Historical Formats of Final Tournament
The number of teams in and the format of the final tournament has varied considerably over the years. In summary:
| Year | Host | Teams | # of matches |
Round 1 | Latter stages |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1975 | England | 8 | 15 | 2 groups of 4(play each other once) | knockout of 4 teams |
| 1979 | England | 8 | 15 | 2 groups of 4(play each other once) | knockout of 4 teams |
| 1983 | England | 8 | 27 | 2 groups of 4(play each other twice) | knockout of 4 teams |
| 1987 | India/Pakistan | 8 | 27 | 2 groups of 4(play each other twice) | knockout of 4 teams |
| 1992 | Australia/New Zealand | 9 | 39 | all 9 teams play each other once | knockout of 4 teams |
| 1996 | India/Pakistan/Sri Lanka | 12 | 37 | 2 groups of 6(play each other once) | knockout of 8 teams |
| 1999 | England | 12 | 42 | 2 groups of 6(play each other once) | round robin of 6 (Super6)(play other groups' teams once), knockout of 4 teams |
| 2003 | South Africa /Zimbabwe/Kenya | 14 | 54 | 2 groups of 7(play each other once) | 1 group of 6 (Super6)(play other groups' teams once), knockout of 4 teams |
| 2007 | West Indies | 16 | 51 | 4 groups of 4(play each other once) | 1 group of 8 (Super8)(play other groups' teams once), knockout of 4 teams |
| 2011 | India/Sri Lanka/Bangladesh | 14 | 49 | 2 groups of 7 | knockout of 8 teams |
| 2015 | Australia/New Zealand | 14 | 49 | 2 groups of 7 | knockout of 8 teams |
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