2023 Men's Cricket World Cup — 13th edition of the premier international cricket competition
Australia won their sixth Cricket World Cup title in the 13th edition, which set global attendance and viewership records.
Key Facts
- Tournament dates
- 5 October – 19 November 2023
- Total attendance
- 1,250,307 spectators
- India viewership
- 518 million viewers
- Final global audience
- ~300 million viewers worldwide
- Australia's World Cup wins
- 6 titles
- Competing nations
- 10 teams
By the Numbers
Location
Cause → Event → Consequence
The ICC Men's Cricket World Cup is a quadrennial ODI tournament. India, as the designated sole host for the 2023 edition, organized matches across ten venues. Ten national teams competed in a round-robin format inherited from the 2019 edition, with the top four sides advancing to a knockout stage.
Held from 5 October to 19 November 2023, the tournament saw India, South Africa, Australia, and New Zealand reach the semifinals. Australia defeated South Africa and India defeated New Zealand to reach the final at Narendra Modi Stadium in Ahmedabad, where Australia beat India by six wickets to claim the title.
Australia secured their sixth Cricket World Cup championship. The tournament attracted a record 1,250,307 in-person spectators, and the final alone drew roughly 300 million viewers globally, with a peak of 59 million streaming viewers, establishing new benchmarks for cricket's international audience reach.
Result
at Narendra Modi Stadium, Ahmedabad