1979 Cricket World Cup

The ICC Cricket World Cup 1979 which was held in England from 9 to June 23, 1979, was the second Cricket World Cup. This World Cup was held in the One- Day International format, where each team has played each one a maximum of 60 innings over. In the final, West Indies defeated the host England team and was able to defend the title in 1975.

Participant

As a participant was in addition to the six nations with test status Sri Lanka and Canada that could prevail in the ICC Trophy in the same year, qualified:

Australia
England
India
Canada Canada

New Zealand
Pakistan
Sri Lanka
West Indies

Venues

As venues for the six traditional test cricket stadiums were selected in England.

Format

In two preliminary round groups of four teams each played against anyone with a victory four points, a draw or no result earned two points. It qualified the top two in this group for the semi-finals, the winners playing off in the final. Overall, there was thus 15 encounters.

Preliminary round

The preliminary round was played in two groups of four teams, with the top two of a group qualified for the semi-finals. In the tables, the following designations are used:

Games
Win
Loss
Draw
NR No Result
Points
RR run rate

Group A

Group B

Semifinal

Final

Documents

Cricket World Cup
Sporting event in England
Sporting event in 1979

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