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The Cricket World Cup is the premier international championship of men's One Day International (ODI) cricket. The tournament is world's third largest and most viewed sporting event and according to the ICC, it is the most important tournament and the pinnacle of achievement in the sport. The finals of the Cricket World Cup are contested by all ten Test-playing and ODI-playing nations, together with other nations that qualify through the World Cup Qualifier. The first Cricket World Cup contest was organised in England in 1975. A separate Women's Cricket World Cup has been held every four years since 1973.