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Malawi at the 2022 Commonwealth Games

Malawi competed at the 2022 Commonwealth Games at Birmingham, England from 28 July to 8 August 2022.[1] Having made its Games debut in 1970, it was Malawi's fourteenth appearance to date.

Malawi at the
2022 Commonwealth Games
Flag of Malawi
CGF codeMAW
CGAMalawi Olympic Committee
Websitemoc.org.mw
in Birmingham, England
28 July 2022 (2022-07-28) – 8 August 2022 (2022-08-08)
Competitors22 (6 men and 16 women) in 5 sports
Medals
Gold
0
Silver
0
Bronze
0
Total
0
Commonwealth Games appearances (overview)
Other related appearances
 Rhodesia and Nyasaland (1962)

Competitors edit

Malawi's team consisted of 22 athletes competing in five sports.[2]

The following is the list of number of competitors participating at the Games per sport/discipline.

Sport Men Women Total
Athletics 2 1 3
Boxing 2 1 3
Judo 1 1 2
Netball — 12 12
Swimming 1 1 2
Total 6 16 22

Athletics edit

Main article: Athletics at the 2022 Commonwealth Games
Men
Track and road events
Athlete Event Heat Semifinal Final
Result Rank Result Rank Result Rank
Stern Liffa 100 m 10.49 3 Did not advance
200 m 21.43 5 Did not advance
Farook Mponda 200 m 22.61 7 Did not advance
400 m 49.12 7 Did not advance
Women
Track and road events
Athlete Event Heat Semifinal Final
Result Rank Result Rank Result Rank
Asimenye Simwaka 200 m 23.28 3 Q 23.59 5 Did not advance
400 m 52.19 3 Q 51.70 2 Q 51.55 6

Boxing edit

Main article: Boxing at the 2022 Commonwealth Games
Athlete Event Round of 32 Round of 16 Quarterfinals Semifinals Final
Opposition
Result 		Opposition
Result 		Opposition
Result 		Opposition
Result 		Opposition
Result 		Rank
Elias Bonzo Men's Light welterweight   Ume (PNG)
L 1 - 4 		Did not advance
Luwis Mbewe Men's Welterweight Bye   Deen Kargbo (SLE)
W 4 - 1 		  Croft (WAL)
L RSC 		Did not advance
Natasha Maya Women's Featherweight —   Kenosi (BOT)
L 0 - 5 		Did not advance

Judo edit

Main article: Judo at the 2022 Commonwealth Games

A squad of two judoka was entered as of 8 July 2022.[3]

Athlete Event Round of 16 Quarterfinals Semifinals Repechage Final/BM
Opposition
Result 		Opposition
Result 		Opposition
Result 		Opposition
Result 		Opposition
Result 		Rank
Austin Chikwapula Men's -66 kg   Short (SCO)
L 00 - 10 		Did not advance 9
Harriet Boniface Women's -48 kg Bye   Likmabam (IND)
L 00 - 10 		Did not advance   Tari (VAN)
W 10 - 00 		  Platten (ENG)
L 00 - 10 		5

Netball edit

Main article: Netball at the 2022 Commonwealth Games

By virtue of its position in the World Netball Rankings (as of 28 July 2021), Malawi qualified for the tournament.[4][5]

Partial fixtures were announced in November 2021,[6] then updated with the remaining qualifiers in March 2022.[7]

Summary
Team Event Group stage Semifinal Final / BM / Cl.
Opposition
Result 		Opposition
Result 		Opposition
Result 		Opposition
Result 		Opposition
Result 		Rank Opposition
Result 		Opposition
Result 		Rank
Malawi women Women's tournament   England
L 41 - 66 		  Northern Ireland
W 54 - 41 		  New Zealand
L 50 - 69 		  Trinidad and Tobago
W 70 - 30 		  Uganda
L 43 - 56 		4 Did not advance Seventh place match
  Wales
W 62 - 56 		7
Roster
Group play
Pos Team
 Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1   England (H) 5 5 0 0 321 169 +152 10 Semi-finals
2   New Zealand 5 4 0 1 325 188 +137 8
3   Uganda 5 3 0 2 256 206 +50 6 Classification matches
4   Malawi 5 2 0 3 258 262 −4 4
5   Northern Ireland 5 1 0 4 155 299 −144 2
6   Trinidad and Tobago 5 0 0 5 136 327 −191 0
Source: Birmingham 2022
(H) Hosts


30 July 2022
14:00 		Report England   66–41   Malawi    National Exhibition Centre
Umpires: Tara Warner
Gareth Fowler
Cardwell   31/33 (94%)
Harten   21/25 (84%)
Housby   14/18 (78%) 		Chimaliro   4/5 (80%)
Kumwenda   18/21 (86%)
Mvula   19/22 (86%)
31 July 2022
12:00 		Report Malawi   54–41   Northern Ireland    National Exhibition Centre
Umpires: Angela Armstrong-Lush
Tracy-Ann Griffiths
Chimaliro   4/4 (100%)
Kumwenda   29/32 (91%)
Mvula   15/19 (79%)
Simtowe   6/6 (100%) 		Bowman   1/3 (33%)
Crosbie   18/22 (82%)
Magee   22/27 (81%)
1 August 2022
20:00 		Report New Zealand   69–50   Malawi    National Exhibition Centre
Umpires: Gary Burgess
Joshua Bowring
Nweke   52/55 (95%)
Selby-Rickit   13/15 (87%)
Wilson   4/5 (80%) 		Chimaliro   5/6 (83%)
Kumwenda   27/31 (87%)
Mvula   14/17 (82%)
Simtowe   4/4 (100%)
3 August 2022
18:00 		Report Malawi   70–30   Trinidad and Tobago    National Exhibition Centre
Umpires: Louise Travis
Anso Kemp
Chimaliro   16/16 (100%)
Kumwenda   27/28 (96%)
Mvula   22/26 (85%)
Simtowe   5/6 (83%) 		Cooper   2/4 (50%)
Hollingsworth   5/9 (56%)
Noel   23/26 (88%)
4 August 2022
16:00 		Report Malawi   43–56   Uganda    National Exhibition Centre
Umpires: Tara Warner
Gary Burgess
Chimaliro   14/15 (93%)
Kumwenda   22/23 (96%)
Mvula   4/6 (67%)
Simtowe   3/3 (100%) 		Cholhok   31/33 (94%)
Eyaru   22/23 (96%)
Proscovia   3/3 (100%)
Seventh place match
5 August 2022
14:30 		Report Wales   56–62   Malawi    National Exhibition Centre
Umpires: Ken Metekingi
Kate Wright
Creak   8/10 (80%)
Roberts   1/2 (50%)
Rowe   47/49 (96%) 		Chimaliro   3/4 (75%)
Kumwenda   49/50 (98%)
Simtowe   10/11 (91%)

Swimming edit

Main article: Swimming at the 2022 Commonwealth Games
Men
Athlete Event Heat Semifinal Final
Time Rank Time Rank Time Rank
Tsinde Kumbatira 50 m freestyle 27.84 69 Did not advance
50 m butterfly 31.04 54 Did not advance
Women
Athlete Event Heat Semifinal Final
Time Rank Time Rank Time Rank
Jessica Makwenda 50 m freestyle Disqualified Did not advance
50 m butterfly 34.75 52 Did not advance

References edit

  1. ^ Palmer, Dan (8 November 2021). "Malawi's Birmingham 2022 Chef de Mission praises netball investment". Inside the Games. Dunsar Media. Archived from the original on 8 November 2021. Retrieved 5 January 2022.
  2. ^ Mpaso, Ronald (7 July 2022). "Team Malawi off to Birmingham July 22". The Daily Times. Blantyre, Malawi. Retrieved 15 July 2022.
  3. ^ "COMMONWEALTH GAMES BIRMINGHAM 2022 | Nations | Malawi". IJF. Archived from the original on 8 July 2022. Retrieved 8 July 2022.
  4. ^ "WORLD NETBALL ANNOUNCES THE FIRST SIX QUALIFYING TEAMS FOR BIRMINGHAM 2022". World Netball. 25 October 2021. Archived from the original on 30 October 2021. Retrieved 5 January 2022.
  5. ^ Gondo, Tatenda (27 October 2021). "South Africa and Malawi confirmed for Commonwealth Games". SportsRifle 7/24. Archived from the original on 28 October 2021. Retrieved 5 January 2022.
  6. ^ "Commonwealth Games: Team England start title defence on July 29 and open schedule". Sky Sports. 12 November 2021. Archived from the original on 7 December 2021. Retrieved 5 January 2022.
  7. ^ "Uganda and Malawi placed in same group for 2022 Commonwealth Games". Sport News Africa. 4 March 2022. Archived from the original on 7 March 2022. Retrieved 9 March 2022.

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