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The 2015 Cricket World Cup will be the 11th time this tournament has been held, and will be jointly hosted by Australia and New Zealand. The location of the games will be evenly split, with the location of the final yet to be decided.
The hosting rights were awarded at the same time as those of the 2011 Cricket World Cup, which New Zealand and Australia had originally bid to host, and the 2019 Cricket World Cup. The 2011 tournament was awarded to the four Asian Test cricket playing countries India, Pakistan, Sri Lanka and Bangladesh in a 10 to 3 vote. The International Cricket Council were sufficiently impressed with the trans-Tasman bid that it was decided to award the next world cup to them.[1][2]
[edit] Potential Venues
| Country |
City |
Stadium |
Capacity |
Matches |
 Australia |
Adelaide |
Adelaide Oval |
33,597 |
|
| Australia |
Brisbane |
The 'Gabba |
42,000 |
|
| Australia |
Hobart |
Bellerive Oval |
16,000 |
|
| Australia |
Melbourne |
Melbourne Cricket Ground |
100,000 |
|
| Australia |
Melbourne |
Telstra Dome |
56,347 |
|
| Australia |
Perth |
WACA Ground |
26,000 |
|
| Australia |
Sydney |
Sydney Cricket Ground |
43,649 |
|
 New Zealand |
Auckland |
Eden Park[3] |
45,472 (upgrading to 60,000) |
|
| New Zealand |
Christchurch |
AMI Stadium |
36,500 |
|
| New Zealand |
Dunedin |
University Oval |
6,000 |
|
| New Zealand |
Hamilton |
Seddon Park |
|
|
| New Zealand |
Napier |
McLean Park |
16,000 |
|
| New Zealand |
Queenstown |
Queenstown Events Centre |
|
|
| New Zealand |
Wellington |
Basin Reserve |
11,600 |
|
| New Zealand |
Wellington |
Westpac Stadium |
40,000 |
|
[edit] Qualification
At the present time, the ten full members of the International Cricket Council will automatically qualify. An unknown number of associate members will go through a qualification process for the remaining places. The ten full members are:
[edit] References
