List of ICC Cricket World Cup finals

ICC Cricket World Cup is an international association cricket competition established in 1975.^[1] It is contested by the men's national teams of the members of International Cricket Council (ICC), the sport's global governing body.^[2] The tournament generally takes place every four years, although it has also taken place on gaps for 3 and 5 years. Most recently, 2011 Cricket World Cup, hosted by Bangladesh, India and Sri Lanka in 2011, was won by India, who beat their co-hosts Sri Lanka on 2 April 2011 in Mumbai.^[3] Australia and New Zealand sre scehduled to co-host the next World Cup to be held in 2015.^[4] The current trophy instituted in 1999 stays with the ICC, and a replica is awarded to the winning team.^[5][6]

Nineteen nations have qualified for the Cricket World Cup at least once (excluding qualification tournaments) in ten tournaments held thus far. Seven teams have competed in every tournament, six teams have reached a final, five of which have won the title.^[7] There have been seven different venues used, Lord's Cricket Ground is the only one of the seven venues used to have hosted multiple finals, doing so on four occasions, in 1975, 1979, 1983 and 1999.^[8] India is the only country that has hosted a World Cup final at more than one venue, Eden Gardens in 1987 and Wankhede Stadium in 2011. Nations with Test cricket status automatically qualify for the World Cup. Since 1996, between three and six associate nations have qualified to play the tournament as well. Though an associate nation is yet to reach the final, Kenya did reach the semi final stage in 2003.^[9] The West Indies won the first two tournaments and was runner-up in the third. Australia has won four tournaments and been runner-up once, the maximum victories by any nation. India has won two and has been runner-up once, while Pakistan has won the tournament once and has been runner-up once as well, Sri Lanka has won the tournament once and been runner-up twice.^[10] The West Indies (1975 and 1979) and Australia (1999, 2003 and 2007) are the only nations to have won consecutive titles. Australia has played in the most final matches (6 out of 10, 1975, 1987, 1996, 1999, 2003, 2007). England is the only team to reach the finals and not win the World Cup, ending as runner-up in all three final appearances.^[11][12] The first three matches were 60 overs a side, the ones thereafter have been reduced to 50 overs a side.

Key

• The "Year" column refers to the year the World Cup was held, and wikilinks to the article about that tournament. The wikilinks in the "Result" column point to the article about that tournament's final game. Links in the "Winners" and "Runners-up" columns point to the articles for the national cricket teams of the countries, not the articles for the countries.

• White columns indicates a day game whereas the blue columns indicate the match was a day and night fixture.

Finals

Results by nation

References

External links

• Official ICC website