INF Netball World Cup
Upcoming season or competition: 2019 Netball World Cup | |
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Sign for the 1979 World Netball Championships in Trinidad and Tobago | |
| Formerly | World Netball Championships (1963-2011) |
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| Sport | Netball |
| Inaugural season | 1963 |
| No. of teams | 16 (2015) |
| Most recent champion(s) |
 Australia (2015) |
| Most titles |
Australia (11 titles) |
The INF Netball World Cup is a quadrennial international netball world championship co-ordinated by the International Netball Federation (INF), inaugurated in 1963. Since its inception the competition has been dominated primarily by the Australian national netball team (the Diamonds) and the New Zealand national netball team (the Silver Ferns) – Trinidad and Tobago is the only other team to have won a title. The most recent tournament was the 2015 Netball World Cup in Sydney Australia, 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. Since then there have been 13 more tournaments.
Results
Tournament history
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Performance of nations
| Pos. | Nation | 1st | 2nd | 3rd |
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| 1 | Australia | 11 (1963, 1971, 1975, 1979, 1983, 1991, 1995, 1999, 2007, 2011, 2015) | 3 (1967, 1987, 2003) | – |
| 2 |  New Zealand | 4 (1967, 1979, 1987, 2003) | 8 (1963, 1971, 1983, 1991, 1999, 2007, 2011, 2015) | 2 (1975, 1995) |
| 3 |  Trinidad and Tobago | 1 (1979) | 1 (1987) | 1 (1983) |
| 4 |  England | – | 1 (1975) | 5 (1963, 1971, 1999, 2011, 2015) |
| 5 |  South Africa | – | 1 (1995) | 1 (1967) |
| 6 |  Jamaica | – | – | 3 (1991, 2003, 2007) |
Participating nations
| Nation | '63 | '67 | '71 | '75 | '79 | '83 | '87 | '91 | '95 | '99 | '03 | '07 | '11 | '15 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
 Antigua and Barbuda | - | - | - | - | 12 | 9 | - | - | 12 | - | 17 | - | - | - |
| Australia | 1 | 2 | 1 | 1 | T1 | 1 | T2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 |
 Bahamas | - | - | 9 | - | 18 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
 Barbados | - | - | - | - | 8 | - | T6 | - | 11 | 10 | 7 | 13 | 11 | 13 |
 Bermuda | - | - | - | - | 19 | - | T10 | - | 23 | - | 22 | - | - | - |
 Botswana | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 10 | 13 | - |
 Canada | - | - | - | - | 11 | 12 | T10 | 6 | 13 | 13 | 21 | - | - | - |
 Cayman Islands | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 16 | 21 | 23 | 24 | - | - | - |
 Cook Islands | - | - | - | - | - | - | T6 | 5 | 7 | 7 | 11 | 7 | - | - |
| England | 3 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 3 | 4 | 4 | 3 | 3 |
 Fiji | - | - | - | 8 | - | - | 8 | 11 | - | 6 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 |
 Grenada | - | - | - | - | 15 | - | - | - | - | - | 20 | - | - | - |
 Hong Kong | - | - | - | - | - | 13 | - | 17 | 23 | 24 | 23 | - | - | - |
 Ireland | - | - | - | - | 10 | - | 15 | 10 | 25 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Jamaica | 5 | 6 | T4 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 3 | 5 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 4 |
 Malawi | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 8 | 11 | - | 5 | 6 | 6 |
 Malaysia | - | - | - | - | - | 11 | 17 | 19 | 26 | 19 | - | 16 | 16 | - |
 Malta | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 27 | - | - | - | - | - |
 Namibia | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 13 | 16 | - | - | - | - | - |
| New Zealand | 2 | 1 | 2 | 3 | T1 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 2 |
 Niue | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 25 | 12 | - | - | - |
 Northern Ireland | 11 | - | 8 | 9 | 17 | 7 | T10 | 12 | 18 | 16 | 19 | - | 8 | - |
 Papua New Guinea | - | - | - | 11 | - | - | 14 | 14 | 15 | 18 | - | - | - | - |
 Saint Christopher-Nevis-Anguilla | - | - | - | - | T6 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
 Saint Lucia | - | - | - | - | T12 | - | - | - | - | - | 15 | - | - | - |
 Saint Vincent and the Grenadines | - | - | - | - | 16 | - | - | - | 10 | - | 13 | - | - | - |
 Samoa | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 8 | 9 | 9 | 6 | 8 | 12 | 10 |
 Scotland | 8 | 7 | 6 | 6 | 9 | 6 | 9 | 9 | 22 | 20 | 14 | 14 | - | 12 |
 Singapore | - | 8 | - | 10 | - | 10 | - | 18 | 20 | 12 | - | 15 | 15 | 15 |
| South Africa | 6 | 3 | - | - | - | - | - | - | 2 | 5 | 5 | 6 | 5 | 5 |
 Sri Lanka | 9 | - | - | - | - | 14 | 16 | 15 | 19 | 21 | 18 | - | 14 | 16 |
 Tonga | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 22 | - | - | - | - |
| Trinidad and Tobago | 4 | 5 | T4 | 4 | T1 | 3 | T2 | - | 6 | 8 | 10 | 11 | 7 | 9 |
 Uganda | - | - | - | - | T12 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 8 |
 United States | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 14 | 15 | 9 | - | - | - |
 Vanuatu | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 20 | - | 26 | - | - | - | - |
 Wales | 10 | - | 7 | 7 | T6 | 8 | 13 | 7 | 17 | 14 | 16 | 12 | 9 | 7 |
 West Indies | 7 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
 Zambia | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 17 | - | - | - | 14 |
See also
Notes
- ↑ The title was shared because there were no finals, 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. The tournament rules of the time did not provide any way of determining an outright winner.
- ↑ 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.
- ↑ Suva, Fiji was scheduled to host the 2007 competition but was stripped of the right as a direct result of the December 2006 coup. Hosting rights were subsequently awarded to Auckland, New Zealand, and the competition date moved from July to November 2007
References
Netball Scoop - Team Lists (World Championships)
Bibliography
- Australian Women's Weekly (5 September 1979). "SPOT THE BALL and win a trip to Disneyland.". The Australian Women's Weekly. National Library of Australia. p. 78. Retrieved 1 March 2011.
- International Federation of Netball Associations (15 June 2008). "History of Netball". Retrieved 2 March 2011.
- Netball Singapore (2011). "About Us". Retrieved 1 March 2011.
- Netball Singapore (2011b). "Milestones". Retrieved 1 March 2011.
- Sri Lanka Netball (30 September 2010). "THE HISTORY OF NETBALL IN SRI LANKA". Retrieved 3 March 2011.
- Thompson, Shona M. (December 2002). "Women and sport in New Zealand". In Pfister, Gertrud; Hartmann-Tews, Ilse. Sport and Women: Social Issues in International Perspective. International Society for Comparative Physical Education & Sport. Routledge. ISBN 0-415-24628-8.
- World Netball Championships 2011 Singapore (2011). "History". Retrieved 3 March 2011.
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