Netball World Youth Cup

Netball World Youth Cup
Sport Netball
Founded 1988
Continent International (INF)
Most recent
champion(s)		 New Zealand

Previously known as World Youth Netball Championships, the Netball World Youth Cup (since 2017) is the world championships of netball for national U21 teams, with all players being aged 21 years or younger. As part of the Australian Bicentenary celebrations in 1988 (Australia was founded in 1788), a new international tournament for youth took place in Canberra, the capital city of Australia. Its success led to this event being held once every four years.[1][2] The most recent tournament was held in Gaborone in 2017, with New Zealand taking the title.[3] [4]

In the lead up to the 2009 World Youth Championship in the Cook Islands, there was considerable anxiety over the facilities, and whether they would be up to standards. The prime minister reconfirmed that his government would deliver a new venue. Before this, the International Netball Federation also reaffirmed their support for hosting the event in the Cook Islands.[5] The Chinese government had offered to step in and loan the country NZ$9.3 million to help pay the costs for constructing the facility.[6] The loan was controversial as some organizations felt the country had misplaced priorities.[6] During that period, the government also sought to increase the size of the loan for the facility to $13 million NZD.[6] The opposition leader Norman George was very unhappy with how the government handled the whole situation regarding new sporting facilities to be built for the World Youth Netball Championships and the 2009 Pacific Mini Games.[7]


YearLocationWinner
1988Canberra, AustraliaAustralia
1992Suva, FijiNew Zealand
1996Toronto, CanadaAustralia
2000Cardiff, WalesAustralia
2005Fort Lauderdale, USANew Zealand
2009Rarotonga, Cook IslandsAustralia
2013Glasgow, ScotlandNew Zealand
2017Gaborone, BotswanaNew Zealand

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References

Bibliography

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  • International Federation of Netball Associations (21 January 2011). "Current World Rankings". Archived from the original on 19 May 2011. Retrieved 4 March 2011.
  • Jonassen, M; Tikivanotau, Jon (2008). "Cook Islands" (PDF). Polynesia in Review: Issues and Events, 1 July 2007 to 30 June 2008. 21 (1). Retrieved 6 March 2011.
  • International Federation of Netball Associations (15 June 2008). "History of Netball". Archived from the original on 6 March 2011. Retrieved 2 March 2011.
  • World Youth Netball Championships - Cook Island 2009 (22 August 2009). "NZ loses WYNC final to a fired-up Australian team". Retrieved 1 March 2011.

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