ICC World Cup 2011 Schedule, Groups, Countries

The ICC World Cup 2011 will be hosted by three South Asian Test playing countries including India, Sri Lanka and Bangladesh. This is the 10th World Cup, the previous one was hosted by West Indies. This is the first time Bangladesh is co-hosting a world Cup. The World Cup take place between February 19 and April 2.

The first Match take place between India and Bangladesh on February 19 at Shere Bangla National Stadium, Mirpur. The Finals will be played on April 2 at Wankhede Stadium, Mumbai. The 2011 World Cup will be played by dividing the overall 14 teams in to two groups.

The Groups are

Group A -	Australia, Pakistan, New Zealand, Sri Lanka, Zimbabwe, Canada and Kenya
Group B -	India, South Africa, England, West Indies, Bangladesh, Ireland and Netherlands

Earlier some matches were scheduled at Pakistan, but on the wake of 2009 attack on the Sri Lanka national cricket team the 14 matches scheduled has been shifted to other countries. Eight of Pakistan's matches have been awarded to India, four to Sri Lanka and two to Bangladesh.

Four teams from each group will be taken to the next round. In Quarter Finals each team will be played one match between them. The first four from Quarter Finals will be taken to Semi Finals.

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The third ICC World Cup T20 will start from April 30. West Indies will be hosting ICC World Cup T20 and three countries in West Indies Guyana, St. Lucia and Barbados will be hosting total of 27 matches. The T20 begins from April 30 and it will run till May 16 for 19 days.

The first two editions of T20 World Cup was hosted by South Africa in 2007 and England in 2009. India and Pakistan were the champions in respective years. There will be twelve countries playing 2010 T20 World Cup and all the teams are divided in to four groups. The Groups are divided as follows:

Group A	Pakistan (A1), Bangladesh (A2) and Australia
Group B	Sri Lanka (B1), New Zealand (B2) and Zimbabwe
Group C	South Africa (C1), India (C2) and Netherland
Group D	South Africa (C1), India (C2) and Scotland

The first Match will be played between New Zealand and Sri Lanka on April 30 at Providence Stadium, Guyana. The first and second from each group goes into second round. The first and second from each group goes to two diffenent groups in second round. One match is played between every team in a group and the first and second from each of the two groups goes to semi final.

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