Frenzy: Cricket World Cup 2011

1. Duration of ICC World Cup:
    - Cricket World Cup will be played from Feb 19 to April 2.
    - Qualifying round matches will be till March 20
    - Quarter Final matches will be played between March 23 to March 26
    - Semi Final matches on March 29 and March 30
    - Cricket World Cup Final will be held April 2

2. Host nations:
This world cup will be jointly hosted by 3 countries - India, Bangladesh and Sri Lanka.

3. Participating Teams:
There are total of 14 teams participating in this world up comprising of 2 groups with 7 teams each.

Group A	Group B
Australia	India
Sri Lanka	England
Pakistan	South Africa
New Zealand	Bangladesh
Zimbabwe	West Indies
Canada	Netherlands
Kenya	Ireland

4. Total number of World Cup matches:
Total of 49 matches will be played (incidentally one of the highest compared to any previous world cup). There will be 42 qualifying matches, 4 Quarter Finals, 2 Semi finals and 1 Final.

Out of total 49 matches India will host 29 matches (including a Quarter Final, a Semi Final and the Final). Bangladesh will host 8 matches (including 2 Quarter Finals) and Sri Lanka will hold 12 matches (including a Quarter Final and a Semi Final).

5. Total venues in all:
There will be Total of 13 grounds used for this tournament:

    India – 8
    - Eden Gardens, Kolkata, Capacity – 90,000 (3 matches)
    - Feroz Shah Kotla, New Delhi, Capacity – 48,000 (4 matches)
    - Chinnaswamy, Bengaluru, Capacity – 42,000 (5 matches)
    - Chidambaram, Chennai, Capacity – 50,000 (4 matches)
    - Mohali, Chandigarh, Capacity – 35,000 (3 matches including a Semi Final)
    - Motera, Ahmedabad, Capacity – 50,000 (3 mathces including a Quarter Final)
    - Jamtha, Nagpur, Capacity – 45,000 (4 matches)
    - Wankhede, Mumbai , Capacity – 45,000 (3 matches including the Final)

    Bangladesh-2
    - Zahur Ahmed Stadium, Chittagong, Capacity – 20,000 (2 matches)
    - Shere Bangla Stadium, Mirpur, Dhaka Capacity – 25,000 (6 matches including 2 Quarter Finals)

    Sri Lanka-3
    - Rajapaksha Stadium, Hambantota, Capacity – 35,000 (2 matches)
    - Muralidharan Stadium, Kandy, Capacity – 35,000 (3 matches)
    - Premadasa Stadium, Colombo, Capacity – 35,000 (7 matches including a Quarter Final and a Semi Final)

The Quarter Finals will be held at Mirpur, Dhaka (2 matches), Ahmedabad and Colombo. Semi Finals will be held at Colombo and Chandigarh. The finals will be held at Wankhede Stadium in Mumbai.

6. How teams proceed progressively to next stage?
Each team plays 1 match with 6 other team in its group. The least scoring 3 teams get eliminated and the top 4 from each group goes to knock out stage.

    - Quarter Final No.1: #1 team of Group A will play against #4 team of Group B
    - Quarter Final No.2: #2 team of Group A will play against #3 team of Group B
    - Quarter Final No.3: #3 team of Group A will play against #2 team of Group B
    - Quarter Final No.4: #4 team of Group A will play against #1 team of Group B
    - Semi Final No.1: Winner of QF No.1 will play against Winner of QF No.3
    - Semi Final No.2: Winner of QF No.2 will play against Winner of QF No.4
    - Final: Winner of SF No.1 will play Winner of SF No.2

7. ICC World Cup Trophy and Prize Money:
There are two original Trophies with ICC. One would be held in its Head Quarters in Dubai and the other is given to the Winning team. Both the trophies are identical, the only difference would be, the Trophy in ICC Head Quarters will have the names of all the previous World Cup winners inscribed on it.