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WORLD CUP 2011
- The 2011 ICC Cricket World Cup was the tenth Cricket World Cup. It was played in India, Sri Lanka, and Bangladesh. Pakistan was also scheduled to be a co-host, but after the 2009 attack on the Sri Lanka national cricket team in Lahore, the International Cricket Council (ICC) cancelled that and the match was transferred to Mumbai. Pakistan was to have held 14 matches, including one semi-final. Eight of the games were awarded to India, four to Sri Lanka, and two to Bangladesh.
LIST OF QUALIFIED TEAMS
The following 14 teams qualified for the final tournament.
| Group A | Group B | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Rank | Team | Rank | Team |
| Full Members | |||
| 1 |  Australia | 2 |  India |
| 3 |  Pakistan | 4 |  South Africa |
| 5 |  New Zealand | 6 |  England |
| 7 |  Sri Lanka | 8 |  West Indies |
| 9 |  Zimbabwe | 10 |  Bangladesh |
| Associate Members | |||
| 11 |  Canada | 12 |  Ireland |
| 13 |  Kenya | 14 |  Netherlands |
SONG
- The official song of the 2011 Cricket World Cup has three versions in Bengali, Hindi and Sinhala, corresponding to the three host countries."De Ghuma Ke" (Swing It Hard) is the Hindi version, composed by the trio of Shankar-Ehsann-Roy
MASCOT
- Stumpy, a young elephant was the official mascot for the 2011 Cricket World Cup. He was unveiled at a function in Colombo, Sri Lanka on 2 April 2010 and his name was revealed on 2 August 2010 after an online competition conducted by the ICC in the last week of July.
OPENING CEREMONY
- The opening ceremony was held in the Bangabandhu National Stadium in Dhaka, Bangladesh on 17 February 2011 two days before the first match.
PRIZE MONEY
- The ICC doubled the total prize money to US$10M, allocating US$3M to the winning team and US$1.5M to the runner-up. The winning team would also take home a replica of the ICC Cricket World Cup Trophy which has been awarded since 1999. The total prize money for the teams placing from 1st to 8th was US$7.48 million, distributed as follows:
- US$370 thousand – each team exiting after the quarter-finals (4 teams)
- US$750,000 – fourth placed team.
- US$750,000 – third placed team.
- US$1.5M – runner up.
- US$3M – winner.
VENUES
- All the Indian stadiums for the tournament had been finalised by mid-October 2009 and those of Bangladesh and Sri Lanka in late October 2009. The ICC announced all the venues in Mumbai on 2 November 2009. Two new stadiums were constructed in Kandy and Hambantola, Sri Lanka for the event.
 India | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Kolkata | Chennai | New Delhi | Nagpur | Ahmedabad |
| Eden Gardens | M. A. Chidambaram Stadium | Feroz Shah Kotla Ground | Vidarbha Cricket Association Stadium | Sardar Patel Stadium |
| Capacity: 90,000 | Capacity: 70,000 | Capacity: 48,000 | Capacity: 44,000 | Capacity: 48,000 |
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| Mumbai | Mohali | Bangalore | ||
| Wankhede Stadium | Punjab Cricket Association Stadium | M. Chinnaswamy Stadium | ||
| Capacity: 33,000 | Capacity: 35,000 | Capacity: 40,000 | ||
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 Sri Lanka |  Bangladesh | |||
| Colombo | Pallekele | Hambantota | Chittagong | Dhaka |
| R. Premadasa Stadium | Pallekele International Cricket Stadium | Mahinda Rajapaksa Stadium | Zohur Ahmed Chowdhury Stadium | Sher-e-Bangla Cricket Stadium |
| Capacity: 35,000 | Capacity: 35,000 | Capacity: 35,000 | Capacity: 20,000 | Capacity: 25,000 |
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