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.