Netball World Cup Explained

Netball World Cup
Current Season:	2023 Netball World Cup
Upcoming Season:	2027 Netball World Cup
Pixels:	300px
Administrator:	World Netball
Formerly:	World Netball Championships (1963–2011)
Sport:	Netball
Inaugural:	1963
Teams:	16 teams (2023)
Champion:	(12th title)
Most Champs:	(12 titles)

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.

History

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.^[3]

Results

Tournament history

Source:

	Year	Host	First/Second place			Third/Fourth place
width= 150px	Champion	width= 150px	Score	width= 150px	Runner-up	width= 150px	Third	width= 150px	Score	width= 150px	Fourth
1	1963			Round-robin Eastbourne			Round-robin Eastbourne		11
2	1967			Round-robin Matthews Netball Centre, Perth			Round-robin Matthews Netball Centre, Perth		8
3	1971			Round-robin National Stadium, Kingston			Round-robin National Stadium, Kingston		9
4	1975			Round-robin Windmill Road, Auckland			Round-robin Windmill Road, Auckland		11
5	1979			Round-robin West Park Complex, Port of Spain			Round-robin West Park Complex, Port of Spain		19
6	1983			Round-robin National University, Singapore			Round-robin National University, Singapore		14
7	1987			Round-robin Crownpoint Sports Park, Glasgow			Round-robin Crownpoint Sports Park, Glasgow		17
8	1991			53–52 Sydney Entertainment Centre, Sydney			63–54 Sydney Entertainment Centre, Sydney		20
9	1995			68–48 National Indoor Arena, Birmingham			60–31 National Indoor Arena, Birmingham		27
10	1999			42–41 Westpac Trust Centre, Christchurch			57–43 Westpac Trust Centre, Christchurch		26
11	2003			49–47 National Indoor Stadium, Kingston			46–40 National Indoor Stadium, Kingston		24
12	2007			42–38 Trusts Stadium, Auckland			53–52 Trusts Stadium, Auckland		16
13	2011			58–57 Singapore Indoor Stadium, Kallang			70–49 Singapore Indoor Stadium, Kallang		16
14	2015			58–55 Allphones Arena, Sydney Olympic Park			66–44 Allphones Arena, Sydney Olympic Park		16
15	2019			52–51 Liverpool Arena, Liverpool			58–42 Liverpool Arena, Liverpool		16
16	2023			61–45 Cape Town International Convention Centre, Cape Town			52–45 Cape Town International Convention Centre, Cape Town		16
17	2027			Sydney SuperDome, Sydney Olympic Park			Sydney SuperDome, Sydney Olympic Park

Performance of nations

width=13%	Team	width=15% style="background:#FFD700;"	Champions	width=15% style="background:#C0C0C0;"	Runners-up	width=15% style="background:#CC9966;"	Third	width=15%	Fourth	width=8%	in top six
		12 (1963, 1971, 1975, 1979, 1983, 1991, 1995, 1999, 2007, 2011, 2015, 2023)	4 (1967, 1987, 2003, 2019)			16
		5 (1967, 1979, 1987, 2003, 2019)	8 (1963, 1971, 1983, 1991, 1999, 2007, 2011, 2015)	2 (1975, 1991)	1 (2023)	16
		1 (1979)	1 (1987)	1 (1983)	3 (1963, 1971, 1975)	8
			2 (1975, 2023)	6 (1963, 1971, 1999, 2011, 2015, 2019)	8 (1967, 1979, 1983, 1987, 1991, 1995)	16
			1 (1995)	1 (1967)	1 (2019)	10
				4 (1991, 2003, 2007, 2023)	4 (1971, 1999, 2011, 2015)	16

Participating nations

1963	1967	1971	1975	1979	1983	1987	1991	1995	1999	2003	2007	2011	2015	2019	2023	Total
-	-	-	-	12th	9th	-	-	12th	-	17th	-	-	-	-	-	4
1st	2nd	1st	1st	=1st	1st	=2nd	1st	1st	1st	2nd	1st	1st	1st	2nd	1st	16
-	-	9th	-	18th	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	2
-	-	-	-	8th	-	=6th	-	11th	10th	7th	13th	11th	13th	12th	14th	10
-	-	-	-	19th	-	=10th	-	23rd	-	22nd	-	-	-	-	-	4
-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	10th	13th	-	-	-	2
-	-	-	-	11th	12th	=10th	6th	13th	13th	21st	-	-	-	-	-	7
-	-	-	-	-	-	-	16th	21st	23rd	24th	-	-	-	-	-	4
-	-	-	-	-	-	=6th	5th	7th	7th	11th	7th	-	-	-	-	6
3rd	4th	3rd	2nd	4th	4th	4th	4th	4th	3rd	4th	4th	3rd	3rd	3rd	2nd	16
-	-	-	8th	-	-	8th	11th	-	6th	8th	9th	10th	11th	14th	11th	10
-	-	-	-	15th	-	-	-	-	-	20th	-	-	-	-	-	2
-	-	-	-	-	13th	-	17th	23rd	24th	23rd	-	-	-	-	-	5
-	-	-	-	10th	-	15th	10th	25th	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	4
5th	6th	=4th	5th	5th	5th	5th	3rd	5th	4th	3rd	3rd	4th	4th	5th	3rd	16
-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	8th	11th	-	5th	6th	6th	6th	7th	7
-	-	-	-	-	12th	17th	19th	26th	19th	-	16th	16th	-	-	-	7
-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	27th	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1
-	-	-	-	-	-	-	13th	16th	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	2
2nd	1st	2nd	3rd	=1st	2nd	1st	2nd	3rd	2nd	1st	2nd	2nd	2nd	1st	4th	16
-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	25th	12th	-	-	-	-	-	2
11th	-	8th	9th	17th	7th	=10th	12th	18th	16th	19th	-	8th	-	10th	-	12
-	-	-	11th	-	-	14th	14th	15th	18th	-	-	-	-	-	-	5
-	-	-	-	=6th	Does Not Exist											1
-	-	-	-	=12th	-	-	-	-	-	16th	-	-	-	-	-	2
-	-	-	-	16th	-	-	-	10th	-	13th	-	-	-	-	-	3
-	-	-	-	-	-	-	8th	9th	9th	6th	8th	12th	10th	13th	-	8
8th	7th	6th	6th	9th	6th	9th	9th	22nd	20th	15th	14th	-	12th	11th	10th	15
-	8th	-	10th	-	10th	-	18th	20th	12th	-	15th	15th	15th	16th	15th	11
6th	3rd	-	-	-	-	-	-	2nd	5th	5th	6th	5th	5th	4th	6th	10
9th	-	-	-	-	14th	16th	15th	19th	21st	18th	-	14th	16th	15th	16th	11
-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	22nd	-	-	-	-	-	8th	2
4th	5th	=4th	4th	=1st	3rd	=2nd	-	6th	8th	10th	11th	7th	9th	9th	12th	15
-	-	-	-	=12th	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	8th	7th	5th	4
-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	14th	15th	9th	-	-	-	-	-	3
-	-	-	-	-	-	-	20th	-	26th	-	-	-	-	-	-	2
10th	-	7th	7th	=6th	8th	13th	7th	17th	14th	14th	12th	9th	7th	-	9th	14
7th	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1
-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	17th	-	-	-	14th	-	-	2
-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	8th	13th	2

References

Netball Scoop - Team Lists (World Championships)

Bibliography

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External links

See main article: world championships.

Notes and References

Web site: History of Netball . 2024-02-03 . World Netball . en-US.
Web site: Netball World Cup . 2024-02-03 . World Netball . en-US.
Web site: Netball World Cup 2027: Everything you need to know . 2024-02-03 . Netball Australia . en.