Cricket World Cup teams


This is a summary of the performances of various international teams in the Cricket World Cup

Debutant teams

- Obsolete

Performance of teams

So far, 20 teams have competed in the Cricket World Cup at least once. Of these, seven teams have taken part in every competition and only five have won. Australia are the current champions, and had won five times before The West Indies won the first two, India won two, Sri Lanka and Pakistan won one each. The West Indies and Australia are also the only nations to have won consecutive titles. Australia have also notably featured in 7 finals of the total 11 World Cups, including the four in a row. England is the only country to have reached the final without ever winning it, having been runners-up three times. The furthest a non-Test playing nation has ever reached is the semi-finals, achieved by Kenya in the 2003 tournament.
India is the first host country to have won the world cup on the home ground in 2011. In 2015 Australia became the second host country to win the world cup. The only other host to reach a Final was England in the second tournament in 1979. Sri Lanka and England aside, other co-host nations which achieved or equalled their best finish in World Cups were New Zealand as semi-finalists in 1992 and runnersup in 2015, Zimbabwe reaching the Super Six in 2003 and Kenya as semi-finalists in 2003. In 1987, both co-hosting nations, India and Pakistan reached the semi-finals but neither managed to reach the final after losing to Australia and England respectively.

Upsets

Due to the large gap in funding and skill set between non-test playing nations and test playing nations, it is rare for a non-test playing nation to defeat a test playing nation. Often these performances help Associate nations earn Test Status. Full member nations receive automatic qualification to the World Cup, while Associates have to qualify. Victories by Associates over Full members have happened 13 times over 10 tournaments. Ireland has caused the most number of upsets with four, while England have suffered the most number of upsets with three.
Associate
Nation		Full member
Nation		YearResultDescription
1979Sri Lanka won by 47 runs.The first time an Associate member of the ICC defeated a test playing nation. Sri Lanka would go on to become a test playing nation several years later.
1983Zimbabwe won by 13 runs.One of the greatest upsets of all time, led by future England coach Duncan Fletcher. Zimbabwe won their very first international.
1992Zimbabwe won by 9 runs.Zimbabwe earned their first win after 18 defeats since beating Australia on their World Cup début in 1983. Zimbabwe would earn test status later in 1992.
1996Kenya won by 73 runs.A team composed of 100 per cent amateurs and only accustomed to playing cricket one day a week during their cricket season stunned two time world champions West Indies.
1999Bangladesh won by 62 runs.Odds of 33–1 were available against a win for Bangladesh and some bookmakers were asking for a pds 80 stake to win pds 1 on victory for Pakistan. Bangladesh would be granted test status later in the year based on this victory.
2003Kenya won by 53 runs.An electric display by Collins Obuya in Kenya's only home world cup match to date.
2003Kenya won by 7 wickets.Kenya defeated Zimbabwe and qualified for the semi finals. In what is probably the greatest cinderella World Cup campaign, Kenya had no sponsor throughout the competition.
2007Match tiedZimbabwe and Ireland encountered to a third ever tie in World Cup.
2007Ireland won by 3 wickets.On St. Patrick's Day, Ireland sent Pakistan crashing out of the competition only 4 days after it began. Niall O'Brien led the way in a tense run chase.
2011Ireland won by 3 wickets.Ireland chased down a massive target, 327, set by England. Till date, it remains the highest run chase in a World Cup. Struggling for 111–5, Kevin O'Brien smashed a rapid 100, off just 50 balls, the fastest century in a World Cup, leading to one of the greatest upsets in cricket.
2015Ireland won by 4 wickets.Ireland chased down a huge target, 305, set by West Indies. Paul Stirling, Ed Joyce and Niall O'Brien made the chase look easy.

Overview

The table below provides an overview of the performances of teams over past World Cups, as of the end of the 2019 tournament.

Team results

Comprehensive team results of the World Cup. See below for legend.

Legend