With the tournament ending yesterday - with success for Australia - the ICC's top brass met for preliminary discussions over a tournament which has been dogged by controversy from start to finish.
As expected prior to the start of the tournament, India, beaten finalists, will not yet receive their $8-9m share as a result of an on-going sponsorship row.
Sri Lanka was also deprived of $500,000 for failing to meet the deadline for completion of its player contracts.
England will not receive $3.5m after boycotting a game in Zimbabwe and New Zealand will not see $2.5m for doing the same in Kenya.
Said an ICC spokesman: "With the likelihood of compensation claims being made on IDI (the commercial arm of the ICC) by the Global Cricket Corporation (GCC), the ICC Executive Board approved the withholding of some World Cup distributions.
"The amounts retained reflect the ICC's initial calculations of the potential liability attached to the disputes involving these countries."
The Executive Board of the International Cricket Council met in Johannesburg over the weekend.
The Board also agreed to adopt a detailed and structured strategic programme to assist the Kenya Cricket Association (KCA) develop and substantiate its application for Full Member status. ICC Management's proposal for a three-year programme was amended to two years by the Board.
This will involve providing assistance to the KCA in key areas such as high performance, development, finance, governance and administration. The initiative guarantees additional funding of $500,000 per annum from the ICC to the KCA, for the duration of the programme. There is no automatic guarantee of Full Member status on completion of the program, and Kenya's application will be considered at the ICC's meeting of June 2005.
