2007 Cricket World Cup

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The 2007 Cricket World Cup was the ninth edition of the ICC's premier One Day International cricket tournament, held primarily in the West Indies and notable for Australia's third consecutive title and the shock early exit of India and Pakistan.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf Cricket World Cup
One Day International cricket tournament
international sports competition
champion Australia national cricket team
consecutiveTitlesForChampion 3
continent North America
South America
cricketFormat One Day International
defendingChampion Australia national cricket team
editionNumber 9
endDate 2007-04-28
finalMatch Australia vs Sri Lanka
finalResult Australia won by 53 runs (DLS method)
finalVenue Kensington Oval
governingBody International Cricket Council
surface form: ICC Cricket World Cup Organising Committee
hostCityOfFinal Bridgetown
hostCountry Antigua and Barbuda
Barbados
Grenada
British Guiana
surface form: Guyana

Jamaica
Saint Kitts and Nevis
Saint Lucia
Saint Vincent and the Grenadines
Trinidad and Tobago
hostRegion West Indies
leadingRunScorer Matthew Hayden
leadingWicketTaker Glenn McGrath
mascot Mello
nextEdition 2011 Cricket World Cup
notableEvent death of Pakistan coach Bob Woolmer during tournament
early exit of India national cricket team in group stage
early exit of Pakistan national cricket team in group stage
numberOfMatches 51
numberOfTeams 16
officialBall Kookaburra
openingCeremonyLocation Trelawny Stadium
openingMatchVenue Sabina Park
organizer International Cricket Council
playerOfTheTournament Glenn McGrath
previousEdition 2003 Cricket World Cup
qualificationBasis ICC ODI status and qualifying tournament
runnerUp Sri Lanka national cricket team
sport cricket
startDate 2007-03-13
super8StageIncluded true
titleCountForChampion 4
tournamentFormat group stage and Super 8s and knockouts

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2003 Cricket World Cup nextEdition 2007 Cricket World Cup
Australia national cricket team worldCupTitles 2007 Cricket World Cup
Chaminda Vaas playedInTournament 2007 Cricket World Cup
Sri Lanka national cricket team worldCupRunnerUp 2007 Cricket World Cup
ICC Cricket World Cup edition 2007 Cricket World Cup
2011 Cricket World Cup previousEdition 2007 Cricket World Cup
Stephen Fleming participatedIn 2007 Cricket World Cup
this entity surface form: ICC Cricket World Cup 2007
Kensington Oval renovatedFor 2007 Cricket World Cup
Kensington Oval hosted 2007 Cricket World Cup
this entity surface form: 2007 Cricket World Cup final
Shane Watson wonTournament 2007 Cricket World Cup
this entity surface form: ICC Cricket World Cup 2007