The 2011 ICC
Cricket World Cup is the 10th Cricket World Cup.
The 2011 Cricket
World Cup is being played in Bangladesh, India and Sri Lanka.
It is Bangladesh's
first time co-hosting a World Cup.
All matches in the
World Cup are being played over 50 overs.
14 national cricket
teams will compete in the tournament
The 2011 Cricket
World Cup will take place between 19 February and 2 April 2011
The final on 2 April
2011 is at Wankhede Stadium, Mumbai, India
The World Cup was
also to be co-hosted by Pakistan but in the wake of the 2009 attack on the
Sri Lanka national cricket team in Lahore, the International Cricket Council
stripped Pakistan of its hosting rights.
Pakistan was
supposed to hold 14 matches, including one semi-final.
Eight of Pakistan's
matches were awarded to India, four to Sri Lanka and two to Bangladesh.
When is the next Football / Soccer World Cup?
Football World Cup (Soccer)
2014 Hosts: Brazil
2018 Hosts: Russia
2022 Hosts: Qatar
2010 FIFA Football World Cup (19th FIFA World Cup) took
place 11 June - 11 July 2010 in South Africa.
2010 Football World Cup qualification process began in August 2007 involved
204 national teams.
This will be the first time that the tournament has been hosted by an African
nation, after South Africa beat Morocco and Egypt in an all-African bidding
process.
The draw for the finals took place on 4 December 2009 in Cape Town, South
Africa.
Rugby Union World Cup
New Zealand 2011
The sixth Rugby (Union) World Cup
(RWC) took place at 12 venues in France (with matches also in Scotland &
Wales) in September / October 2007.
