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
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.
From 2027 onwards, the tournament will be held in a two-year cycle interval ahead of the inaugural Men’s Netball World Cup.
Results Tournament history Source: YearHost First/Second place Third/Fourth place Champion Score Runner-up Third Score Fourth 1 1963 Round-robinEastbourneRound-robinEastbourne112 1967 Round-robinMatthews Netball Centre, PerthRound-robinMatthews Netball Centre, Perth83 1971 Round-robinNational Stadium, KingstonRound-robinNational Stadium, Kingston94 1975 Round-robinWindmill Road, AucklandRound-robinWindmill Road, Auckland115 1979 Round-robinWest Park Complex, Port of SpainRound-robinWest Park Complex, Port of Spain196 1983 Round-robinNational University, SingaporeRound-robinNational University, Singapore147 1987 Round-robinCrownpoint Sports Park, GlasgowRound-robinCrownpoint Sports Park, Glasgow178 1991 53–52Sydney Entertainment Centre, Sydney63–54Sydney Entertainment Centre, Sydney209 1995 68–48National Indoor Arena, Birmingham60–31National Indoor Arena, Birmingham2710 1999 42–41Westpac Trust Centre, Christchurch57–43Westpac Trust Centre, Christchurch2611 2003 49–47National Indoor Stadium, Kingston46–40National Indoor Stadium, Kingston2412 2007 42–38Trusts Stadium, Auckland53–52Trusts Stadium, Auckland1613 2011 58–57Singapore Indoor Stadium, Kallang70–49Singapore Indoor Stadium, Kallang1614 2015 58–55Allphones Arena, Sydney Olympic Park66–44Allphones Arena, Sydney Olympic Park1615 2019 52–51Liverpool Arena, Liverpool58–42Liverpool Arena, Liverpool1616 2023 61–45Cape Town International Convention Centre, Cape Town52–45Cape Town International Convention Centre, Cape Town1617 2027 Sydney SuperDome, Sydney Olympic ParkSydney SuperDome, Sydney Olympic Park
Performance of nations TeamChampionsRunners-upThirdFourth in top six 12 (1963, 1971, 1975, 1979, 1983, 1991, 1995, 1999, 2007, 2011, 2015, 2023)4 (1967, 1987, 2003, 2019)16 5 (1967, 1979, 1987, 2003, 2019)8 (1963, 1971, 1983, 1991, 1999, 2007, 2011, 2015)2 (1975, 1991)1 (2023)16 1 (1979)1 (1987)1 (1983)3 (1963, 1971, 1975)8 2 (1975, 2023)6 (1963, 1971, 1999, 2011, 2015, 2019)8 (1967, 1979, 1983, 1987, 1991, 1995)16 1 (1995)1 (1967)1 (2019)10 4 (1991, 2003, 2007, 2023)4 (1971, 1999, 2011, 2015)16
Participating nations
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Most individuals appearances
References Netball Scoop - Team Lists (World Championships)
Bibliography
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Notes
External links Official INF website Netball World Cup 2019 Liverpool official website