2023 Cricket World Cup

High school (ages 12+)
Sports & Games

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Step 1 · Read the article

Open the article and read it at the level above. Then answer the questions below in your own words.

https://smallwhale.org/articles/2023-cricket-world-cup

1. What is the event?
2. What is the hosting?
3. What was special about the 2023 Cricket World Cup being hosted in India?
4. How many teams played in the 2023 Cricket World Cup and how were the matches organized?

Write what each word means, using the article.

Do not copy the article. Write two things you learned, the way you would explain them to a friend.

Answers below are taken from the article’s stored facts, so they match what the student read.

1. What is the event?13th edition of the ICC Men's Cricket World Cup
2. What is the hosting?India (sole host)
3. What was special about the 2023 Cricket World Cup being hosted in India?It was the first time India hosted the entire tournament, with 10 teams playing in 10 different venues across the country.
4. How many teams played in the 2023 Cricket World Cup and how were the matches organized?Ten national teams competed in a round‑robin format, where each team played every other team. The top four teams then moved on to the knockout stage.

Quadrennial: Occurring once every four years, indicating the tournament's infrequent but significant nature.
One Day International (ODI): A specific format of cricket played over a single day with a predetermined number of overs for each team.
Round-robin format: A competition structure where every participant plays against every other participant at least once.
Knockout stage: A tournament phase where teams are eliminated after a single loss, leading to a definitive champion.