Champions League Twenty20

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The Champions League Twenty20, also known as the CLT20, is an international T20 franchise cricket tournament. The event was first introduced with a view of replicating FIFA Club World Cup in cricket with branding taken from UEFA Champions League. It replaced International 20:20 Club Championship as the T20 World championship for club teams. The competition was launched in 2008 with the first edition held in October 2009. It was jointly owned by the Board of Control for Cricket in India, Cricket Australia and Cricket South Africa. The last champions were the Chennai Super Kings, who won their second title in 2014. It had a total prize pool of US$6 million, with the winning team receiving $2.5 million, the highest for a franchise cricket tournament in history. The format involved qualifying teams from T20 competitions of eight Test-playing nations, favouring the teams from India, Australia and South Africa. Owing to poor viewing figures, a lack of audience interest and unstable sponsorship...

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