Cricket World Cup teams

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

[edit] Performance of teams

Map of nations' best results prior to 2007 Cricket World Cup

So far, 17 teams have competed in the Cricket World Cup finals at least once (excluding qualifying tournaments). Of these, seven teams have taken part in every competition and only five have won. The West Indies won the first two, Australia won three (1987, 1999 and 2003) and three have been won by South Asian teams (India: 1983, Pakistan: 1992, Sri Lanka: 1996). The West Indies and Australia are also the only nations to have won consecutive titles (West Indies: 1975 and 1979; Australia: 1999 and 2003). Australia have also notably featured in 5 finals of the total 8 World Cups, including the last three 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.

Apart from Sri Lanka, who co-hosted the 1996 Cricket World Cup, no other host has won the tournament. 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.

Below is a table providing an overview of the performances of teams over various World Cups. Teams are sorted by best performance, then total number of wins, then total number of games, then by alphabetical order.

Team	Appearances				Best result ^[1]	Statistics ^[1]
Team	Total	Best Streak	First	Latest	Best result ^[1]	Played	Won	Lost	Tie	NR
Australia	9	9	1975	2007	Champions (1987, 1999, 2003)	61	43	17	1	0
West Indies	9	9	1975	2007	Champions (1975, 1979)	51	34	16	0	1
India	9	9	1975	2007	Champions (1983)	58	32	25	0	1
Pakistan	9	9	1975	2007	Champions (1992)	56	30	24	0	2
Sri Lanka	9	9	1975	2007	Champions (1996)	49	20	27	1	1
England	9	9	1975	2007	Runners-up (1979, 1987, 1992)	53	33	19	0	1
New Zealand	9	9	1975	2007	Semifinals (1975, 1979, 1992, 1999)	55	31	23	0	1
South Africa	5	5	1992	2007	Semifinals (1992, 1999)	33	21	10	2	0
Kenya	4	4	1996	2007	Semifinals (2003)	23	6	16	0	1
Zimbabwe	7	7	1983	2007	Super Six (1999, 2003)	45	8	31	1	3
Bangladesh	3	3	1999	2007	Super 8 (2007^[2])	14	4	9	0	1
Ireland	1	1	2007	2007	Super 8 (2007^[2])	3	1	1	1	0
Netherlands	3	2	1996	2007	Round 1	14	2	12	0	0
Canada	3	2	1979	2007	Round 1	12	1	11	0	0
United Arab Emirates	1	1	1996	1996	Round 1	5	1	4	0	0
Scotland	2	1	1999	2007	Round 1	8	0	8	0	0
Namibia	1	1	2003	2003	Round 1	6	0	6	0	0
Bermuda	1	1	2007	2007	Round 1	3	0	3	0	0
East Africa	1	1	1975	1975	Round 1	3	0	3	0	0

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

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