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{{Infobox television<br />
| name = Champions of the World<br />
| image = <br />
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| runtime = 30 minutes<br />
| presenter = [[Harsha Bhogle]]<br />
| channel = [[ESPN India|ESPN]] (Season 1)<br/>[[Star Cricket]] (Season 2)<br />
| first_aired = {{start date|2007}}<br />
| last_aired = {{end date|2008}}<br />
| country = India<br />
| producer = Ajesh Ramchandran<br />
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'''''Champions of the World''''' was a cricket based quiz show telecast on [[ESPN India|ESPN]] and [[Star Cricket]]. This was a contest aimed at and exclusive to college students below the age of 25. The quiz endeavored to test the [[cricket]] quotient of students across the country. It was hosted by renowned commentator [[Harsha Bhogle]].<br />
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==Format==<br />
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===Season One===<br />
24 college teams from all over India were selected based on their performance in written qualifiers.<ref>{{citation |url=http://notesandstones.blogspot.in/2006/12/appy-fizz-champions-of-world-quiz-by.html |title=Appy Fizz - Champions of the World quiz by ESPN Star Sports}}</ref> These were held in [[Bangalore]], [[Mumbai]], [[Kolkata]] and [[Delhi]]. 3 colleges contested each televised episode and the winner proceeded to the semi finals. The remaining 2 teams were eliminated. Winner of each semi final proceeded to take part in a [[Best-of-three playoff|best-of-three]] final. The winners of season one were [[BMS College of Engineering]] from [[Bangalore]].<ref>{{citation |url=https://groups.yahoo.com/group/sportsquiz/message/989 |title=Champions of the world}}</ref><br />
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===Season Two===<br />
18 college teams from all over India were selected based on their performance in written qualifiers. 3 colleges contested each televised episode and the winner and the runner up proceeded to the second round. The 2 highest scoring winners proceeded to the finals. The 2 lowest scoring winners along with the highest scoring loser took part in the eliminator. The winners of season two were [[Acharya Prafulla Chandra College]] from [[Kolkata]] who won a thrilling final by 1 point, beating Defending Champions BMS College of Engineering, Bangalore.<br />
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==Episode Format==<br />
The show consisted of three rounds. The names were based on terms used in [[One Day Internationals|One Day International]] - Powerplay, middle overs and slog overs.<br />
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==Results==<br />
{| class="wikitable sortable"<br />
|- style="text-align:center;"<br />
! Season<br />
! Winners<br />
! Finalists<br />
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| 2007<br />
| [[BMS College of Engineering]], [[Bangalore]]<br />
| [[IIT Delhi|IIT]], [[Delhi]]<br/>[[College of Engineering, Guindy]], [[Chennai]]<br/><br />
|-<br />
| 2008<br />
| [[Acharya Prafulla Chandra College]], [[Kolkata]]<br />
| [[BMS College of Engineering]], [[Bangalore]]<br/>[[Jadavpur University]], [[Kolkata]]<br/><br />
|}<br />
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==Sponsors==<br />
Season one was sponsored by [[Appy Fizz]], a product by [[Parle Agro]].<br />
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==External links==<br />
* [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Zva3TaRF2RM/ Episode 1]<br />
* [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bO163GuxSxI/ Episode 2]<br />
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