2011 ICC Men's Cricket World Cup

The 2011 ICC Cricket World Cup was the tenth Cricket World Cup. It was played in India, Sri Lanka, and Bangladesh. It was Bangladesh's first time co-hosting a World Cup.

All matches in the World Cup were given One Day International status.  All matches played had over 50 overs. Fourteen national cricket teams were in the tournament, including ten full members and four associate members. The World Cup was between 19 February and 2 April 2011. The first match played on 19 February 2011 was with co-hosts India and Bangladesh at the Sher-e-Bangla National Stadium in Dhaka.

India won the tournament defeating Sri Lanka by 6 wickets in the final.  India was the first nation to win the Cricket World Cup final on home soil.India beat Sri Lanka to win ICC World Cup 2011 Times of India. Retrieved 20 November 2011 India's Yuvraj Singh was made the man of the tournament.Yuvraj Singh named man of the tournament Times of India. Retrieved 21 November 2011

List of qualified teams
The following 14 teams qualified for the final tournament.

Group AGroup BRankTeamRankTeamFull Members12 (co-host)34567 (co-host)8910 (co-host)Associate Members11121314

Opening ceremony
The Opening Ceremony was in Bangladesh. The place for the opening ceremony was Bangabandhu National Stadium in Dhaka. The event took place on 17 February 2011, 2 days before the first match of the World Cup.

Venues
All the Indian stadiums for the 2011 World Cup were set.India unveil eight World Cup venues.  Retrieved on 17 October 2009. The venues of Bangladesh and Sri Lanka were picked in late October 2009. Two new stadiums in Sri Lanka were built for the 2011 World Cup. They are located in Kandy and Hambantota.Venues of 2011 World Cup  by ICC Retrieved on 10 March 2010.

 IndiaKolkataChennaiDelhiNagpurAhmedabadEden GardensM. A. Chidambaram StadiumFeroz Shah Kotla GroundVidarbha CricketAssociation StadiumSardar Patel StadiumCapacity: 66,349Capacity: 37,220Capacity: 40,715Capacity: 45,000Capacity: 54,000125px125px125px125px125pxMumbaiMohaliBangaloreWankhede StadiumPunjab CricketAssociation StadiumM. Chinnaswamy StadiumCapacity: 32,000Capacity: 42,000Capacity: 36,430125px125px125px Sri Lanka BangladeshColomboKandyHambantotaChittagongDhakaR. Premadasa StadiumPallekele InternationalCricket StadiumMahinda RajapaksaInternational StadiumZohur AhmedChowdhury StadiumSher-e-Bangla NationalCricket StadiumCapacity: 35,000Capacity: 35,000Capacity: 35,000Capacity: 20,000Capacity: 26,000125px125px125px

Umpires
The Umpire selection panel selected 18 umpires and a reserve umpire, Enamul Haque (Bangladesh). There were 5 from Australia, 6 from Asia, 3 from England, 2 from New Zealand and 1 each from South Africa and West Indies.

Australia
  Simon Taufel
  Steve Davis
  Rod Tucker
  Daryl Harper
  Bruce Oxenford

New Zealand
  Billy Bowden
  Tony Hill

South Africa
  Marais Erasmus

Pakistan
  Aleem Dar
  Asad Rauf
India
  Shavir Tarapore
  Amiesh Saheba

England
  Ian Gould
  Richard Kettleborough
  Nigel Llong

Sri Lanka
  Asoka de Silva
  Kumar Dharmasena

West Indies
  Billy Doctrove

 2011 World Cup Final 
The final was played between India and Sri Lanka, the first between two Asian teams.

References

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