1987 World Netball Championships

The 1987 World Netball Championships was the seventh staging of the World Netball Championships, the premier tournament in international netball, held every four years. The 1987 tournament was held in Glasgow, Scotland and was contested by 17 teams which included a debutant (Cook Islands).[1][2]

1987 World Netball Championships
Tournament details
Host country Scotland
Dates16 Aug – 28 Aug
No. of nations17
Final positions
 Champions New Zealand (3rd title)
 Joint runners-up Trinidad and Tobago
 Australia
← 1983
1991 →

The format of the 1987 edition was similar to the previous edition with the teams separated into two groups with the top two qualifying through to the final round. In the final round, New Zealand claimed their third title going unbeaten throughout the entire tournament.

First Round

Group A
Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts
1  Trinidad and Tobago7610350167+18313
2  Australia7601517179+33812
3  Jamaica7511360236+12411
4  Fiji7403254314–608
5  Northern Ireland7304185316–1316
6  Canada7205187291–1044
7  Papua New Guinea7106148258–1102
8  Sri Lanka7007107321–2140
16 August Northern Ireland 52–26 Sri Lanka    Crownpoint Sports Park, Glasgow
16 August Trinidad and Tobago 48–10 Canada    Crownpoint Sports Park, Glasgow
17 August Jamaica 66–36 Canada    Crownpoint Sports Park, Glasgow
17 August Fiji 47–34 Northern Ireland    Crownpoint Sports Park, Glasgow
17 August Australia 90–17 Papua New Guinea    Crownpoint Sports Park, Glasgow
18 August Australia 86–30 Fiji    Crownpoint Sports Park, Glasgow
18 August Trinidad and Tobago 74–12 Sri Lanka    Crownpoint Sports Park, Glasgow
20 August Trinidad and Tobago 54–22 Fiji    Crownpoint Sports Park, Glasgow
20 August Australia 85–3 Sri Lanka    Crownpoint Sports Park, Glasgow
20 August Jamaica 49–18 Papua New Guinea    Crownpoint Sports Park, Glasgow
21 August Northern Ireland 45–36 Papua New Guinea    Crownpoint Sports Park, Glasgow
21 August Australia 63–15 Canada    Crownpoint Sports Park, Glasgow
21 August Jamaica 76–46 Fiji    Crownpoint Sports Park, Glasgow
22 August Trinidad and Tobago 50–50 Jamaica    Crownpoint Sports Park, Glasgow
22 August Australia 69–9 Northern Ireland    Crownpoint Sports Park, Glasgow
22 August Fiji 55–34 Sri Lanka    Crownpoint Sports Park, Glasgow
22 August Canada 41–35 Papua New Guinea    Crownpoint Sports Park, Glasgow
23 August Trinidad and Tobago 73–23 Northern Ireland    Crownpoint Sports Park, Glasgow
24 August Australia 64–54 Jamaica    Crownpoint Sports Park, Glasgow
24 August Fiji 54–30 Canada    Crownpoint Sports Park, Glasgow
24 August Papua New Guinea 42–33 Sri Lanka    Crownpoint Sports Park, Glasgow
25 August Trinidad and Tobago 51–50 Australia    Crownpoint Sports Park, Glasgow
25 August Jamaica 65–22 Northern Ireland    Crownpoint Sports Park, Glasgow
25 August Canada 55–25 Sri Lanka    Crownpoint Sports Park, Glasgow
August Trinidad and Tobago bt Papua New Guinea    Crownpoint Sports Park, Glasgow
August Jamaica bt Sri Lanka    Crownpoint Sports Park, Glasgow
August Northern Ireland bt Canada    Crownpoint Sports Park, Glasgow
August Fiji bt Papua New Guinea    Crownpoint Sports Park, Glasgow

Group B
Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts
1  New Zealand8800585146+43916
2  England8701377180+19714
3  Cook Islands8602337302+3512
4  Barbados8503327252+6510
5  Bermuda8314191364–1737
6  Scotland8305175267–926
7  Republic of Ireland8215207357–1505
8  Malaysia8017248409–1611
9  Wales8017194364–1701
16 August New Zealand 53–28 Barbados    Crownpoint Sports Park, Glasgow
16 August England 56–18 Malaysia    Crownpoint Sports Park, Glasgow
16 August Bermuda 28–27 Wales    Crownpoint Sports Park, Glasgow
17 August New Zealand 78–27 Cook Islands    Crownpoint Sports Park, Glasgow
17 August England 46–36 Barbados    Crownpoint Sports Park, Glasgow
17 August Scotland 39–26 Malaysia    Crownpoint Sports Park, Glasgow
17 August Bermuda 35–35 Republic of Ireland    Crownpoint Sports Park, Glasgow
18 August Malaysia 40–40 Wales    Crownpoint Sports Park, Glasgow
18 August England 59–18 Bermuda    Crownpoint Sports Park, Glasgow
18 August Barbados 42–29 Scotland    Crownpoint Sports Park, Glasgow
18 August Cook Islands 53–33 Wales    Crownpoint Sports Park, Glasgow
20 August Republic of Ireland 39–31 Wales    Crownpoint Sports Park, Glasgow
20 August New Zealand 89–8 Bermuda    Crownpoint Sports Park, Glasgow
20 August Barbados 51–25 Malaysia    Crownpoint Sports Park, Glasgow
20 August Cook Islands 47–24 Scotland    Crownpoint Sports Park, Glasgow
21 August Barbados 61–22 Bermuda    Crownpoint Sports Park, Glasgow
21 August Cook Islands 52–36 Wales    Crownpoint Sports Park, Glasgow
21 August England 59–17 Republic of Ireland    Crownpoint Sports Park, Glasgow
21 August New Zealand 78–9 Malaysia    Crownpoint Sports Park, Glasgow
22 August Cook Islands 56–47 Malaysia    Crownpoint Sports Park, Glasgow
22 August England 59–25 Scotland    Crownpoint Sports Park, Glasgow
22 August Barbados 58–25 Republic of Ireland    Crownpoint Sports Park, Glasgow
22 August New Zealand 94–13 Wales    Crownpoint Sports Park, Glasgow
23 August Republic of Ireland 42–40 Malaysia    Crownpoint Sports Park, Glasgow
23 August England 68–21 Wales    Crownpoint Sports Park, Glasgow
24 August New Zealand 67–15 Scotland    Crownpoint Sports Park, Glasgow
24 August Cook Islands 50–33 Bermuda    Crownpoint Sports Park, Glasgow
25 August Bermuda 47–43 Malaysia    Crownpoint Sports Park, Glasgow
25 August New Zealand 45–30 England    Crownpoint Sports Park, Glasgow
25 August Cook Islands 52–51 Barbados    Crownpoint Sports Park, Glasgow
25 August Scotland 43–26 Wales    Crownpoint Sports Park, Glasgow
August New Zealand 81–16 Republic of Ireland    Crownpoint Sports Park, Glasgow
August England bt Cook Islands    Crownpoint Sports Park, Glasgow
August Barbados bt Wales    Crownpoint Sports Park, Glasgow
August Bermuda bt Scotland    Crownpoint Sports Park, Glasgow
August Scotland bt Republic of Ireland    Crownpoint Sports Park, Glasgow

Placement round

Group 13-17
Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts
1  Wales440013390+438
2  Papua New Guinea4301104110–66
3  Republic of Ireland4202122110+124
4  Sri Lanka410394113–192
5  Malaysia400486116–300
26 August Republic of Ireland 37–29 Sri Lanka    Crownpoint Sports Park, Glasgow
26 August Wales 32–17 Papua New Guinea    Crownpoint Sports Park, Glasgow
26 August Papua New Guinea 28–23 Sri Lanka    Crownpoint Sports Park, Glasgow
26 August Wales 34–27 Republic of Ireland    Crownpoint Sports Park, Glasgow
27 August Papua New Guinea 29–26 Malaysia    Crownpoint Sports Park, Glasgow
27 August Wales 31–20 Sri Lanka    Crownpoint Sports Park, Glasgow
27 August Wales 36–26 Malaysia    Crownpoint Sports Park, Glasgow
28 August Papua New Guinea 30–29 Republic of Ireland    Crownpoint Sports Park, Glasgow
28 August Republic of Ireland 29–17 Malaysia    Crownpoint Sports Park, Glasgow
28 August Sri Lanka 22–17 Malaysia    Crownpoint Sports Park, Glasgow

Group 9-12
Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts
1  Scotland330011169+426
2  Northern Ireland3102103101+22
2  Bermuda310287112–252
2  Canada310295114–192
26 August Scotland 37–30 Northern Ireland    Crownpoint Sports Park, Glasgow
26 August Canada 41–38 Bermuda    Crownpoint Sports Park, Glasgow
27 August Northern Ireland 41–31 Canada    Crownpoint Sports Park, Glasgow
27 August Scotland 39–16 Bermuda    Crownpoint Sports Park, Glasgow
28 August Scotland 35–23 Canada    Crownpoint Sports Park, Glasgow
28 August Bermuda 33–32 Northern Ireland    Crownpoint Sports Park, Glasgow

Group 5-8
Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts
1  Jamaica3300177132+456
2  Barbados3111140134+63
2  Cook Islands311114214203
4  Fiji3003124175–510
26 August Jamaica 56–47 Barbados    Crownpoint Sports Park, Glasgow
26 August Cook Islands 52–51 Fiji    Crownpoint Sports Park, Glasgow
27 August Jamaica 72–37 Fiji    Crownpoint Sports Park, Glasgow
27 August Barbados 42–42 Cook Islands    Crownpoint Sports Park, Glasgow
28 August Barbados 51–36 Fiji    Crownpoint Sports Park, Glasgow
28 August Jamaica 49–48 Cook Islands    Crownpoint Sports Park, Glasgow

Final round
Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts
 New Zealand3300135102+336
 Trinidad and Tobago3111125128–33
 Australia3111121128–73
4  England3003113136–230
26 August New Zealand 39–28 Australia    Crownpoint Sports Park, Glasgow
Scoring by quarter: 10–9, 8–9, 10–3, 11–7
26 August Trinidad and Tobago 42–33 England    Crownpoint Sports Park, Glasgow
27 August Trinidad and Tobago 46–46 Australia    Crownpoint Sports Park, Glasgow
Scoring by half: 16–21, 30–25
???  ?? Sergeant  36/54 (67%)
Kenny  8/23 (35%)
???  2
27 August New Zealand 47–37 England    Crownpoint Sports Park, Glasgow
28 August Australia 47–43 England    Crownpoint Sports Park, Glasgow
28 August New Zealand 49–37 Trinidad and Tobago    Crownpoint Sports Park, Glasgow

Final placings
Place Nation[3]
 New Zealand
=  Trinidad and Tobago
=  Australia
4  England
5  Jamaica
6=  Barbados
6=  Cook Islands
8  Fiji
9  Scotland
10=  Bermuda
10=  Canada
10=  Northern Ireland
13  Wales
14  Papua New Guinea
15  Republic of Ireland
16  Sri Lanka
17  Malaysia

Medallists
Gold Silver Bronze
 New Zealand
Coach: Lois Muir		  Trinidad and Tobago  Australia
Coach: Wilma Shakespear
Tracy Eyrl
Rita Fatialofa
Tracey Fear
Margaret Forsyth
Leigh Gibbs (c)
Annette Heffernan
Sandra Mallet
Margharet Matenga
Angela Pule
Joan Solia
Waimarama Taumaunu
Julie Townsend		 Bridget Adams
Jeanne Bailey
Sherry Ann Blackman
Sharon Castanada
Heather Charleau
Jennifer Frank
Hyacinth Hart
Cheryl Herbert
Annette Hutchinson
Muriel Mitchell
Erica Outram
Hazel Taylor		 Diane Atkinson
Lisa Beehag
Keeley Devery
Marcia Ella
Chris Harris
Sally Ironmonger
Roselee Jencke
Michelle Jones
Sue Kenny
Janelle Peterson
Anne Sargeant (c)
Vicki Wilson
Notes
  • ^1 Australia and Trinidad and Tobago were actually declared the joint runners up. The tournament had no tie-break criteria. For the purposes of this table, goal scored was used to decide the order of teams.

Source:[4]

References
  1. ""N Zealand victorious." Times [London, England] 29 Aug. 1987". Times Digital Archives.
  2. "Women Netball VII World Championship 1987". Todor 66.
  3. Netball Australia. "World Netball Championships placings" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 2012-09-25. Retrieved 30 July 2011.
  4. "Women Netball VII World Championship 1987 Glasgow". www.todor66.com. Retrieved 26 February 2020.
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