ICC Finals New Zealand Have Lost: While the Indian cricket team and their billion-plus fans celebrated their third consecutive ICC trophy victory, at the same moment, the New Zealand cricket team and their five million fans endured yet another heartbreak of losing an ICC final.
New Zealand have always been a team that punches above its weight; the whole has always been greater than the sum of its parts.
Ahead of the IND vs NZ final of the ICC T20 World Cup 2026, South African legend Dale Steyn ranted on the “chokers” tag that is often associated with the South African teams, both men and women.
Steyn pointed out that New Zealand too have come second in several ICC finals, adding that he would hand over the chokers tag to New Zealand if they lost the final to India, which they did.
The Kiwis have been to more than half-a-dozen ICC tournament finals and another spate of quarterfinals and semifinals. They have had glory, but the general sentiment regarding the New Zealand teams over the past decade has been that they have almost always fallen short in the summit clashes.
Let us check out New Zealand’s history in ICC tournament finals.
How Many ICC Finals New Zealand Have Lost?
New Zealand have played eight ICC tournament finals, of which they won two and lost six. New Zealand recorded victories in the final of the ICC Champions Trophy 2000 (then called ICC Knockout) and the ICC World Test Championship 2019-2021. The Kiwis beat India in both finals to claim their only two ICC trophies so far.
The six ICC tournament finals New Zealand have lost comprise defeats in the finals of the ICC Champions Trophy 2009, ICC World Cup 2015, ICC World Cup 2019, ICC T20 World Cup 2021, ICC Champions Trophy 2025, and ICC T20 World Cup 2026.
New Zealand’s Record And Results In ICC Tournament Finals Across Formats:
- ICC Champions Trophy 2000 (ICC Knockout) vs India, Nairobi – Won by 4 wickets
- ICC Champions Trophy 2009 vs Australia, Centurion – Lost by 6 wickets
- ICC World Cup 2015 vs Australia, Melbourne – Lost by 7 wickets
- ICC World Cup 2019 vs England, Lord’s – Match tied, Lost in Super Over
- ICC World Test Championship 2019-2021 vs India, Southampton – Won by 8 wickets
- ICC T20 World Cup 2021 vs Australia, Dubai – Lost by 8 wickets
- CC Champions Trophy 2025 vs India, Dubai – Lost by 4 wickets
- ICC T20 World Cup 2026 vs India, Ahmedabad – Lost by 96 runs
Apart from these defeats, New Zealand have lost other knockout matches, including semi-finals of the 2007 World Cup, 2011 World Cup, 2016 T20 World Cup, 2022 T20 World Cup, and 2023 World Cup, along with the 1996 World Cup quarterfinal.
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