2015 Netball World Cup

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2015 Netball World Cup
Tournament details
Host country	Australia
Dates	7–16 August 2015
Teams	16
Final positions
Champions	Australia (11th title)
Runner-up	New Zealand
Third place	England
Tournament statistics
Top scorer(s)	Mwai Kumwenda; (321 goals)
	← 2011 2019 →

The Netball World Cup Sydney 2015^[3] (NWC2015) was the 14th edition of the INF Netball World Cup, the premier competition in international netball. It was held from 7–16 August, in Sydney, Australia, which secured hosting rights after defeating a rival bid from Manchester, England.^[3] Matches were played at Allphones Arena and Netball Central. Sixteen nations competed at the championships, including the top six teams from the 2011 World Netball Championships in Singapore. After two rounds in which teams competed in pools of four, Australia, New Zealand, England and Jamaica contested the semi-finals. Australia defended its 2011 title against New Zealand by a narrow 58–55 victory. The final at Allphones Arena was attended by 16,752 people, a world record for any netball game. Malawian shooter Mwai Kumwenda was the player of distinction.

Organisation edit

Hosting rights edit

Bids to host the 2015 Netball World Cup were submitted to the International Netball Federation (INF) in 2010. The two candidate cities chosen were Manchester, England and Sydney, Australia. In March 2011, INF delegates convened in Singapore, host nation of the 2011 World Netball Championships, to consider both bids. At the end of the conference, Sydney was announced as the host city for the 2015 tournament.

This is the second time that Sydney hosted the competition, and the third time in Australia. Sydney last hosted the event in 1991, where Australia won a closely contested final against New Zealand.^[4]

Venues edit

The sixty four matches were played at the Allphones Arena and Netball Central in Sydney Olympic Park. Allphones Arena hosted the majority of the matches while Netball Central served as the official training venue for all sixteen participating teams. It also hosted pool matches, play-offs and placing games.^[5]^[6]

Broadcasters edit

This is a list of the broadcasters for the tournament in competing countries and regions.

Country	Broadcaster
Australia	Fox Sports (All Matches) Network Ten (Australian Matches Only)
Fiji	Fiji TV FBC TV
Ireland	Sky Sports
Malawi	SuperSport
New Zealand	Sky Sport
South Africa	SuperSport
Uganda	SuperSport
United Kingdom	Sky Sports
Zambia	SuperSport
Region	Broadcaster
Pacific Islands	Fiji TV Sky Pacific
Sub-Saharan Africa	SuperSport

Umpires edit

Seventeen umpires from six countries officiated matches at the tournament.^[7]

Nation	Umpire
AUS	Rachael Ayre
AUS	Josh Bowring
AUS	Paula Ferguson
AUS	Sharon Kelly
AUS	Michelle Phippard
ENG	Gary Burgess
ENG	Ian Fuller
ENG	Jackie Mizon
ENG	Tracy Smith
JAM	Dave Brown
NZL	Jonathan Bredin
NZL	Lisa McPhail
NZL	Yvonne Morgan
NZL	Kristie Simpson
RSA	Theresa Prince
RSA	Marie-Louw Van Der Merwe
TRI	Joel Young-Strong

Teams edit

Qualification edit

Sixteen teams contested the 2015 tournament.^[4] The home nation automatically qualified, along with the next five highest-ranked teams from the 2011 World Netball Championships:

Australia (host nation)
New Zealand
England
Jamaica
Malawi
South Africa

Qualification Tournaments The remaining ten teams were determined by regional qualifying tournaments, with two teams selected from each of the five international netball regions; Africa, Americas, Asia, Europe and Oceania.^[8]^{[citation needed]}

Region	Host	Teams	Dates	Winner	Runner up
Europe	Wales	4	30 May – 1 June 2014	Wales	Scotland
Oceania	Cook Islands	4	2–7 June 2014	Fiji	Samoa
Americas	Canada	8	19–28 August 2014	Trinidad and Tobago	Barbados
Asia	Singapore	10	7–14 September 2014	Singapore	Sri Lanka
Africa	Botswana	8	14–20 September 2014	Uganda	Zambia

Draw edit

There was no draw for the tournament, instead the 16 qualified teams were allocated into four pools (A, B, C and D) according to their INF World Rankings of 1 July 2014,^[9] as per following criteria:^[10]

Pool A – teams seeded 1, 2, 9, 10
Pool B – teams seeded 3, 4, 11, 12
Pool C – teams seeded 5, 6, 13, 14
Pool D – teams seeded 7, 8, 15, 16
Subject to a maximum of two teams from the same region per pool, in case of a third team from the same region, they are switched with the closest ranked team from a different pool. After the original allocation, Sri Lanka and Uganda swapped pools to comply with this rule.^[9]

Rankings reflect the teams' rankings in July 2014.

Pool A	Pool B	Pool C	Pool D
Australia (1) New Zealand (2) Barbados (9) Trinidad and Tobago (10)	England (3) Jamaica (4) Scotland (11) Samoa (13)	Malawi (5) South Africa (6) Singapore (19) Sri Lanka (24)	Fiji (7) Wales (8) Uganda (15) Zambia (22)

Format edit

The 2015 tournament consisted of 64 matches played over ten days from 7–16 August. It included three stages – a preliminary pool stage, a qualifying pool stage, and a knockout series of semi-finals and finals. The 16 participating teams were initially divided into four pools (A, B, C and D) of four teams. During the preliminary pool stage, teams in each pool played each other once. In every pool match, two points were awarded to a winning team, while no points were given to a losing team.^[11]

The qualification round consisted of two First Eight pools (E and F), which were formed from two teams with the highest number of points in each of the preliminary matches pools, and two Second Eight pools (G and H), formed from the bottom two teams in each of the preliminary matches pools. In this stage, teams in each pool played each other once.

The two teams with the highest number of points in each of the two First Eight pools advanced to the semi-finals. The winners of the semifinals contested the final, while the losers played for the bronze medal (3rd place). The bottom two teams in each of these pools entered a knockout stage to determine fifth to eighth place. The teams from the two Second Eight pools are similarly divided, eventually entering two knockout stages for 9th to 12th place and 13th to 16th place.

Preliminary round matches edit

Pool A edit

Pos	Team	Pld	W	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
1	New Zealand	3	3	0	199	113	86	6
2	Australia	3	2	1	203	100	103	4
3	Trinidad and Tobago	3	1	2	125	186	−61	2
4	Barbados	3	0	3	83	211	−128	0

7 August 16:50 (AEST)	Report	New Zealand	73–28	Barbados		Allphones Arena
		Paseka 28/38 (74%) Mes 24/31 (77%) Tutaia 12/15 (80%) Brown 9/12 (75%)		Wharton 14/16 (88%) Piggott 6/6 (100%) Sealy 4/5 (80%) Thomas 4/6 (67%)

7 August 21:05 (AEST)	Report	Australia	73–32	Trinidad and Tobago		Allphones Arena
		Thwaites 26/32 (81%) Bell 18/19 (95%) Bassett 17/18 (94%) Medhurst 12/15 (80%)		Wallace 11/14 (79%) McCollin 10/11 (91%) Noel 6/11 (55%) Cooper 5/7 (71%)

8 August 13:20 (AEST)	Report	Trinidad and Tobago	38–74	New Zealand		Allphones Arena
		Wallace 24/30 (80%) Cooper 9/11 (82%) McCollin 4/4 (100%) Noel 1/1 (100%)		Mes 21/25 (84%) Paseka 21/27 (78%) Brown 16/20 (80%) Tutaia 16/20 (80%)

8 August 15:20 (AEST)	Report	Barbados	16–83	Australia		Allphones Arena
		Wharton 7/13 (54%) Piggott 5/11 (45%) Thomas 4/5 (80%)		Bassett 30/30 (100%) Bell 21/24 (88%) Thwaites 17/18 (94%) Medhurst 15/19 (79%)

9 August 12:20 (AEST)	Report	Trinidad and Tobago	55–39	Barbados		Allphones Arena
		Wallace 37/42 (88%) Cooper 18/20 (90%)		Wharton 23/25 (92%) Thomas 7/8 (88%) Piggott 6/8 (75%) Sealy 3/3 (100%)

9 August 14:20 (AEST)	Report	Australia	47–52	New Zealand		Allphones Arena
		Bassett 38/43 (88%) Medhurst 6/7 (86%) Bell 3/7 (43%)		Tutaia 34/48 (71%) Mes 18/21 (86%)

Pool B edit

Pos	Team	Pld	W	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
1	England	3	3	0	199	103	96	6
2	Jamaica	3	2	1	211	122	89	4
3	Scotland	3	1	2	90	167	−77	2
4	Samoa	3	0	3	114	222	−108	0

7 August 10:50 (AEST)	Report	Jamaica	90–44	Samoa		Allphones Arena
		Fowler-Reid 39/45 (87%) Aiken 29/32 (91%) Beckford 11/13 (85%) Griffiths 11/16 (69%)		Naoupu 21/26 (81%) Tanimo 15/20 (75%) Too 8/11 (73%)

7 August 14:50 (AEST)	Report	England	60–19	Scotland		Allphones Arena
		Dunn 22/23 (96%) Harten 16/22 (73%) Cookey 11/12 (92%) Housby 11/15 (73%)		Sole 13/17 (76%) Pettitt 3/6 (50%) Gallagher 3/7 (43%)

8 August 15:20 (AEST)	Report	Samoa	36–47	Scotland		Netball Central
		Tanimo 20/20 (100%) Naoupu 14/14 (100%) Too 2/2 (100%)		Sole 19/28 (68%) Gallagher 15/20 (75%) MacDonald 13/14 (93%)

8 August 17:20 (AEST)	Report	Jamaica	50–54	England		Allphones Arena
		Aiken 27/29 (93%) Beckford 17/20 (85%) Fowler-Reid 6/7 (86%)		Harten 37/46 (80%) Housby 11/13 (85%) Cookey 6/8 (75%)

9 August 16:20 (AEST)	Report	England	85–34	Samoa		Allphones Arena
		Harten 30/35 (86%) Housby 26/29 (90%) Cookey 17/17 (100%) Dunn 12/16 (75%)		Tanimo 17/18 (94%) Tuipulotu 8/10 (80%) Too 7/9 (78%) Naoupu 2/5 (40%)

10 August 19:20 (AEST)	Report	Scotland	24–71	Jamaica		Allphones Arena
		Pettitt 9/15 (60%) Sole 8/14 (57%) Gallagher 7/11 (64%)		Fowler-Reid 59/62 (95%) Griffiths 12/14 (86%)

Pool C edit

Pos	Team	Pld	W	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
1	Malawi	3	3	0	234	100	134	6
2	South Africa	3	2	1	209	96	113	4
3	Singapore	3	1	2	108	187	−79	2
4	Sri Lanka	3	0	3	78	246	−168	0

7 August 11:50 (AEST)	Report	Singapore	56–43	Sri Lanka		Netball Central
		Soh 39/55 (71%) Chen 17/25 (68%)		Algama 34/39 (87%) Alwis 9/11 (82%)

7 August 12:50 (AEST)	Report	Malawi	58–51	South Africa		Allphones Arena
		Kumwenda 40/43 (93%) Simtowe 18/24 (75%)		Potgieter 43/48 (90%) Holtzhausen 8/14 (57%)

8 August 17:20 (AEST)	Report	South Africa	69–21	Singapore		Netball Central
		Potgieter 39/45 (87%) du Plessis 19/27 (70%) Holtzhausen 11/14 (79%)		Soh 11/18 (61%) Yu 6/9 (67%) Chen 4/6 (67%)

8 August 19:20 (AEST)	Report	Sri Lanka	18–101	Malawi		Allphones Arena
		Alwis 7/8 (88%) Mendis 6/11 (55%) Algama 5/9 (56%)		Kumwenda 32/36 (89%) Mvula 28/31 (90%) Chimaliro 21/22 (95%) Simtowe 20/22 (91%)

9 August 18:20 (AEST)	Report	Malawi	75–31	Singapore		Allphones Arena
		Kumwenda 39/43 (91%) Simtowe 23/24 (96%) Chimaliro 7/7 (100%) Mvula 6/9 (67%)		Soh 23/31 (74%) Chen 5/10 (50%) Yu 3/4 (75%)

10 August 12:20 (AEST)	Report	South Africa	89–17	Sri Lanka		Allphones Arena
		Potgieter 43/46 (93%) Holtzhausen 21/24 (88%) Lombard 14/19 (74%) du Plessis 11/11 (100%)		Algama 13/17 (76%) Alwis 3/7 (43%) Mendis 1/4 (25%)

Pool D edit

Pos	Team	Pld	W	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
1	Wales	3	3	0	179	143	36	6
2	Uganda	3	2	1	182	127	55	4
3	Fiji	3	1	2	151	171	−20	2
4	Zambia	3	0	3	133	204	−71	0

7 August 9:50 (AEST)	Report	Fiji	52–59	Wales		Netball Central
		Mitchell 35/35 (100%) Rusivakula 17/25 (68%)		Lewis 31/39 (79%) Thomas 28/28 (100%)

7 August 13:50 (AEST)	Report	Uganda	74–38	Zambia		Netball Central
		Proscovia 56/62 (90%) Nanyonga 10/14 (71%) Oyella 8/9 (89%)		Jere 22/24 (92%) Banda 11/11 (100%) Bwalya 5/6 (83%)

8 August 11:20 (AEST)	Report	Uganda	61–40	Fiji		Allphones Arena
		Proscovia 37/45 (82%) Nanyonga 24/29 (83%)		Mitchell 27/30 (90%) Rusivakula 8/12 (67%) Rauluni 5/8 (63%)

9 August 10:20 (AEST)	Report	Wales	71–44	Zambia		Allphones Arena
		Lewis 44/49 (90%) Thomas 13/14 (93%) Rowe 12/12 (100%) Bell 2/5 (40%)		Jere 31/37 (84%) Bwalya 11/18 (61%) Banda 2/4 (50%)

10 August 15:20 (AEST)	Report	Zambia	51–59	Fiji		Allphones Arena
		Jere 31/39 (79%) Banda 16/19 (84%) Bwalya 4/5 (80%)		Mitchell 41/47 (87%) Rusivakula 18/25 (72%)

10 August 17:20 (AEST)	Report	Uganda	47–49	Wales		Allphones Arena
		Proscovia 26/32 (81%) Nanyonga 21/23 (91%)		Lewis 35/42 (83%) Thomas 14/14 (100%)

Qualification round matches edit

Pool E edit

Pos	Team	Pld	W	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
1	New Zealand	3	3	0	188	130	58	6
2	Jamaica	3	2	1	170	164	6	4
3	Malawi	3	1	2	170	173	−3	2
4	Uganda	3	0	3	133	194	−61	0

11 August 14:20 (AEST)	Report	Malawi	59–53	Uganda		Netball Central
		Kumwenda 48/53 (91%) Simtowe 11/13 (85%)		Proscovia 38/39 (97%) Nanyonga 15/18 (83%)

11 August 18:20 (AEST)	Report	New Zealand	55–48	Jamaica		Allphones Arena
		Tutaia 36/43 (84%) Mes 19/25 (76%)		Aiken 41/44 (93%) Beckford 7/9 (78%)

12 August 18:20 (AEST)	Report	New Zealand	57–49	Malawi		Allphones Arena
		Mes 33/38 (87%) Brown 16/19 (84%) Tutaia 8/9 (89%)		Kumwenda 38/42 (90%) Simtowe 11/13 (85%)

13 August 14:20 (AEST)	Report	Jamaica	59–47	Uganda		Allphones Arena
		Fowler-Reid 23/25 (92%) Aiken 16/16 (100%) Beckford 15/16 (94%) Griffiths 5/7 (71%)		Nanyonga 29/34 (85%) Proscovia 18/24 (75%)

14 August 12:20 (AEST)	Report	Jamaica	63–62	Malawi		Allphones Arena
		Aiken 44/48 (92%) Beckford 17/18 (94%) Griffiths 2/3 (67%)		Kumwenda 39/41 (95%) Simtowe 23/23 (100%)

14 August 18:20 (AEST)	Report	New Zealand	76–33	Uganda		Allphones Arena
		Paseka 49/55 (89%) Brown 22/29 (76%) Tutaia 5/7 (71%)		Proscovia 19/22 (86%) Nanyonga 11/18 (61%) Amono 2/4 (50%) Oyella 1/2 (50%)

Pool F edit

Pos	Team	Pld	W	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
1	Australia	3	3	0	206	96	110	6
2	England	3	2	1	181	130	51	4
3	South Africa	3	1	2	145	168	−23	2
4	Wales	3	0	3	97	235	−138	0

11 August 12:20 (AEST)	Report	South Africa	68–40	Wales		Allphones Arena
		Potgieter 49/57 (86%) du Plessis 13/16 (81%) Holtzhausen 6/8 (75%)		Lewis 29/32 (91%) Thomas 8/11 (73%) Bell 3/4 (75%)

11 August 20:20 (AEST)	Report	Australia	51–41	England		Allphones Arena
		Bassett 28/32 (88%) Medhurst 14/18 (78%) Thwaites 9/13 (69%)		Harten 30/33 (91%) Housby 6/9 (67%) Cookey 5/6 (83%)

12 August 16:20 (AEST)	Report	England	78–33	Wales		Allphones Arena
		Harten 28/29 (97%) Dunn 21/31 (68%) Cookey 15/15 (100%) Housby 14/15 (93%)		Rowe 16/21 (76%) Lewis 7/8 (88%) Thomas 7/8 (88%) Bell 3/6 (50%)

12 August 20:20 (AEST)	Report	Australia	66–31	South Africa		Allphones Arena
		Bell 33/35 (94%) Thwaites 33/38 (87%)		Potgieter 21/27 (78%) du Plessis 7/12 (58%) Holtzhausen 2/2 (100%) Lombard 1/3 (33%)

14 August 16:20 (AEST)	Report	England	62–46	South Africa		Allphones Arena
		Harten 35/39 (90%) Housby 14/15 (93%) Cookey 13/14 (93%)		Potgieter 35/38 (92%) Holtzhausen 11/22 (50%)

14 August 20:20 (AEST)	Report	Australia	89–24	Wales		Allphones Arena
		Thwaites 43/46 (93%) Bell 24/26 (92%) Bassett 15/19 (79%) Medhurst 7/8 (88%)		Lewis 14/16 (88%) Rowe 8/8 (100%) Bell 1/4 (25%) Thomas 1/4 (25%)

Pool G edit

Pos	Team	Pld	W	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
1	Trinidad and Tobago	3	3	0	208	118	90	6
2	Samoa	3	2	1	148	159	−11	4
3	Zambia	3	1	2	159	157	2	2
4	Singapore	3	0	3	107	188	−81	0

11 August 10:20 (AEST)	Report	Samoa	46–39	Singapore		Allphones Arena
		Naoupu 24/27 (89%) Tanimo 17/20 (85%) Too 5/5 (100%)		Soh 26/34 (76%) Yu 11/19 (58%) Chen 2/4 (50%)

11 August 12:20 (AEST)	Report	Trinidad and Tobago	66–39	Zambia		Netball Central
		Wallace 30/34 (88%) McCollin 17/19 (89%) Noel 12/15 (80%) Cooper 7/8 (88%)		Jere 14/17 (82%) Banda 13/16 (81%) Bwalya 12/18 (67%)

12 August 10:20 (AEST)	Report	Trinidad and Tobago	75–32	Singapore		Allphones Arena
		Wallace 27/31 (87%) McCollin 26/27 (96%) Cooper 14/14 (100%) Noel 8/10 (80%)		Soh 17/24 (71%) Chen 8/8 (100%) Liew 4/6 (67%) Yu 3/5 (60%)

12 August 14:20 (AEST)	Report	Samoa	55–53	Zambia		Allphones Arena
		Tanimo 26/30 (87%) Naoupu 23/25 (92%) Too 6/8 (75%)		Jere 34/39 (87%) Banda 18/20 (90%) Bwalya 1/1 (100%)

13 August 20:20 (AEST)	Report	Trinidad and Tobago	67–47	Samoa		Allphones Arena
		Wallace 49/59 (83%) McCollin 15/16 (94%) Cooper 3/3 (100%)		Tanimo 17/18 (94%) Tuipulotu 15/18 (83%) Too 15/26 (58%)

14 August 14:20 (AEST)	Report	Singapore	36–67	Zambia		Allphones Arena
		Chen 15/24 (63%) Yu 14/22 (64%) Soh 7/13 (54%)		Jere 34/36 (94%) Bwalya 17/18 (94%) Banda 16/19 (84%)

Pool H edit

Pos	Team	Pld	W	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
1	Fiji	3	3	0	173	110	63	6
2	Scotland	3	2	1	138	109	29	4
3	Barbados	3	1	2	138	118	20	2
4	Sri Lanka	3	0	3	91	203	−112	0

11 August 14:20 (AEST)	Report	Sri Lanka	31–77	Fiji		Allphones Arena
		Mendis 18/29 (62%) Alwis 10/15 (67%) Abeywickrama 2/5 (40%) Algama 1/3 (33%)		Rusivakula 32/43 (74%) Rauluni 30/36 (83%) Mitchell 15/15 (100%)

11 August 16:20 (AEST)	Report	Barbados	34–37	Scotland		Allphones Arena
		Piggott 17/21 (81%) Sealy 10/15 (67%) Wharton 7/7 (100%)		Gallagher 14/18 (78%) MacDonald 14/19 (74%) Sole 9/14 (64%)

12 August 12:20 (AEST)	Report	Barbados	37–48	Fiji		Netball Central
		Sealy 12/15 (80%) Wharton 12/16 (75%) Piggott 9/12 (75%) Thomas 4/8 (50%)		Mitchell 35/40 (88%) Rusivakula 13/19 (68%)

12 August 12:20 (AEST)	Report	Scotland	59–27	Sri Lanka		Allphones Arena
		Sole 25/34 (74%) McNeill 20/29 (69%) Pettitt 14/22 (64%)		Algama 23/34 (68%) Alwis 3/4 (75%) Mendis 1/5 (20%)

13 August 16:20 (AEST)	Report	Barbados	67–33	Sri Lanka		Allphones Arena
		Sealy 35/46 (76%) Thomas 15/22 (68%) Wharton 11/14 (79%) Piggott 6/6 (100%)		Mendis 17/26 (65%) Algama 13/19 (68%) Alwis 3/4 (75%)

13 August 18:20 (AEST)	Report	Scotland	42–48	Fiji		Allphones Arena
		Sole 26/39 (67%) MacDonald 9/15 (60%) Gallagher 7/10 (70%)		Mitchell 32/35 (91%) Rusivakula 16/19 (84%)

Play-off matches edit

5th to 8th

15 August 16:30 (AEST)	Report	Malawi	71–52	Wales		Allphones Arena
		Kumwenda 49/53 (92%) Simtowe 15/17 (88%) Chimaliro 6/6 (100%) Mvula 1/1 (100%)		Lewis 40/45 (89%) Thomas 7/10 (70%) Rowe 5/5 (100%)

15 August 17:15 (AEST)	Report	South Africa	50–40	Uganda		Netball Central
		Potgieter 36/38 (95%) Holtzhausen 14/17 (82%)		Nanyonga 22/29 (76%) Proscovia 18/24 (75%)

9th to 12th

15 August 09:30 (AEST)	Report	Fiji	51–54	Samoa		Netball Central
		Mitchell 33/34 (97%) Rusivakula 18/23 (78%)		Naoupu 35/42 (83%) Tanimo 11/14 (79%) Too 8/11 (73%)

15 August 09:35 (AEST)	Report	Trinidad and Tobago	57–56 (aet)	Scotland		Netball Central
		Wallace 49/54 (91%) Cooper 6/9 (67%) McCollin 2/2 (100%)		Gallagher 31/40 (78%) MacDonald 19/21 (90%) Sole 6/7 (86%)

13th to 16th

15 August 10:00 (AEST)	Report	Barbados	56–39	Singapore		Allphones Arena
		Sealy 43/49 (88%) Piggott 12/15 (80%) Thomas 1/3 (33%)		Soh 28/34 (82%) Chen 7/10 (70%) Liew 3/4 (75%) Yu 1/1 (100%)

15 August 17:15 (AEST)	Report	Zambia	70–36	Sri Lanka		Netball Central
		Bwalya 28/34 (82%) Banda 22/24 (92%) Jere 20/21 (95%)		Algama 29/31 (94%) Mendis 7/9 (78%)

Placement matches edit

5th place

16 August 11:00 (AEST)	Report	Malawi	46–48	South Africa		Allphones Arena
		Kumwenda 36/41 (88%) Simtowe 10/11 (91%)		Potgieter 32/34 (94%) Holtzhausen 16/22 (73%)

7th place

16 August 10:50 (AEST)	Report	Wales	64–41	Uganda		Netball Central
		Rowe 32/38 (84%) Lewis 31/35 (89%) Thomas 1/1 (100%)		Proscovia 31/34 (91%) Nanyonga 4/5 (80%) Oyella 6/6 (100%)

9th place

16 August 08:50 (AEST)	Report	Trinidad and Tobago	64–51	Samoa		Netball Central
		Wallace 53/60 (88%) Cooper 11/12 (92%)		Naoupu 32/36 (89%) Too 19/25 (76%)

11th place

16 August 08:55 (AEST)	Report	Fiji	51–41	Scotland		Netball Central
		Mitchell 29/31 (94%) Rusivakula 22/26 (85%)		Gallagher 22/27 (81%) MacDonald 17/18 (94%) Sole 2/5 (40%)

13th place

16 August 08:50 (AEST)	Report	Barbados	53–38	Zambia		Allphones Arena
		Wharton 22/25 (88%) Sealy 20/23 (87%) Piggott 11/13 (85%)		Bwalya 17/24 (71%) Banda 10/15 (67%) Jere 7/12 (58%) Moono 4/8 (50%)

15th place

16 August 10:55 (AEST)	Report	Singapore	59–32	Sri Lanka		Netball Central
		Soh 41/50 (82%) Chen 8/11 (73%) Yu 5/8 (63%) Liew 5/11 (45%)		Mendis 15/19 (79%) Algama 11/13 (85%) Abeywickrama 6/9 (67%)

Semi-finals and medal matches edit

At the conclusion of qualifying pool play Australia, England, Jamaica and New Zealand advanced into the semi-finals. This was the fifth time in the last five tournaments that the world's top four ranked sides had reached the semi-final stage.^[12] New Zealand led England throughout the first semi-final, pulling away in the last fifteen minutes to post a 50 points to 39 win.^[12] In the other semi final Australia eased past Jamaica 67 to 56, outpointing them in three of the four-quarters.^[13]

In the final Australia outplayed New Zealand in the first quarter to lead 16–7. Despite winning each of the next three-quarters New Zealand were unable to make up the difference. Australia extended their lead to 12 goals early in the second quarter, before New Zealand played their way back into the game. At half-time the score was 30 to 22 and at the start of the last quarter 43 to 37.^[14] With a minute remaining Australia led by just three goals, but were able to hold their nerve to record a 58 to 55 goal victory.^[15]

The defensive work of captain Laura Geitz and Julie Corletto along with accurate goal shooting from Caitlin Bassett helped set up the Australian win.^[15] New Zealand goal attack Maria Tutaia said they were too complacent in the first quarter and could not handle the defensive pressure from Australia.^[16] Geitz praised her attackers for capitalising on every opportunity and also said that the "first quarter set us up nicely."^[17] The Australians shooters scored goals at a 91 percent success rate while their defenders held the New Zealanders to just 73 percent.^[18] Corletto retired after the game, ending a twelve-year career that includes 53 tests and three world titles.^[19] Australia has now won the World Cup three times in a row and eleven times in total.^[17] In the bronze medal match England beat Jamaica 66–44.^[20]

Semi finals		Final

15 August

New Zealand	50
		16 August
England	39
		New Zealand	55
15 August
		Australia	58
Australia	67

Jamaica	56
		Bronze medal match

		16 August

		England	66

		Jamaica	44

Semi-finals edit

15 August 12:10 (AEST)	Report	New Zealand	50–39	England		Allphones Arena
		Tutaia 35/42 (83%) Mes 15/22 (68%)		Harten 31/36 (86%) Cookey 7/10 (70%) Housby 1/4 (25%)

15 August 14:20 (AEST)	Report	Australia	67–56	Jamaica		Allphones Arena
		Bassett 49/52 (94%) Medhurst 18/19 (95%)		Aiken 33/36 (92%) Beckford 14/16 (88%) Fowler-Reid 9/10 (90%)

Bronze medal match edit

16 August 13:10 (AEST)	Report	England	66–44	Jamaica		Allphones Arena
		Harten 52/59 (88%) Cookey 14/18 (78%)		Aiken 26/28 (93%) Fowler-Reid 12/13 (92%) Beckford 6/6 (100%)

Gold medal match edit

16 August 15:20 (AEST)	Report	New Zealand	55–58	Australia	Allphones Arena
		Scoring by quarter: 7–16, 15–14, 15–13, 14–15
		Tutaia 38/53 (72%) Mes 17/22 (77%)		Bassett 48/51 (94%) Medhurst 10/13 (77%)

Final placings edit

Place	Nation
	Australia
	New Zealand
	England
4	Jamaica
5	South Africa
6	Malawi
7	Wales
8	Uganda
9	Trinidad and Tobago
10	Samoa
11	Fiji
12	Scotland
13	Barbados
14	Zambia
15	Singapore
16	Sri Lanka

Medallists edit

Gold	Silver	Bronze
Australia Coach: Lisa Alexander	New Zealand Coach: Waimarama Taumaunu	England Coach: Tracey Neville
Caitlin Thwaites Natalie Medhurst Erin Bell Paige Hadley Julie Corletto Rebecca Bulley Sharni Layton Caitlin Bassett Kimberlee Green Kim Ravaillion Renae Hallinan Laura Geitz	Malia Paseka Jodi Brown Grace Rasmussen Kayla Cullen Leana de Bruin Phoenix Karaka Bailey Mes Shannon Francois Katrina Grant Maria Tutaia Laura Langman Casey Kopua	Joanne Harten Helen Housby Tamsin Greenway Jade Clarke Serena Guthrie Sonia Mkoloma Eboni Beckford-Chambers Pamela Cookey Geva Mentor Sara Bayman Rachel Dunn Stacey Francis

Source:^[21]^[22]

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External links edit

NWC2015 website

[mbc170815-1] "Mwai Kumwenda queen of the court". mbc.mw. 17 August 2015. Archived from the original on 9 July 2020. Retrieved 7 July 2020.

[netball230915-2] "NWC 2015 Player of the Tournament – Mwai Kumwenda". INF. 23 September 2015. Archived from the original on 12 July 2020. Retrieved 8 July 2020.

[nwc2015.com.au-3] "Netball World Cup > Home". nwc2015.com.au. Archived from the original on 1 August 2014. Retrieved 9 August 2014.

[smh2015-4] "Sydney wins rights to 2015 netball champs". The Sydney Morning Herald. Australian Associated Press. 20 March 2011. Retrieved 12 November 2011.

[nnsw2015-5] "2015 Annual Report – Netball NSW" (PDF). nsw.netball.com.au. Retrieved 14 December 2020.

[sydney2015-6] "Sydney 2015". World Netball. Retrieved 4 February 2022.

[7] "INF announce umpires for NWC2015". Netball World Cup. Archived from the original on 28 May 2015. Retrieved 28 May 2015.

[8] "Netball World Cup > About > Qualification". nwc2015.com.au. Archived from the original on 1 August 2014. Retrieved 9 August 2014.

[Draw-9] "Competition Pools and Rest Days released". NWC2015. 18 December 2014. Archived from the original on 18 March 2015. Retrieved 8 August 2015.

[Format-10] "NETBALL WORLD CUP – NEW EVENT FORMAT" (PDF). NWC2015. Archived from the original (PDF) on 6 March 2016. Retrieved 8 August 2015.

[11] "2015 Netball World Cup format" (PDF). 2015 Netball World Cup. Archived from the original (PDF) on 6 March 2016. Retrieved 17 August 2015.

[BBC-12] "Netball World Cup 2015: England beaten by New Zealand in semis". BBC Sport. 15 August 2015. Archived from the original on 21 September 2015. Retrieved 13 February 2018.

[13] "NETBALL WORLD CUP 2015: Sunshine Girls to contest bronze medal after Aussie defeat". The Jamaica Observer. 15 August 2015. Archived from the original on 16 August 2015. Retrieved 16 August 2015.

[NZH-14] "Australia beats New Zealand to retain Netball World Cup". The New Zealand Herald. Archived from the original on 16 August 2015. Retrieved 17 August 2015.

[Australian-15] "Netball World Cup 2015: Australia beat New Zealand in final". The Australian. Retrieved 17 August 2015.

[16] "Silver Ferns fall at last hurdle". Stuff. Archived from the original on 16 August 2015. Retrieved 16 August 2015.

[:0-17] Arena, Erin Delahunty at Allphones. "Australia beat New Zealand in final to win Netball World Cup once again". The Guardian. Archived from the original on 17 August 2015. Retrieved 16 August 2015.

[18] Verschueren, Gianni. "Netball World Cup Score, Reactions". Bleacher Report. Archived from the original on 17 August 2015. Retrieved 16 August 2015.

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External videos
Netball World Cup 2015 Final: Australia v New Zealand on YouTube
Netball World Cup 2015 Semi Final: Australia v Jamaica on YouTube
Netball World Cup 2015 Semi Final: England v New Zealand on YouTube