Australia won their fifth Cricket World Cup, defeating co-host New Zealand by 7 wickets in the final at Melbourne before a record Australian ODI crowd of 93,013.
Key Facts
- Edition
- 11th Cricket World Cup
- Host nations
- Australia and New Zealand
- Tournament duration
- 14 February – 29 March 2015
- Total attendance
- 1,016,420 spectators
- Final crowd (MCG)
- 93,013 spectators
- Teams competing
- 14
By the Numbers
Location
Cause → Event → Consequence
Organised by the ICC on a quadrennial cycle, the 2015 tournament was awarded to Australia and New Zealand as joint hosts — the same pairing that staged the 1992 edition. India entered as defending champions having won the 2011 World Cup on home soil, and fourteen teams qualified through regional and ICC processes.
Played from 14 February to 29 March 2015, the 14-nation tournament was split into two pools of seven, with the top four from each advancing to quarter-finals, semi-finals, and a final. Australia defeated India in the semi-finals and then beat co-host New Zealand by 7 wickets in the final at the Melbourne Cricket Ground to claim their fifth World Cup title.
Australia's victory cemented their status as the most successful team in World Cup history with five titles. The final drew 93,013 spectators, a record one-day cricket crowd in Australia, and total tournament attendance exceeded one million. In India, the Australia–India semi-final drew 15 percent of television-viewing households, underlining the tournament's global reach.
Result
at Melbourne Cricket Ground, Melbourne, Australia