Monday, March 21, 2011

Opening Ceremony, Prize Money, Venues for ICC 2011

Opening ceremony

Prize money

The 2011 Cricket World Cup winning team would be taking home a prize money of US$ 3 million and US$ 1.5 million for runner-up, with the International Cricket Council deciding to double the total allocation for the coveted tournament to US$ 10 million. The winning team will also take home a replica of the ICC Cricket World Cup Trophy, that has been awarded since 1999. The decision was taken at the ICC Board meeting which was held in Dubai on April 20, 2010. The total prize money on offer for the tournament for the teams placing from 1st to 8th is US$7.48 million. The remaining two semi-finalists will receive 0.75 million US$ each. The last four quarter-finalists will each receive 0.37 million US$.

Venues

All the venues of the 2011 Cricket World Cup were announced on 2 November 2009 in Mumbai by the International Cricket Council. Two new stadiums in Sri Lanka have been constructed for the World Cup at Kandy and Hambantota.

VenueCityCapacity
India
Eden GardensKolkata64,500
MA Chidambaram StadiumChennai50,000
Sardar Patel StadiumAhmedabad50,000
Feroz Shah KotlaNew Delhi48,000
Vidarbha Cricket Association StadiumNagpur45,000
M Chinnaswamy StadiumBangalore42,000
Punjab Cricket Association StadiumMohali35,000
Wankhede StadiumMumbai33,000
Sri Lanka
R Premadasa StadiumColombo35,000
Muttiah Muralitharan International Cricket StadiumKandy35,000
Mahinda Rajapaksa International StadiumHambantota35,000
Bangladesh
Shere Bangla National StadiumDhaka25,000
Zahur Ahmed Chowdhury StadiumChittagong20,000
Venues in Bangladesh
Venues in Sri Lanka

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