2003 Cricket World Cup

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The 2003 Cricket World Cup was the eighth edition of the ICC's premier One Day International cricket tournament, notable for Australia's dominant title win and being the first World Cup held in Africa.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf Cricket World Cup
One Day International cricket tournament
champion Australia national cricket team
continent Africa
defendingChampion Australia national cricket team
editionNumber 8
endDate 2003-03-23
finalCity Johannesburg, South Africa
surface form: Johannesburg
finalCountry South Africa
finalDate 2003-03-23
finalScoreRunnerUp 234 all out in 39.2 overs
finalScoreWinner 359/2 in 50 overs
finalVenue Wanderers Stadium
format One Day International
hostCountry Kenya
South Africa
Zimbabwe
mostRuns 673
mostRunsScoredBy Sachin Tendulkar
mostWickets 23
mostWicketsTakenBy Chaminda Vaas
nextEdition 2007 Cricket World Cup
notableFor Australia's dominant title win
first Cricket World Cup held in Africa
numberOfMatches 54
numberOfParticipatingTeams 14
officialBall Kookaburra
organizer International Cricket Council
participatingTeam Australia national cricket team
Bangladesh national cricket team
Canada national cricket team
England cricket team
India national cricket team
Kenya national cricket team
Namibia national cricket team
Netherlands national cricket team
New Zealand national cricket team
Pakistan national cricket team
South Africa national cricket team
Sri Lanka national cricket team
West Indies cricket team
Zimbabwe national cricket team
playerOfTheTournament Sachin Tendulkar
previousEdition 1999 Cricket World Cup
runnerUp India national cricket team
sport Cricket
startDate 2003-02-09
tournamentFormat Group stage and Super Six and knockouts
wasFirstWorldCupHeldIn Africa

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South Africa hostedEvent 2003 Cricket World Cup