1987 World Netball Championships

The 1987 World Netball Championships was the seventh edition of the INF Netball World Cup held in Glasgow, Scotland. This quadrennial premier event in international netball featured 17 teams, and included the debut of Cook Islands.^[1][2]

1987 World Netball Championships

Tournament details
Host country	Scotland
Dates	16–28 August 1987 (1987-08-16 – 1987-08-28)
Teams	17
Final positions
Champions	New Zealand (3rd title)
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 continuing on to 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 Tobago	7	6	1	0	350	167	+183	13
2	Australia	7	6	0	1	517	179	+338	12
3	Jamaica	7	5	1	1	360	236	+124	11
4	Fiji	7	4	0	3	254	314	–60	8
5	Northern Ireland	7	3	0	4	185	316	–131	6
6	Canada	7	2	0	5	187	291	–104	4
7	Papua New Guinea	7	1	0	6	148	258	–110	2
8	Sri Lanka	7	0	0	7	107	321	–214	0

15 August

Fiji

bt

Papua New Guinea

Crownpoint Sports Park, Glasgow

---

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

Jamaica

bt

Sri Lanka

Crownpoint Sports Park, Glasgow

---

18 August

Trinidad and Tobago

bt

Papua New Guinea

Crownpoint Sports Park, Glasgow

---

18 August

Northern Ireland

bt

Canada

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

Group B

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
1	New Zealand	8	8	0	0	585	146	+439	16
2	England	8	7	0	1	377	180	+197	14
3	Cook Islands	8	6	0	2	337	302	+35	12
4	Barbados	8	5	0	3	327	252	+65	10
5	Bermuda	8	3	1	4	191	364	–173	7
6	Scotland	8	3	0	5	175	267	–92	6
7	Republic of Ireland	8	2	1	5	207	357	–150	5
8	Malaysia	8	0	1	7	248	409	–161	1
9	Wales	8	0	1	7	194	364	–170	1

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15 August

Scotland

46-26

Republic of Ireland

Crownpoint Sports Park, Glasgow

---

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

Barbados

bt

Wales

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

---

19 August

New Zealand

81–16

Republic of Ireland

Crownpoint Sports Park, Glasgow

---

19 August

Bermuda

31-28

Scotland

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

---

20 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

---

25 August

England

bt

Cook Islands

Crownpoint Sports Park, Glasgow

Placement round

Group 13-17

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
1	Wales	4	4	0	0	133	90	+43	8
2	Papua New Guinea	4	3	0	1	104	110	–6	6
3	Republic of Ireland	4	2	0	2	122	110	+12	4
4	Sri Lanka	4	1	0	3	94	113	–19	2
5	Malaysia	4	0	0	4	86	116	–30	0

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	Scotland	3	3	0	0	111	69	+42	6
2	Northern Ireland	3	1	0	2	103	101	+2	2
2	Bermuda	3	1	0	2	87	112	–25	2
2	Canada	3	1	0	2	95	114	–19	2

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	Jamaica	3	3	0	0	177	132	+45	6
2	Barbados	3	1	1	1	140	134	+6	3
2	Cook Islands	3	1	1	1	142	142	0	3
4	Fiji	3	0	0	3	124	175	–51	0

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 Zealand	3	3	0	0	135	102	+33	6
	Trinidad and Tobago	3	1	1	1	125	128	–3	3
	Australia	3	1	1	1	121	128	–7	3
4	England	3	0	0	3	113	136	–23	0

26 August		New Zealand	39–28	Australia		Crownpoint Sports Park, Glasgow
		Scoring by quarter: 10–9, 8–9, 10–3, 11–7

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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

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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]