Netball World Cup

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

File:Trinidad & Tobago '79.jpg

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

Source:

Ed.	Year	Host	First/Second place			Third/Fourth place			Num. teams
			Template:Gold01 Champion	Score	Template:Silver02 Runner-up	Template:Bronze03 Third	Score	Fourth
1	1963		Template:Nb-big	Round-robin Eastbourne	Template:Nb-big	Template:Nb-big	Round-robin Eastbourne	Template:Nb-big	11
2	1967		Template:Nb-big	Round-robin Matthews Netball Centre, Perth	Template:Nb-big	Template:Nb-big	Round-robin Matthews Netball Centre, Perth	Template:Nb-big	8
3	1971		Template:Nb-big	Round-robin National Stadium, Kingston	Template:Nb-big	Template:Nb-big	Round-robin National Stadium, Kingston	Template:Nb-bigTemplate:Efn Template:Nb-bigTemplate:Efn	9
4	1975		Template:Nb-big	Round-robin Windmill Road, Auckland	Template:Nb-big	Template:Nb-big	Round-robin Windmill Road, Auckland	Template:Nb-big	11
5	1979		Template:Nb-bigTemplate:Efn Template:Nb-bigTemplate:Efn Template:Nb-bigTemplate:Efn	Round-robin West Park Complex, Port of Spain	Template:N/A	Template:N/A	Round-robin West Park Complex, Port of Spain	Template:Nb-big	19
6	1983		Template:Nb-big	Round-robin National University, Singapore	Template:Nb-big	Template:Nb-big	Round-robin National University, Singapore	Template:Nb-big	14
7	1987		Template:Nb-big	Round-robin Crownpoint Sports Park, Glasgow	Template:Nb-bigTemplate:Efn Template:Nb-bigTemplate:Efn	Template:N/A	Round-robin Crownpoint Sports Park, Glasgow	Template:Nb-big	17
8	1991		Template:Nb-big	53–52 Sydney Entertainment Centre, Sydney	Template:Nb-big	Template:Nb-big	63–54 Sydney Entertainment Centre, Sydney	Template:Nb-big	20
9	1995		Template:Nb-big	68–48 National Indoor Arena, Birmingham	Template:Nb-big	Template:Nb-big	60–31 National Indoor Arena, Birmingham	Template:Nb-big	27
10	1999		Template:Nb-big	42–41 Westpac Trust Centre, Christchurch	Template:Nb-big	Template:Nb-big	57–43 Westpac Trust Centre, Christchurch	Template:Nb-big	26
11	2003		Template:Nb-big	49–47 National Indoor Stadium, Kingston	Template:Nb-big	Template:Nb-big	46–40 National Indoor Stadium, Kingston	Template:Nb-big	24
12	2007Template:Efn		Template:Nb-big	42–38 Trusts Stadium, Auckland	Template:Nb-big	Template:Nb-big	53–52 Trusts Stadium, Auckland	Template:Nb-big	16
13	2011		Template:Nb-big	58–57 Singapore Indoor Stadium, Kallang	Template:Nb-big	Template:Nb-big	70–49 Singapore Indoor Stadium, Kallang	Template:Nb-big	16
14	2015		Template:Nb-big	58–55 Allphones Arena, Sydney Olympic Park	Template:Nb-big	Template:Nb-big	66–44 Allphones Arena, Sydney Olympic Park	Template:Nb-big	16
15	2019		Template:Nb-big	52–51 Liverpool Arena, Liverpool	Template:Nb-big	Template:Nb-big	58–42 Liverpool Arena, Liverpool	Template:Nb-big	16
16	2023		Template:Nb-big	61–45 Cape Town International Convention Centre, Cape Town	Template:Nb-big	Template:Nb-big	52–45 Cape Town International Convention Centre, Cape Town	Template:Nb-big	16
17	2027		Template:N/A	Sydney SuperDome, Sydney Olympic Park	Template:N/A	Template:N/A	Sydney SuperDome, Sydney Olympic Park	Template:N/A	Template:N/A

Performance of nations

Team	Champions	Runners-up	Third	Fourth	Apps in top six
Template:Rh | Template:Nb	12 (1963, 1971, 1975, 1979, 1983, 1991, 1995, 1999, 2007, 2011, 2015, 2023)	4 (1967, 1987, 2003, 2019)	Template:N/A	Template:N/A	16
Template:Rh | Template:Nb	5 (1967, 1979, 1987, 2003, 2019)	8 (1963, 1971, 1983, 1991, 1999, 2007, 2011, 2015)	2 (1975, 1991)	1 (2023)	16
Template:Rh | Template:Nb	1 (1979)	1 (1987)	1 (1983)	3 (1963, 1971, 1975)	8
Template:Rh | Template:Nb	Template:N/A	2 (1975, 2023)	6 (1963, 1971, 1999, 2011, 2015, 2019)	8 (1967, 1979, 1983, 1987, 1991, 1995)	16
Template:Rh | Template:Nb	Template:N/A	1 (1995)	1 (1967)	1 (2019)	10
Template:Rh | Template:Nb	Template:N/A	Template:N/A	4 (1991, 2003, 2007, 2023)	4 (1971, 1999, 2011, 2015)	16

Participating nations

File:Netball World Cup Participation.svg

  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.

File:Liz Ellis.jpg

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	Template:Flagicon 1963	Template:Flagicon 1967	Template:Flagicon 1971	Template:Flagicon 1975	Template:Flagicon 1979	Template:Flagicon 1983	Template:Flagicon 1987	Template:Flagicon 1991	Template:Flagicon 1995	Template:Flagicon 1999	Template:Flagicon 2003	Template:Flagicon 2007	Template:Flagicon 2011	Template:Flagicon 2015	Template:Flagicon 2019	Template:Flagicon 2023	Total
Template:Nb	-	-	-	-	12th	9th	-	-	12th	-	17th	-	-	-	-	-	4
Template:Nb	1st	2nd	1st	1st	=1st	1st	=2nd	1st	1st	1st	2nd	1st	1st	1st	2nd	1st	16
Template:Nb	-	-	9th	-	18th	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	2
Template:Nb	-	-	-	-	6th	-	=6th	-	11th	10th	7th	13th	11th	13th	12th	14th	10
Template:Nb	-	-	-	-	19th	-	=10th	-	23rd	-	22nd	-	-	-	-	-	4
Template:Nb	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	10th	13th	-	-	-	2
Template:Nb	-	-	-	-	11th	12th	=10th	6th	13th	13th	21st	-	-	-	-	-	7
Template:Nb	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	16th	21st	23rd	24th	-	-	-	-	-	4
Template:Nb	-	-	-	-	-	-	=6th	5th	7th	7th	11th	7th	-	-	-	-	6
Template:Nb	3rd	4th	3rd	2nd	4th	4th	4th	4th	4th	3rd	4th	4th	3rd	3rd	3rd	2nd	16
Template:Nb	-	-	-	8th	-	-	8th	11th	-	6th	8th	9th	10th	11th	14th	11th	10
Template:Nb	-	-	-	-	15th	-	-	-	-	-	20th	-	-	-	-	-	2
Template:Nb	-	-	-	-	-	13th	-	17th	23rd	24th	23rd	-	-	-	-	-	5
Template:Nb	-	-	-	-	10th	-	15th	10th	25th	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	4
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Template:Nb	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	8th	11th	-	5th	6th	6th	6th	7th	7
Template:Nb	-	-	-	-	-	12th	17th	19th	26th	19th	-	16th	16th	-	-	-	7
Template:Nb	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	27th	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1
Template:Nb	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	13th	16th	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	2
Template:Nb	2nd	1st	2nd	3rd	=1st	2nd	1st	2nd	3rd	2nd	1st	2nd	2nd	2nd	1st	4th	16
Template:Nb	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	25th	12th	-	-	-	-	-	2
Template:Nb	11th	-	8th	9th	17th	7th	=10th	12th	18th	16th	19th	-	8th	-	10th	-	12
Template:Nb	-	-	-	11th	-	-	14th	14th	15th	18th	-	-	-	-	-	-	5
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Template:Nb	-	-	-	-	16th	-	-	-	10th	-	13th	-	-	-	-	-	3
Template:Nb	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	8th	9th	9th	6th	8th	12th	10th	13th	-	8
Template:Nb	8th	7th	6th	6th	9th	6th	9th	9th	22nd	20th	15th	14th	-	12th	11th	10th	15
Template:Nb	-	8th	-	10th	-	10th	-	18th	20th	12th	-	15th	15th	15th	16th	15th	11
Template:Nb	6th	3rd	-	-	-	-	-	-	2nd	5th	5th	6th	5th	5th	4th	6th	10
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Template:Nb	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	22nd	-	-	-	-	-	8th	2
Template:Nb	4th	5th	=4th	4th	=1st	3rd	=2nd	-	6th	8th	10th	11th	7th	9th	9th	12th	15
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Template:Nb	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	20th	-	26th	-	-	-	-	-	-	2
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Template:Nb	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	8th	13th	2

See also

• World Netball (WN)
• World Netball Rankings
• World Netball Series
• Netball World Youth Cup

References

Netball Scoop - Team Lists (World Championships)

External links

• Official INF website
• Netball World Cup 2019 Liverpool official website