which country has won the cricket world cup the most times?
The Cup
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 Twenty nations have qualified for the Cricket World Cup at least once ( excluding qualification tournaments ) . Seven teams have competed in every finals tournament , five of which have won the title . The West Indies won the first two tournaments , Australia has won five , India has won two , while Pakistan and Sri Lanka have each won once . The West Indies ( 1975 and 1979 ) and Australia ( 1999 , 2003 and 2007 ) are the only nations to have won consecutive titles . Australia has played in seven of the eleven final matches ( 1975 , 1987 , 1996 , 1999 , 2003 , 2007 , 2015 ) . England has yet to win the World Cup , but has been runners @-@ up three times ( 1979 , 1987 , 1992 ) . The best result by a non @-@ Test playing nation is the semi @-@ final appearance by Kenya in the 2003 tournament ; while the best result by a non @-@ Test playing team on their debut is the Super 8 ( second round ) by Ireland in 2007 . 

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 Many of the tournaments have been jointly hosted by nations from the same geographical region , such as South Asia in 1987 , 1996 and 2011 , Australasia in 1992 and 2015 , Southern Africa in 2003 and West Indies in 2007 . 

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 The tournament is the world 's third largest with only the FIFA World Cup and the Summer Olympics exceeding it . The 2011 Cricket World Cup final was televised in over 200 countries to over 2 @.@ 2 billion television viewers . Television rights , mainly for the 2011 and 2015 World Cup , were sold for over US $ 1 @.@ 1 billion , and sponsorship rights were sold for a further US $ 500 million . The 2003 Cricket World Cup matches were attended by 626 @,@ 845 people , while the 2007 Cricket World Cup sold more than 672 @,@ 000 tickets . 

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 The number of nations playing Test cricket increased gradually over time , with the addition of West Indies in 1928 , New Zealand in 1930 , India in 1932 , and Pakistan in 1952 . However , international cricket continued to be played as bilateral Test matches over three , four or five days . 

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 The finals of the World Cup are contested by the ten full members of the ICC ( all of which are Test @-@ playing teams ) and a number of teams made up from associate and affiliate members of the ICC , selected via the World Cricket League and a later qualifying tournament . A total of twenty teams have competed in the eleven editions of the tournament , with fourteen competing in the 2015 tournament . Australia has won the tournament five times , with the West Indies , India ( twice each ) , Pakistan and Sri Lanka ( once each ) also having won the tournament . The best performance by a non @-@ full @-@ member team came when Kenya made the semi @-@ finals of the 2003 tournament . 
