ICC World Cup 2011: Teams & Groups
Monday, July 26, 2010
The ICC World Cup will see 14 participating teams, split into 2 groups, A and B, competing to decide the world’s best ODI team.
Full members of the ICC qualify automatically for the world cup that is held every four years. The 10 full members who have qualified automatically for this 10th edition of the world cup are Australia, Bangladesh, England, India, New Zealand, Pakistan, South Africa, Sri Lanka, West Indies and Zimbabwe.
The four other teams that make up the list of 14 are associate members of the ICC. These teams took part in a qualifying tournament held in South Africa, in which Ireland beat Canada in the final. Holland and Kenya finished 3rd and 4th, respectively, to complete the list of qualifiers.
The teams have been split into groups A and B, each comprising seven teams. Group A has the defending champions, Australia. The other teams in this group are Canada, Kenya, New Zealand, Pakistan, Sri Lanka and Zimbabwe.
Group B has India, who are co-hosting the event. Bangladesh, England, Ireland, Holland, South Africa and West Indies make up the rest of the contenders from the group.
The group matches, played on a round robin basis, involve each team of a group meeting every other team of that group, once. When the 42 group matches – to take place between February 19 and March 20 – are over, the top four teams from each group will have qualified for the quarter-finals, one each scheduled for March 23, 24, 25 and 26.
The semi-finals will take place on March 29 and 30, and the tournament will end with the final set to take place on April 2, 2011, at Wankhede Stadium, Mumbai.
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