1979 World Netball Championships Explained

Host Country:	Trinidad and Tobago
Winners:	Australia
Winners1:	New Zealand
Winners2:	Trinidad and Tobago
Num Teams:	19
Prev Season:	1975
Next Season:	1983

The 1979 World Netball Championships was the fifth edition of the INF Netball World Cup, a quadrennial premier event in international netball. It was held in Port of Spain, Trinidad and Tobago, featuring 19 teams.^[1]

Australia, New Zealand and Trinidad and Tobago shared the title as there were no finals, instead the top 10 teams playing 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: New Zealand defeated Trinidad and Tobago 49–33; Trinidad and Tobago defeated Australia 40–38; and Australia defeated New Zealand 38–36. The tournament rules of the time did not provide a way of determining an outright winner under the circumstances, so the three teams shared the title.^[2]

First round

Group 1

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1		2	2	0	0	114	29	4
2		2	1	0	1	55	81	2
3		2	0	0	2	40	99	0

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Group 2

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1		3	3	0	0	179	73	6
2		3	2	0	1	95	113	4
3		3	1	0	2	91	138	2
4		3	0	0	3	89	140	0

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Group 3

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1		3	3	0	0	151	80	+71	6
2		3	2	0	1	109	110	-1	4
3		3	1	0	2	112	140	-28	2
4		3	0	0	3	85	127	-42	0

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Group 4

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1		3	3	0	0	195	50	+145	6
2		3	2	0	1	86	121	-35	4
3		3	1	0	2	69	130	-61	2
4		3	0	0	3	81	130	-49	0

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Group 5

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1		3	3	0	0	114	83	+31	6
2		3	2	0	1	112	88	+24	4
3		3	1	0	2	86	124	-38	2
4		3	0	0	3	95	112	-17	0

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Placement round

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1		8	6	1	1	289	234	13
2		8	5	2	1	336	285	12
3		8	5	0	3	286	263	10
4		8	5	0	3	281	279	10
5		8	4	1	3	302	256	9
6		8	4	0	4	279	278	8
7		8	2	1	5	175	174	5
8		8	1	1	6	213	316	3
9		8	1	0	7	274	350	2

Round 1

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Round 2

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Round 3

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Round 4

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Round 5

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Round 6

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Round 7

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Round 8

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Round 9

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Final Round

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		9	8	0	1	522	237	16
		9	8	0	1	505	230	16
		9	8	0	1	462	237	16
4		9	6	0	3	375	280	12
5		9	4	1	4	172	292	9
6		9	4	0	5	249	315	8
7		9	3	0	6	249	350	6
8		9	2	1	6	263	351	5
9		9	1	0	8	242	390	2
10		9	0	0	9	179	536	0

Round 1

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Round 2

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Round 3

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Round 4

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Round 5

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Round 6

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Round 7

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Round 8

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Round 9

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Final placings

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Notes and References

1. Web site: Women Netball V World Championship 1979. Todor 66.
2. Web site: Research: We Does It! . dropkicks.co.nz . https://web.archive.org/web/20100523082728/http://dropkicks.co.nz/research_we_does_it . May 23, 2010.
3. Web site: . World Netball Championships placings . 30 July 2011 . https://web.archive.org/web/20120925214115/http://www.netball.asn.au/_uploads/res/1_365.pdf . 25 September 2012.