Indoor Cricket World Cup

Indoor Cricket World Cup
Administrator World Indoor Cricket Federation
Format Indoor Cricket
First tournament 1995
Tournament format Round-robin and Knockout
Current champion Australia Australia
(Men & Women)
Most successful Australia Australia
17 collective titles
(9 men's titles, 8 women's titles)

The Indoor Cricket World Cup is the premier international championship of both men's and women's Indoor Cricket. The event is organised by the sport's governing body, the World Indoor Cricket Federation (WICF) and is held every two or three years. The first Indoor Cricket World Cup contest was organised in England in 1995. Separate world championships are held for both junior and masters age groups with the Junior World Series of Indoor Cricket and the Masters World Series of Indoor Cricket held at similar intervals.

The World Cup is contested by the members of the WICF (though member nations have not always entered teams) and beyond being an affiliated member of that body there are no formal qualifications for entry. Australia have been the most successful side having won every world title in both divisions to date.

The 2014 Indoor Cricket World Cup is to be held in New Zealand.

Tournament Format

Whilst the precise nature of the tournament has varied slightly over the years, each tournament usually follows a simple round robin format followed by finals contested by the highest placed sides. The semi finals are contested by the top four sides and more often than not the winner of each semi final progresses to the World Cup final.

The tournament usually takes place over the course of 7 to 10 days and is sometimes run in conjunction with the Masters World Series or the Junior World Series.


Results

Year Host Nation(s) Venue Final
Men Women
1995
Details
England
England
Birmingham Australia Australia def. New Zealand New Zealand
130 to 61
NOT CONTESTED
1998
Details
Australia
Australia
Melbourne Australia Australia def. New Zealand New Zealand
142 to 35
Australia Australia def. South Africa South Africa
147 to 59
2000
Details
South Africa
South Africa
Johannesburg Australia Australia def. New Zealand New Zealand
92 to 53
Australia Australia def. South Africa South Africa
96 to 54
2002
Details
New Zealand
New Zealand
Wellington Australia Australia def. New Zealand New Zealand
97 to 58
Australia Australia def. New Zealand New Zealand
160 to 64
2004
Details
Sri Lanka
Sri Lanka
Colombo Australia Australia def. Sri Lanka Sri Lanka
70 (2) to 48 (2)
Australia Australia def. South Africa South Africa
92 to 76
2007
Details
England
England
Bristol Australia Australia def. South Africa South Africa
74 to 51
Australia Australia def. South Africa South Africa
138 to 89
2009
Details
Australia
Australia
Brisbane Australia Australia def. New Zealand New Zealand
55 to 44
Australia Australia def. South Africa South Africa
120 to 96
2011
Details
South Africa
South Africa
Gauteng Australia Australia def. South Africa South Africa
94 to 55
Australia Australia def. South Africa South Africa
66 to 33
2014
Details
New Zealand
New Zealand
Wellington Australia Australia def. New Zealand New Zealand
149 to 55
Australia Australia def. New Zealand New Zealand
131 to 61

See also

References

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