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title: "Who won the first ICC World Cup?"  
description: "Who won the first ICC World Cup?"  
author: "Navya Khurana"  
published: 2018-01-15  
canonical: https://answers.mindstick.com/qa/33022/who-won-the-first-icc-world-cup  
category: "sports"  
tags: ["cricket (sport)", "cricket", "history"]  
reading_time: 1 minute  

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# Who won the first ICC World Cup?

Who won the first ICC [World Cup](https://yourviews.mindstick.com/view/361/2019-icc-world-cup-is-the-indian-team-ready-for-the-action)?

## Answers

### Answer by Vishal Kesarwani

## “West Indies”

West Indies **registered their name in the books of history by winning the first ever [world](https://yourviews.mindstick.com/view/87368/the-mitrokhin-files-the-kgb-s-hidden-hand-in-world-affairs-part-1-infiltration) cup which was held in the year 1979 by beating England with 92 runs.** The **1979 World Cup was hosted by England and 8 teams participated in the World Cup** and since then the format has been remained unchanged as you may have seen that there are only 8 teams who play world cup which is been divided into 2 groups. \
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**However, the ODI matches then were being played in 60 overs.** In the final match **England won the toss and opted to bowl and West Indies team scored 286 runs** and on behalf of which England team somehow managed to score 194 and lost the match with 92 runs. **Sir Vivian Richard was declared the Man of the Match as he scores 138 from 157 balls, 11 fours, 3 sixes.**


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