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Netball World Cup

Formerly	World Netball Championships (1963–2011)
Sport	Netball
Founded	1963; 61 years ago (1963)
Inaugural season	1963
Administrator	World Netball
No. of teams	16 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

Source:

Ed.	Year	Host	First/Second place			Third/Fourth place			Num. teams
			01 Champion	Score	02 Runner-up	03 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 Trinidad and Tobago	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 New Zealand Trinidad and Tobago	Round-robin West Park Complex, Port of Spain	N/A	N/A	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 Trinidad and Tobago	N/A	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	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	N/A	Sydney SuperDome, Sydney Olympic Park	N/A	N/A	Sydney SuperDome, Sydney Olympic Park	N/A	N/A

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)	N/A	N/A	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	N/A	2 (1975, 2023)	6 (1963, 1971, 1999, 2011, 2015, 2019)	8 (1967, 1979, 1983, 1987, 1991, 1995)	16
South Africa	N/A	1 (1995)	1 (1967)	1 (2019)	10
Jamaica	N/A	N/A	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 qualifyAppearances 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	1963	1967	1971	1975	1979	1983	1987	1991	1995	1999	2003	2007	2011	2015	2019	2023	Total
Antigua and Barbuda	-	-	-	-	12th	9th	-	-	12th	-	17th	-	-	-	-	-	4
Australia	1st	2nd	1st	1st	=1st	1st	=2nd	1st	1st	1st	2nd	1st	1st	1st	2nd	1st	16
Bahamas	-	-	9th	-	18th	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	2
Barbados	-	-	-	-	8th	-	=6th	-	11th	10th	7th	13th	11th	13th	12th	14th	10
Bermuda	-	-	-	-	19th	-	=10th	-	23rd	-	22nd	-	-	-	-	-	4
Botswana	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	10th	13th	-	-	-	2
Canada	-	-	-	-	11th	12th	=10th	6th	13th	13th	21st	-	-	-	-	-	7
Cayman Islands	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	16th	21st	23rd	24th	-	-	-	-	-	4
Cook Islands	-	-	-	-	-	-	=6th	5th	7th	7th	11th	7th	-	-	-	-	6
England	3rd	4th	3rd	2nd	4th	4th	4th	4th	4th	3rd	4th	4th	3rd	3rd	3rd	2nd	16
Fiji	-	-	-	8th	-	-	8th	11th	-	6th	8th	9th	10th	11th	14th	11th	10
Grenada	-	-	-	-	15th	-	-	-	-	-	20th	-	-	-	-	-	2
Hong Kong	-	-	-	-	-	13th	-	17th	23rd	24th	23rd	-	-	-	-	-	5
Ireland	-	-	-	-	10th	-	15th	10th	25th	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	4
Jamaica	5th	6th	=4th	5th	5th	5th	5th	3rd	5th	4th	3rd	3rd	4th	4th	5th	3rd	16
Malawi	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	8th	11th	-	5th	6th	6th	6th	7th	7
Malaysia	-	-	-	-	-	12th	17th	19th	26th	19th	-	16th	16th	-	-	-	7
Malta	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	27th	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1
Namibia	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	13th	16th	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	2
New Zealand	2nd	1st	2nd	3rd	=1st	2nd	1st	2nd	3rd	2nd	1st	2nd	2nd	2nd	1st	4th	16
Niue	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	25th	12th	-	-	-	-	-	2
Northern Ireland	11th	-	8th	9th	17th	7th	=10th	12th	18th	16th	19th	-	8th	-	10th	-	12
Papua New Guinea	-	-	-	11th	-	-	14th	14th	15th	18th	-	-	-	-	-	-	5
Saint Christopher-Nevis-Anguilla	-	-	-	-	=6th	Does Not Exist											1
Saint Lucia	-	-	-	-	=12th	-	-	-	-	-	16th	-	-	-	-	-	2
Saint Vincent and the Grenadines	-	-	-	-	16th	-	-	-	10th	-	13th	-	-	-	-	-	3
Samoa	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	8th	9th	9th	6th	8th	12th	10th	13th	-	8
Scotland	8th	7th	6th	6th	9th	6th	9th	9th	22nd	20th	15th	14th	-	12th	11th	10th	15
Singapore	-	8th	-	10th	-	10th	-	18th	20th	12th	-	15th	15th	15th	16th	15th	11
South Africa	6th	3rd	-	-	-	-	-	-	2nd	5th	5th	6th	5th	5th	4th	6th	10
Sri Lanka	9th	-	-	-	-	14th	16th	15th	19th	21st	18th	-	14th	16th	15th	16th	11
Tonga	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	22nd	-	-	-	-	-	8th	2
Trinidad and Tobago	4th	5th	=4th	4th	=1st	3rd	=2nd	-	6th	8th	10th	11th	7th	9th	9th	12th	15
Uganda	-	-	-	-	=12th	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	8th	7th	5th	4
United States	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	14th	15th	9th	-	-	-	-	-	3
Vanuatu	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	20th	-	26th	-	-	-	-	-	-	2
Wales	10th	-	7th	7th	=6th	8th	13th	7th	17th	14th	14th	12th	9th	7th	-	9th	14
West Indies	7th	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1
Zambia	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	17th	-	-	-	14th	-	-	2
Zimbabwe	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	8th	13th	2

See also

In Spanish: Campeonato Mundial de Netball para niños

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