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[[File:ICC Cricket World Cup Trophy.jpg|thumb|The [[Cricket World Cup Trophy]].]]
The [[International Cricket Council]]'s executive committee votes for the hosts of the tournament after examining the bids made by the nations keen to hold the [[Cricket World Cup]]. All of the World Cup events so far have been held in nations in which cricket is a popular sport. Most of the tournaments have been jointly hosted by nations from the same geographical region, such as [[Europe]] (mainly the [[United Kingdom]]) in 1975, 1979, 1983, 1999 and 2019; [[Asia]] (mainly [[South Asia]]) in 1987, 1996, 2011 and 2023 (and also scheduled in 2031); [[Oceania]] in 1992 and 2015, [[Africa]] (mainly [[Southern Africa]]) in 2003 (and also scheduled in 2027) and the [[West Indies]] in 2007.
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|All Cricket   Playing teams Full and Associate members teams in World
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England have hosted the most World Cups – a total of 5 (including the first three World Cups). England has hosted the most number of World Cup alone, doing it in 1975 and 1979. In 1983 & 2019, despite being regarded as the only host for the tournament, some matches were played in [[Wales]], while in 1999, some matches were played in [[Ireland]], [[Netherlands]], [[Scotland]] along with [[Wales]]. India are the second nation to host the world cup alone in the 2023 edition. The [[West Indies]] hosted the tournament in 2007 but are not considered as sole hosts because the West Indies represents a sporting confederation of 15 mainly English-speaking Caribbean countries, British dependencies and non-British dependencies.

== World Map ==
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== Summary ==
{| class="wikitable" style="text-align: center;"
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!Tournament 
!# Matches
!Matches Hosted by Nations
!Other bidders / Reason Of Single Bidder 
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| [[1975 Cricket World Cup|1975]] || 15 || {{flagicon|England}} England (15) ||
Directly Awarded By ICC 
|- 
| [[1979 Cricket World Cup|1979]] || 15 || {{flagicon|England}} England (15) ||
Directly Awarded By ICC
|- 
| [[1983 Cricket World Cup|1983]] || 27 || {{flagicon|England}} England (26)<br/>{{flagicon|Wales}} Wales (1) ||
{{flagicon|India}} India
|- 
| [[1987 Cricket World Cup|1987]] || 27 || {{flagicon|India}} India (17)<br/>{{flagicon|Pakistan}} Pakistan (10) || {{flagicon|England}} England<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.espncricinfo.com/story/_/id/21327837/world-cup-leaves-england|title=The World Cup leaves England|date=October 30, 2018|website=ESPNcricinfo}}</ref>
|- 
| [[1992 Cricket World Cup|1992]] || 39 || {{flagicon|Australia}} Australia (25)<br/>{{flagicon|New Zealand}} New Zealand (14) ||
{{flagicon|India}} India <br/>{{flagicon|Pakistan}} Pakistan
|- 
| [[1996 Cricket World Cup|1996]] || 37 || {{flagicon|India}} India (17)<br/>{{flagicon|Pakistan}} Pakistan (16)<br/>{{flagicon|Sri Lanka}} Sri Lanka (4) || {{flagicon|England}} England<ref name=h>{{Cite news|url=https://www.thehindu.com/sport/cricket/how-the-1996-world-cup-came-to-the-sub-continent/article19466641.ece|title=How the 1996 World Cup came to the sub-continent|first=K. c Vijaya|last=Kumar|newspaper=The Hindu |date=August 11, 2017|via=www.thehindu.com}}</ref><br/>{{flagicon|South Africa}} South Africa<ref name=h/>
|- 
| [[1999 Cricket World Cup|1999]] || 42 || {{flagicon|England}} England (37)<br/>{{flagicon|Wales}} Wales (1)<br/>
{{flagicon|Scotland}} Scotland (2)<br/>{{flagicon|Ireland}} Ireland (1)<br/>{{flagicon|Netherlands}} Netherlands (1) 
||
Awarded For Losing 1996 World Cup Hosting
|- 
| [[2003 Cricket World Cup|2003]] || 54 || {{flagicon|South Africa}} South Africa (46)<br/>{{flagicon|Zimbabwe}} Zimbabwe (6)<br/>{{flagicon|Kenya}} Kenya (2) ||
Awarded For Losing 1996 World Cup Hosting And Rotational Policy
|- 
| [[2007 Cricket World Cup|2007]] || 51 || {{flagicon|West Indies}} West Indies (51) || {{flagicon|Bahamas}} Bahamas<ref name=c>{{Cite web|url=https://www.espncricinfo.com/story/_/id/23125733/three-days-go-icc-cricket-world-cup-2007-bids|title=Three days to go for ICC Cricket World Cup 2007 bids|date=May 4, 2004|website=ESPNcricinfo}}</ref><br/>{{flagicon|Bermuda}} Bermuda<ref name=c/><br/>{{flagicon|United States}} United States<ref name=c/>
|- 
| [[2011 Cricket World Cup|2011]] || 49 || {{flagicon|India}} India (29)<br/>{{flagicon|Sri Lanka}} Sri Lanka (12)<br/>{{flagicon|Bangladesh}} Bangladesh (8) || {{flagicon|Australia}} Australia<ref name="a">{{Cite web|url=https://www.espncricinfo.com/story/_/id/22996344/asia-host-2011-world-cup|title=Asia to host 2011 World Cup|date=April 30, 2006|website=ESPNcricinfo}}</ref><br/>{{flagicon|New Zealand}} New Zealand<ref name=a/><br/>{{flagicon|Pakistan}} Pakistan<ref name=u>{{Cite web|url=https://www.thenational.ae/sport/uae-could-stage-world-cup-games-1.552767|title=UAE could stage World Cup games|website=The National|date=3 June 2009 }}</ref><br/>{{flagicon|UAE}} United Arab Emirates<ref name=u/>
|- 
| [[2015 Cricket World Cup|2015]] || 49 || {{flagicon|Australia}} Australia (26)<br/>{{flagicon|New Zealand}} New Zealand (23) ||
Awarded For Losing 2011 World Cup Hosting bid.
|- 
| [[2019 Cricket World Cup|2019]] || 48 || {{flagicon|England}} England (44)<br/>{{flagicon|Wales}} Wales (4) ||
Awarded As Per Rotation Policy
|-
| [[2023 Cricket World Cup|2023]] || 48
||{{flagicon|India}} India (48)<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.worldcupupdates.org/india-to-host-t20-world-cup-in-2021/|title=India to Host T20 World Cup in 2021|date=August 21, 2020|website=worldcupupdates.org}}</ref> ||Awarded As Per Rotation Policy 
|-
| [[2027 ICC Cricket World Cup|2027]]|| – || {{flag|South Africa}} <br/> {{flag|Zimbabwe}} <br/> {{flag|Namibia}} || {{flagicon|Pakistan}} Pakistan,<ref name=h/>{{flagicon|Sri Lanka}} Sri Lanka,<ref name=h/>{{flag icon|Australia}} Australia,<ref name=h/>{{flagicon|England}} England,<ref name=h/>{{flag icon|UAE}} United Arab Emirates <ref name=h/>
|-
| [[2031 Cricket World Cup|2031]] || – || {{flag|India}} <br/> {{flag|Bangladesh}} || {{flagicon|Pakistan}} Pakistan,<ref name=h/>{{flagicon|Sri Lanka}} Sri Lanka<ref name=h/>
|}

==Hosts Selection==

===1975, 1979 and 1983 Cricket World Cups===

England hosted the first three competitions. The ICC decided that England should host the first tournament because it was ready to put the resources needed in organising the inaugural event. [[India]] proposed that it should host the third Cricket World Cup, but most ICC members believed England was a more suitable venue because longer period of daylight in June. This meant that a match could be completed in one day.<ref>{{Cite web|url= http://www1.cricinfo.com/db/ARCHIVE/WORLD_CUPS/WC_HISTORY/WC79_HISTORY.html |work=cricinfo.com|title= The 1979 World Cup in Bangladesh|access-date= 2006-09-19}}</ref>

'''[[1975 Cricket World Cup|1975]], [[1979 Cricket World Cup|1979]] and [[1983 Cricket World Cup|1983]]<sup>†</sup> Host:''' {{ENG}}
†<small>In 1983, England are considered as sole hosts. However, one match was played in [[Swansea]], [[Wales]].</small>

===1987 Cricket World Cup===
The first competition hosted outside England was the [[1987 Cricket World Cup]], which was jointly held in [[India]] and [[Pakistan]]. A change in location led to a reduction in the number of [[over (cricket)|overs]] from sixty to fifty in each [[innings]] because of the shorter duration of daylight.

'''1987 Hosts:''' {{IND}} and {{PAK}}

===2007 Cricket World Cup===
The [[2007 Cricket World Cup]] was awarded to the West Indies via the International Cricket Council's rotational policy.  It was the first time the Cricket World Cup had been held in the Caribbean despite the fact that the West Indies cricket team had been the second most successful team in past World Cups. Bermuda and the United States unsuccessfully bid for the right to host matches.

'''2007 Hosts:''' {{flag|West Indies}}

===2011, 2015 and 2019 Cricket World Cups===
[[2011 Cricket World Cup|2011]] Bids:
*{{AUS}} and {{NZL}}
*{{IND}}, {{PAK}}, {{SRI}} and {{BAN}}

The ICC originally announced its decision which countries would host the 2011 World Cup on 30 April 2006. Australia and New Zealand's bid for the tournament was the only bid for 2011 delivered to ICC headquarters in Dubai ahead of the 1 March deadline.

ICC President Ehsan Mani said the extra time taken by the Asian bloc to hand over its bid compliance book had harmed the four-nation bid. However, when the time came to vote, Asia won the hosting rights by ten votes to three. The Pakistan Cricket Board revealed that it was the vote of the West Indies Cricket Board that swung the matter, as the Asian bid had the support of the four bidding countries along with South Africa and Zimbabwe.  It was reported in Pakistani newspaper Dawn that the Asian countries promised to hold fund-raising events for West Indian cricket during the 2007 World Cup, which may have influenced the vote. However, chairman of the Monitoring Committee of the Asian bid, I. S. Bindra, said it was their promise of extra profits in the region of US$400 million that swung the vote, that there "was no quid pro quo for their support", and that playing the West Indies had "nothing to do with the World Cup bid".

After missing out on 2011, Australia and New Zealand were awarded the [[2015 Cricket World Cup|2015 World Cup]].<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.abc.net.au/news/2013-07-30/mcg-to-host-cricket-world-cup-final-in-2015/4852236|title=MCG to host Cricket World Cup 2015 final|date=July 30, 2013|website=ABC News}}</ref> England was awarded the [[2019 Cricket World Cup|2019 event]] as part of rotational policy.<ref name="a"/>

2011 Voting Result:
#'''{{IND}}, {{PAK}}, {{SRI}} and {{BAN}}''', 10 votes
#{{AUS}} and {{NZL}}, 3 votes

==== 2011 World Cup moved out of Pakistan ====
The World cup was moved out of Pakistan by the ICC on 17 April 2009<ref>{{cite web|url=http://content.cricinfo.com/ci/content/story/400154.html|title=World Cup matches moved out of Pakistan|publisher=Cricinfo|access-date=2009-04-17}}</ref><ref>[http://www.skysports.com/story/0,19528,12343_5200746,00.html Pakistan loses 2011 World Cup] Sky Sports. Retrieved on 2 December 2009</ref> due to ongoing concerns about the "uncertain security situation" prevailing in the country, especially in the aftermath of the [[2009 attack on the Sri Lanka national cricket team]] in Lahore. On 9 April 2009, PCB chairman Ijaz Butt revealed that they had issued a legal notice to oppose the ICC's decision.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://content.cricinfo.com/pakistan/content/current/story/403690.html |title=PCB issues legal notice to ICC &#124; Pakistan Cricket News &#124; Cricinfo.com |publisher=Content.cricinfo.com |access-date=2011-02-17}}</ref> However, the ICC claims that PCB is still a co-host and they have only shifted the matches out of Pakistan.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://content.cricinfo.com/ci-icc/content/current/story/404371.html|title=ICC clears air over PCB's claims|publisher=Cricinfo|access-date=2009-05-15}}</ref> Pakistan had proposed that South Africa host the [[2015 Cricket World Cup|2015 World Cup]] and Australia/New Zealand host 2011, however this option did not find favour with their co-hosts and hence didn't materialise.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://content.cricinfo.com/pakistan/content/current/story/404585.html|title=Pakistan discusses two World Cup options|publisher=Cricinfo|access-date=2009-05-17}}</ref>

'''2011 Hosts:''' {{IND}}, {{SRI}} and {{BAN}}

'''2015 Hosts:''' {{AUS}} and {{NZL}} ''awarded after losing the 2011 hosting bid.

===2027 and 2031 Cricket World Cups===
On 16 November 2021, ICC published the name of the hosts for ICC events to be played between 2024 and 2031 cycle. The hosts for the 50-over World Cup including T20 World Cup and Champions Trophy were selected through a competitive bidding process overseen by a sub-committee chaired by [[Sourav Ganguly]], former president of the BCCI, [[Ricky Skerritt]], president of [[Cricket West Indies]] and [[Martin Snedden]].<ref>{{cite news |title=India to host three ICC events in 2024-31 cycle |url=https://www.cricbuzz.com/cricket-news/119866/india-to-get-three-icc-events-in-next-cycle |access-date=16 November 2021 |work=Cricbuzz |language=en}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |title=USA to stage T20 World Cup: 2024-2031 ICC Men's tournament hosts confirmed |url=https://www.icc-cricket.com/news/usa-to-stage-t20-world-cup-2024-2031-icc-mens-tournament-hosts-confirmed |access-date=16 November 2021 |work=www.icc-cricket.com |language=en}}</ref>

* '''[[2027 ICC Cricket World Cup|2027]] Host:''' {{flag|South Africa}}, {{flag|Zimbabwe}} and {{flag|Namibia}} 
* '''[[2031 Cricket World Cup|2031]] Host:''' {{flag|India}} and {{flag|Bangladesh}}

==Unofficial rotation system ==
Since the 1983 World Cup in [[England]], an unofficial rotation system was introduced so that each cricket playing region of the world would have the opportunity to host the World Cup after every twenty years. However, according to the ''[[Sydney Morning Herald]]'', ''[[The Age]]'' and [[Cricinfo]], owing to the increasing power and role of the Asian nations, particularly India, this convention has not been strictly adhered to. For example, according to the rotation system, Australia and New Zealand should have been hosts for the [[2011 Cricket World Cup|event in 2011]].<ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.theage.com.au/news/cricket/indian-threat-to-australias-cup-bid/2005/10/10/1128796466759.html|work=theage.com.au|title= Indian threat to Australia's cup bid|access-date=2006-10-27 | location=Melbourne | date=2005-10-11}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.smh.com.au/news/cricket/caught-behind-in-race-for-cup/2005/10/10/1128796466288.html|work=smh.com.au|title= Caught behind in race for Cup|access-date=2006-10-27 | date=2005-10-11}}</ref> But, the subcontinent won the bid because it would fetch additional [[US dollar|US$]]&nbsp;400&nbsp;million in profit.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Promise of profit won Asia the bid – Bindra |url=https://www.espncricinfo.com/story/promise-of-profit-won-asia-the-bid-bindra-246390 |access-date=2006-10-27 |work=[[ESPNcricinfo]]}}</ref>

==References==
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{{Cricket World Cup}}

[[Category:Cricket World Cup|Hosts]]
[[Category:Cricket World Cup-related lists]]