ICC World Cup Winners List From 1975 To 2019. The ICC World Cup or the ICC Men’s Cricket World Cup is definitely the biggest event in the cricket world. One of the most watched sporting events on the planet, the event is organized by the International Cricket Council (ICC) every four years.
The first edition of the World Cup took place in 1975 in England. England were the hosts for the next two editions too before the World Cup finally moved out of Europe. In 1987, the event was co-hosted by India and Pakistan. It was in this edition that the matches were reduced to 50-over per innings from 60-over per innings.
In 1992, Australia and New Zealand co-hosted the competition. This edition saw a host of changes to the tournament like colored clothing, the games played with the white ball instead of the red ball, day-night matches, and so on. In 1996, the World Cup returned to the subcontinent again with India, Pakistan, and Sri Lanka co-hosting it.
3 years later, the tournament returned to the English shores before it was held for the first time in Africa in 2003. West Indies hosted the competition for the first time in 2007 before India, Sri Lanka, and Bangladesh co-hosted it in 2011. In 2015, Australia and New Zealand co-hosted the ICC World Cup for the second time and the first time since 1992. 4 years later, England once again hosted the tournament after a gap of two decades.
ICC World Cup Winners List:
Talking about ICC World Cup winners, West Indies won the first-ever edition in 1975 by beating Australia in the final. 4 years later, they defended their title by beating England in the final. In the third edition, India stopped West Indies from completing a hat-trick of World Cup wins and won their first-ever title.
Australia won their first-ever World Cup in 1987 before Pakistan won it in 1992. In 1996, Arjuna Ranatunga led Sri Lanka to a historic triumph. 3 years later, Australia’s domination in the World Cup began as they won the first of three consecutive World Cups. Ricky Ponting led Australia to World Cup wins in 2003 and 2007.
The 2011 World Cup marked the beginning of home domination. India became the first-ever team to win the coveted title at home before Australia and England replicated the feat in 2015 and 2019 respectively. Australia are the most successful side in the history of the ICC World Cup, having won it 5 times.
Apart from Australia, only West Indies and India have won multiple World Cup titles. Both India and West Indies have won the trophy twice. The other World Cup winners are Pakistan, Sri Lanka, and England.
ICC World Cup winners and runner-up list:
Year
Winner
Runner-up
1975
West Indies
Australia
1979
West Indies
England
1983
India
West Indies
1987
Australia
England
1992
Pakistan
England
1996
Sri Lanka
Australia
1999
Australia
Pakistan
2003
Australia
India
2007
Australia
Sri Lanka
2011
India
Sri Lanka
2015
Australia
New Zealand
2019
England
New Zealand
Here is a team-wise list showing the performance of the teams who have made it to the World Cup final:
Team
Winners
Runner-up
Years Won
Years Runner-up
Australia
5
2
1987, 1999, 2003, 2007, 2015
1975, 1996
West Indies
2
1
1975, 1979
1983
India
2
1
1983, 2011
2003
Pakistan
1
1
1992
1999
Sri Lanka
1
2
1996
2007, 2011
England
1
3
2019
1979, 1987, 1992
New Zealand
0
2
–
2015, 2019
Man of the match in the ICC World Cup Final list:
Year
Player
Performance Details
1975
Clive Lloyd
102
1979
Viv Richards
138*
1983
Mohinder Amarnath
3/12 and 26
1987
David Boon
75
1992
Wasim Akram
33 and 3/49
1996
Aravinda de Silva
107* and 3/42
1999
Shane Warne
4/33
2003
Ricky Ponting
140*
2007
Adam Gilchrist
149
2011
MS Dhoni
91*
2015
James Faulkner
3/36
2019
Ben Stokes
84* and 0/20
ICC World Cup-Winning Captain List:
Talking about the World Cup-winning captains, West Indies legend Clive Lloyd was the first captain to lift the title in 1975. 4 years later, Lloyd led West Indies to victory again. To date, only he and Ricky Ponting have won more than one World Cup as captain.
ICC World Cup winning captains list:
Year
Captain
Country
1975
Clive Lloyd
West Indies
1979
Clive Lloyd
West Indies
1983
Kapil Dev
India
1987
Allan Border
Australia
1992
Imran Khan
Pakistan
1996
Arjuna Ranatunga
Sri Lanka
1999
Steve Waugh
Australia
2003
Ricky Ponting
Australia
2007
Ricky Ponting
Australia
2011
MS Dhoni
India
2015
Michael Clarke
Australia
2019
Eoin Morgan
England
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