ICC Cricket World Cup 2011: Venues

Country and Venue

India

Ahmedabad - Sardar Patel Stadium

Bangalore - M.Chinnaswamy Stadium

Chennai - M.A.Chidambaram Stadium

Kolkata - Eden Gardens

Mohali - Punjab Cricket Association Stadium

Mumbai - Wankhede Stadium

Nagpur - Vidarbha Cricket Association Stadium

New Delhi - Feroz Shah Kotla

Sri Lanka

Colombo - R.Premadasa Stadium

Kandy - Pallekele International Cricket Stadium

Hambantota - Hambantota International Cricket Stadium

Bangladesh

Chittagong - Chittagong Divisional Stadium

Dhaka - Sher-e-Bangla Cricket Stadium

Qualification

As per ICC norms, 10 full members automatically qualify including Zimbabwe who have given up their test playing status until the standard of the team improves.

Team	Mode of Qualification
Australia	ICC Full Member
Bangladesh	ICC Full Member
England	ICC Full Member
India	ICC Full Member
New Zealand	ICC Full Member
Pakistan	ICC Full Member
South Africa	ICC Full Member
Sri Lanka	ICC Full Member
West Indies	ICC Full Member
Zimbabwe	ICC Full Member

Qualifying tournament was organised by ICC in South Africa to determine which associate teams would participate in 2011 World Cup Event.

Team	Mode of Qualification
Ireland	1st Place in 2009 ICC World Cup Qualifier
Canada	2nd Place in 2009 ICC World Cup Qualifier
Netherlands	3rd Place in 2009 ICC World Cup Qualifier
Kenya	4th Place in 2009 ICC World Cup Qualifier

Hosts and Tournament Format

Selection of hosts

ICC's executive committee votes for the hosts of the tournament post examining the bids made by the nations keen to hold the Cricket World Cup.

World Cup 2011 Hosts

India, Sri Lanka and Bangladesh would host the 2011 World Cup, final to be held in India(Mumbai)

Tournament Format for 2011 World Cup

Teams play within each group in round-robin format. Top 4 teams from each group will proceed to knock out stage to play quarter-finals. Winners of quarter-finals will play semi-finals and winning semi-finalists will play in the final

ICC World Cup Trophy

ICC World Cup Trophy is presented to the winners of the World Cup finals. It was created in 1999, being the first permanent prize in the tournament's history. Earlier individual trophies were made for each World Cup.

Current trophy is made from silver and gild featuring a golden globe held up by 3 silver columns. The columns shaped as stumps and bails representing 3 fundamental aspects of cricket: batting, bowling and fielding while the globe represents a cricket ball. It stands 60cm high and weighs approx. 11kilograms.

The names of previous winners are engraved on the base of the trophy, with space for a total of 20 inscriptions.