Editing 1999 Cricket World Cup (section)

==Qualification==
{{main|1997 ICC Trophy}}
[[File:1999 Cricket World Cup Participating nations.svg|400px|right|thumb|
The eight teams which participated in the tournament.{{legend|#003|Qualified as host}}
{{legend|#00f|Qualified as full member of ICC}}
{{legend|#00a700ff|Qualified via the [[1997 ICC Trophy]]}}
{{legend|#fc0|Participated in the ICC Trophy but failed to qualify}}]]
The 1999 World Cup featured 12 teams, which was the same as the previous edition in 1996. The hosts England and the eight other [[Test cricket|test nations]] earned automatic qualification to the World Cup. The remaining three spots were decided at the [[1997 ICC Trophy]] in Malaysia.

22 nations competed in the 1997 edition of the ICC Trophy. After going through two group stages, the semi-finals saw [[Kenya national cricket team|Kenya]] and [[Bangladesh national cricket team|Bangladesh]] qualify through to the World Cup. [[Scotland national cricket team|Scotland]] would be the third nation to qualify as they defeated [[Ireland national cricket team|Ireland]] in the third-place playoff.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://static.espncricinfo.com/db/ARCHIVE/WORLD_CUPS/ICCT97/ICCT97_HEADLINES.html|title=Carlsberg ICC Trophy, Malaysia Headlines|access-date=31 July 2019}}</ref>
{| class="wikitable"
!Team
!Method of qualification
!Finals appearances
!Last appearance
!Previous best performance
!Group
|-
|{{cr|ENG}}
|Hosts
|7th
|[[1996 Cricket World Cup|1996]]
|Runners-up {{small|([[1979 Cricket World Cup|1979]], [[1987 Cricket World Cup|1987]], [[1992 Cricket World Cup|1992]])}}
|A
|-
|{{cr|AUS}}
|rowspan="8"|Full member
|7th
|[[1996 Cricket World Cup|1996]]
|Champions {{small|([[1987 Cricket World Cup|1987]])}}
|B
|-
|{{cr|IND}}
|7th
|[[1996 Cricket World Cup|1996]]
|Champions {{small|([[1983 Cricket World Cup|1983]])}}
|A
|-
|{{cr|NZL}}
|7th
|[[1996 Cricket World Cup|1996]]
|Semi-finals {{small|([[1975 Cricket World Cup|1975]], [[1979 Cricket World Cup|1979]], [[1992 Cricket World Cup|1992]])}}
|B
|-
|{{cr|PAK}}
|7th
|[[1996 Cricket World Cup|1996]]
|Champions {{small|([[1992 Cricket World Cup|1992]]}})
|B
|-
|{{cr|RSA}}
|3rd
|[[1996 Cricket World Cup|1996]]
|Semi-finals {{small|([[1992 Cricket World Cup|1992]])}}
|A
|-
|{{cr|SRI}}
|7th
|[[1996 Cricket World Cup|1996]]
|Champions {{small|([[1996 Cricket World Cup|1996]]}})
|A
|-
|{{cr|WIN}}
|7th
|[[1996 Cricket World Cup|1996]]
|Champions {{small|([[1975 Cricket World Cup|1975]], [[1979 Cricket World Cup|1979]]}})
|B
|-
|{{cr|ZIM}}
|5th
|[[1996 Cricket World Cup|1996]]
|Group stage {{small|(All)}}
|A
|-
|{{cr|BAN}}
|[[1997 ICC Trophy]] winner
|1st
|—
|Debut
|B
|-
|{{cr|KEN}}
|[[1997 ICC Trophy]] runner-up
|2nd
|[[1996 Cricket World Cup|1996]]
|Group stage {{small|([[1996 Cricket World Cup|1996]]}})
|A
|-
|{{cr|SCO}}
|[[1997 ICC Trophy]] third place
|1st
|—
|Debut
|B
|}