History of the ICC Cricket World Cup a composite team from East Africa. One notable omission was the South African cricket team who were not competing due to the international sports boycott. West Indies won the first Cricket World Cup by defeating Australia by 17 runs in the final. The next two World Cups held in 1979 and 1983 were again hosted by England. The 1979 Cricket World Cup saw the introduction of the ICC Trophy, a competition used to select non-Test playing teams for the World Cup. Sri Lanka and Canada qualified through the ICC Trophy in 1979. West Indies again won the World Cup tournament,
2014 Under-19 Cricket World Cup began with a league stage consisting of four groups of four. Each team played each of the other teams in its group once. Group A Group B Group C Group D Each country selected a 15-man squad for the tournament. The tournament groups and fixtures were released on 14 December 2013. Teams in green qualify for the next world cup as full members of ICC. Team in red is the top associate team. 2014 Under-19 Cricket World Cup The 2014 ICC Under-19 Cricket World Cup was a one-day cricket competition for sixteen international U-19 cricketing teams which was played in