The Netball World Cup is a quadrennial international netball world championship organised by World Netball, inaugurated in 1963. Since its inception the competition has been dominated primarily by the Australia national netball team and the New Zealand national netball team, Trinidad and Tobago is the only other team to have won a title (a three-way tie in the 1979 championship). The most recent tournament was the 2023 Netball World Cup in Cape Town, South Africa, which was won by Australia.

Netball World Cup
Current season, competition or edition:
Current sports event 2023 Netball World Cup
FormerlyWorld Netball Championships (1963–2011)
SportNetball
Founded1963; 61 years ago (1963)
First season1963
AdministratorWorld Netball
No. of teams16 teams (2023)
Most recent
champion(s)
 Australia (12th title)
Most titles Australia (12 titles)

History

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Sign commemorating the 1979 World Netball Championships, held in Port of Spain, Trinidad and Tobago.

In 1960, representatives from Australia, England, New Zealand, South Africa and the West Indies met to discuss standardising the rules of the sport. This led to the establishment of the International Federation of Women's Basketball and Netball (which later became the International Federation of Netball Associations). Formal rules were established at this inaugural meeting and a decision to hold World Championship tournaments every four years was also made. The first World Netball Championship was held in 1963 and was hosted by England. The tournament was renamed to the World Cup as opposed to "Championships" in 2015. Since 1991 the tournament has maintained a format allowing semi-finals and finals matches to be played, where previously the tournament held no finals and instead utilised the round-robin system, which occasionally led to more than one nation being crowned world champions.[1][2]

Australia or New Zealand have won all of the titles, though emerging netball nations England, South Africa and Jamaica have come close to dislodging the top-tier nations on several occasions. In 1979 Australia, New Zealand and Trinidad and Tobago were all joint champions. South Africa finished runners-up in 1995, England too in 2023. Jamaica have contested several bronze medal matches and come up short in narrow semi-final defeats. The reigning world champions are Australia, who defeated England in the 2023 final. They will defend their title in Sydney, Australia in 2027.[2][3]

Results

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Tournament history

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Source: [2]

Ed. Year Host First/Second place Third/Fourth place Num.
teams
  Champion Score   Runner-up   Third Score Fourth
1 1963   England  
Australia
Round-robin
Eastbourne
 
New Zealand
 
England
Round-robin
Eastbourne
 
Trinidad and Tobago
11
2 1967   Australia  
New Zealand
Round-robin
Matthews Netball Centre, Perth
 
Australia
 
South Africa
Round-robin
Matthews Netball Centre, Perth
 
England
8
3 1971   Jamaica  
Australia
Round-robin
National Stadium, Kingston
 
New Zealand
 
England
Round-robin
National Stadium, Kingston
 
Jamaica[a]
 
Trinidad and Tobago[a]
9
4 1975   New Zealand  
Australia
Round-robin
Windmill Road, Auckland
 
England
 
New Zealand
Round-robin
Windmill Road, Auckland
 
Trinidad and Tobago
11
5 1979   Trinidad and Tobago  
Australia
[b]
 
New Zealand
[b]
 
Trinidad and Tobago
[b]
Round-robin
West Park Complex, Port of Spain
Round-robin
West Park Complex, Port of Spain
 
England
19
6 1983   Singapore  
Australia
Round-robin
National University, Singapore
 
New Zealand
 
Trinidad and Tobago
Round-robin
National University, Singapore
 
England
14
7 1987   Scotland  
New Zealand
Round-robin
Crownpoint Sports Park, Glasgow
 
Australia[c]
 
Trinidad and Tobago[c]
Round-robin
Crownpoint Sports Park, Glasgow
 
England
17
8 1991   Australia  
Australia
53–52
Sydney Entertainment Centre, Sydney
 
New Zealand
 
Jamaica
63–54
Sydney Entertainment Centre, Sydney
 
England
20
9 1995   England  
Australia
68–48
National Indoor Arena, Birmingham
 
South Africa
 
New Zealand
60–31
National Indoor Arena, Birmingham
 
England
27
10 1999   New Zealand  
Australia
42–41
Westpac Trust Centre, Christchurch
 
New Zealand
 
England
57–43
Westpac Trust Centre, Christchurch
 
Jamaica
26
11 2003   Jamaica  
New Zealand
49–47
National Indoor Stadium, Kingston
 
Australia
 
Jamaica
46–40
National Indoor Stadium, Kingston
 
England
24
12 2007[d]   New Zealand  
Australia
42–38
Trusts Stadium, Auckland
 
New Zealand
 
Jamaica
53–52
Trusts Stadium, Auckland
 
England
16
13 2011   Singapore  
Australia
58–57
Singapore Indoor Stadium, Kallang
 
New Zealand
 
England
70–49
Singapore Indoor Stadium, Kallang
 
Jamaica
16
14 2015   Australia  
Australia
58–55
Allphones Arena, Sydney Olympic Park
 
New Zealand
 
England
66–44
Allphones Arena, Sydney Olympic Park
 
Jamaica
16
15 2019   England  
New Zealand
52–51
Liverpool Arena, Liverpool
 
Australia
 
England
58–42
Liverpool Arena, Liverpool
 
South Africa
16
16 2023   South Africa  
Australia
61–45
Cape Town International Convention Centre, Cape Town
 
England
 
Jamaica
52–45
Cape Town International Convention Centre, Cape Town
 
New Zealand
16
17 2027   Australia
Sydney SuperDome, Sydney Olympic Park

Sydney SuperDome, Sydney Olympic Park

Performance of nations

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Team Champions Runners-up Third Fourth Apps in top six
  Australia 12 (1963, 1971, 1975, 1979, 1983, 1991, 1995, 1999, 2007, 2011, 2015, 2023) 4 (1967, 1987, 2003, 2019) 16
  New Zealand 5 (1967, 1979, 1987, 2003, 2019) 8 (1963, 1971, 1983, 1991, 1999, 2007, 2011, 2015) 2 (1975, 1991) 1 (2023) 16
  Trinidad and Tobago 1 (1979) 1 (1987) 1 (1983) 3 (1963, 1971, 1975) 8
  England 2 (1975, 2023) 6 (1963, 1971, 1999, 2011, 2015, 2019) 8 (1967, 1979, 1983, 1987, 1991, 1995) 16
  South Africa 1 (1995) 1 (1967) 1 (2019) 10
  Jamaica 4 (1991, 2003, 2007, 2023) 4 (1971, 1999, 2011, 2015) 16

Participating nations

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  Appeared at every World Cup
  10 or more appearances
  5 or more appearances
  One or more appearances
  Participated in qualifying tournaments, but did not qualify
Appearances by countries/teams which no longer exist are not shown.
 
Liz Ellis, the most capped international player in the history of Australian netball, won the competition three times as part of the Australian national team.
Team  
1963
 
1967
 
1971
 
1975
 
1979
 
1983
 
1987
 
1991
 
1995
 
1999
 
2003
 
2007
 
2011
 
2015
 
2019
 
2023
Total
  Antigua and Barbuda - - - - 12th 9th - - 12th - 17th - - - - - 4
  Australia 1st 2nd 1st 1st =1st 1st =2nd 1st 1st 1st 2nd 1st 1st 1st 2nd 1st 16
  Bahamas - - 9th - 18th - - - - - - - - - - - 2
  Barbados - - - - 6th - =6th - 11th 10th 7th 13th 11th 13th 12th 14th 10
  Bermuda - - - - 19th - =10th - 23rd - 22nd - - - - - 4
  Botswana - - - - - - - - - - - 10th 13th - - - 2
  Canada - - - - 11th 12th =10th 6th 13th 13th 21st - - - - - 7
  Cayman Islands - - - - - - - 16th 21st 23rd 24th - - - - - 4
  Cook Islands - - - - - - =6th 5th 7th 7th 11th 7th - - - - 6
  England 3rd 4th 3rd 2nd 4th 4th 4th 4th 4th 3rd 4th 4th 3rd 3rd 3rd 2nd 16
  Fiji - - - 8th - - 8th 11th - 6th 8th 9th 10th 11th 14th 11th 10
  Grenada - - - - 15th - - - - - 20th - - - - - 2
  Hong Kong - - - - - 13th - 17th 23rd 24th 23rd - - - - - 5
  Ireland - - - - 10th - 15th 10th 25th - - - - - - - 4
  Jamaica 5th 6th =4th 5th 5th 5th 5th 3rd 5th 4th 3rd 3rd 4th 4th 5th 3rd 16
  Malawi - - - - - - - - 8th 11th - 5th 6th 6th 6th 7th 7
  Malaysia - - - - - 12th 17th 19th 26th 19th - 16th 16th - - - 7
  Malta - - - - - - - - 27th - - - - - - - 1
  Namibia - - - - - - - 13th 16th - - - - - - - 2
  New Zealand 2nd 1st 2nd 3rd =1st 2nd 1st 2nd 3rd 2nd 1st 2nd 2nd 2nd 1st 4th 16
  Niue - - - - - - - - - 25th 12th - - - - - 2
  Northern Ireland 11th - 8th 9th 17th 7th =10th 12th 18th 16th 19th - 8th - 10th - 12
  Papua New Guinea - - - 11th - - 14th 14th 15th 18th - - - - - - 5
  Saint Christopher-Nevis-Anguilla - - - - =6th Does Not Exist 1
  Saint Lucia - - - - =12th - - - - - 16th - - - - - 2
  Saint Vincent and the Grenadines - - - - 16th - - - 10th - 13th - - - - - 3
  Samoa - - - - - - - 8th 9th 9th 6th 8th 12th 10th 13th - 8
  Scotland 8th 7th 6th 6th 9th 6th 9th 9th 22nd 20th 15th 14th - 12th 11th 10th 15
  Singapore - 8th - 10th - 10th - 18th 20th 12th - 15th 15th 15th 16th 15th 11
  South Africa 6th 3rd - - - - - - 2nd 5th 5th 6th 5th 5th 4th 6th 10
  Sri Lanka 9th - - - - 14th 16th 15th 19th 21st 18th - 14th 16th 15th 16th 11
  Tonga - - - - - - - - - 22nd - - - - - 8th 2
  Trinidad and Tobago 4th 5th =4th 4th =1st 3rd =2nd - 6th 8th 10th 11th 7th 9th 9th 12th 15
  Uganda - - - - =12th - - - - - - - - 8th 7th 5th 4
  United States - - - - - - - - 14th 15th 9th - - - - - 3
  Vanuatu - - - - - - - 20th - 26th - - - - - - 2
  Wales 10th - 7th 7th =6th 8th 13th 7th 17th 14th 14th 12th 9th 7th - 9th 14
  West Indies 7th - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - 1
  Zambia - - - - - - - - - 17th - - - 14th - - 2
  Zimbabwe - - - - - - - - - - - - - - 8th 13th 2

See also

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References

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Netball Scoop - Team Lists (World Championships)

Bibliography

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  • Australian Women's Weekly (5 September 1979). "SPOT THE BALL and win a trip to Disneyland". The Australian Women's Weekly. National Library of Australia. p. 78. Retrieved 1 March 2011.
  • International Federation of Netball Associations (15 June 2008). "History of Netball". Archived from the original on 6 March 2011. Retrieved 2 March 2011.
  • Netball Singapore (2011). "About Us". Archived from the original on 1 March 2011. Retrieved 1 March 2011.
  • Netball Singapore (2011b). "Milestones". Archived from the original on 18 February 2011. Retrieved 1 March 2011.
  • Sri Lanka Netball (30 September 2010). "THE HISTORY OF NETBALL IN SRI LANKA". Archived from the original on 6 March 2011. Retrieved 3 March 2011.
  • Thompson, Shona M. (December 2002). "Women and sport in New Zealand". In Pfister, Gertrud; Hartmann-Tews, Ilse (eds.). Sport and Women: Social Issues in International Perspective. International Society for Comparative Physical Education & Sport. Routledge. ISBN 0-415-24628-8.
  • World Netball Championships 2011 Singapore (2011). "History". Archived from the original on 14 March 2011. Retrieved 3 March 2011.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: numeric names: authors list (link)

References

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  1. ^ "History of Netball". World Netball. Retrieved 3 February 2024.
  2. ^ a b c "Netball World Cup". World Netball. Retrieved 3 February 2024.
  3. ^ "Netball World Cup 2027: Everything you need to know". Netball Australia. Retrieved 3 February 2024.

Notes

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  1. ^ a b Fourth place was shared because there were no finals: both teams won four of their eight matches, losing three times and drawing against each other. The tournament rules of the time did not provide any way of determining an outright winner.
  2. ^ a b c The title was shared because there were no finals: the top 10 teams played off in a round robin. Each of the top three teams won eight out of nine matches, losing once to one of the other two. The tournament rules of the time did not provide any way of determining an outright winner.
  3. ^ a b There were no finals: the top 4 teams played a round-robin tournament. Australia and Trinidad & Tobago ended the tournament with one win (against England), one loss (to New Zealand) and one draw (with each other). The tournament rules of the time did not provide any way to break this tie.
  4. ^ Suva, Fiji was scheduled to host the 2007 competition but was stripped of hosting rights following the December 2006 coup. The hosting rights were subsequently awarded to Auckland, New Zealand, and the competition date moved from July to November 2007.
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