The Cricket World Cup (officially known as ICC Men's Cricket World Cup) is the international championship of One Day International (ODI) cricket. The event is organised by the sport's governing body, the International Cricket Council (ICC), every four years, with preliminary qualification rounds leading up to a finals tournament. The tournament is one of the world's most viewed sporting events and is considered the "flagship event of the international cricket calendar" by the ICC.
The first World Cup was organised in England in June 1975, with the first ODI cricket match having been played only four years earlier. However, a separate Women's Cricket World Cup had been held two years before the first men's tournament, and a tournament involving multiple international teams had been held as early as 1912, when a triangular tournament of Test matches was played between Australia, England and South Africa. The first three World Cups were held in England. From the 1987 tournament onwards, hosting has been shared between countries under an unofficial rotation system, with fourteen ICC members having hosted at least one match in the tournament.
The current format involves a qualification phase, which takes place over the preceding three years, to determine which teams qualify for the tournament phase. In the tournament phase, 10 teams, including the automatically qualifying host nation, compete for the title at venues within the host nation over about a month. In the 2027 edition, the format will be changed to accommodate an expanded 14-team final competition.
A total of twenty teams have competed in the eleven editions of the tournament, with ten teams competing in the recent 2019 tournament. Australia has won the tournament five times, India and West Indies twice each, while Pakistan, Sri Lanka and England have won it once each. The best performance by a non-full-member team came when Kenya made the semi-finals of the 2003 tournament.
Results[]
| Year | Host(s) | Finals venue | Champions | Winning margin | Runners-up |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1975 | England | Lord's, London | West Indies 291/8 (60 overs) |
17 runs | Australia 274 all out (58.4 overs) |
| 1979 | England | West Indies 286/9 (60 overs) |
92 runs | England 194 all out (51 overs) | |
| 1983 | England | India 183 all out (54.4 overs) |
43 runs | West Indies 140 all out (52 overs) | |
| 1987 | India Pakistan |
Eden Gardens, Kolkata, India | Australia 253/5 (50 overs) |
7 runs | England 246/8 (50 overs) |
| 1992 | Australia New Zealand |
Melbourne Cricket Ground, Melbourne, Australia | Pakistan 249/6 (50 overs) |
22 runs | England 227 all out (49.2 overs) |
| 1996 | Pakistan India Sri Lanka |
Gaddafi Stadium, Lahore, Pakistan | Sri Lanka 245/3 (46.2 overs) |
7 wickets | Australia 241/7 (50 overs) |
| 1999 | England Wales Ireland Scotland Netherlands |
Lords, London, England | Australia 133/2 (20.1 overs) |
8 wickets | Pakistan 132 all out (39 overs) |
| 2003 | South Africa Zimbabwe Kenya |
Wanderers Stadium, Johannesburg, South Africa | Australia 359/2 (50 overs) |
125 runs | India 234 all out (39.2 overs) |
| 2007 | West Indies (Antigua and Barbuda, Barbados, Grenada, Guyana, Jamaica, Saint Kitts and Nevis, Saint Lucia and Trinidad and Tobago) |
Kensington Oval, Bridgetown, Barbados | Australia 281/4 (38 overs) |
53 runs | Sri Lanka 215/8 (36 overs) |
| 2011 | India Sri Lanka Bangladesh |
Wankhede Stadium, Mumbai, India | India 277/4 (48.2 overs) |
6 wickets | Sri Lanka 274/6 (50 overs) |
| 2015 | Australia New Zealand |
Melbourne Cricket Ground, Melbourne, Australia | Australia 186/3 (33.1 overs) |
7 wickets | New Zealand 183 all out (45 overs) |
| 2019 | England Wales |
Lord's, London, England | England 241 all out (50 overs) 15/0 (Super Over) 23 fours, 3 sixes |
Match tied (England won with 9 boundaries) | New Zealand 241/8 (50 overs) 15/1 (Super Over) 14 fours, 3 sixes |
| 2023 | India | Narendra Modi Stadium, Ahmedabad | Australia 241/4 (43 overs) |
6 wickets | India 240 all out (50 overs) |
| 2027 | South Africa Zimbabwe Namibia |
TBA | TBD TBD |
TBD | TBD TBD |
| 2031 | India Bangladesh |
TBA | TBD TBD |
TBD | TBD TBD |
Broadcasters[]
as of 2019
| Country | Broadcaster(s) |
|---|---|
| Sub-Saharan Africa | SuperSport |
| Afghanistan | Afghanistan National Television, Hotstar |
| Argentina Brazil Chile Colombia Peru Uruguay |
ESPN.com, Watch ESPN, ESPN Play |
| Australia | Fox Sports, Nine Network, ABC Grandstand, 1116 SEN, Macquarie Sports Radio, cricket.com.au, Kayo Sports |
| Azerbaijan Europe (except UK and Ireland) Kazakhstan |
Hotstar |
| Bahrain Israel Jordan Kuwait Lebanon Oman Qatar Saudi Arabia United Arab Emirates |
OSN Sports Cricket, Eleven Sports, Radio 4 89.1 FM, Gold FM 101.3, Wavo |
| Bangladesh | Bangladesh Television, Gazi TV, Star Sports, Bangladesh Betar, Rabbithole |
| Belize Caribbean Costa Rica Mexico Panama |
ESPN, ESPN Play |
| Canada | ATN Network, Hotstar |
| China South Korea |
Star Sports |
| Fiji Papua New Guinea |
Digicel |
| Hong Kong | Star Cricket, Now TV |
| India Bhutan Maldives Nepal |
Star Sports, DD Sports, Sports Flash, Hotstar, Jio |
| Indonesia Thailand |
Fox Sports |
| Malaysia Brunei |
Star Cricket, Astro Go |
| New Zealand | Sky Sport, Radio New Zealand, Sky Go, Fan Pass |
| Pakistan | Ten Sports, PTV Sports, Hum FM 106.2, Sony Liv, Goonj |
| Philippines | Sky Cable |
| Singapore | Star Cricket, StarHub Go |
| Sri Lanka | Star Sports, Dialog TV, channeleye.lk, Hotstar |
| United Kingdom Ireland |
Sky Sports, Channel 4, BBC Radio, Sky Go |
| United States American Samoa Guam Northern Mariana Islands Puerto Rico U.S. Virgin Islands |
Willow, Hotstar |