| ICC Cricket World Cup 2015 | |||
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Official Logo of the 2015 ICC Cricket World Cup. |
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| Administrator(s) | International Cricket Council | ||
| Cricket format | One Day International | ||
| Tournament format(s) | Round robin and Knockout | ||
| Host(s) | New Zealand | ||
| Participants | 14[1] | ||
| Official website | ICC Cricket World Cup 2015 | ||
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The 2015 ICC Cricket World Cup will be the 11th ICC Cricket World Cup, and will be jointly hosted by Australia and New Zealand. The location of the games will be evenly split, with the location of the final yet to be decided.
The hosting rights were awarded at the same time as those of the 2011 ICC Cricket World Cup, which New Zealand and Australia had originally bid to host, and the 2019 ICC Cricket World Cup, which was awarded to England.[2] The 2011 tournament was awarded to the four Asian Test cricket playing countries, India, Pakistan, Sri Lanka and Bangladesh, in a 10 to 3 vote (although Pakistan subsequently lost its hosting rights due to security concerns). The International Cricket Council were sufficiently impressed with the trans-Tasman bid that it was decided to award the next World Cup to Australia and New Zealand.[3][4]
The ICC unveiled the logo of the 2015 World Cup after the final of the 2011 World Cup on 2 April 2011.[5]
Ten Test playing nations and four associate or affiliate member nations will participate in the 2015 ICC Cricket World Cup.[6] Immediately after the 2011 edition of the tournament it was decided that the next World Cup would be reduced to 10 teams, allowing only the ICC's 10 full members to participate.[7] This was met with heavy criticism from a number of associate nations, especially from the Ireland team, who had performed well in 2007 and 2011. The ICC Cricket Committee voted in May 2011 to support the calls for a qualification process.[8] During the ICC's annual conference in Hong Kong in June 2011, the ICC decided that 14 teams will participate in the 2015 World Cup, opening up four qualifying places.
At the ICC Chief Executives' Committee meeting in September 2011, the ICC decided on a new qualifying format. The top two teams of the 2011–13 ICC Intercontinental Cup One-Day will qualify for the 2015 World Cup, with the remaining six teams joining the third and fourth-placed teams of 2011 ICC World Cricket League Division Two and the top two teams of 2013 ICC World Cricket League Division Three in a ten-team World Cup Qualifier to decide the remaining two places. The date and venue of the final qualifying event is yet to be decided.[9][10]
The tournament will feature 14 teams, the same number as the 2011 World Cup, giving associate and affiliate member nations a chance to participate.[11][12]
The tournament will consist of the following teams:
| Full Members | |
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| Australia | Bangladesh |
| England | India |
| New Zealand | Pakistan |
| South Africa | Sri Lanka |
| West Indies | Zimbabwe |
| Associate/Affiliate Members | |
| From 2011–13 ICC Intercontinental Cup One-Day | |
| TBD | TBD |
| From 2013 Cricket World Cup Qualifier | |
| TBD | TBD |
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