1979 World Netball Championships

1979 World Netball Championships
Tournament details
Host country	Trinidad and Tobago
Dates	Aug 13 – Aug 25
No. of nations	19
Joint champions	Australia; New Zealand; Trinidad and Tobago
	← 1975 1983 →

The 1979 World Netball Championships which was the fifth edition of the World Netball Championships tournament, the premier tournament in international netball, held once every four years. The 1979 tournament was held in Port of Spain, Trinidad and Tobago, with 19 teams competing. ^[1]

Australia, New Zealand and Trinidad and Tobago were the joint winners of the 1979 Championships. The title was shared because there were no finals, the top 10 teams playing off in a round robin. Each of the top three teams won eight out of nine matches, losing once, to one of the other two: New Zealand defeated Trinidad and Tobago 49–33; Trinidad and Tobago defeated Australia 40–38; and Australia defeated New Zealand 38–36. The tournament rules of the time did not provide any other way of determining an outright winner, so the three teams shared the title.^[2]

First Round

Group 1

Place	Nation	P	W	L	F	A	Pts
1	Australia	2	2	0	114	29	4
2	Scotland	2	1	1	55	81	2
3	Grenada	2	0	2	40	99	0

Group 2

Place	Nation	P	W	L	F	A	Pts
1	England	3	3	0	179	73	6
2	Saint Kitts and Nevis	3	2	1	95	113	4
3	Uganda	3	1	2	91	138	2
4	Canada	3	0	3	89	140	0

Group 3

Place	Nation	P	W	L	F	A	Pts
1	New Zealand	3	3	0	151	80	6
2	Barbados	3	2	1	109	110	4
3	Antigua and Barbuda	3	1	2	112	140	2
4	Saint Lucia	3	0	3	85	127	0

Group 4

Place	Nation	P	W	L	F	A	Pts
1	Trinidad and Tobago	3	3	0	195	50	6
2	Ireland	3	2	1	86	121	4
3	Bermuda	3	1	2	69	130	2
4	Bahamas	3	0	3	81	130	0

Group 5

Place	Nation	P	W	L	F	A	Pts
1	Jamaica	3	3	0	114	83	6
2	Wales	3	2	1	112	88	4
3	Northern Ireland	3	1	2	86	124	2
4	Saint Vincent and the Grenadines	3	0	3	95	112	0

Final Round

Place	Nation	P	W	D	L	F	A	Pts
	Trinidad and Tobago	9	8	0	1	462	237	16
	New Zealand	9	8	0	1	505	230	16
	Australia	9	8	0	1	522	237	16
4	England	9	6	0	3	375	280	12
5	Jamaica	9	4	1	4	172	292	9
6	Barbados	9	4	0	5	249	315	8
7	Wales	9	3	0	6	249	350	6
8	Saint Kitts and Nevis	9	2	1	6	263	351	5
9	Scotland	9	1	0	8	242	390	2
10	Ireland	9	0	0	9	179	536	0

Final placings

Place	Nation^[3]
=	Australia
=	New Zealand
=	Trinidad and Tobago
4	England
5	Jamaica
6	Barbados
7	Wales
8	Saint Kitts and Nevis
9	Scotland
10	Ireland
11	Canada
12	Antigua and Barbuda
13=	Saint Lucia
13=	Uganda
15	Grenada
16	Saint Vincent and the Grenadines
17	Northern Ireland
18	Bahamas
19	Bermuda

References

↑ "Women Netball V World Championship 1979". Todor 66.
↑ http://dropkicks.co.nz/research_we_does_it Archived May 23, 2010, at the Wayback Machine.
↑ Netball Australia. "World Netball Championships placings" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 25 September 2012. Retrieved 30 July 2011.

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[1] "Women Netball V World Championship 1979". Todor 66.

[2] ttp://dropkicks.co.nz/research_we_does_it Archived May 23, 2010, at the Wayback Machine.

[3] Netball Australia. "World Netball Championships placings" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 25 September 2012. Retrieved 30 July 2011.