |  Pakistan |  India |  Australia
Sharjah Cup
March/April 1988[18][19][20] |  India |  New Zealand |  Sri Lanka |
Champions Trophy
October 1988[21][22][23] |  West Indies |  Pakistan |  India |
Sharjah Cup
March 1989[24][25][26] |  Pakistan |  Sri Lanka |  |
Champions Trophy
October 1989[27][28][29] |  Pakistan |  India |  West Indies |
Austral-Asia Cup
April/May 1990[30][31][32] |  Pakistan |  Australia |  New Zealand
Sri Lanka |  Bangladesh
India
Sharjah Cup
December 1990[33][34][35] |  Pakistan |  Sri Lanka |  |
Wills Trophy
October 1991[36][37][38] |  Pakistan |  India |  West Indies |
Wills Trophy
February 1993[39][40][41] |  Pakistan |  Sri Lanka |  Zimbabwe |
Pepsi Champions Trophy
October/November 1993[42][43][44] |  West Indies |  Pakistan |  Sri Lanka |
Pepsi Austral-Asia Cup
April 1994[45][46][47] |  Pakistan |  India |  Australia
New Zealand |  Sri Lanka
United Arab Emirates
Pepsi Asia Cup
April 1995[48][49][50] |  India |  Sri Lanka |  Pakistan |  Bangladesh
Singer Champions Trophy
October 1995[51][52][53] |  Sri Lanka |  West Indies |  Pakistan |
Pepsi Sharjah Cup
April 1996[54][55][56] |  South Africa |  India |  Pakistan |
Singer Champions Trophy
November 1996[57][58][59] |  Pakistan |  New Zealand |  Sri Lanka |
Singer-Akai Cup
April 1997[60][61][62] |  Sri Lanka |  Pakistan |  Zimbabwe |
Singer-Akai Champions Trophy
December 1997[63][64][65] |  England |  West Indies |  Pakistan |  India
Coca-Cola Sharjah Cup
April 1998[66][67][68] |  India |  Australia |  New Zealand |
Coca-Cola Champions Trophy
November 1998[69][70][71] |  India |  Zimbabwe |  Sri Lanka |
Coca-Cola Sharjah Cup
April 1999[72][73][74] |  Pakistan |  India |  England |
Coca-Cola Champions Trophy
October 1999[75][76][77] |  Pakistan |  Sri Lanka |  West Indies |
Coca-Cola Sharjah Cup
March 2000[78][79][80] |  Pakistan |  South Africa |  India |
2000-01 Sharjah Champions Trophy
October 2000[81][82][83] |  Sri Lanka |  India |  Zimbabwe |
ARY Gold Cup
April 2001[84][85][86] |  Sri Lanka |  Pakistan |  New Zealand |
Khaleej Times Trophy
October/November 2001[87][88][89] |  Pakistan |  Sri Lanka |  Zimbabwe |
Sharjah Cup
April 2002[90][91][92] |  Pakistan |  Sri Lanka |  New Zealand |
Cherry Blossom Sharjah Cup
April 2003[93][94][95] |  Pakistan |  Zimbabwe |  Sri Lanka |  Kenya

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