1987 World Netball Championships

The 1987 World Netball Championships was the seventh edition of the INF Netball World Cup held in Glasgow, Scotland. This quadrennial premier event in international netball featured 17 teams, and included the debut of Cook Islands.[1][2]

1987 World Netball Championships
Tournament details
Host country Scotland
Dates16–28 August 1987 (1987-08-16 – 1987-08-28)
Teams17
Final positions
Champions New Zealand (3rd title)
Runner-up Trinidad and Tobago
 Australia
← 1983
1991 →

The format of the 1987 edition was similar to the previous edition with the teams separated into two groups with the top two continuing on to the final round. New Zealand claimed their third title going unbeaten throughout the entire tournament.

First round

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Group A

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Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts
1   Trinidad and Tobago 7 6 1 0 350 167 +183 13
2   Australia 7 6 0 1 517 179 +338 12
3   Jamaica 7 5 1 1 360 236 +124 11
4   Fiji 7 4 0 3 254 314 –60 8
5   Northern Ireland 7 3 0 4 185 316 –131 6
6   Canada 7 2 0 5 187 291 –104 4
7   Papua New Guinea 7 1 0 6 148 258 –110 2
8   Sri Lanka 7 0 0 7 107 321 –214 0


15 August Fiji   bt   Papua New Guinea    Crownpoint Sports Park, Glasgow

16 August Northern Ireland   52–26   Sri Lanka    Crownpoint Sports Park, Glasgow

16 August Trinidad and Tobago   48–10   Canada    Crownpoint Sports Park, Glasgow

17 August Jamaica   66–36   Canada    Crownpoint Sports Park, Glasgow

17 August Fiji   47–34   Northern Ireland    Crownpoint Sports Park, Glasgow

17 August Australia   90–17   Papua New Guinea    Crownpoint Sports Park, Glasgow

18 August Jamaica   bt   Sri Lanka    Crownpoint Sports Park, Glasgow

18 August Trinidad and Tobago   bt   Papua New Guinea    Crownpoint Sports Park, Glasgow

18 August Northern Ireland   bt   Canada    Crownpoint Sports Park, Glasgow

18 August Australia   86–30   Fiji    Crownpoint Sports Park, Glasgow

18 August Trinidad and Tobago   74–12   Sri Lanka    Crownpoint Sports Park, Glasgow

20 August Trinidad and Tobago   54–22   Fiji    Crownpoint Sports Park, Glasgow

20 August Australia   85–3   Sri Lanka    Crownpoint Sports Park, Glasgow

20 August Jamaica   49–18   Papua New Guinea    Crownpoint Sports Park, Glasgow

21 August Northern Ireland   45–36   Papua New Guinea    Crownpoint Sports Park, Glasgow

21 August Australia   63–15   Canada    Crownpoint Sports Park, Glasgow

21 August Jamaica   76–46   Fiji    Crownpoint Sports Park, Glasgow

22 August Trinidad and Tobago   50–50   Jamaica    Crownpoint Sports Park, Glasgow

22 August Australia   69–9   Northern Ireland    Crownpoint Sports Park, Glasgow

22 August Fiji   55–34   Sri Lanka    Crownpoint Sports Park, Glasgow

22 August Canada   41–35   Papua New Guinea    Crownpoint Sports Park, Glasgow

23 August Trinidad and Tobago   73–23   Northern Ireland    Crownpoint Sports Park, Glasgow

24 August Australia   64–54   Jamaica    Crownpoint Sports Park, Glasgow

24 August Fiji   54–30   Canada    Crownpoint Sports Park, Glasgow

24 August Papua New Guinea   42–33   Sri Lanka    Crownpoint Sports Park, Glasgow

25 August Trinidad and Tobago   51–50   Australia    Crownpoint Sports Park, Glasgow

25 August Jamaica   65–22   Northern Ireland    Crownpoint Sports Park, Glasgow

25 August Canada   55–25   Sri Lanka    Crownpoint Sports Park, Glasgow


Group B

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Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts
1   New Zealand 8 8 0 0 585 146 +439 16
2   England 8 7 0 1 377 180 +197 14
3   Cook Islands 8 6 0 2 337 302 +35 12
4   Barbados 8 5 0 3 327 252 +65 10
5   Bermuda 8 3 1 4 191 364 –173 7
6   Scotland 8 3 0 5 175 267 –92 6
7   Republic of Ireland 8 2 1 5 207 357 –150 5
8   Malaysia 8 0 1 7 248 409 –161 1
9   Wales 8 0 1 7 194 364 –170 1

15 August Scotland   46-26   Republic of Ireland    Crownpoint Sports Park, Glasgow

16 August New Zealand   53–28   Barbados    Crownpoint Sports Park, Glasgow

16 August England   56–18   Malaysia    Crownpoint Sports Park, Glasgow

16 August Bermuda   28–27   Wales    Crownpoint Sports Park, Glasgow

17 August New Zealand   78–27   Cook Islands    Crownpoint Sports Park, Glasgow

17 August England   46–36   Barbados    Crownpoint Sports Park, Glasgow

17 August Scotland   39–26   Malaysia    Crownpoint Sports Park, Glasgow

17 August Bermuda   35–35   Republic of Ireland    Crownpoint Sports Park, Glasgow

18 August Barbados   bt   Wales    Crownpoint Sports Park, Glasgow

18 August Malaysia   40–40   Wales    Crownpoint Sports Park, Glasgow

18 August England   59–18   Bermuda    Crownpoint Sports Park, Glasgow

18 August Barbados   42–29   Scotland    Crownpoint Sports Park, Glasgow

18 August Cook Islands   53–33   Wales    Crownpoint Sports Park, Glasgow

19 August New Zealand   81–16   Republic of Ireland    Crownpoint Sports Park, Glasgow

19 August Bermuda   31-28   Scotland    Crownpoint Sports Park, Glasgow

20 August Republic of Ireland   39–31   Wales    Crownpoint Sports Park, Glasgow

20 August New Zealand   89–8   Bermuda    Crownpoint Sports Park, Glasgow

20 August Barbados   51–25   Malaysia    Crownpoint Sports Park, Glasgow

20 August Cook Islands   47–24   Scotland    Crownpoint Sports Park, Glasgow

21 August Barbados   61–22   Bermuda    Crownpoint Sports Park, Glasgow

21 August Cook Islands   52–36   Wales    Crownpoint Sports Park, Glasgow

21 August England   59–17   Republic of Ireland    Crownpoint Sports Park, Glasgow

21 August New Zealand   78–9   Malaysia    Crownpoint Sports Park, Glasgow

22 August Cook Islands   56–47   Malaysia    Crownpoint Sports Park, Glasgow

22 August England   59–25   Scotland    Crownpoint Sports Park, Glasgow

22 August Barbados   58–25   Republic of Ireland    Crownpoint Sports Park, Glasgow

22 August New Zealand   94–13   Wales    Crownpoint Sports Park, Glasgow

23 August Republic of Ireland   42–40   Malaysia    Crownpoint Sports Park, Glasgow

23 August England   68–21   Wales    Crownpoint Sports Park, Glasgow

24 August New Zealand   67–15   Scotland    Crownpoint Sports Park, Glasgow

24 August Cook Islands   50–33   Bermuda    Crownpoint Sports Park, Glasgow

20 August Bermuda   47–43   Malaysia    Crownpoint Sports Park, Glasgow

25 August New Zealand   45–30   England    Crownpoint Sports Park, Glasgow

25 August Cook Islands   52–51   Barbados    Crownpoint Sports Park, Glasgow

25 August Scotland   43–26   Wales    Crownpoint Sports Park, Glasgow

25 August England   bt   Cook Islands    Crownpoint Sports Park, Glasgow


Placement round

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Group 13-17

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Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts
1   Wales 4 4 0 0 133 90 +43 8
2   Papua New Guinea 4 3 0 1 104 110 –6 6
3   Republic of Ireland 4 2 0 2 122 110 +12 4
4   Sri Lanka 4 1 0 3 94 113 –19 2
5   Malaysia 4 0 0 4 86 116 –30 0
26 August Republic of Ireland   37–29   Sri Lanka    Crownpoint Sports Park, Glasgow

26 August Wales   32–17   Papua New Guinea    Crownpoint Sports Park, Glasgow

26 August Papua New Guinea   28–23   Sri Lanka    Crownpoint Sports Park, Glasgow

26 August Wales   34–27   Republic of Ireland    Crownpoint Sports Park, Glasgow

27 August Papua New Guinea   29–26   Malaysia    Crownpoint Sports Park, Glasgow

27 August Wales   31–20   Sri Lanka    Crownpoint Sports Park, Glasgow

27 August Wales   36–26   Malaysia    Crownpoint Sports Park, Glasgow

28 August Papua New Guinea   30–29   Republic of Ireland    Crownpoint Sports Park, Glasgow

28 August Republic of Ireland   29–17   Malaysia    Crownpoint Sports Park, Glasgow

28 August Sri Lanka   22–17   Malaysia    Crownpoint Sports Park, Glasgow

Group 9-12

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Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts
1   Scotland 3 3 0 0 111 69 +42 6
2   Northern Ireland 3 1 0 2 103 101 +2 2
2   Bermuda 3 1 0 2 87 112 –25 2
2   Canada 3 1 0 2 95 114 –19 2
26 August Scotland   37–30   Northern Ireland    Crownpoint Sports Park, Glasgow

26 August Canada   41–38   Bermuda    Crownpoint Sports Park, Glasgow

27 August Northern Ireland   41–31   Canada    Crownpoint Sports Park, Glasgow

27 August Scotland   39–16   Bermuda    Crownpoint Sports Park, Glasgow

28 August Scotland   35–23   Canada    Crownpoint Sports Park, Glasgow

28 August Bermuda   33–32   Northern Ireland    Crownpoint Sports Park, Glasgow

Group 5-8

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Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts
1   Jamaica 3 3 0 0 177 132 +45 6
2   Barbados 3 1 1 1 140 134 +6 3
2   Cook Islands 3 1 1 1 142 142 0 3
4   Fiji 3 0 0 3 124 175 –51 0
26 August Jamaica   56–47   Barbados    Crownpoint Sports Park, Glasgow

26 August Cook Islands   52–51   Fiji    Crownpoint Sports Park, Glasgow

27 August Jamaica   72–37   Fiji    Crownpoint Sports Park, Glasgow

27 August Barbados   42–42   Cook Islands    Crownpoint Sports Park, Glasgow

28 August Barbados   51–36   Fiji    Crownpoint Sports Park, Glasgow

28 August Jamaica   49–48   Cook Islands    Crownpoint Sports Park, Glasgow

Final round

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Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts
    New Zealand 3 3 0 0 135 102 +33 6
    Trinidad and Tobago 3 1 1 1 125 128 –3 3
    Australia 3 1 1 1 121 128 –7 3
4   England 3 0 0 3 113 136 –23 0
26 August New Zealand   39–28   Australia    Crownpoint Sports Park, Glasgow
Scoring by quarter: 10–9, 8–9, 10–3, 11–7

26 August Trinidad and Tobago   42–33   England    Crownpoint Sports Park, Glasgow

27 August Trinidad and Tobago   46–46   Australia    Crownpoint Sports Park, Glasgow
Scoring by half: 16–21, 30–25
???   ?? Sergeant   36/54 (67%)
Kenny   8/23 (35%)
???   2

27 August New Zealand   47–37   England    Crownpoint Sports Park, Glasgow

28 August Australia   47–43   England    Crownpoint Sports Park, Glasgow

28 August New Zealand   49–37   Trinidad and Tobago    Crownpoint Sports Park, Glasgow

Final placings

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Place Nation[3]
    New Zealand
 =   Trinidad and Tobago
 =   Australia
4   England
5   Jamaica
6=   Barbados
6=   Cook Islands
8   Fiji
9   Scotland
10=   Bermuda
10=   Canada
10=   Northern Ireland
13   Wales
14   Papua New Guinea
15   Republic of Ireland
16   Sri Lanka
17   Malaysia

Medallists

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Gold Silver Bronze
  New Zealand
Coach: Lois Muir
  Trinidad and Tobago   Australia
Coach: Wilma Shakespear
Tracy Eyrl
Rita Fatialofa
Tracey Fear
Margaret Forsyth
Leigh Gibbs (c)
Annette Heffernan
Sandra Mallet
Margharet Matenga
Angela Pule
Joan Solia
Waimarama Taumaunu
Julie Townsend
Bridget Adams
Jeanne Bailey
Sherry Ann Blackman
Sharon Castanada
Heather Charleau
Jennifer Frank
Hyacinth Hart
Cheryl Herbert
Annette Hutchinson
Muriel Mitchell
Erica Outram
Hazel Taylor
Diane Atkinson
Lisa Beehag
Keeley Devery
Marcia Ella
Chris Harris
Sally Ironmonger
Roselee Jencke
Michelle Jones
Sue Kenny
Janelle Peterson
Anne Sargeant (c)
Vicki Wilson
Notes
  • ^1 Australia and Trinidad and Tobago were actually declared the joint runners up. The tournament had no tie-break criteria. For the purposes of this table, goal scored was used to decide the order of teams.

Source:[4]


References

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  1. ^ ""N Zealand victorious." Times [London, England] 29 Aug. 1987". Times Digital Archives.
  2. ^ "Women Netball VII World Championship 1987". Todor 66.
  3. ^ Netball Australia. "World Netball Championships placings" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 25 September 2012. Retrieved 30 July 2011.
  4. ^ "Women Netball VII World Championship 1987 Glasgow". www.todor66.com. Retrieved 26 February 2020.