2017 Netball World Youth Cup

2017 Netball World Youth Cup
Tournament details
Host country Botswana
Dates8–16 July 2017 (2017-07-08 – 2017-07-16)
Teams20
Final positions
Champions New Zealand (4th title)
Runners-up Australia
Third place England

The Netball World Youth Cup Gaborone 2017[1] was the eighth staging of the tournament previously (until 2013) known as the World Youth Netball Championships, the premier competition in international netball, contested every four years. The 2017 tournament, to be held from 8–16 July, held in Gaborone, Botswana, which is first African region country to host the tournament. Matches are to be played at University of Botswana Indoor Stadium and Ditshupo Hall.[2] Twenty nations competed at the championships.

Teams

Qualification

Twenty teams contested the 2017 tournament. The home nation automatically qualified, along with the next four highest-ranked teams from the 2013 World Youth Netball Championships:

Qualification Tournaments The remaining fifteen teams were determined by regional qualifying tournaments, with three teams selected from each of the five international netball regions; Africa, Americas, Asia, Europe and Oceania.

Region Host Teams Dates Winners Runners-up 2nd Runners- up
Asia Hong Kong 12 14–20 December 2015  Sri Lanka  Malaysia  Singapore
Africa[3] Botswana 8 24–30 July 2016  South Africa  Zimbabwe  Uganda
Americas[4]  Sint Maarten 7 22–28 August 2016  Barbados  Trinidad and Tobago  Grenada
Oceania[5] New Zealand 6 26–29 September 2016  Fiji  Cook Islands  Samoa
Europe[6] Wales 4 7–9 October 2016  Scotland  Wales  Northern Ireland

Draw

The draw for the tournament was held on 20 October 2016 at Botswana.[7] The pools for the tournament's finals is as below:

Pool A Pool B Pool C Pool D

 New Zealand
 Sri Lanka
 Scotland
 Northern Ireland
 Samoa

 Australia
 South Africa
 Barbados
 Zimbabwe
 Singapore

 Jamaica
 Botswana
 Cook Islands
 Malaysia
 Uganda

 England
 Fiji
 Trinidad and Tobago
 Wales
 Grenada

Preliminary rounds

Pool A

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GR Pts Qualification NZL SCO SAM NIR SRI
1  New Zealand 4 4 0 0 377 96 3.927 8 Advance to 1/8th placement playoff — 78–26 85–33 89–22 125–15
2  Scotland 4 3 0 1 196 206 0.951 6 26–78 — 46–44 55–36 69–48
3  Samoa 4 2 0 2 215 208 1.034 4 33–85 44–46 — 65–28 73–49
4  Northern Ireland 4 1 0 3 142 253 0.561 2 22–89 36–55 28–65 — 56–44
5  Sri Lanka 4 0 0 4 156 323 0.483 0 15–125 48–69 49–73 44–56 —
Source: Standing, Results

Pool B

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GR Pts Qualification AUS RSA ZIM BAR SGP
1  Australia 4 4 0 0 363 113 3.212 8 Advance to 1/8th placement playoff — 65–36 86–33 93–32 119–12
2  South Africa 4 3 0 1 228 159 1.434 6 36–65 — 56–42 62–30 74–22
3  Zimbabwe 4 2 0 2 199 215 0.926 4 33–86 42–56 — 58–35 66–38
4  Barbados 4 1 0 3 165 257 0.642 2 32–93 30–62 35–58 — 68–44
5  Singapore 4 0 0 4 116 327 0.355 0 12–119 22–74 38–66 44–68 —
Source: Standing, Results

Pool C

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GR Pts Qualification UGA JAM BOT COK MAS
1  Uganda 4 3 0 1 218 146 1.493 6 Advance to 1/8th placement playoff — 39–44 46–42 52–39 81–21
2  Jamaica 4 3 0 1 203 150 1.353 6 44–39 — 46–48 43–41 70–22
3  Botswana (H) 4 3 0 1 212 159 1.333 6 42–46 48–46 — 50–41 72–26
4  Cook Islands 4 0 1 3 166 190 0.874 1 39–52 41–43 41–50 — 45–45
5  Malaysia 4 0 1 3 114 268 0.425 1 21–81 22–70 26–72 45–45 —
Source: Standing, Results
(H) Hosts

Pool D

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GR Pts Qualification ENG FIJ TRI WAL GRD
1  England 4 4 0 0 305 104 2.933 8 Advance to 1/8th placement playoff — 63–29 75–27 69–23 98–25
2  Fiji 4 3 0 1 206 149 1.383 6 29–63 — 55–28 48–35 74–23
3  Trinidad and Tobago 4 2 0 2 167 197 0.848 4 27–75 28–55 — 36–32 76–35
4  Wales 4 1 0 3 162 183 0.885 2 23–69 35–48 32–36 — 72–30
5  Grenada 4 0 0 4 113 320 0.353 0 25–98 23–74 35–76 30–72 —
Source: Standing, Results

Playoff and placement

17th to 20th place

 
Semi-finalsCrossoverSeventeenth place
 
          
 
13 July
 
 
 Malaysia62
 
14 July
 
 Grenada49
 
 Malaysia57
 
13 July
 
 Sri Lanka53
 
 Singapore63
 
15 July
 
 Sri Lanka36
 
 Malaysia64
 
 
 Singapore44
 
 
14 July
 
 
 Grenada55
 
 
 Singapore68 Nineteenth place
 
 
15 July
 
 
 Sri Lanka51
 
 
 Grenada48
 

9th to 16th place

Thirteenth placeConsolation semifinalsQuarterfinalsSemifinalsNinth place
 Botswana51
 Wales39
 Wales47 Botswana45
 Barbados44 Samoa43
 Samoa54
 Barbados48
 Wales44 Botswana41
 Trinidad and Tobago43 Zimbabwe56
 Northern Ireland37
 Zimbabwe65
Fifteenth place Northern Ireland40 Zimbabwe55Eleventh place
 Trinidad and Tobago51 Cook Islands41
 Barbados54 Trinidad and Tobago31 Samoa64
 Northern Ireland42 Cook Islands40 Cook Islands37

1st to 8th place

Bracket

Fifth placeConsolation semifinalsQuarterfinalsSemifinalsFinal
 New Zealand69
 South Africa32
 South Africa59 New Zealand79
 Uganda35 Fiji28
 Uganda37
 Fiji39
 South Africa47 New Zealand60
 Jamaica52 Australia57
 Scotland22
 Australia95
 Scotland45 Australia59
 Jamaica58 England39
 Jamaica38
 England55

Quarter-finals

13 July
10:00 (CAT) 		New Zealand  69–32  South Africa    University of Botswana Indoor Stadium
13 July
12:00 (CAT) 		Uganda  37–39  Fiji    University of Botswana Indoor Stadium
13 July
14:00 (CAT) 		Scotland  22–95  Australia    University of Botswana Indoor Stadium
13 July
16:00 (CAT) 		Jamaica  38–55  England    University of Botswana Indoor Stadium

Crossover

14 July
12:00 (CAT) 		South Africa  59–35  Uganda    University of Botswana Indoor Stadium
14 July
10:00 (CAT) 		Scotland  45–58  Jamaica    University of Botswana Indoor Stadium

Semi-finals

14 July
16:00 (CAT) 		New Zealand  79–28  Fiji    University of Botswana Indoor Stadium
14 July
18:00 (CAT) 		Australia  59–39  England    University of Botswana Indoor Stadium

7th and 8th place

16 July
10:00 (CAT) 		Uganda  55–42  Scotland    University of Botswana Indoor Stadium

5th and 6th place

16 July
12:00 (CAT) 		South Africa  47–52  Jamaica    University of Botswana Indoor Stadium

Bronze medal

16 July
14:00 (CAT) 		Fiji  35–70  England    University of Botswana Indoor Stadium

Gold medal

16 July
16:00 (CAT) 		New Zealand  60–57  Australia    University of Botswana Indoor Stadium

Final rankings

Place Nation
Gold  New Zealand
Silver  Australia
Bronze  England
4  Fiji
5  Jamaica
6  South Africa
7  Uganda
8  Scotland
9  Zimbabwe
10  Botswana
11  Samoa
12  Cook Islands
13  Wales
14  Trinidad and Tobago
15  Barbados
16  Northern Ireland
17  Malaysia
18  Singapore
19  Sri Lanka
20  Grenada

References

  1. ^ Official website
  2. ^ "Shooting for the stars". Retrieved 9 July 2017.
  3. ^ "South Africa Return Home Unbeaten From NWYC 2017 African Qualifiers". 16 August 2016. Retrieved 30 August 2018.
  4. ^ "Netball World Youth Cup Americas Qualifiers". 1 September 2016. Retrieved 30 August 2018.
  5. ^ "Fiji, Cook Islands And Samoa Qualify For NWYC2017". 4 October 2016. Retrieved 30 August 2018.
  6. ^ "NYWC2017 – European Qualifiers Tournament Review". 14 November 2016. Retrieved 30 August 2018.
  7. ^ "Netball World Youth Cup Gaborone 2017". Retrieved 30 March 2017.
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