World Cup History in brief

                  World Cup History in brief

As the ICC Cricket World Cup 2015 is just around the corner, let us take a look at the 10 previous editions of the competition from the first chapter that commenced in 1975 at English soil till the latest one that took place in Subcontinent in 2011.

ICC World Cup is arranged after every 4 years from the first time it was held in 1975 with the exception of 1999, when it was re-held only after 3 years after 1996.

In following, I am stating all the previous ICC Cricket World Cups along with their year, venue, number of teams, winners & runners up.

1.     World Cup 1975 

     Venue:  England

     Number of teams:  8

     Winners:  West Indies

     Runners up:  Australia

2.     World Cup 1979

Venue:  England

Number of teams: 8

Winners: West Indies

Runners up: England

3.     World Cup 1983

Venue: England

Number of teams: 8

Winners: India

Runners up: West Indies

4.     World Cup 1987

Venue: Pakistan & India

Number of teams:  8

Winners: Australia

Runners up: England

5.     World Cup 1992

Venue: Australia & New Zealand

Number of teams: 9

Winners: Pakistan

Runners up: England

6.     World Cup 1996

Venue: Pakistan, India & Sri Lanka

Number of teams: 12

Winners: Sri Lanka

Runners up: Australia

7.     World Cup 1999

Venue: England, Scotland, Ireland, Netherlands & Wales

Number of teams: 12

Winners: Australia

Runners up: Pakistan

8.     World Cup 2003

Venue: South Africa, Zimbabwe & Kenya

Number of teams: 14

Winners: Australia

Runners up: India

9.     World Cup 2007

Venue: West Indies

Number of teams: 16

Winners: Australia

Runners up: Sri Lanka

10.   World Cup 2011

Venue: India, Sri Lanka & Bangladesh

Number of teams: 14

Winners: India

Runners up: Sri Lanka

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