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ICC Cricket World Cup
Administrator	International Cricket Council
Format	One Day International
First tournament	1975, England
Last tournament	2007, West Indies
Next tournament	2011, Bangladesh, India, and Sri Lanka
Tournament format	multiple (refer to article)
Number of teams	19
Current champion	Australia
Most successful	Australia (4 titles)
Most runs	Sachin Tendulkar (2,120)
Most wickets	Glenn McGrath (71)
2011 Cricket World Cup
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The ICC Cricket World Cup is the premier international championship of men's One Day International (ODI) cricket. The event is organised by the sport's governing body, the International Cricket Council (ICC), with preliminary qualification rounds leading up to a finals tournament which is held every four years. The tournament is the world's fourth-largest and fourth-most-viewed sporting event.^[ According to the ICC, it is the most important tournament and the pinnacle of achievement in the sport.The first Cricket World Cup contest was organised in England in 1975. A separate Women's Cricket World Cup has been held every four years since 1973.
The finals of the Cricket World Cup are contested by all ten Test-playing and ODI-playing nations, together with other nations that qualify through the World Cup Qualifier. Australia has been the most successful of the five teams to have won the tournament, taking four titles. The West Indies have won twice, while India, Pakistan, and Sri Lanka have each won once.
The 2007 Cricket World Cup matches were held between 13 March and 28 April 2007, in the West Indies. The 2007 tournament had sixteen teams competing in a pool stage (played in round-robin format), then a "super 8" stage, followed by semi-finals and a final. Australia defeated Sri Lanka in the final to retain the championship. The 2011 Cricket World Cup started on 19 February 2011 and continues until 2 April 2011. The tournament will be co-hosted by Bangladesh, India, and Sri Lanka. There are 14 countries that are participating in the tournament.