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{{Infobox World Netball Championship
| image =
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| dates = {{start and end dates|1970|12|31|1971|01|13}}
| host_country = Jamaica
| winners = Australia  | count = 2
| second = New Zealand
| third = England
| num_teams = 9
| scoring_leader = 
| prev_season = [[1967 World Netball Championships|1967]]
| next_season = [[1975 World Netball Championships|1975]]
}}
The '''1971 World Netball Championships''' were the third edition of the [[INF Netball World Cup]], a quadrennial premier event in international [[netball]]. It was held in [[Kingston, Jamaica|Kingston]], Jamaica, and featured nine teams, including the debut of the [[Bahamas national netball team|Bahamas]]. It began on 31 December 1970 with England and New Zealand winning their opening matches.<ref name=autogenerated1>{{Cite web |url=http://netballscoop.com/forums/topic/on-this-day-in-netball/ |title=Topic: ON THIS DAY IN NETBALL… &#124; Netball Scoop |access-date=13 October 2015 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150625202145/http://netballscoop.com/forums/topic/on-this-day-in-netball/ |archive-date=25 June 2015 |url-status=dead }}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://find.galegroup.com/ttda/infomark.do?&source=gale&prodId=TTDA&userGroupName=oxfshlib&tabID=T003&docPage=article&searchType=BasicSearchForm&docId=CS202994734&type=multipage&contentSet=LTO&version=1.0|title="Sports in Brief." Times [London, England] 14 Jan. 1971|publisher=Times Digital Archives}}</ref>

In eight matches, [[Australia national netball team|Australia]] retained the title back from New Zealand after winning all of their matches, [[New Zealand national netball team|New Zealand]] finished runners-up and [[England national netball team|England]] third.{{Citation needed|date=November 2023}}

==Results==
===Table===
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|-
!width=35|Place
!width=185|Nation<ref>{{cite web |author=Netball Australia |title=World Netball Championships placings |url=http://www.netball.asn.au/_uploads/res/1_365.pdf |accessdate=30 July 2011 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120925214115/http://www.netball.asn.au/_uploads/res/1_365.pdf |archive-date=25 September 2012 |url-status=dead |author-link=Netball Australia }}</ref>
!width=10|Played
!width=10|Won
!width=10|Drawn
!width=10|Lost
!width=10|For
!width=10|Against
!width=10|Points
|-
|[[File:Gold medal icon.svg|16px|Gold]]   
|style=text-align:left| {{nb|AUS}} || 8 || 8 || 0 || 0||500||164||16
|-
|[[File:Silver medal icon.svg|16px|Silver]]   
|style=text-align:left| {{nb|NZL}} || 8 || 7 ||0|| 1 || 525||222||14
|-
|[[File:Bronze medal icon.svg|16px|Bronze]] 
|style=text-align:left| {{nb|ENG}} || 8 ||6 ||0||2 || 512||179||12
|-
|4=
|style=text-align:left| {{nb|JAM}} || 8 || 4 ||1 || 3 ||347||260|| 9
|-
|4=
|style=text-align:left| {{nb|TRI}} || 8 || 4 ||1 ||3 || 350||260||9
|- 
|6
|style=text-align:left| {{nb|SCO}} || 8 || 3|| 0 ||5 || 206||376||6
|-
|7
|style=text-align:left| {{nb|WAL}} || 8 || 2 || 0 ||6|| 221||424||4
|-
|8
|style=text-align:left| {{nb|NIR}} || 8 || 1 || 0 ||7|| 171||498||2
|-
|9
|style=text-align:left| {{nb|BAH|colonial}} || 8 || 0|| 0 ||8|| 114||572||0
|}

===Matches===
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| date       = 30 December 1970
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| score      = 44–18
| team2      = {{nb|SCO}}
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| date       = 31 December 1970
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| team1      = {{nb-rt|NZL}}
| score      = 90–12
| team2      = {{nb|NIR}}
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| date       = 31 December 1970
| time       =
| team1      = {{nb-rt|ENG}}
| score      = 88–7
| team2      = {{nb|BAH|colonial}}
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| date       = 31 December 1970
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| team1      = {{nb-rt|AUS}}
| score      = 47–21
| team2      = {{nb|JAM}}
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| date       = 31 December 1970
| time       =
| team1      = {{nb-rt|TRI}}
| score      = 45–19 
| team2      = {{nb|WAL}}
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| date       = 1 January
| time       =
| team1      = {{nb-rt|NZL}}
| score      = 61–17
| team2      = {{nb|SCO}}
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| date       = 1 January
| time       =
| team1      = {{nb-rt|WAL}}
| score      = 57–11
| team2      = {{nb|BAH|colonial}}
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| date       = 1 January
| time       =
| team1      = {{nb-rt|ENG}}
| score      = 61–27
| team2      = {{nb|TRI}}
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| date       = 2 January
| time       =
| team1      = {{nb-rt|ENG}}
| score      = 44–30
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| date       = 2 January
| time       =
| team1      = {{nb-rt|AUS}}
| score      = 70–9
| team2      = {{nb|NIR}}
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| date       = 2 January
| time       =
| team1      = {{nb-rt|SCO}}
| score      = 41–37 
| team2      = {{nb|WAL}}
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| date       = 2 January
| time       =
| team1      = {{nb-rt|NZL}}
| score      = 108–10
| team2      = {{nb|BAH|colonial}}
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| date       = 4 January
| time       =
| team1      = {{nb-rt|TRI}}
| score      = 45–18
| team2      = {{nb|SCO}}
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| date       = 4 January
| time       =
| team1      = {{nb-rt|AUS}}
| score      = 96–4
| team2      = {{nb|BAH|colonial}}
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| date       = 4 January
| time       =
| team1      = {{nb-rt|JAM}}
| score      = 70–17
| team2      = {{nb|NIR}}
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| date       = 5 January
| time       =
| team1      = {{nb-rt|NZL}}
| score      = 83–21
| team2      = {{nb|WAL}}
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| date       = 5 January
| time       =
| team1      = {{nb-rt|AUS}}
| score      = 43–27
| team2      = {{nb|TRI}}
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| date       = 5 January
| time       =
| team1      = {{nb-rt|ENG}}
| score      = 94–13
| team2      = {{nb|NIR}}
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| date       = 6 January
| time       =
| team1      = {{nb-rt|NZL}}
| score      = 42–40
| team2      = {{nb|ENG}}
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| date       = 6 January
| time       =
| team1      = {{nb-rt|TRI}}
| score      = 34–34
| team2      = {{nb|JAM}}
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| date       = 6 January
| time       =
| team1      = {{nb-rt|SCO}}
| score      = 40–15
| team2      = {{nb|BAH|colonial}}
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| date       = 7 January
| time       =
| team1      = {{nb-rt|AUS}}
| score      = 71–16
| team2      = {{nb|SCO}}
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| date       = 7 January
| time       =
| team1      = {{nb-rt|JAM}}
| score      = 55–33
| team2      = {{nb|WAL}}
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| date       = 7 January
| time       =
| team1      = {{nb-rt|NIR}}
| score      = 49–28
| team2      = {{nb|BAH|colonial}}
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| date       = 8 January
| time       =
| team1      = {{nb-rt|NZL}}
| score      = 47–33
| team2      = {{nb|TRI}}
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| date       = 8 January
| time       =
| team1      = {{nb-rt|ENG}}
| score      = 76–10
| team2      = {{nb|SCO}}
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| date       = 8 January
| time       =
| team1      = {{nb-rt|AUS}}
| score      = 87–8
| team2      = {{nb|WAL}}
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| date       = 9 January
| time       =
| team1      = {{nb-rt|NZL}}
| score      = 52–32
| team2      = {{nb|JAM}}
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| date       = 9 January
| time       =
| team1      = {{nb-rt|WAL}}
| score      = 34–30
| team2      = {{nb|NIR}}
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| date       = 9 January
| time       =
| team1      = {{nb-rt|TRI}}
| score      = 72–24
| team2      = {{nb|BAH|colonial}}
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| date       = 9 January
| time       =
| team1      = {{nb-rt|AUS}}
| score      = 38–37
| team2      = {{nb|ENG}}
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| date       = 11 January
| time       =
| team1      = {{nb-rt|ENG}}
| score      = 72–12
| team2      = {{nb|WAL}}
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| date       = 11 January
| time       =
| team1      = {{nb-rt|SCO}}
| score      = 46–27
| team2      = {{nb|NIR}}
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| date       = 11 January
| time       =
| team1      = {{nb-rt|JAM}}
| score      = 61–15
| team2      = {{nb|BAH|colonial}}
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| date       = 12 January
| time       =
| team1      = {{nb-rt|AUS}}
| score      = 48–42
| team2      = {{nb|NZL}}
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| date       = 12 January
| time       =
| team1      = {{nb-rt|TRI}}
| score      = 66–14
| team2      = {{nb|NIR}}
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==Medallists==
{{1971 World Netball Championship medallists}}

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