2016 Netball Europe Open Challenge

The 2016 Netball Europe Open Challenge was a second level tournament organised by Netball Europe. It featured seven teams playing a series of netball test matches in May 2016 at Northumbria University's Sport Central. It was played alongside the first level tournament, the 2016 Netball Europe Open Championships. Gibraltar, Israel, Malta, the Republic of Ireland and Switzerland were joined by two guest teams, Grenada and the United States.^[1][2][3][4] Grenada finished as overall winners after winning all five of their matches. However, the Republic of Ireland were declared winners of the European Section having defeated all three of their European opponents.^[5][6][7] Israel's Nomi Komar was named Player of the Tournamment.^[8] The tournament was livestreamed by QTV Sports and featured on Netball Europe's YouTube channel.^[2][9]

2016 Netball Europe Open Challenge

Tournament details
Host country	England
City	Newcastle upon Tyne
Venue(s)	Northumbria University's Sport Central
Dates	12–15 May 2016
Teams	7
TV partner(s)	QTV Sports YouTube
Final positions
Champions	Grenada (1st title)
Runners-up	Republic of Ireland
Third place	United States
Tournament statistics
Matches played	16
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Group A

Round 1

Thursday, 12 May 2016	United States	51–41	Malta

Round 2

Thursday, 12 May 2016	United States	56–21	Switzerland

Round 3

Friday, 13 May 2016	Switzerland	38–23	Malta

Table

Pos	Team	P	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
1	United States	2	2	0	0	104	83	+21	4
2	Switzerland	2	1	0	1	80	76	+4	2
3	Malta	2	0	0	2	64	89	-25	0

  Qualified for 1st/4th classification
  Qualified for 5th/7th classification

Sources:^[6][7]

Group B

Round 1

Thursday, 12 May 2016	Grenada	87–19	Israel
	Lattysha Cato  55/61 (90%) Cecile Roberts  19/22 (86%) Renisha Stafford  12/13 (92%) Sharon Jeremiah  1/1 (100%)	Report

Thursday, 12 May 2016	Republic of Ireland	56–21	Gibraltar

Round 2

Thursday, 12 May 2016	Grenada	82–38	Gibraltar
	Lattysha Cato  78/83 (94%) Cecile Roberts  3/3 (100%) Renisha Stafford  1/1 (100%)	Report

Thursday, 12 May 2016	Republic of Ireland	72–14	Israel

Round 3

Friday, 13 May 2016	Grenada	59–53	Republic of Ireland

Friday, 13 May 2016	Gibraltar	51–17	Israel

Table

Pos	Team	P	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
1	Grenada	3	3	0	0	228	110	+118	6
2	Republic of Ireland	3	2	0	1	181	94	+87	4
3	Gibraltar	3	1	0	2	110	155	-45	2
4	Israel	3	0	0	3	50	210	-160	0

  Qualified for 1st/4th classification
  Qualified for 5th/7th classification

Sources:^[6][7]

5th/7th classification

Round 1

Saturday, 14 May 2016	Malta	51–35	Israel

Round 2

Saturday, 14 May 2016	Malta	31–26	Gibraltar

Round 3

Sunday, 15 May 2016	Gibraltar	51–14	Israel

Final table

Pos	Team	P	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
5	Malta	2	2	0	0	82	61	+21	4
6	Gibraltar	2	1	0	1	77	45	+32	2
7	Israel	2	0	0	2	49	102	-53	0

Sources:^[6][7]

1st/4th classification

Round 1

Sunday, 15 May 2016	Republic of Ireland	44–33	United States

Sunday, 15 May 2016	Grenada	78–24	Switzerland

Round 2

Sunday, 15 May 2016	Grenada	73–29	United States

Sunday, 15 May 2016	Republic of Ireland	37–20	Switzerland

Final table

Pos	Team	P	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
1	Grenada	3	3	0	0	210	106	+104	6
2	Republic of Ireland	3	2	0	1	134	112	+22	4
3	United States	3	1	0	2	115	159	-44	2
4	Switzerland	3	0	0	3	86	168	-82	0

Notes

• ^1 The results from the Group A United States v Switzerland and the Group B Grenada v the Republic of Ireland matches were carried over and included in the Final Table.

Sources:^[6][7]

Final Placings

Rank	Team
1	Grenada
2	Republic of Ireland
3	United States
4	Switzerland
5	Malta
6	Gibraltar
7	Israel

Sources:^[6][7]