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.
| Venue | City | Capacity |
|---|---|---|
| India | ||
| Eden Gardens | Kolkata | 64,500 |
| MA Chidambaram Stadium | Chennai | 50,000 |
| Sardar Patel Stadium | Ahmedabad | 50,000 |
| Feroz Shah Kotla | New Delhi | 48,000 |
| Vidarbha Cricket Association Stadium | Nagpur | 45,000 |
| M Chinnaswamy Stadium | Bangalore | 42,000 |
| Punjab Cricket Association Stadium | Mohali | 35,000 |
| Wankhede Stadium | Mumbai | 33,000 |
| Sri Lanka | ||
| R Premadasa Stadium | Colombo | 35,000 |
| Muttiah Muralitharan International Cricket Stadium | Kandy | 35,000 |
| Mahinda Rajapaksa International Stadium | Hambantota | 35,000 |
| Bangladesh | ||
| Shere Bangla National Stadium | Dhaka | 25,000 |
| Zahur Ahmed Chowdhury Stadium | Chittagong | 20,000 |
Venues in Bangladesh |
