World Cups so far

So far eight world cups have been conducted.Australia has won 3 times,West Indies 2 times and India,Pakistan and Sri Lanka Once each.England has conducted the tournament 4 times, but has never won the cup.In 1987 the world cup was conducted for the first time outside England.West Indies for the first time was unable to make it to Finals.More over the games were reduced from 60 overs to 50 due to the shorter daylight hours on the Indian Sub-continent.England lost the cup to Australia by a narrow margin of 7 runs.
Lord's hosted the Final Matches for four times.The latest World Cup was won by Australia in South Africa.
World Cups Statistics
1975 : Hosted by England and won by West Indies[60 Overs Match]
1979 : Hosted by England and won by West Indies[60 Overs Match]
1983 : Hosted by England and won by India[60 Overs Match]
1987 : Hosted by India/Pakistan and won by Australia[50 Overs Match]
1992 : Hosted by Australia/New Zealand and won by Pakistan[50 Overs Match]
1996 : Hosted by India/Pakistan/Sri Lanka and won by Sri Lanka[50 Overs Match]
1999 : Hosted by England/Scotland/Dutch and won by Australia [50 Overs Match]
2003 : Hosted by South Africa/Zimbabwe/Kenya and won by Australia[50 Overs Match]

Source : http://www.icc-cricket.com

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Cricket World Cup 2007

The biggest sporting event of the year 2007 is going to start in another 50 odd days in the Caribbean islands.Despite the initial doubt in the air about the West Indies' capability in conducting the sporting event of this kind,it seems be everything is going on smoothly and the country has geared up with12 stadia in 9 venues.
Some Statistics of the Current World Cup
Total number of teams participating : 16
Groups and Compositions: 4[A,B,C and D]
Group A : Australia,South Africa,Scotland and The Netherlads
Group B : Sri Lanka,India,Bangladesh and Bermuda
Group C : New Zealad,England,Kenya and Canada
Group D : Pakistan,West Indies,Zimbabwe and Ireland
The event will start with 16 warm up matches on Mon 05 Mar.
The Opening Ceremony is on Sun 11 Mar.The actual contest wll start with Host competing with Pakistan on Tue 13 Mar and will close on Sat 28 Apr at Barbados.
Links for reference
Teams taking Part in the World Cup
Team Grouping
Match Schedule
Match Venues