The Cricket World Cup trophy awarded to the winner. Administrator(s) International Cricket Council Form One-Day International Timeline 1975 ? present Tournament format(s) Round-robins & Knockout Participants 16 finalists1 (from 101 entrants) Qualified nations 192 (total) Current champion

Australia Most successful

Australia (4 titles) Most runs

Sachin Tendulkar (1,796) Most wickets

Glenn McGrath (71) 1For 2007 World Cup. 2In World Cup history. The Cricket World Cup is the premier international championship of men's One-Day International (ODI) cricket. The event is organised by the sport's governing body, the International Cricket Council (ICC), with preliminary qualification rounds leading up to a finals tournament which is held every four years. According to the ICC, it is the most important tournament and the pinnacle of achievement in the sport.[1][2] The first Cricket World Cup contest was organised in England in 1975. A separate Women's Cricket World Cup has been held every four years since 1973. The finals of the Cricket World Cup are contested by all ten Test-playing and ODI-playing nations, together with other nations that qualify through the World Cup Qualifier. Australia has been the most successful of the five teams to have won the tournament, taking four titles. The West Indies have won twice, while India, Pakistan, and Sri Lanka have each won once. The 2007 Cricket World Cup finals were held between 13 March and 28 April 2007, in the West Indies. The 2007 tournament had sixteen teams competing in a pool stage (played in round-robin format), then a "super 8" stage, followed by semi-finals and a final. Australia defeated Sri Lanka in the final to retain the championship.