The International Cricket Council (ICC) has announced the schedule for the ICC World Cup 2015. The 14 teams participating in the World Cup have been divided into two groups — Pool A and Pool B. Pool A consists of England, Australia, Sri Lanka, New Zealand, Bangladesh, Afghanistan and Scotland. Whereas, Pool B consists of India, Pakistan, South Africa, West Indies, Zimbabwe, Ireland and the United Arab Emirates (UAE). <br />The World Cup is scheduled to begin from February 14, 2015 and the final match is slated to be played on March 29, 2015. The first match of the World Cup will be played between Sri Lanka and New Zealand at Hagley Oval, Christchurch. <br />The World Cup will be spread out over 14 venues across Australia and New Zealand. The venues are: <br />Venues <br />Australia New Zealand <br />Adelaide Auckland <br />Brisbane Wellington <br />Melbourne Christchurch <br />Canberra Hamilton <br />Hobart Napier <br />Perth Nelson <br />Sydney Dunedin <br />While Sri Lanka and New Zealand will start off proceedings in Pool A, South Africa and Zimbabwe will kick off matters in the second group. Defending champions, India will play their first match of the World Cup against arch-rivals Pakistan on February 15, 2015 at the Adelaide Oval in a day-night encounter. <br />Here is the complete list of fixtures: <br />Date Fixture Pool Venue <br />14.2.2015 Sri Lanka vs New Zealand Pool A Hagley Oval, Christchurch <br />14.2.2015 England vs Australia Pool A MCG, Melbourne <br />15.2.2015 South Africa vs Zimbabwe Pool B Seddon Park, Hamilton <br />15.2.2015 India vs Pakistan Pool B Adelaide Oval, Adelaide <br />16.2.2015 West Indies vs Ireland Pool B Saxton Oval, Nelson <br />17.2.2015 New Zealand vs Scotland Pool A University Oval, Dunedin <br />18.2.2015 Bangladesh vs Afghanistan Pool A Manuka Oval, Canberra <br />19.2.2015 Zimbabwe vs UAE Pool B Saxton Oval, Nelson <br />20.2.2015 England vs New Zealand Pool A Wellington Regional Stadium, Wellington <br />21.2.2015 Pakistan vs West Indies Pool B Hagley Oval, Christchurch <br />21.2.2015 Australia vs Bangladesh Pool A The Gabba, Brisbane <br />22.2.2015 Sri Lanka vs Afghanistan Pool A University Oval, Dunedin <br />22.2.2015 South Africa vs India Pool B MCG, Melbourne <br />23.2.2015 England vs Scotland Pool A Hagley Oval, Christchurch <br />24.2.2015 West Indies vs Zimbabwe Pool B Manuka Oval, Canberra <br />25.2.2015 Ireland vs UAE Pool B The Gabba, Brisbane <br />26.2.2015 Afghanistan vs Scotland Pool A University Oval, Dunedin <br />26.2.2015 Sri Lanka vs Bangladesh Pool A MCG, Melbourne <br />27.2.2015 South Africa vs West Indies Pool B SCG, Sydney <br />28.2.2015 Australia vs New Zealand Pool A Eden Park, Auckland <br />28.2.2015 India vs UAE Pool B WACA, Perth <br />1.3.2015 England vs Sri Lanka Pool A Wellington Regional Stadium, Wellington <br />1.3.2015 Pakistan vs Zimbabwe Pool B The Gabba, Brisbane <br />3.3.2015 South Africa vs Ireland Pool B Manuka Oval, Canberra <br />4.3.2015 Pakistan vs UAE Pool B McLean Park, Napier <br />4.3.2015 Australia vs Afghanistan Pool A WACA, Perth <br />5.3.2015 Bangladesh vs Scotland Pool A Saxton Oval, Nelson <br />6.3.2015 India vs West Indies Pool B WACA, Perth <br />7.3.2015 South Africa vs Pakistan Pool B Eden Park, Auckland <br />7.3.2015 Zimbabwe vs Ireland Pool B Bellerive Oval, Hobart <br />8.3.2015 New Zealand vs Afghanistan Pool A McLean Park, Napier <br />8.3.2015 Australia vs Sri Lanka Pool A SCG, Sydney <br />9.3.2015 England vs Bangladesh Pool A Adelaide Oval, Adelaide <br />10.3.2015 India vs Ireland Pool B Seddon Park, Hamilton <br />11.3.2015 Sri Lanka vs Scotland Pool A Bellerive Oval, Hobart <br />12.3.2015 South Africa vs UAE Pool B Wellington Regional Stadium, Wellington <br />13.3.2015 Bangladesh vs New Zealand Pool A Seddon Park, Hamilton <br />13.3.2015 England vs Afghanistan Pool A SCG, Sydney <br />14.3.2015 India vs Zimbabwe Pool B Eden Park, Auckland <br />14.3.2015 Australia vs Scotland Pool A Bellerive Oval, Hobart <br />15.3.2015 West Indies vs UAE Pool B McLean Park, Napier <br />15.3.2015 Pakistan vs Ireland Pool B Adelaide Oval, Adelaide <br />Quarter Finals <br />18.3.2015 TBD vs TBD SCG, Sydney <br />19.3.2015 TBD vs TBD MCG, Melbourne <br />20.3.2015 TBD vs TBD Adelaide Oval, Adelaide <br />21.3.2015 TBD vs TBD Wellington Regional Stadium, Wellington <br />Semi Finals <br />24.3.2015 TBD vs TBD Eden Park, Auckland <br />26.3.2015 TBD vs TBD SCG, Sydney <br />Final <br />29.3.2015 TBD vs TBD MCG, Melbourn
