Cricket World Cup teams

The captains of the 2007 Cricket World Cup.

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

Debutant teams

Year	Number of teams	Debutant teams
1975	8	Australia,
1979	8	Canada
1983	8	Zimbabwe
1987	8	none
1992	9	South Africa
1996	12	Kenya, Netherlands, United Arab Emirates
1999	12	Bangladesh, Scotland
2003	14	Namibia
2007	16	Bermuda, Ireland
2011	14	none
2015	14	Afghanistan

Performance of teams

Map of nations' best results after the 2007 Cricket World Cup

So far, 20 teams have competed in the Cricket World Cup at least once (excluding qualifying tournaments). Of these, seven teams have taken part in every competition and only five have won. India are the current champions and previously won in 1983. The West Indies won the first two, Australia won four (1987, 1999, 2003 and 2007), Sri Lanka and Pakistan won one each. The West Indies and Australia are also the only nations to have won consecutive titles (West Indies: 1975 and 1979; Australia: 1999, 2003 and 2007). Australia have also notably featured in 6 finals of the total 9 World Cups, including the last 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.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, 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 (with the exception of Kenya for the 2003 and 2007 World Cups). Victories by Associates over Full members have happened 13 times over 10 tournaments. Bangladesh 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	Year	Result	Description
Sri Lanka	India	1979	Sri Lanka won by 47 runs.	The first time an Associate member of the ICC defeated a test playing nation. Sri Lanka would go onto become a test playing nation several years later.
Zimbabwe	Australia	1983	Zimbabwe won by 13 runs.	One of the greatest upsets of all time, led by future England coach Duncan Fletcher (69* and 4-42). Zimbabwe won their very first international.
Zimbabwe	England	1992	Zimbabwe 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.
Kenya	West Indies	1996	Kenya 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.
Bangladesh	Pakistan	1999	Bangladesh 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.
Kenya	Sri Lanka	2003	Kenya won by 53 runs.	An electric display by Collins Obuya (5/24) in Kenya's only home world cup match to date.
Kenya	Zimbabwe	2003	Kenya 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.
Ireland	Zimbabwe	2007	Match tied	Zimbabwe and Ireland encountered to a third ever tie in World Cup.
Ireland	Pakistan	2007	Ireland won by 3 wickets (D/L).	On St. Patrick's Day, Ireland sent Pakistan crashing out of the competition only 4 days after it began. Niall O'Brien (72) led the way in a tense run chase.
Ireland	England	2011	Ireland 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.
Ireland	West Indies	2015	Ireland won by 4 wickets (with 25 balls remaining).	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 2011 tournament. Teams are sorted by best performance, then total number of wins, then total number of games, then by alphabetical order.

Team	Appearances			Best result	Statistics
	Total	First	Latest		Played	Won	Lost	Tie	NR
Australia	11	1975	2015	Champions (1987, 1999, 2003, 2007, 2015)	84	62	20	1	1
India	11	1975	2015	Champions (1983, 2011)	75	46	27	1	1
West Indies	11	1975	2015	Champions (1975, 1979)	71	41	29	0	1
Pakistan	11	1975	2015	Champions (1992)	71	40	29	0	2
Sri Lanka	11	1975	2015	Champions (1996)	73	35	35	1	2
New Zealand	11	1975	2015	Runners-up (2015)	79	48	30	0	1
England	11	1975	2015	Runners-up (1979, 1987, 1992)	72	41	29	1	1
South Africa	7	1992	2015	Semifinals (1992, 1999, 2007, 2015)	55	35	18	2	0
Kenya	5	1996	2011	Semifinals (2003)	29	6	22	0	1
Zimbabwe	9	1983	2015	Super Six (1999, 2003)	57	11	42	1	3
Bangladesh	5	1999	2015	Super 8 (2007)	32	11	20	0	1
Ireland	3	2007	2015	Super 8 (2007)	21	7	13	1	0
Netherlands	4	1996	2011	Group Stage	20	2	18	0	0
Canada	4	1979	2011	Group Stage	18	2	16	0	0
United Arab Emirates	2	1996	2015	Group Stage	11	1	10	0	0
Afghanistan	1	2015	2015	Group Stage	6	1	5	0	0
Scotland	3	1999	2015	Group Stage	14	0	14	0	0
Namibia	1	2003	2003	Group Stage	6	0	6	0	0
Bermuda	1	2007	2007	Group Stage	3	0	3	0	0
	1	1975	1975	Group Stage	3	0	3	0	0

Team results

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

Team 1975 1979 1983 1987 1992 1996 1999 2003 2007 2011 2015 Afghanistan R1 Australia 2nd R1 R1 1st R1 2nd 1st 1st 1st QF 1st Bangladesh R1 R1 S8 R1 QF Bermuda R1 Canada R1 R1 R1 R1 R1   England SF 2nd SF 2nd 2nd QF R1 R1 S8 QF R1 India R1 R1 1st SF R1 SF S6 2nd R1 1st SF Ireland S8 R1 R1 Kenya R1 R1 SF R1 R1 Namibia R1 Netherlands R1 R1 R1 R1 New Zealand SF SF R1 R1 SF QF SF S6 SF SF 2nd Pakistan R1 SF SF SF 1st QF 2nd R1 R1 SF QF Scotland R1 R1 R1 South Africa SF QF SF R1 SF QF SF Sri Lanka R1 R1 R1 R1 R1 1st R1 SF 2nd 2nd QF United Arab Emirates R1 R1 West Indies 1st 1st 2nd R1 R1 SF R1 R1 S8 QF QF Zimbabwe R1 R1 R1 R1 S6 S6 R1 R1 R1

Legend 1st – Champions 2nd – Second place SF – Semi-finals S8 – Super Eight (2007 only) S6 – Super Six (1999–2003) QF – Quarter-finals (1996, 2011-2015) R1 – First Round