1995 World Netball Championships

1995 World Netball Championships
Tournament details
Host country	England
Dates	20 July – 29 July
No. of nations	27
Final positions
Champions	Australia (7th title)
Runners-up	South Africa
Third place	New Zealand
	← 1991 1999 →

The 1995 World Netball Championships was the ninth staging of the World Netball Championships, the premier tournament in international netball, held every four years. The 1995 tournament was held in Birmingham, England and was contested by a record 27 teams.^[1]^[2] Among them were the South African team, who returned to international competition after the abolition of apartheid. One of the star players of the tournament was South African shooter Irene van Dyk.

Australia were the winners of the tournament, claiming their seventh title.^[3]

First round

Group A

Place	Nation	P	W	L	F	A	Pts
1	Australia	3	3	0	256	68	6
2	Saint Vincent and the Grenadines	3	2	1	160	196	4
3	Papua New Guinea	3	1	2	142	193	2
4	Sri Lanka	3	0	3	112	213	0

Group B

Place	Nation	P	W	L	F	A	Pts
1	South Africa	3	3	0	240	107	6
2	New Zealand	3	2	1	258	96	4
3	Namibia	3	1	2	111	195	2
4	Cayman Islands	3	0	3	74	285	0

Group C

Place	Nation	P	W	L	F	A	Pts
1	Jamaica	2	2	0	150	81	4
2	Malawi	2	1	1	114	117	2
3	Hong Kong	2	0	2	76	172	0

Group D

Place	Nation	P	W	L	F	A	Pts
1	England	3	3	0	212	77	6
2	Barbados	3	2	1	166	126	4
3	Northern Ireland	3	1	2	121	165	2
4	Singapore	3	0	3	97	228	0

Group E

Place	Nation	P	W	D	L	F	A	Pts
1	Cook Islands	3	3	0	0	274	94	6
2	United States	3	2	0	1	133	155	4
3	Ireland	3	0	1	2	95	182	1
4	Malaysia	3	0	1	2	110	181	1

Group F

Place	Nation	P	W	L	F	A	Pts
1	Trinidad and Tobago	3	3	0	234	99	6
2	Canada	3	2	1	186	135	4
3	Scotland	3	1	2	155	170	2
4	Malta	3	0	3	89	260	0

Group G

Place	Nation	P	W	L	F	A	Pts
1	Samoa	3	3	0	230	119	6
2	Antigua and Barbuda	3	2	1	186	161	4
3	Wales	3	1	2	144	144	2
4	Bermuda	3	0	3	87	223	0

Second round

Group Y

Place	Nation	P	W	L	F	A	Pts
1	South Africa	6	6	0	432	291	12
2	England	6	5	1	420	269	10
3	Trinidad and Tobago	6	4	2	365	266	8
4	Malawi	6	3	3	336	352	4
5	Saint Vincent and the Grenadines	6	2	4	364	404	4
6	Antigua and Barbuda	6	1	5	286	438	2
7	United States	6	0	6	236	408	0

Group Z

Place	Nation	P	W	L	F	A	Pts
1	Australia	6	6	0	410	232	12
2	New Zealand	6	5	1	410	258	10
3	Jamaica	6	4	2	413	317	8
4	Cook Islands	6	3	3	368	405	6
5	Samoa	6	2	4	289	389	4
6	Barbados	6	1	5	269	373	2
7	Canada	6	0	6	251	438	0

Third place Play-off

Nation	Nation	Score
New Zealand	England	60–31

Final

Nation	Nation	Score
Australia	South Africa	68–48

Final placings

Place	Nation^[4]
	Australia
	South Africa
	New Zealand
4	England
5	Jamaica
6	Trinidad and Tobago
7	Cook Islands
8	Malawi
9	Western Samoa
10	Saint Vincent and the Grenadines
11	Barbados
12	Antigua and Barbuda
13	Canada
14	United States
15	Papua New Guinea
16	Namibia
17	Wales
18	Northern Ireland
19	Sri Lanka
20	Singapore
21	Cayman Islands
22	Scotland
23	Hong Kong
24	Bermuda
25	Ireland
26	Malaysia
27	Malta

References

↑ "Louise Taylor. "Relaxed Australians confirm status by retaining world title." Times [London, England] 31 July 1995". Times Digital Archives.
↑ "Women Netball IX World Championship 1995 Birmingham". Todor 66.
↑ An abridged history of netball, netballpost.com. Retrieved 24 December 2008
↑ 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] "Louise Taylor. "Relaxed Australians confirm status by retaining world title." Times [London, England] 31 July 1995". Times Digital Archives.

[2] "Women Netball IX World Championship 1995 Birmingham". Todor 66.

[3] An abridged history of netball, netballpost.com. Retrieved 24 December 2008

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