how many world cups have previously been paid prior to this one?

Answer 1

8 world cups

Answer 2

8

Answer 3

8

Answer 4

5

Answer 5

765

Answer 6

Eight

Answer 7

Total Eight Cricket world cup (Mens) have been played till 2003 world cup. The current World Cup is 9th one.

The ICC Cricket World Cup, generally referred to as the Cricket World Cup, is the premier international championship of men's One-day International (ODI) cricket. The event is organised by the sport's governing body, the International Cricket Council (ICC), with preliminary qualification rounds leading up to a finals tournament which is held every four years. The tournament is one of the world's largest and most viewed sporting events.[1][2] According to the ICC, it is the most important tournament and the pinnacle of achievement in the sport.[3][4] The first Cricket World Cup contest was organised in England in 1975. A separate Women's Cricket World Cup has been held every four years since 1973.

The finals of the Cricket World Cup are contested by all ten Test-playing and ODI-playing nations, together with other national teams that qualify through the ICC Trophy competition. Australia has been the most successful of the five teams to have won the tournament, taking three titles. The West Indies have won twice, while India, Pakistan and Sri Lanka have each won once.

A glimpse of the past World Cups..

World Cup 1975

Venue : Lords, England
Teams : England, Australia, New Zealand, West Indies, India, Pakistan, Srilanka and East Africa
Finals : Between West Indies led by Clive Lloyd and Australia led by Ian Chappell on June 21, 1975.
Winner : West Indies beat Australia for 17 runs
Score : 291 for 8 off 60 Overs
Man of the match : Clive Lloyd scoring 102 runs off just 85 balls
Sponsors : Prudential Insurance Company, hence called the Prudential World Cup

World Cup 1979

Venue : Lords, England
Teams : Australia, Canada, England, India, New Zealand, Pakistan, Srilanka and West Indies
Finals : Between West Indies led by Clive Lloyd and England led by Mike Brearley on June 23, 1979.
Winner : West Indies beat England by 92 runs
Score : 286 runs for 9 wickets
Man of the match : Vivian Richards scoring an unbeaten 138 runs
Sponsors : Prudential Insurance Company, hence called the Prudential World Cup

World Cup 1983

Venue : Lords, England
Teams : Australia, England, India, New Zealand, Pakistan, Srilanka, West Indies and Zimbabwe
Finals : Between West Indies led by Clive Lloyd and India led by Kapil Dev on June 25, 1983.
Winner : India beat West Indies by 43 runs
Score : 183 runs all out off 54.4 Overs
Man of the match : Indian Vice Captain Mohinder Amarnath for picking 3 wickets for 12 balls. Also took 26 runs
Sponsors : Prudential Insurance Company, hence called the Prudential World Cup

World Cup 1987

Venue : Eden Gardens, Kolkata, India
Teams : Australia, England, India, New Zealand, Pakistan, Srilanka, West Indies and Zimbabwe
Finals : Between Australia led by Allan Border and England led by Mike Gatting on November 8, 1987.
Winner : Australia beat England by 7 runs
Score : 253 runs for 7 wickets off 50 Overs
Man of the match : David Boon scoring 75 runs
Sponsors : Reliance company, hence called the Reliance World Cup. Jointly hosted by India and Pakistan.

World Cup 1992

Venue : Australia
Teams : Australia, England, India, New Zealand, Pakistan, Srilanka, West Indies, Zimbabwe and South Africa
Finals : Between Pakistan led by Imran Khan and England led by Graham Gooch on March 25, 1992.
Winner : Pakistan beat England by 22 runs
Score : 249 runs for 6 wickets off 50 overs
Man of the match : Wasim Akram, who picked up three important wickets late in the England innings
Player of the tournament : New Zealand captain Martin Crowe for scoring 456 runs
Sponsors : Jointly hosted by Australia and New Zealand called the Benson and Hedges World Cup.

World Cup 1996

Venue : Lahore, Pakistan
Teams : Australia, England, India, Kenya, New Zealand, Netherlands, Pakistan, South Africa, Srilanka, United Arab Emirates, West Indies and Zimbabwe
Finals : Between Srilanka led by Arjuna Ranatunga and Australia led by Mark Taylor on March 17, 1996.
Winner : Srilanka beat Australia by 7 wickets. For the first time in the history of the tournament, the team chasing won.
Score : 241 runs with 22 deliveries to spare off 50 overs
Man of the match : Aravinda da Silva for his unbeaten 107 runs
Player of the Tournament : Sanath Jayasurya for aggressive batman ship with runs at the amazing rate of 1.32 per ball faced.
Sponsors : Jointly hosted by India, Pakistan and Srilanka called the Wills World cup

World Cup 1999

Venue : Lords, England
Teams : Australia, Bangladesh, England, India, Kenya, New Zealand, Pakistan, South Africa, Scotland, Srilanka, West Indies and Zimbabwe
Finals : Between Australia led by Steve Waugh and Pakistan led by Wasim Akram on June 20, 1999.
Winner : Australia beat Pakistan by 8 wickets.
Score : 133 runs in 29.5 overs to spare
Man of the match : Shane Warne for picking 4 wickets for 33 balls
Player of the tournament : South Africa's All rounder, Lance Klusener for scoring 281 runs at an average of 140.50, with his strike rate an amazing 1.22 runs per ball faced. He also captured 17 wickets, just three off the tournament’s leading wicket-taker, at an average of just over 20.
Sponsors : ICC World Cup hosted by England

World Cup 2003

Venue : Johannesburg, South Africa
Teams : Australia, Bangladesh, Canada, England, India, Kenya, Namibia, Netherlands, New Zealand, Pakistan, South Africa, Scotland, Srilanka, West Indies and Zimbabwe
Finals : March 23
Winner : Australia beat India by 125 runs.
Sponsors : ICC World Cup jointly hosted by South Africa, Zimambwe and Kenya

World Cup 2007

Commencing : March-April 2007.
Venue : Antigua and Barbuda, Barbados, Grenada, Guyana, Jamaica, St Kitts and Nevis, Saint Lucia, St. Vincent and the Grenadines and Trinidad and Tobago.
Teams : Australia, Bangladesh, Bermuda, Canada, England, The Netherlands, India, Ireland, Kenya, New Zealand, Pakistan, Scotland, South Africa, Srilanka, West Indies and Zimbabwe.
Finals : April 18.
Winner :
Sponsors : ICC World Cup jointly hosted by, LG Electronics, Pepsi, Hutch & Hero Honda (Official Global Partners). Indian Oil, Cable & Wireless and Scotia Bank (Official Sponsors) .