Cricket World Cup

The ICC Cricket World Cup is the world championship of one-day cricket, a tournament held quadrenially between all Test-playing nations, as well as several representatives from other cricket-playing nations who qualify through a series of qualifying matches. The next tournament will be held in the West Indies in 2007.

West Indies 2007

• 16 teams will contest the next Cricket World Cup finals to be held in the West Indies in Spring 2007.
• These teams are the 10 ODI countries plus Kenya and the five qualifiers from the ICC Trophy held in Ireland in 2005: Scotland, Ireland, Bermuda, Canada, Netherlands.
• The teams have been split into the following groups for the first round:

Pool I: Australia, South Africa, Netherlands, Scotland

Related Topics:
Australia - South Africa - Netherlands - Scotland

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Pool II: Sri Lanka, India, Bangladesh, Bermuda

Related Topics:
Sri Lanka - India - Bangladesh - Bermuda

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Pool III: New Zealand, England, Kenya, Canada

Related Topics:
New Zealand - England - Kenya - Canada

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Pool IV: West Indies, Pakistan, Zimbabwe, Ireland

Related Topics:
West Indies - Pakistan - Zimbabwe - Ireland

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• The two top teams in each group will progress to a round robin second stage ("Super Eight") which is followed by knockout semi-finals and final.
• The venues are as follows:

Preliminary Round

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VENUE 1 (hosts West Indies' matches, plus Opening Ceremony and Opening Match): Jamaica

Related Topics:
West Indies - Jamaica

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VENUE 2 (hosts England's matches): St. Lucia

Related Topics:
England - St. Lucia

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VENUE 3 (hosts India's matches): Trinidad and Tobago

Related Topics:
India - Trinidad and Tobago

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VENUE 4 (hosts Australia's matches): St. Kitts and Nevis

Related Topics:
Australia - St. Kitts and Nevis

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Quarter-finals

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VENUE 5 (hosts three of the biggest Super Eight matches): Antigua and Barbuda

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VENUE 6 Grenada

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VENUE 7 Guyana

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VENUE 8 (hosts three of the biggest Super Eight matches): Barbados

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Semi-finals

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Same as VENUE 1: Jamaica

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Same as VENUE 2: St. Lucia

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Final

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Same as VENUE 8: Barbados

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• the mascot of the 2007 Cricket World Cup is an orange raccoon like creature called Mello wearing a blue short sleeved shirt over a white vest and blue sneakers leaning on a cricket bat. According to the organisers "he's fun and friendly, he's on the go, he's cool as they come...he's Mello".