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The first attempt at a World Championship of cricket was in 1912, when a three-way series was arranged between the current Test playing nations, Australia, England and South Africa. Dogged by poor weather, the experiment was not repeated until 1975, when following the success of domestic one-day competitions, the six Test playing nations (England, Australia, New Zealand, West Indies, India and Pakistan) were joined by Sri Lanka and East Africa in the first World Cup. A resounding success, the tournament has taken place every four years since.

Edit. Site(s) Year Winner Won by Runner-up
I England 1975 West Indies 17 runs Australia
II England 1979 West Indies 92 runs England
III England 1983 India 43 runs West Indies
IV India / Pakistan 1987 Australia 7 runs England
V Australia / New Zealand 1992 Pakistan 22 runs England
VI India / Pakistan / Sri Lanka 1996 Sri Lanka 7 wkts Australia
VII England 1999 Australia 8 wkts Pakistan
VIII South Africa 2003 Australia 125 runs India
IX West Indies 2007 Australia 53 runs Sri Lanka

All the Champions / Todos los Campeones

I England 1975 (07/21.VI)

WEST INDIES Trainer: -

Keith Boyce, Roy Fredericks, Gordon Greenidge, Vanburn Holder, Bernard Julien, Alvin Kallicharran, Rohan Kanhai, Clive Lloyd, Deryck Murray, Viv Richards, Andy Roberts.

Semifinals: Australia vs. England (AUS by 4 wickets) // West Indies vs. New Zealand (WIN by 5 wickets)
Finals: West Indies vs. Australia (WIN by 17 runs)

II England 1979 (09/23.VI)

WEST INDIES Trainer: -

Colin Croft, Joel Garner, Gordon Greenidge, Desmond Haynes, Michael Holding, Alvin Kallicharran, Collis King, Clive Lloyd, Deryck Murray, Viv Richards, Andy Roberts.

Semifinals: England vs. New Zealand (Eng by 9 runs) // West Indies vs. Pakistan (WIN by 43 runs)
Finals: West Indies vs. England (WIN by 92 runs)

III England 1983 (09/25.VI)

INDIA Trainer: -

Mohinder Amarnath Bhardwaj, Kirtivardhan Bhagwat Jha Azad, Madan Lal Udhouram Sharma, Sandeep Madhusudan Patil, Sunil Manohar Gavaskar, Roger Michael Humphrey Binny, Syed Mujtaba Hussein Kirman, Kapildev Ramlal Nikhanj, Yashpal Sharma, Balwinder Singh Sandhu, Krishnamachari Srikkanth.

Semifinals: India vs. England (IND by 6 wickets) // West Indies vs. Pakistan (WIN by 8 wickets)
Finals: India vs. West Indies (IND by 43 runs)

IV India, Pakistan 1987 (09.X / 08.XI)

AUSTRALIA Trainer: -

Bruce Anthony Reid, Timothy Brian Alexander May, Gregory Charles Dyer, David Clarence Boon, Craig John McDermott, Dean Mervyn Jones, Simon Patrick O'Donnell, Allan Robert Border, Geoffrey Robert Marsh, Michael Robert John Veletta, Stephen Rodger Waugh.
Semifinals: Australia vs. Pakistan (AUS by 18 runs) // England vs. India (Eng by 35 runs)
Finals: Australia vs. England (AUS by 7 runs)

V Australia, New Zealand 1992 (22.II / 25.III)

PAKISTAN Trainer: -

Ijaz Ahmed, Mushtaq Ahmed, Wasim Akram, Zahid Fazal, Wasim Haider, Aaqib Javed, Imran Khan, Moin Khan, Salim Malik, Javed Mianded, Rameez Raja, Iqbal Sikander, Aamir Sohail, Inzamam-Ul-Haq.
Semifinals: Pakistan vs. New Zealand (PAK by 4 wickets) //  England vs. South Africa (Eng by 20 runs)
Finals: Pakistan vs. England (PAK by 22 runs)

VI India, Pakistan, Sri Lanka 1996 (14.II / 17.III)

SRI LANKA Trainer: -

Pinnaduwage Aravinda de Silva, Kumar Dharmasena, Muttiah Muralitharan, Asanka Pradeep Gurusinha, Hashan Prasantha Tillakaratne, Arjuna Ranatunga, Romesh Shantha Kaluwitharana, Roshan Siriwardene Mahanama, Sanath Teran Jayasuriya, Chaminda Vaas, Pramodya Wickramasinghe.

Semifinals: Sri Lanka vs. India (default; *Sri Lanka awarded match by Match Referee) // Australia vs. West Indies (AUS by 5 runs)
Finals: Sri Lanka vs. Australia (SRI by 7 wickets)

VII England 1999 (14.III / 20.VI)

AUSTRALIA Trainer: -

Adam Craig Gilchrist, Glenn Donald McGrath, Mark Edward Waugh, Michael Gwyl Bevan, Shane Keith Warne, Thomas Masson Moody, Stephen Rodger Waugh, Paul Ronald Reiffel, Darren Scott Lehmann, Ricky Thomas Ponting, Damien William Fleming.

Semifinals: Pakistan vs. New Zealand (PAK by 9 wickets) // Australia vs. South Africa (tied; *Australia proceed to final due to earlier victory over South Africa in the Group Stages)
Finals: Australia vs. Pakistan (AUS by 8 wickets)

VIII South Africa 2003 (08.II / 23.III)

AUSTRALIA Trainer: -

Michael Bevan, Andy Bichel, Adam Gilchrist, Jason Gillespie, Ian Harvey, Matthew Hayden, Brad Hogg, Brett Lee, Darren Lehmann, Jimmy Maher, Damien Martyn, Glenn Mcgrath, Ricky Ponting, Andrew Symonds, Shane Warne.

Semifinals: Australia vs. Sri Lanka (AUS by 48 runs) // India vs. Kenya (IND by 91 runs)
Finals: Australia vs. India (AUS by 125 runs)

IX West Indies 2007 (05.III / 28.IV)

AUSTRALIA Coach: John Buchanan; Captain: Ricky Ponting.

Nathan Bracken, Stuart Clark, Michael Clarke, Adam Gilchrist, Brad Haddin, Matthew Hayden, Brad Hodge, Brad Hogg, Michael Hussey, Mitchell Johnson, Glenn McGrath, Andrew Symonds, Shaun Tait, Shane Watson.

Semifinals: Sri Lanka vs. New Zealand (SRI by 81 runs) // Australia vs. South Africa (AUS by 7 wickets)
Finals: Played at Kensington Oval, Bridgetown, Barbados, on 28 April 2007 (50-over match) 
Australia vs. Sri Lanka (AUS won by 53 runs)
Statistics / Estadísticas
Most Titles / Más Títulos
1. Australia 4/6
2. West Indies 2/3
3. Pakistan 1/2
. India 1/2
. Sri Lanka 1/2
6. England 0/3
 
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