The current ICC Cricket World Cup Trophy.
Host(S) |  India |  Sri lanka |  Bangladesh |
Administrator | International Cricket Council |
Format | One Day International |
First tournament | 1975 |
Tournament format | multiple (refer to article) |
Number of teams | 19 |
Current champion |  Australia |
Most successful | Australia (4 titles) |
Most runs | Sachin Tendulkar (1,796) |
Most wickets | Glenn McGrath (71) |
ICC World Cup 2007
Administrator(s) | International Cricket Council |
Cricket format | One Day International |
Tournament format(s) | Round robin and knockout |
Host(s) | West Indies |
Champions | Australia (4th title) |
Participants | 16 (from 97 entrants) |
Matches played | 51 |
Attendance | 672,000 (13,176 per match) |
Player of the series | Glenn McGrath |
Most runs | Matthew Hayden (659) |
Most wickets | Glenn McGrath (26) |
ICC World Cup 2003
Administrator(s) | International Cricket Council |
Cricket format | One Day International |
Tournament format(s) | Round robin and Knockout |
Host(s) | South Africa, Zimbabwe and Kenya |
Champions | Australia (3rd title) |
Participants | 14 |
Matches played | 54 |
Attendance | 626,845 (11,608 per match) |
Player of the series | Sachin Tendulkar |
Most runs | Sachin Tendulkar (673) |
Most wickets | Chaminda Vaas (23) |
ICC World Cup, 1999
Administrator(s) | International Cricket Council |
Cricket format | Cricket formax |
Tournament format(s) | Round robin and Knockout |
Host(s) |  England |
Champions | Australia (2nd title) |
Participants | 12 |
Matches played | 42 |
Player of the series |  Lance Klusener |
Most runs | Rahul Dravid (461) |
Most wickets | Geoff Allott (20) Shane Warne (20) |
ICC WORLD CUP 1996
Administrator(s) | International Cricket Council |
Cricket format | One Day International |
Tournament format(s) | Round robin and Knockout |
Host(s) | India  Pakistan Sri Lanka |
Champions | Sri Lanka (1st title) |
Participants | 12 |
Matches played | 37 |
Player of the series | Sanath Jayasuriya |
Most runs | SR Tendulkar (523) |
Most wickets | Anil Kumble (15) |
ICC World Cup 1992
Administrator(s) | International Cricket Council |
Cricket format | One Day International |
Tournament format(s) | Round robin and Knockout |
Host(s) | Australia  New Zealand |
Championjs | Pakistan (1st title) |
Participants | 9 |
Matches played | 39 |
Player of the series | Martin Crowe |
Most runs | Martin Crowe (456) |
Most wickets | Wasim Akram (18) |
ICC WORLD CUP 1987
Administrator(s) | International Cricket Council |
Cricket format | One Day International |
Tournament format(s) | Round robin and Knockout |
Host(s) | India Pakistan |
Championjs | Australia (1stth title) |
Participants | 8 |
Matches played | 27 |
Most runs | Graham Gooch (471) |
Most wickets | Craig McDermott (18) |
ICC World Cup 1983
Administrator(s) | International Cricket Council |
Tournament format(s) | Round robin and Knockout |
Host(s) | England |
Championjs | India (1st title) |
Participants | 8 |
Matches played | 27 |
Attendance | 232,081 (8,596 per match) |
Most runs | David Gower (384) |
Most wickets | Roger Binny (18) |
Prudential World Cup 1979
Administrator(s) | International Cricket Council |
Cricket format | One Day International |
Tournament format(s) | Round robin and Knockout |
Host(s) |  England |
Championjs | West Indies (2nd title) |
Participants | 8 |
Matches played | 15 |
Attendance | 132,000 (8,800 per match) |
Most runs | Gordon Greenidge (253) |
Most wickets | Mike Hendrick (10) |
Cricket World Cup 1975
Administrator(s) | International Cricket Council |
Cricket format | One Day International |
Tournament format(s) | Round robin and Knockout |
Host(s) | England |
Championjs | West Indies (1st title) |
Participants | 8 |
Matches played | 15 |
Attendance | 158,000 (10,533 per match) |
Most runs | Glenn Turner (333) |
Most wickets | Gary Gilmour (11) |