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

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.

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.

Results

Tournament history

Ed. Year Host First/Second place Third/Fourth place Num.
teams
1st place, gold medalist(s) Champion Score 2nd place, silver medalist(s) Runner-up 3rd place, bronze medalist(s) 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[lower-alpha 1]

Trinidad and Tobago[lower-alpha 1]
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
[lower-alpha 2]

New Zealand
[lower-alpha 2]

Trinidad and Tobago
[lower-alpha 2]
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[lower-alpha 3]

Trinidad and Tobago[lower-alpha 3]
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[lower-alpha 4]  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

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

  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 England
1963
Australia
1967
Jamaica
1971
New Zealand
1975
Trinidad and Tobago
1979
Singapore
1983
Scotland
1987
Australia
1991
England
1995
New Zealand
1999
Jamaica
2003
New Zealand
2007
Singapore
2011
Australia
2015
England
2019
South Africa
2023
Total
 Antigua and Barbuda----12th9th--12th-17th-----4
 Australia1st2nd1st1st=1st1st=2nd1st1st1st2nd1st1st1st2nd1st16
 Bahamas--9th-18th-----------2
 Barbados----8th-=6th-11th10th7th13th11th13th12th14th10
 Bermuda----19th-=10th-23rd-22nd-----4
 Botswana-----------10th13th---2
 Canada----11th12th=10th6th13th13th21st-----7
 Cayman Islands-------16th21st23rd24th-----4
 Cook Islands------=6th5th7th7th11th7th----6
 England3rd4th3rd2nd4th4th4th4th4th3rd4th4th3rd3rd3rd2nd16
 Fiji---8th--8th11th-6th8th9th10th11th14th11th10
 Grenada----15th-----20th-----2
 Hong Kong-----13th-17th23rd24th23rd-----5
 Ireland----10th-15th10th25th-------4
 Jamaica5th6th=4th5th5th5th5th3rd5th4th3rd3rd4th4th5th3rd16
 Malawi--------8th11th-5th6th6th6th7th7
 Malaysia-----12th17th19th26th19th-16th16th---7
 Malta--------27th-------1
 Namibia-------13th16th-------2
 New Zealand2nd1st2nd3rd=1st2nd1st2nd3rd2nd1st2nd2nd2nd1st4th16
 Niue---------25th12th-----2
 Northern Ireland11th-8th9th17th7th=10th12th18th16th19th-8th-10th-12
 Papua New Guinea---11th--14th14th15th18th------5
Saint Christopher-Nevis-Anguilla Saint Christopher-Nevis-Anguilla----=6thDoes Not Exist1
 Saint Lucia----=12th-----16th-----2
 Saint Vincent and the Grenadines----16th---10th-13th-----3
 Samoa-------8th9th9th6th8th12th10th13th-8
 Scotland8th7th6th6th9th6th9th9th22nd20th15th14th-12th11th10th15
 Singapore-8th-10th-10th-18th20th12th-15th15th15th16th15th11
 South Africa6th3rd------2nd5th5th6th5th5th4th6th10
 Sri Lanka9th----14th16th15th19th21st18th-14th16th15th16th11
 Tonga---------22nd-----8th2
 Trinidad and Tobago4th5th=4th4th=1st3rd=2nd-6th8th10th11th7th9th9th12th15
 Uganda----=12th--------8th7th5th4
 United States--------14th15th9th-----3
 Vanuatu-------20th-26th------2
 Wales10th-7th7th=6th8th13th7th17th14th14th12th9th7th-9th14
 West Indies7th---------------1
 Zambia---------17th---14th--2
 Zimbabwe--------------8th13th2

See also

References

Netball Scoop - Team Lists (World Championships)

Bibliography

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  • 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.
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References

    Notes Notes

    1. 1 2 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. 1 2 3 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. 1 2 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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