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Cricket World Cup Winners List | Winner Teams, Captains List, Years

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December 14, 2017

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The ICC Cricket World Cup is the flagship event of the international cricket calendar which held at four-year intervals, with matches contested in a 50-over format. In the eleven ICC Cricket World Cups held so far, five different teams have won the tournament. Check out below for Cricket World Cup Winners List and International Cricket Council

In 1975, The first tournament was contested in England as a series of one-day matches of 60 overs per side. The most recent event was held in 2015 which was won by Australia. In 2007, Australia became the first team to win three consecutive World Cup tournaments. Australia is the most victorious World Cup team has won the championship five times and were runner-up another two times.

West Indies gained the first two tournaments, and India has also won two consecutive World Cup tournaments. Pakistan and Sri Lanka have won one tournament each.

Cricket World Cup Winners List

YEAR	WINNER	SCORE	RUNNER-UP	SCORE	RESULT
1975	West Indies	291–8	Australia	274	West Indies won by 17 runs
1979	West Indies	286–9	England	194	West Indies won by 92 runs
1983	India	183	West Indies	140	India won by 43 runs
1987	Australia	253–5	England	246–8	Australia won by 7 runs
1992	Pakistan	249–6	England	227	Pakistan won by 22 runs
1996	Sri Lanka	245–3	Australia	241	Sri Lanka won by 7 wickets
1999	Australia	133–2	Pakistan	132	Australia won by 8 wickets
2003	Australia	359–2	India	234	Australia won by 125 runs
2007	Australia	281–4	Sri Lanka	215–8	Australia won by 53 runs
2011	India	277–4	Sri Lanka	274–6	India won by 6 wickets
2015	Australia	186–3	New Zealand	183	Australia won by 7 wickets

Cricket World Cup Winners Captains List

YEAR	WORLD CUP WINNER TEAM	WORLD CUP WINNER TEAM CAPTAIN	NUMBER OF WORLD CUPS AS CAPTAIN
2015	Australia	Michael Clarke	1
2011	India	MS Dhoni	2
2007	Australia	Ricky Ponting	3
2003	Australia	Ricky Ponting	3
1999	Australia	Steve Waugh	1
1996	Srilanka	Arjuna Ranatunga	3
1992	Pakistan	Imran Khan	2
1987	Australia	Allan Border	2
1983	India	Kapil Dev	2
1979	West Indies	Clive Lloyd	3
1975	West Indies	Clive Lloyd	3

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