World Cup 2011 - A overview

History

The first ever cricket worldcup was started on 1975,England the country where the first world cup held. At the first in world cup totally eight teams participated. West Indies were the winner in the inaugural World Cup. The final was between West Indies and Australia. West Indies won the game by 18 runs.

 

Winner of World Cup
 
Australia      - 4 times
West Indies  - 2 times
India            - 2 time
Pakistan       - 1 time   
Srilanka       - 1 time

Total no: 9 world cup (till 2007)

WORLD CUP - 2011

Date of Play       - 19 feb 2011 at Dkaka
Hosting Country - India,Srilanka,Bangladesh.

Teams Qualified for 2011 world cup

    Group A: Australia, Pakistan, New Zealand, Sri Lanka, Zimbabwe, Canada, Kenya.
    Group B:India, South Africa, England, West Indies, Bangladesh, Ireland, Netherlands.

Total no of Matches : 49 (From 19-feb to 02-apr)

              The Opening Ceremony will be held in Bangladesh. The venue for the opening ceremony is Bangabandhu National Stadium in Dhaka, Bangladesh. The event will take place on February 17, 2011, 2 days prior to the first match of the World Cup.


Finally Team India lifted the WORLD CUP 2011.

PRIZE MONEY

The 2011 Cricket World Cup winning team would be taking home a prize money of US$ 3 million and US$ 1.5 million for runner-up, with the International Cricket Council deciding to double the total allocation for the coveted tournament to US$ 10 million. The winning team will also take home a replica of the ICC Cricket World Cup Trophy, that has been awarded since 1999. The decision was taken at the ICC Board meeting which was held in Dubai on April 20, 2010. The total prize money on offer for the tournament for the teams placing from 1st to 8th is US$7.48 million. The remaining two semi-finalists will receive 0.75 million US$ each. The last four quarter-finalists will each receive 0.37 million US$

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