2015 Netball World Cup

The Netball World Cup Sydney 2015[1] (NWC2015) was the fourteenth staging of the tournament previously (until 2011) known as the World Netball Championships, the premier competition in international netball, contested every four years. The 2015 tournament, ran from 7–16 August, held in Sydney, Australia, which secured hosting rights after defeating a rival bid from Manchester, England.[1] Matches were played at Allphones Arena and Netball Central. Sixteen nations competed at the championships, including the top six teams from the 2011 World Netball Championships in Singapore. After two rounds in which teams competed in pools of four, Australia, New Zealand, England and Jamaica contested the semi-finals. Australia and New Zealand met in the final, with Australia gaining a narrow 58–55 victory to take the title. The final at Allphones Arena was attended by 16,752 people, a world record for any netball game. Malawian shooter Mwayi Kumwenda was the player of the tournament.

2015 Netball World Cup
Tournament details
Host country Australia
Dates7 August – 16 August
No. of nations16
Final positions
 Champions Australia (11th title)
 Runners-up New Zealand
 Third place England
Top scorer(s) Australia
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Organisation
Allphones Arena
Host venue
33°51′S 151°04′E
LocationSydney, New South Wales
Constructed1997
Capacity18,200

Hosting rights

Bids to host the 2015 Netball World Cup were submitted to the International Netball Federation (INF) in 2010. The two candidate cities chosen were Manchester, England and Sydney, Australia. In March 2011, INF delegates convened in Singapore, host nation of the 2011 World Netball Championships, to consider both bids. At the end of the conference, Sydney was announced as the host city for the 2015 tournament.

This is the second time that the World Championships have been held in Sydney, and the third time in Australia. Sydney last hosted the event in 1991, where Australia won a closely contested final against New Zealand.[2]

Venues

The 64 NWC2015 matches were played at Allphones Arena (formerly known as the "Sydney SuperDome" and "Acer Arena"), and Netball Central in Sydney Olympic Park. The venue was opened in 1999 for the 2000 Summer Olympics, and is the largest indoor sports venue in the country. In 2004, a world-record crowd of 14,339 attended an international netball test match between Australia and New Zealand at Allphones Arena (then known as "Sydney SuperDome").[2] Netball Central, which is the home of Netball Central in NSW, was officially opened in 2015, and served as the training venue for all teams, as well as host 16 NWC2015 matches.

Broadcasters

This is a list of the broadcasters for the tournament in competing countries and regions.

Country Broadcaster
 AustraliaFox Sports (All Matches)
Network Ten (Australian Matches Only)
 FijiFiji TV
FBC TV
 IrelandSky Sports
 MalawiSuperSport
 New ZealandSky Sport
 South AfricaSuperSport
 UgandaSuperSport
 United KingdomSky Sports
 ZambiaSuperSport
Region Broadcaster
Pacific IslandsFiji TV
Sky Pacific
Sub-Saharan AfricaSuperSport

Umpires

Seventeen umpires from six countries officiated matches at the tournament.[3]

NationUmpire
 AUSRachael Ayre
 AUSJosh Bowring
 AUSPaula Ferguson
 AUSSharon Kelly
 AUSMichelle Phippard
 ENGGary Burgess
 ENGIan Fuller
 ENGJackie Mizon
 ENGTracy Smith
 JAMDave Brown
 NZLJonathan Bredin
 NZLLisa McPhail
 NZLYvonne Morgan
 NZLKristie Simpson
 RSATheresa Prince
 RSAMarie-Louw Van Der Merwe
 TRIJoel Young-Strong

Teams

Qualification

Sixteen teams contested the 2015 tournament.[2] The home nation automatically qualified, along with the next five highest-ranked teams from the 2011 World Netball Championships:

Qualification Tournaments The remaining ten teams were determined by regional qualifying tournaments, with two teams selected from each of the five international netball regions; Africa, Americas, Asia, Europe and Oceania.[4]

Region Host Teams Dates Winner Runner up
Europe Wales430 May – 1 June 2014 Wales Scotland
Oceania Cook Islands42–7 June 2014 Fiji Samoa
Americas Canada819–28 August 2014 Trinidad and Tobago Barbados
Asia Singapore107–14 September 2014 Singapore Sri Lanka
Africa Botswana814–20 September 2014 Uganda Zambia

Draw

There was no draw for the tournament, instead the 16 qualified teams were allocated into four pools (A, B, C and D) according to their INF World Rankings of 1 July 2014,[5] as per following criteria:[6]

  • Pool A – teams seeded 1, 2, 9, 10
  • Pool B – teams seeded 3, 4, 11, 12
  • Pool C – teams seeded 5, 6, 13, 14
  • Pool D – teams seeded 7, 8, 15, 16
  • Subject to a maximum of two teams from the same region per pool, in case of a third team from the same region, they are switched with the closest ranked team from a different pool. After the original allocation, Sri Lanka and Uganda swapped pools to comply with this rule.[5]

Rankings reflect the teams' rankings in July 2014.

Pool A Pool B Pool C Pool D

 Australia (1)
 New Zealand (2)
 Barbados (9)
 Trinidad and Tobago (10)

 England (3)
 Jamaica (4)
 Scotland (11)
 Samoa (13)

 Malawi (5)
 South Africa (6)
 Singapore (19)
 Sri Lanka (24)

 Fiji (7)
 Wales (8)
 Uganda (15)
 Zambia (22)

Format

The 2015 tournament consisted of 64 matches played over ten days from 7–16 August. It included three stages – a preliminary pool stage, a qualifying pool stage, and a knockout series of semi-finals and finals. The 16 participating teams were initially divided into four pools (A, B, C and D) of four teams. During the preliminary pool stage, teams in each pool played each other once. In every pool match, two points were awarded to a winning team, while no points were given to a losing team.[7]

The qualification round consisted of two First Eight pools (E and F), which were formed from two teams with the highest number of points in each of the preliminary matches pools, and two Second Eight pools (G and H), formed from the bottom two teams in each of the preliminary matches pools. In this stage, teams in each pool played each other once.

The two teams with the highest number of points in each of the two First Eight pools advanced to the semi-finals. The winners of the semifinals contested the final, while the losers played for the bronze medal (3rd place). The bottom two teams in each of these pools entered a knockout stage to determine fifth to eighth place. The teams from the two Second Eight pools are similarly divided, eventually entering two knockout stages for 9th to 12th place and 13th to 16th place.

Preliminary round matches

Pool A
Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts
1  New Zealand 3300199113866
2  Australia 32012031001034
3  Trinidad and Tobago 3102125186−612
4  Barbados 300383211−1280
7 August
16:50 (AEST)		 Report New Zealand 73–28 Barbados    Allphones Arena
Paseka  28/38 (74%)
Mes  24/31 (77%)
Tutaia  12/15 (80%)
Brown  9/12 (75%)		 Wharton  14/16 (88%)
Piggott  6/6 (100%)
Sealy  4/5 (80%)
Thomas  4/6 (67%)
7 August
21:05 (AEST)		 Report Australia 73–32 Trinidad and Tobago    Allphones Arena
Thwaites  26/32 (81%)
Bell  18/19 (95%)
Bassett  17/18 (94%)
Medhurst  12/15 (80%)		 Wallace  11/14 (79%)
McCollin  10/11 (91%)
Noel  6/11 (55%)
Cooper  5/7 (71%)
8 August
13:20 (AEST)		 Report Trinidad and Tobago 38–74 New Zealand    Allphones Arena
Wallace  24/30 (80%)
Cooper  9/11 (82%)
McCollin  4/4 (100%)
Noel  1/1 (100%)		 Mes  21/25 (84%)
Paseka  21/27 (78%)
Brown  16/20 (80%)
Tutaia  16/20 (80%)
8 August
15:20 (AEST)		 Report Barbados 16–83 Australia    Allphones Arena
Wharton  7/13 (54%)
Piggott  5/11 (45%)
Thomas  4/5 (80%)		 Bassett  30/30 (100%)
Bell  21/24 (88%)
Thwaites  17/18 (94%)
Medhurst  15/19 (79%)
9 August
12:20 (AEST)		 Report Trinidad and Tobago 55–39 Barbados    Allphones Arena
Wallace  37/42 (88%)
Cooper  18/20 (90%)		 Wharton  23/25 (92%)
Thomas  7/8 (88%)
Piggott  6/8 (75%)
Sealy  3/3 (100%)
9 August
14:20 (AEST)		 Report Australia 47–52 New Zealand    Allphones Arena
Bassett  38/43 (88%)
Medhurst  6/7 (86%)
Bell  3/7 (43%)		 Tutaia  34/48 (71%)
Mes  18/21 (86%)

Pool B
Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts
1  England 3300199103966
2  Jamaica 3201211122894
3  Scotland 310290167−772
4  Samoa 3003114222−1080
7 August
10:50 (AEST)		 Report Jamaica 90–44 Samoa    Allphones Arena
Fowler-Reid  39/45 (87%)
Aiken  29/32 (91%)
Beckford  11/13 (85%)
Griffiths  11/16 (69%)		 Naoupu  21/26 (81%)
Tanimo  15/20 (75%)
Too  8/11 (73%)
7 August
14:50 (AEST)		 Report England 60–19 Scotland    Allphones Arena
Dunn  22/23 (96%)
Harten  16/22 (73%)
Cookey  11/12 (92%)
Housby  11/15 (73%)		 Sole  13/17 (76%)
Pettitt  3/6 (50%)
Gallagher  3/7 (43%)
8 August
15:20 (AEST)		 Report Samoa 36–47 Scotland    Netball Central
Tanimo  20/20 (100%)
Naoupu  14/14 (100%)
Too  2/2 (100%)		 Sole  19/28 (68%)
Gallagher  15/20 (75%)
MacDonald  13/14 (93%)
8 August
17:20 (AEST)		 Report Jamaica 50–54 England    Allphones Arena
Aiken  27/29 (93%)
Beckford  17/20 (85%)
Fowler-Reid  6/7 (86%)		 Harten  37/46 (80%)
Housby  11/13 (85%)
Cookey  6/8 (75%)
9 August
16:20 (AEST)		 Report England 85–34 Samoa    Allphones Arena
Harten  30/35 (86%)
Housby  26/29 (90%)
Cookey  17/17 (100%)
Dunn  12/16 (75%)		 Tanimo  17/18 (94%)
Tuipulotu  8/10 (80%)
Too  7/9 (78%)
Naoupu  2/5 (40%)
10 August
19:20 (AEST)		 Report Scotland 24–71 Jamaica    Allphones Arena
Pettitt  9/15 (60%)
Sole  8/14 (57%)
Gallagher  7/11 (64%)		 Fowler-Reid  59/62 (95%)
Griffiths  12/14 (86%)

Pool C
Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts
1  Malawi 33002341001346
2  South Africa 3201209961134
3  Singapore 3102108187−792
4  Sri Lanka 300378246−1680
7 August
11:50 (AEST)		 Report Singapore 56–43 Sri Lanka    Netball Central
Soh  39/55 (71%)
Chen  17/25 (68%)		 Algama  34/39 (87%)
Alwis  9/11 (82%)
7 August
12:50 (AEST)		 Report Malawi 58–51 South Africa    Allphones Arena
Kumwenda  40/43 (93%)
Simtowe  18/24 (75%)		 Potgieter  43/48 (90%)
Holtzhausen  8/14 (57%)
8 August
17:20 (AEST)		 Report South Africa 69–21 Singapore    Netball Central
Potgieter  39/45 (87%)
du Plessis  19/27 (70%)
Holtzhausen  11/14 (79%)		 Soh  11/18 (61%)
Yu  6/9 (67%)
Chen  4/6 (67%)
8 August
19:20 (AEST)		 Report Sri Lanka 18–101 Malawi    Allphones Arena
Alwis  7/8 (88%)
Mendis  6/11 (55%)
Algama  5/9 (56%)		 Kumwenda  32/36 (89%)
Mvula  28/31 (90%)
Chimaliro  21/22 (95%)
Simtowe  20/22 (91%)
9 August
18:20 (AEST)		 Report Malawi 75–31 Singapore    Allphones Arena
Kumwenda  39/43 (91%)
Simtowe  23/24 (96%)
Chimaliro  7/7 (100%)
Mvula  6/9 (67%)		 Soh  23/31 (74%)
Chen  5/10 (50%)
Yu  3/4 (75%)
10 August
12:20 (AEST)		 Report South Africa 89–17 Sri Lanka    Allphones Arena
Potgieter  43/46 (93%)
Holtzhausen  21/24 (88%)
Lombard  14/19 (74%)
du Plessis  11/11 (100%)		 Algama  13/17 (76%)
Alwis  3/7 (43%)
Mendis  1/4 (25%)

Pool D
Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts
1  Wales 3300179143366
2  Uganda 3201182127554
3  Fiji 3102151171−202
4  Zambia 3003133204−710
7 August
9:50 (AEST)		 Report Fiji 52–59 Wales    Netball Central
Mitchell  35/35 (100%)
Rusivakula  17/25 (68%)		 Lewis  31/39 (79%)
Thomas  28/28 (100%)
7 August
13:50 (AEST)		 Report Uganda 74–38 Zambia    Netball Central
Proscovia  56/62 (90%)
Nanyonga  10/14 (71%)
Oyella  8/9 (89%)		 Jere  22/24 (92%)
Banda  11/11 (100%)
Bwalya  5/6 (83%)
8 August
11:20 (AEST)		 Report Uganda 61–40 Fiji    Allphones Arena
Proscovia  37/45 (82%)
Nanyonga  24/29 (83%)		 Mitchell  27/30 (90%)
Rusivakula  8/12 (67%)
Rauluni  5/8 (63%)
9 August
10:20 (AEST)		 Report Wales 71–44 Zambia    Allphones Arena
Lewis  44/49 (90%)
Thomas  13/14 (93%)
Rowe  12/12 (100%)
Bell  2/5 (40%)		 Jere  31/37 (84%)
Bwalya  11/18 (61%)
Banda  2/4 (50%)
10 August
15:20 (AEST)		 Report Zambia 51–59 Fiji    Allphones Arena
Jere  31/39 (79%)
Banda  16/19 (84%)
Bwalya  4/5 (80%)		 Mitchell  41/47 (87%)
Rusivakula  18/25 (72%)
10 August
17:20 (AEST)		 Report Uganda 47–49 Wales    Allphones Arena
Proscovia  26/32 (81%)
Nanyonga  21/23 (91%)		 Lewis  35/42 (83%)
Thomas  14/14 (100%)

Qualification round matches

Pool E
Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts
1  New Zealand 3300188130586
2  Jamaica 320117016464
3  Malawi 3102170173−32
4  Uganda 3003133194−610
11 August
14:20 (AEST)		 Report Malawi 59–53 Uganda    Netball Central
Kumwenda  48/53 (91%)
Simtowe  11/13 (85%)		 Proscovia  38/39 (97%)
Nanyonga  15/18 (83%)
11 August
18:20 (AEST)		 Report New Zealand 55–48 Jamaica    Allphones Arena
Tutaia  36/43 (84%)
Mes  19/25 (76%)		 Aiken  41/44 (93%)
Beckford  7/9 (78%)
12 August
18:20 (AEST)		 Report New Zealand 57–49 Malawi    Allphones Arena
Mes  33/38 (87%)
Brown  16/19 (84%)
Tutaia  8/9 (89%)		 Kumwenda  38/42 (90%)
Simtowe  11/13 (85%)
13 August
14:20 (AEST)		 Report Jamaica 59–47 Uganda    Allphones Arena
Fowler-Reid  23/25 (92%)
Aiken  16/16 (100%)
Beckford  15/16 (94%)
Griffiths  5/7 (71%)		 Nanyonga  29/34 (85%)
Proscovia  18/24 (75%)
14 August
12:20 (AEST)		 Report Jamaica 63–62 Malawi    Allphones Arena
Aiken  44/48 (92%)
Beckford  17/18 (94%)
Griffiths  2/3 (67%)		 Kumwenda  39/41 (95%)
Simtowe  23/23 (100%)
14 August
18:20 (AEST)		 Report New Zealand 76–33 Uganda    Allphones Arena
Paseka  49/55 (89%)
Brown  22/29 (76%)
Tutaia  5/7 (71%)		 Proscovia  19/22 (86%)
Nanyonga  11/18 (61%)
Amono  2/4 (50%)
Oyella  1/2 (50%)

Pool F
Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts
1  Australia 3300206961106
2  England 3201181130514
3  South Africa 3102145168−232
4  Wales 300397235−1380
11 August
12:20 (AEST)		 Report South Africa 68–40 Wales    Allphones Arena
Potgieter  49/57 (86%)
du Plessis  13/16 (81%)
Holtzhausen  6/8 (75%)		 Lewis  29/32 (91%)
Thomas  8/11 (73%)
Bell  3/4 (75%)
11 August
20:20 (AEST)		 Report Australia 51–41 England    Allphones Arena
Bassett  28/32 (88%)
Medhurst  14/18 (78%)
Thwaites  9/13 (69%)		 Harten  30/33 (91%)
Housby  6/9 (67%)
Cookey  5/6 (83%)
12 August
16:20 (AEST)		 Report England 78–33 Wales    Allphones Arena
Harten  28/29 (97%)
Dunn  21/31 (68%)
Cookey  15/15 (100%)
Housby  14/15 (93%)		 Rowe  16/21 (76%)
Lewis  7/8 (88%)
Thomas  7/8 (88%)
Bell  3/6 (50%)
12 August
20:20 (AEST)		 Report Australia 66–31 South Africa    Allphones Arena
Bell  33/35 (94%)
Thwaites  33/38 (87%)		 Potgieter  21/27 (78%)
du Plessis  7/12 (58%)
Holtzhausen  2/2 (100%)
Lombard  1/3 (33%)
14 August
16:20 (AEST)		 Report England 62–46 South Africa    Allphones Arena
Harten  35/39 (90%)
Housby  14/15 (93%)
Cookey  13/14 (93%)		 Potgieter  35/38 (92%)
Holtzhausen  11/22 (50%)
14 August
20:20 (AEST)		 Report Australia 89–24 Wales    Allphones Arena
Thwaites  43/46 (93%)
Bell  24/26 (92%)
Bassett  15/19 (79%)
Medhurst  7/8 (88%)		 Lewis  14/16 (88%)
Rowe  8/8 (100%)
Bell  1/4 (25%)
Thomas  1/4 (25%)

Pool G
Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts
1  Trinidad and Tobago 3300208118906
2  Samoa 3201148159−114
3  Zambia 310215915722
4  Singapore 3003107188−810
11 August
10:20 (AEST)		 Report Samoa 46–39 Singapore    Allphones Arena
Naoupu  24/27 (89%)
Tanimo  17/20 (85%)
Too  5/5 (100%)		 Soh  26/34 (76%)
Yu  11/19 (58%)
Chen  2/4 (50%)
11 August
12:20 (AEST)		 Report Trinidad and Tobago 66–39 Zambia    Netball Central
Wallace  30/34 (88%)
McCollin  17/19 (89%)
Noel  12/15 (80%)
Cooper  7/8 (88%)		 Jere  14/17 (82%)
Banda  13/16 (81%)
Bwalya  12/18 (67%)
12 August
10:20 (AEST)		 Report Trinidad and Tobago 75–32 Singapore    Allphones Arena
Wallace  27/31 (87%)
McCollin  26/27 (96%)
Cooper  14/14 (100%)
Noel  8/10 (80%)		 Soh  17/24 (71%)
Chen  8/8 (100%)
Liew  4/6 (67%)
Yu  3/5 (60%)
12 August
14:20 (AEST)		 Report Samoa 55–53 Zambia    Allphones Arena
Tanimo  26/30 (87%)
Naoupu  23/25 (92%)
Too  6/8 (75%)		 Jere  34/39 (87%)
Banda  18/20 (90%)
Bwalya  1/1 (100%)
13 August
20:20 (AEST)		 Report Trinidad and Tobago 67–47 Samoa    Allphones Arena
Wallace  49/59 (83%)
McCollin  15/16 (94%)
Cooper  3/3 (100%)		 Tanimo  17/18 (94%)
Tuipulotu  15/18 (83%)
Too  15/26 (58%)
14 August
14:20 (AEST)		 Report Singapore 36–67 Zambia    Allphones Arena
Chen  15/24 (63%)
Yu  14/22 (64%)
Soh  7/13 (54%)		 Jere  34/36 (94%)
Bwalya  17/18 (94%)
Banda  16/19 (84%)

Pool H
Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts
1  Fiji 3300173110636
2  Scotland 3201138109294
3  Barbados 3102138118202
4  Sri Lanka 300391203−1120
11 August
14:20 (AEST)		 Report Sri Lanka 31–77 Fiji    Allphones Arena
Mendis  18/29 (62%)
Alwis  10/15 (67%)
Abeywickrama  2/5 (40%)
Algama  1/3 (33%)		 Rusivakula  32/43 (74%)
Rauluni  30/36 (83%)
Mitchell  15/15 (100%)
11 August
16:20 (AEST)		 Report Barbados 34–37 Scotland    Allphones Arena
Piggott  17/21 (81%)
Sealy  10/15 (67%)
Wharton  7/7 (100%)		 Gallagher  14/18 (78%)
MacDonald  14/19 (74%)
Sole  9/14 (64%)
12 August
12:20 (AEST)		 Report Barbados 37–48 Fiji    Netball Central
Sealy  12/15 (80%)
Wharton  12/16 (75%)
Piggott  9/12 (75%)
Thomas  4/8 (50%)		 Mitchell  35/40 (88%)
Rusivakula  13/19 (68%)
12 August
12:20 (AEST)		 Report Scotland 59–27 Sri Lanka    Allphones Arena
Sole  25/34 (74%)
McNeill  20/29 (69%)
Pettitt  14/22 (64%)		 Algama  23/34 (68%)
Alwis  3/4 (75%)
Mendis  1/5 (20%)
13 August
16:20 (AEST)		 Report Barbados 67–33 Sri Lanka    Allphones Arena
Sealy  35/46 (76%)
Thomas  15/22 (68%)
Wharton  11/14 (79%)
Piggott  6/6 (100%)		 Mendis  17/26 (65%)
Algama  13/19 (68%)
Alwis  3/4 (75%)
13 August
18:20 (AEST)		 Report Scotland 42–48 Fiji    Allphones Arena
Sole  26/39 (67%)
MacDonald  9/15 (60%)
Gallagher  7/10 (70%)		 Mitchell  32/35 (91%)
Rusivakula  16/19 (84%)

Play-off matches

5th to 8th

15 August
16:30 (AEST)		 Report Malawi 71–52 Wales    Allphones Arena
Kumwenda  49/53 (92%)
Simtowe  15/17 (88%)
Chimaliro  6/6 (100%)
Mvula  1/1 (100%)		 Lewis  40/45 (89%)
Thomas  7/10 (70%)
Rowe  5/5 (100%)
15 August
17:15 (AEST)		 Report South Africa 50–40 Uganda    Netball Central
Potgieter  36/38 (95%)
Holtzhausen  14/17 (82%)		 Nanyonga  22/29 (76%)
Proscovia  18/24 (75%)

9th to 12th

15 August
09:30 (AEST)		 Report Fiji 51–54 Samoa    Netball Central
Mitchell  33/34 (97%)
Rusivakula  18/23 (78%)		 Naoupu  35/42 (83%)
Tanimo  11/14 (79%)
Too  8/11 (73%)
15 August
09:35 (AEST)		 Report Trinidad and Tobago 57–56
(aet)		 Scotland    Netball Central
Wallace  49/54 (91%)
Cooper  6/9 (67%)
McCollin  2/2 (100%)		 Gallagher  31/40 (78%)
MacDonald  19/21 (90%)
Sole  6/7 (86%)

13th to 16th

15 August
10:00 (AEST)		 Report Barbados 56–39 Singapore    Allphones Arena
Sealy  43/49 (88%)
Piggott  12/15 (80%)
Thomas  1/3 (33%)		 Soh  28/34 (82%)
Chen  7/10 (70%)
Liew  3/4 (75%)
Yu  1/1 (100%)
15 August
17:15 (AEST)		 Report Zambia 70–36 Sri Lanka    Netball Central
Bwalya  28/34 (82%)
Banda  22/24 (92%)
Jere  20/21 (95%)		 Algama  29/31 (94%)
Mendis  7/9 (78%)

Placement matches

5th place

16 August
11:00 (AEST)		 Report Malawi 46–48 South Africa    Allphones Arena
Kumwenda  36/41 (88%)
Simtowe  10/11 (91%)		 Potgieter  32/34 (94%)
Holtzhausen  16/22 (73%)

7th place

16 August
10:50 (AEST)		 Report Wales 64–41 Uganda    Netball Central
Rowe  32/38 (84%)
Lewis  31/35 (89%)
Thomas  1/1 (100%)		 Proscovia  31/34 (91%)
Nanyonga  4/5 (80%)
Oyella  6/6 (100%)

9th place

16 August
08:50 (AEST)		 Report Trinidad and Tobago 64–51 Samoa    Netball Central
Wallace  53/60 (88%)
Cooper  11/12 (92%)		 Naoupu  32/36 (89%)
Too  19/25 (76%)

11th place

16 August
08:55 (AEST)		 Report Fiji 51–41 Scotland    Netball Central
Mitchell  29/31 (94%)
Rusivakula  22/26 (85%)		 Gallagher  22/27 (81%)
MacDonald  17/18 (94%)
Sole  2/5 (40%)

13th place

16 August
08:50 (AEST)		 Report Barbados 53–38 Zambia    Allphones Arena
Wharton  22/25 (88%)
Sealy  20/23 (87%)
Piggott  11/13 (85%)		 Bwalya  17/24 (71%)
Banda  10/15 (67%)
Jere  7/12 (58%)
Moono  4/8 (50%)

15th place

16 August
10:55 (AEST)		 Report Singapore 59–32 Sri Lanka    Netball Central
Soh  41/50 (82%)
Chen  8/11 (73%)
Yu  5/8 (63%)
Liew  5/11 (45%)		 Mendis  15/19 (79%)
Algama  11/13 (85%)
Abeywickrama  6/9 (67%)

Semi-finals and medal matches

At the conclusion of qualifying pool play Australia, England, Jamaica and New Zealand advanced into the semi-finals. This was the fifth time in the last five tournaments that the world's top four ranked sides had reached the semi-final stage.[8] New Zealand led England throughout the first semi-final, pulling away in the last fifteen minutes to post a 50 points to 39 win.[8] In the other semi final Australia eased past Jamaica 67 to 56, outpointing them in three of the four quarters.[9]

In the final Australia outplayed New Zealand in the first quarter to lead 16–7. Despite winning each of the next three quarters New Zealand were unable to make up the difference. Australia extended their lead to 12 goals early in the second quarter, before New Zealand played their way back into the game. At half-time the score was 30 to 22 and at the start of the last quarter 43 to 37.[10] With a minute remaining Australia led by just three goals, but were able to hold their nerve to record a 58 to 55 goal victory.[11]

The defensive work of captain Laura Geitz and Julie Corletto along with accurate goal shooting from Caitlin Bassett helped set up the Australian win.[11] New Zealand goal attack Maria Tutaia said they were too complacent in the first quarter and could not handle the defensive pressure from Australia.[12] Geitz praised her attackers for capitalising on every opportunity and also said that the "first quarter set us up nicely."[13] The Australians shooters scored goals at a 91 percent success rate while their defenders held the New Zealanders to just 73 percent.[14] Corletto retired after the game, ending a twelve-year career that includes 53 tests and three world titles.[15] Australia has now won the World Cup three times in a row and eleven times in total.[13] In the bronze medal match England beat Jamaica 66–44.[16]

 
Semi finalsFinal
 
      
 
15 August
 
 
 New Zealand 50
 
16 August
 
  England 39
 
  New Zealand 55
 
15 August
 
  Australia 58
 
  Australia 67
 
 
  Jamaica56
 
Bronze medal match
 
 
16 August
 
 
  England 66
 
 
  Jamaica 44

Semi-finals
15 August
12:10 (AEST)		 Report New Zealand 50–39 England    Allphones Arena
Tutaia  35/42 (83%)
Mes  15/22 (68%)		 Harten  31/36 (86%)
Cookey  7/10 (70%)
Housby  1/4 (25%)
15 August
14:20 (AEST)		 Report Australia 67–56 Jamaica    Allphones Arena
Bassett  49/52 (94%)
Medhurst  18/19 (95%)		 Aiken  33/36 (92%)
Beckford  14/16 (88%)
Fowler-Reid  9/10 (90%)

Bronze medal match
16 August
13:10 (AEST)		 Report England 66–44 Jamaica    Allphones Arena
Harten  52/59 (88%)
Cookey  14/18 (78%)		 Aiken  26/28 (93%)
Fowler-Reid  12/13 (92%)
Beckford  6/6 (100%)

Gold medal match
16 August
15:20 (AEST)		 Report New Zealand 55–58 Australia    Allphones Arena
Tutaia  38/53 (72%)
Mes  17/22 (77%)		 Bassett  48/51 (94%)
Medhurst  10/13 (77%)

Final placings
Place Nation
 Australia
 New Zealand
 England
4  Jamaica
5  South Africa
6  Malawi
7  Wales
8  Uganda
9  Trinidad and Tobago
10  Samoa
11  Fiji
12  Scotland
13  Barbados
14  Zambia
15  Singapore
16  Sri Lanka

Medallists
Gold Silver Bronze
 Australia
Coach: 		 New Zealand
Coach: 		 England
Coach: Tracey Neville
Caitlin Thwaites
Natalie Medhurst
Erin Bell
Paige Hadley
Julie Corletto
Rebecca Bulley
Sharni Layton
Caitlin Bassett
Kimberlee Green
Kim Ravaillion
Renae Hallinan
Laura Geitz		 Malia Paseka
Jodi Brown
Grace Rasmussen
Kayla Cullen
Leana de Bruin
Phoenix Karaka
Bailey Mes
Shannon Francois
Katrina Grant		 Joanne Harten
Helen Housby
Tamsin Greenway
Jade Clarke
Serena Guthrie
Sonia Mkoloma
Eboni Beckford-Chambers
Pamela Cookey
Geva Mentor
Sara Bayman
Rachel Dunn
Stacey Francis

Source:[17][18]

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External video
Netball World Cup 2015 Final: Australia v New Zealand on YouTube
Netball World Cup 2015 Semi Final: Australia v Jamaica on YouTube
Netball World Cup 2015 Semi Final: England v New Zealand on YouTube

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