Two teams from each pool qualify for the semi-finals, with the final scheduled for June 18 at The Oval.
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The final which will also have a reserve day will be played at The Oval on 18th June.
The 18-day tournament, running from June 1 to 18, will witness the top eight sides battling it out for the trophy.
India and Pakistan are placed in Group B, along with South Africa and Sri Lanka.
The top eight sides on the MRF Tyres ICC ODI Team Rankings on September 30, 2015 have qualified for this tournament, with world champion Australia seeded number-one.
Announcing the schedule, ICC Chief Executive David Richardson said: “The ICC Champions Trophy is a short and sharp event, which is followed and enjoyed by the spectators and players alike”.
“It will start three years of global events in England and Wales, with the ICC Women’s World Cup following shortly after and then the ICC Cricket World Cup in 2019”.
The other sides in the group, Sri Lanka and South Africa get their tournament underway a day earlier in London.
The June 4 2017 clash between the sub-continental giants will take place at the Edgbaston ground in Birmingham – a city with one of the largest Asian populations in England.
Group A: Australia, New Zealand, England and Bangladesh.
I particularly enjoy playing cricket in England and Wales; with its rich cricket heritage, its renowned venues with just the right mix of tradition and modernity, and culturally diverse and appreciative crowds, all of which are ideal ingredients to make it a memorable event.
England have been drawn against Australia at next summer’s ICC Champions Trophy, and will also get the chance to avenge their World Cup elimination by Bangladesh.
Group A also contains twice winners Australia, who begin their campaign against trans-Tasman rivals New Zealand in a repeat of last year’s World Cup final in Melbourne in which the hosts prevailed.
International Cricket Council unveiled the groups and fixtures on Wednesday, exactly a year before the commencement of the tournament. The remaining tickets will go on sale in October.
It is important to South Africa as every major ICC jamboree – whether World Cup, Champions Trophy or World T20 – is an opportunity to end their big-tournament hoodoo.
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Azhar said he was hoping that his team would work out its weaknesses in time to win the trophy.
