ICC Cricket World Cup 2015, Dates, Groups, Teams, Schedule, Results

Dates:14th February – 29th March 2015

Administrator(s): International Cricket Council

Cricket Format: One-Day International

Tournament Format(s): Round robin and Knockout

Host(s): Australia, New Zealand

Champions: TBD

Participants: 14

Matches Played: 49

ICC Cricket World Cup 2015 Group Stage Teams

Pool A

• England
• Australia
• Sri Lanka
• Bangladesh
• New Zealand
• Afghanistan
• Scotland

Pool B

• South Africa
• India
• Pakistan
• West Indies
• Zimbabwe
• Ireland
• United Arab Emirates

ICC Cricket World Cup 2015 Qualification

Team	Method of Qualification	Past Appearances	Last Appearance	Previous Best Performance	Rank	Group
England	Full member	10	2011	Runners-up (1979, 1987, 1992)	1	A
South Africa		6	2011	Semi-finals (1992, 1999, 2007)	2	B
India		10	2011	Champions (1983, 2011)	3	B
Australia		10	2011	Champions (1987, 1999, 2003, 2007)	4	A
Sri Lanka		10	2011	Champions (1996)	5	A
Pakistan		10	2011	Champions (1992)	6	B
West Indies		10	2011	Champions (1975, 1979)	7	B
Bangladesh		4	2011	Super 8 (2007)	8	A
New Zealand		10	2011	Semi-finals (1975, 1979, 1992, 1999, 2007, 2011)	9	A
Zimbabwe		8	2011	Super 6 (1999, 2003)	10	B
Ireland	WCL Championship	2	2011	Super 8 (2007)	11	B
Afghanistan		0	—	—	12	A
Scotland	World Cup Qualifier	2	2007	Group stage (1999, 2007)	13	A
United ArabEmirates		1	1996	Group stage (1996)	14	B

Tournament History

Year	Host Nation(s)	Final Venue	Final
			Winner	Result	Runner-up
1975	England	Lord's, London, England	West Indies 291/8 (60 overs)	West Indies won by 17 runs	Australia 274 all out (58.4 overs)
1979	England	Lord's, London, England	West Indies 286/9 (60 overs)	West Indies won by 92 runs	England 194 all out (51 overs)
1983	England, Wales	Lord's, London, England	India 183 all out (54.4 overs)	India won by 43 runs	West Indies 140 all out (52 overs)
1987	India, Pakistan	Eden Gardens, Calcutta, India	Australia 253/5 (50 overs)	Australia won by 7 runs	England 246/8 (50 overs)
1992	Australia, New Zealand	MCG, Melbourne, Australia	Pakistan 249/6 (50 overs)	Pakistan won by 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)	Sri Lanka won by 7 wickets	Australia 241/7 (50 overs)
1999	England, Wales, Scotland, Ireland, Netherlands	Lord's, London, England	Australia 133/2 (20.1 overs)	Australia won by 8 wickets	Pakistan 132 all out (39 overs)
2003	South Africa, Zimbabwe, Kenya	Wanderers,Johannesburg, South Africa	Australia 359/2 (50 overs)	Australia won by 125 runs	India 234 all out (39.2 overs)
2007	West Indies	Kensington Oval,Bridgetown, Barbados	Australia 281/4 (38 overs)	Australia won by 53 runs (D/L)	Sri Lanka 215/8 (36 overs)
2011	India, Sri Lanka, Bangladesh	Wankhede Stadium,Mumbai, India	India 277/4 (48.2 overs)	India won by 6 wickets	Sri Lanka 274/6 (50 overs)
2015	Australia, New Zealand	Melbourne Cricket Ground, Melbourne, Australia
2019	England, Wales
2023	India