Cricket World Cup teams

Australia have also notably featured in 8 finals of the total 13 World Cups, including the four in a row (1996 to 2007).

The furthest a non-Test playing nation has ever reached is the semi-finals, achieved by Kenya in the 2003 tournament.

India is the first host country to have won the world cup on the home ground in 2011.

Sri Lanka and England aside, other co-host nations which achieved or equalled their best finish in World Cups were New Zealand as semi-finalists in 1992 and runners-up in 2015, Zimbabwe reaching the Super Six in 2003 and Kenya as semi-finalists in 2003.

The table below provides an overview of the performances of teams over past World Cups, as of the end of the 2023 tournament.