The 2013 ICC Champions Trophy [3] will be contested by eight teams that which are seeded and divided into two groups. Each team play every other team in its group once. Points will be allocated for each match in accordance with the system described below which applied throughout the competition. Following the group stage, the top two teams from each group progresses to the semi-finals, where the winner of Group A plays the runner up of Group B (in the 1st semi-final) and the winner of Group B plays the runner up of Group A (in the 2nd semi-final). The winners of the semi-finals contest the Final.