2017 Netball World Youth Cup

The Netball World Youth Cup Gaborone 2017[1] (NWYC2017) was the eighth staging of the tournament previously (until 2013) known as the World Youth Netball Championships, the premier competition in international netball, contested every four years. The 2017 tournament, to be held from 8–16 July, held in Gaborone, Botswana, which is first African region country to host the tournament. Matches are to be played at University of Botswana Indoor Stadium and Ditshupo Hall.[2] Twenty nations competed at the championships.

2017 Netball World Youth Cup
Tournament details
Host country Botswana
Dates8 July – 16 July
No. of nations20
Final positions
 Champions New Zealand (4th title)
 Runners-up Australia
 Third place England
2013
2021

Teams

Qualification

Twenty teams contested the 2017 tournament. The home nation automatically qualified, along with the next four highest-ranked teams from the 2013 World Youth Netball Championships:

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

Region Host Teams Dates Winners Runners-up 2nd Runners- up
Asia Hong Kong1214–20 December 2015 Sri Lanka Malaysia Singapore
Africa[3] Botswana824–30 July 2016 South Africa Zimbabwe Uganda
Americas[4] Sint Maarten722–28 August 2016 Barbados Trinidad and Tobago Grenada
Oceania[5] New Zealand626–29 September 2016 Fiji Cook Islands Samoa
Europe[6] Wales47–9 October 2016 Scotland Wales Northern Ireland

Draw

The draw for the tournament was held on 20 October 2016 at Botswana.[7] The pools for the tournament's finals is as below:

Pool A Pool B Pool C Pool D

 New Zealand
 Sri Lanka
 Scotland
 Northern Ireland
 Samoa

 Australia
 South Africa
 Barbados
 Zimbabwe
 Singapore

 Jamaica
 Botswana
 Cook Islands
 Malaysia
 Uganda

 England
 Fiji
 Trinidad and Tobago
 Wales
 Grenada

Preliminary rounds

Pool A

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GR Pts Qualification NZL SCO SAM NIR SRI
1  New Zealand 4 4 0 0 377 96 3.927 8 Advance to 1/8th placement playoff 78–26 85–33 89–22 125–15
2  Scotland 4 3 0 1 196 206 0.951 6 26–78 46–44 55–36 69–48
3  Samoa 4 2 0 2 215 208 1.034 4 33–85 44–46 65–28 73–49
4  Northern Ireland 4 1 0 3 142 253 0.561 2 22–89 36–55 28–65 56–44
5  Sri Lanka 4 0 0 4 156 323 0.483 0 15–125 48–69 49–73 44–56
Source: Standing, Results

Pool B

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GR Pts Qualification AUS RSA ZIM BAR SGP
1  Australia 4 4 0 0 363 113 3.212 8 Advance to 1/8th placement playoff 65–36 86–33 93–32 119–12
2  South Africa 4 3 0 1 228 159 1.434 6 36–65 56–42 62–30 74–22
3  Zimbabwe 4 2 0 2 199 215 0.926 4 33–86 42–56 58–35 66–38
4  Barbados 4 1 0 3 165 257 0.642 2 32–93 30–62 35–58 68–44
5  Singapore 4 0 0 4 116 327 0.355 0 12–119 22–74 38–66 44–68
Source: Standing, Results

Pool C

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GR Pts Qualification UGA JAM BOT COK MAS
1  Uganda 4 3 0 1 218 146 1.493 6 Advance to 1/8th placement playoff 39–44 46–42 52–39 81–21
2  Jamaica 4 3 0 1 203 150 1.353 6 44–39 46–48 43–41 70–22
3  Botswana (H) 4 3 0 1 212 159 1.333 6 42–46 48–46 50–41 72–26
4  Cook Islands 4 0 1 3 166 190 0.874 1 39–52 41–43 41–50 45–45
5  Malaysia 4 0 1 3 114 268 0.425 1 21–81 22–70 26–72 45–45
Source: Standing, Results
(H) Host.

Pool D

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GR Pts Qualification ENG FIJ TRI WAL GRD
1  England 4 4 0 0 305 104 2.933 8 Advance to 1/8th placement playoff 63–29 75–27 69–23 98–25
2  Fiji 4 3 0 1 206 149 1.383 6 29–63 55–28 48–35 74–23
3  Trinidad and Tobago 4 2 0 2 167 197 0.848 4 27–75 28–55 36–32 76–35
4  Wales 4 1 0 3 162 183 0.885 2 23–69 35–48 32–36 72–30
5  Grenada 4 0 0 4 113 320 0.353 0 25–98 23–74 35–76 30–72
Source: Standing, Results

Playoff and placement

17th to 20th place

 
Semi-finalsCrossoverSeventeenth place
 
          
 
13 July
 
 
 Malaysia62
 
14 July
 
 Grenada49
 
 Malaysia57
 
13 July
 
 Sri Lanka53
 
 Singapore63
 
15 July
 
 Sri Lanka36
 
 Malaysia64
 
 
 Singapore44
 
 
14 July
 
 
 Grenada55
 
 
 Singapore68 Nineteenth place
 
 
15 July
 
 
 Sri Lanka51
 
 
 Grenada48
 

9th to 16th place

  Thirteenth place (15 July) 5th–8th place playoffs (14 July) Quarterfinals (13 July) Semifinals (14 July) Ninth place (15 July)
                                               
        Botswana  51  
        Wales  39  
      Wales  47           Botswana  45  
      Barbados  44           Samoa  43  
      Samoa  54
        Barbados  48  
      Wales  44           Botswana  41
      Trinidad and Tobago  43           Zimbabwe  56
        Northern Ireland  37  
          Zimbabwe  65  
    Northern Ireland  40           Zimbabwe  55
  Fifteenth place (15 July)         Trinidad and Tobago  51           Cook Islands  41     Eleventh place (15 July)
      Barbados  54       Trinidad and Tobago  31       Samoa  64
      Northern Ireland  42         Cook Islands  40         Cook Islands  37

1st to 8th place

  5th place match (16 July) 5th–8th place playoffs (14 July) Quarterfinals (13 July) Semifinals (14 July) Final (16 July)
                                               
        New Zealand  69  
        South Africa  32  
      South Africa  59           New Zealand  79  
      Uganda  35           Fiji  28  
      Uganda  37
        Fiji  39  
      South Africa  47           New Zealand  60
      Jamaica  52           Australia  57
        Scotland  22  
          Australia  95  
    Scotland  45           Australia  59
  7th place match (16 July)         Jamaica  58           England  39     3rd place match (16 July)
      Uganda  55       Jamaica  38       Fiji  35
      Scotland  42         England  55         England  70

Final rankings

Place Nation
 New Zealand
 Australia
 England
4  Fiji
5  Jamaica
6  South Africa
7  Uganda
8  Scotland
9  Zimbabwe
10  Botswana
11  Samoa
12  Cook Islands
13  Wales
14  Trinidad and Tobago
15  Barbados
16  Northern Ireland
17  Malaysia
18  Singapore
19  Sri Lanka
20  Grenada

References

  1. Official website
  2. "Shooting for the stars". Retrieved 9 July 2017.
  3. "South Africa Return Home Unbeaten From NWYC 2017 African Qualifiers". 16 August 2016. Retrieved 30 August 2018.
  4. "Netball World Youth Cup Americas Qualifiers". 1 September 2016. Retrieved 30 August 2018.
  5. "Fiji, Cook Islands And Samoa Qualify For NWYC2017". 4 October 2016. Retrieved 30 August 2018.
  6. "NYWC2017 – European Qualifiers Tournament Review". 14 November 2016. Retrieved 30 August 2018.
  7. "Netball World Youth Cup Gaborone 2017". Retrieved 30 March 2017.
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