The Cricket World Cup is the premier international championship of mens One Day International (ODI) cricket. The event is organised by the sports governing body, the International Cricket Council (ICC), with preliminary qualification rounds leading up to a finals tournament which is held every four years. The tournament is the worlds fourth largest and most viewed sporting event. According to the ICC, it is the most important tournament and the pinnacle of achievement in the sport. The first Cricket World Cup contest was organised in England in 1975. A separate Womens Cricket World Cup has been held every four years since 1973.
The finals of the Cricket World Cup are contested by all ten Test (Test cricket)-playing and ODI-playing (One Day International#Teams with ODI status) nations, together with other nations that qualify through the World Cup Qualifier (Cricket World Cup Qualifier). Australia (Australian cricket team) has been the most successful of the five teams to have won the tournament, taking four titles. The West Indies (West Indies cricket team) have won twice, while India (Indian cricket team), Pakistan (Pakistani cricket team), and Sri Lanka (Sri Lankan cricket team) have each won once.
The 2007 Cricket World Cup matches were held between 13 March and 28 April 2007, in the West Indies. The 2007 tournament had sixteen teams competing in a pool stage (played in round-robin (round-robin tournament) format), then a "super 8" stage, followed by semi-finals and a final. Australia defeated Sri Lanka in the final to retain the championship.
Administrator: International Cricket Council
Cricket Format: One Day International
Tournament Format: multiple (refer to article)
First: 1975 (1975 Cricket World Cup)
Participants: 19
Champions: crAUS
Most Successful: crAUS (4 titles)