2009 Champions League Twenty20
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| Administrator(s) | BCCI, CA, CSA |
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| Cricket format | Twenty20 |
| Tournament format(s) | Round-robin and knockout |
| Host(s) |
 India
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| Champions |
 New South Wales Blues (1st title) |
| Participants | 12 |
| Matches played | 23 |
| Player of the series |
Brett Lee
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| Most runs |
 JP Duminy (224) |
| Most wickets |
 Dwayne Bravo (12) |
| Official website | www.clt20.com |
The 2009 Champions League Twenty20 was the first edition of the Champions League Twenty20, an international club cricket tournament. It was held in India between 8 October and 23 October 2009 and featured 12 domestic teams from Australia, England, India, New Zealand, South Africa, Sri Lanka and the West Indies. The New South Wales Blues were the winners of the tournament, defeating Trinidad and Tobago in the final.
The tournament consisted of the 12 domestic teams from seven countries as determined by the domestic Twenty20 tournaments of those countries. The tournament has 23 matches, and is divided into three stages: the group, league and knockout stages. If a match ends in a tie, a Super Over will be played to determine the winner.
The group stage has the teams divided into four equal groups, with each playing a round-robin tournament. The top two teams of each group advances to the league stage. The league stage merges the remaining teams from Groups A and B to form League A, and the remaining teams from Groups C and D to form League B. Another round-robin tournament is played in each league. Teams that have faced each other from the group stage will not play each other again, but have the result from their first meeting carried forward. The top two teams from each league advance to the knockout stage. The knockout stage consists of two semi-finals, with the top team of one league facing the second-placed team from the other. The winners of the semi-finals play the final to determine the winners of the competition.
Points awarded in group and league stages:
The total prize money for the competition was US$6 million. In addition to the prize money, each team receives a participation fee of $500,000. The prize money was distributed as follows:
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