2003 World Netball Championships Explained

Host Country:Jamaica
Winners:New Zealand
Count:4
Second:Australia
Third:Jamaica
Num Teams:24
Prev Season:1999
Next Season:2007

The 2003 World Netball Championships were the eleventh edition of the INF Netball World Cup, a quadrennial premier event in international netball. It was held in Kingston, Jamaica from 10 to 20 July. After 100 matches, New Zealand's Silver Ferns defeated Australia to take the title after its last title 16 years previously. The host country, Jamaica, finished third.

This marked the tournament's 40th anniversary, as it was founded in 1963.

Preliminary games

The competition started with two days of two rounds of knockout games between the 16 unseeded nations for four spots in the championship stage of the competition. The losing 12 teams were placed in the consolation round.

Round One

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10 July81–18
10 July62–37
10 July53–16
10 July29–31
10 July39–48
10 July36–45
10 July60–31

Round Two

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11 Julyalign=right bgcolor="#ccffcc"44–33
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11 July33–46align=left bgcolor="#ccffcc"

Consolation round

Group A

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10550
8541
6532
4523
2514
0505
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12 July48–38
12 July79–20
13 July36–81
13 July45–37
13 July25–54
14 July46–52
14 July72–30
14 July50–24
15 July46–62
15 July30–58
15 July43–52
16 July67–59
16 July24–49
16 July24–71

Group B

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10550
8541
6532
4523
2514
0505
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12 July33–42
12 July52–20
13 July18–41
13 July37–47
13 July35–49
14 July50–38
14 July64–33
14 July42–45
15 July28–55
15 July41–34
15 July45–31
16 July46–30
16 July25–58
16 July53–31

Placement Matches

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17 JulyPlaces 13–1632–27
17 JulyPlaces 17–2058–45
17 JulyPlaces 17–2058–35
17 JulyPlaces 21–2451–49
17 JulyPlaces 21–2458–34
18 July13th place51–30
18 July15th place39–35
18 July17th place60–65
18 July19th place39–49
18 July21st Place33–43
18 July23rd Place39–36

Championship Round

The four top teams in each group qualified for the quarter-finals.

Group A

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10550
8541
6532
4523
2514
0505
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12 July41–57
12 July84–28
13 July27–76
13 July48–42
13 July33–54
14 July38–55
14 July84–24
14 July80–28
15 July35–50
15 July85–20
15 July37–64
16 July44–52
16 July51–49
16 July43–48

Group B

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10550
8541
6532
4523
2514
0505
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12 July11–99
12 July22–90
13 July45–84
13 July30–62
13 July47–37
14 July80–27
14 July107–17
14 July17–59
15 July31–67
15 July67–40
15 July41–60
16 July39–56
16 July67–21
16 July24–79

Placement Matches

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17 JulyPlaces 9–1262–38
18 July9th place49–52
18 July11th place49–39

Last Eight

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18 July 2003Quarter Final62–35
18 July 2003Quarter Final74–38
18 July 2003Quarter Final28–81
19 July 2003Places 5–854–35
19 July 2003Places 5–847–50
19 July 2003Semi Final45–37
19 July 2003Semi Final56–37
20 July 20037th place47–45
20 July 20035th place47–56
20 July 20033rd Place40–46
20 July 2003Final49–47

Final rankings

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