Barbados to host ICC Cricket World Cup final

Barbados will host the final of the ICC World Cup West Indies 2007 while the opening ceremony will take place in Jamaica.

The announcement of venue allocations for the ICC Cricket World Cup was made at the Award of Matches Ceremony on Tuesday at the Ritz-Carlton Resort in Montego Bay Jamaica, after a closed-door meeting of the 15-member ICC World Cup West Indies 2007 board and senior International Cricket Council officials.

Following is the match allocations for the ICC World Cup West Indies 2007:

Preliminary Round
VENUE 1 (hosts West Indies' matches, plus Opening Ceremony and Opening Match): Jamaica
VENUE 2 (hosts England's matches): St. Lucia
VENUE 3 (hosts India's matches): Trinidad & Tobago
VENUE 4 (hosts Australia's matches): St. Kitts & Nevis

Quarterfinals
VENUE 5 (hosts three of the biggest Super Eight matches): Antigua & Barbuda
VENUE 6: Grenada
VENUE 7: Guyana
VENUE 8 (hosts three of the biggest Super Eight matches): Barbados

Semifinals
Same as VENUE 1: Jamaica
Same as VENUE 2: St. Lucia

Final
Same as VENUE 8: Barbados