<P> The final of the 2015 Cricket World Cup took place on 29 March 2015 at the Melbourne Cricket Ground in Melbourne, Australia . It was played between the tournament's two co-hosts, New Zealand and Australia . Australia went into the game as favourites and won by 7 wickets for a fifth World Cup triumph . The match was played in front of 93,013 spectators, a record crowd for a day of cricket in Australia . </P> <P> The 2015 Cricket World Cup started on 14 February and was co-hosted by New Zealand and Australia across 14 venues . Fourteen teams were divided into two pools of seven, with the top four from each pool progressing to the quarter - finals . The final was played on 29 March and was a day - nighter contested between New Zealand and Australia at the Melbourne Cricket Ground . </P> <P> It was New Zealand's first World Cup Final . They had previously lost the semi-final on six occasions between 1975 and 2011 . Australia played in their record seventh final, having won four (1987, 1999, 2003 and 2007) and lost two (1975, 1996). </P> <P> It was the second consecutive time that two co-hosts contested the final: in 2011, India defeated Sri Lanka in the final while a third co-host Bangladesh exited in the pool stages . It was also the first time since 1987 that there was no Asian team in the final . </P>

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