Individual awards

Main article: Cricket World Cup awards

Since 1992, one player has been declared as "Man of the Tournament" at the end of the World Cup finals:^[57]

Year	Player	Performance details
1992	Martin Crowe	456 runs
1996	Sanath Jayasuriya	221 runs and 7 wickets
1999	Lance Klusener	281 runs and 17 wickets
2003	Sachin Tendulkar	673 runs and 2 wickets
2007	Glenn McGrath	26 wickets

Previously, there was no tournament award, although Man of the Match awards have always been given for individual matches. Winning the Man of the Match in the final is logically noteworthy, as this indicates the player deemed to have played the biggest part in the World Cup final. To date the award has always gone to a member of the winning side. The Man of the Match award in the final of the competition has been awarded to:^[57]

Year	Player	Performance details
1975	Clive Lloyd	102 runs
1979	Viv Richards	138*
1983	Mohinder Amarnath	3/12 and 26
1987	David Boon	75 runs
1992	Wasim Akram	33 and 3/49
1996	Aravinda de Silva	107* and 3/42
1999	Shane Warne	4/33
2003	Ricky Ponting	140*
2007	Adam Gilchrist	149

Performance of teams

Map of each nation's best results

Nineteen nations have qualified for the finals of 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.^[10] The West Indies won the first two tournaments, and Australia has won four, while India, 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.^[10] Australia has played in 6 of the 9 final matches (1975, 1987, 1996, 1999, 2003, 2007) including the finals in the four most recent tournaments. 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.^[10]

A chart showing each country's historical performance in the Cricket World Cup

Sri Lanka, who co-hosted the 1996 Cricket World Cup, is the only host to win the tournament, though the final was held in Pakistan.^[10] England is the only other host to have made the final, in 1979. Other countries which have achieved or equaled their best World Cup results while co-hosting the tournament are New Zealand, semi-finalists in 1992; Zimbabwe, reaching the Super Six in 2003; and Kenya, semi-finalists in 2003.^[10] In 1987, co-hosts India and Pakistan both reached the semi-finals, but were eliminated by Australia and England respectively.^[10]

The table below provides an overview of the performances of teams over past World Cups.

Team	Appearances			Best result	Statistics
	Total	First	Latest		Played	Won	Lost	Tie	NR
Australia	9	1975	2007	Champions (1987,1999, 2003, 2007)	69	51	17	1	0
West Indies	9	1975	2007	Champions (1975,1979)	57	35	21	0	1
India	9	1975	2007	Champions (1983)	58	32	25	0	1
Pakistan	9	1975	2007	Champions (1992)	56	30	24	0	2
Sri Lanka	9	1975	2007	Champions (1996)	57	25	30	1	1
England	9	1975	2007	Runners-up (1979, 1987, 1992)	59	36	22	0	1
New Zealand	9	1975	2007	Semifinals (1975, 1979, 1992, 1999, 2007)	62	35	26	0	1
South Africa	5	1992	2007	Semifinals (1992, 1999, 2007)	40	26	12	2	0
Kenya	4	1996	2007	Semifinals (2003)	23	6	16	0	1
Zimbabwe	7	1983	2007	Super Six (1999, 2003)	45	8	33	1	3
Bangladesh	3	1999	2007	Super 8 (2007)	20	5	14	0	1
Ireland	1	2007	2007	Super 8 (2007)	9	2	6	1	0
Canada	3	1979	2007	Round 1	12	1	11	0	0
Netherlands	3	1996	2007	Round 1	14	2	12	0	0
Scotland	2	1999	2007	Round 1	8	0	8	0	0
Bermuda	1	2007	2007	Round 1	3	0	3	0	0
Namibia	1	2003	2003	Round 1	6	0	6	0	0
United Arab Emirates	1	1996	1996	Round 1	5	1	4	0	0
East Africa	1	1975	1975	Round 1	3	0	3	0	0