2023 Netball World Cup

The 2023 Netball World Cup (formerly known as the Vitality Netball World Cup 2023^[1]) was the sixteenth staging of the Netball World Cup, the premier competition in international netball, contested every four years. The tournament was held from 28 July to 6 August^[2] at the International Convention Centre in Cape Town, South Africa, its first time in Africa.^[3]

2023 Netball World Cup

Tournament details
Host country	South Africa
Dates	28 July – 6 August 2023 (2023-07-28 – 2023-08-06)
Teams	16
Final positions
Champions	Australia (12th title)
Runner-up	England
Third place	Jamaica
Tournament statistics
Matches played	60
Attendance	120,000 (2,000 per match)
Top scorer(s)	Jhaniele Fowler (302 goals)
← 2019 2027 →

This marked the tournament's 60th anniversary, as it was founded in 1963.

Sixteen nations contested for the title and after two group stage rounds; England, Jamaica, Australia and New Zealand all made it to the semi-finals, with England qualifying for the final for the first time. Australia would take home their 12th title after defeating England 61–45. Jamaica finished in third place, after defeating New Zealand. Host nation South Africa finished sixth overall.^[4]

Organisation

The host city and venue was announced by the International Netball Federation (INF) on 8 March 2019, only months prior to the staging of the 2019 edition in Liverpool, England. Cape Town's bid, supported by the South African Government and the Western Cape province, was selected by the INF ahead of a bid by Auckland, New Zealand.^[5] The INF stated the Cape Town bid would "deliver a greater impact on the development of global netball" and cited the pledges by the South African Government to invest heavily in preparation and development of the sport in the lead-up to the tournament.^[3][6]

Venue

All matches at the event were held at the Cape Town International Convention Centre.^[3]

Mascot

In August 2022, the mascot was revealed for the tournament following a public competition.^[7][8] Designed by 11-year-old Violet Cassidy from Manchester, England; the mascot is an anthropomorphic meerkat named Letsasi, meaning "sun."^[7][9]

Broadcasters

This is a list of the broadcasters for the tournament in competing countries and regions. For the first time in history, the event was recorded and produced by an all women crew from SuperSport (MultiChoice).^[10] All other countries not listed below are able to subscribe to NetballPass to watch the tournament.^[11]

Country	Broadcaster
Anguilla	Flow Sports	[11]
Antigua and Barbuda	Flow Sports	[11]
Aruba	Flow Sports	[11]
Australia	Fox Netball	[12][13]
	SBS Viceland (semi finals and final)
Bahamas	Flow Sports	[11]
Barbados	Flow Sports	[11]
Bermuda	Flow Sports	[11]
Canada	CBC (semi finals and final only)	[11]
Cayman Islands	Flow Sports	[11]
Cuba	Flow Sports	[11]
Curaçao	Flow Sports	[11]
Dominica	Flow Sports	[11]
Dominican Republic	Flow Sports	[11]
Fiji	Fiji Television	[11]
Grenada	Flow Sports	[11]
Guyana	Flow Sports	[11]
Ireland	Sky Sports	[14]
Jamaica	Flow Sports	[11]
Malaysia	Astro	[11]
Netherlands Antilles	Flow Sports	[11]
New Zealand	Sky Sport	[15][16][17]
Papua New Guinea	EmTV	[11]
Saint Kitts and Nevis	Flow Sports	[11]
Saint Lucia	Flow Sports	[11]
Saint Vincent and the Grenadines	Flow Sports	[11]
South Africa	SuperSport	[18][19][20]
	SABC
Suriname	Flow Sports	[11]
Trinidad and Tobago	Flow Sports	[11]
Turks and Caicos Islands	Flow Sports	[11]
United Kingdom	Sky Sports	[14]
	BBC (July 31 onward)	[21]

Teams

  Qualified

  Did not qualify

  Did not enter

Sixteen teams contested the 2023 title.^[22] Six teams qualified automatically: the hosts, and the top five (other) teams in the World Netball Rankings.^[23] The remaining ten places were filled via five regional tournaments, with two teams qualifying from each.^[23]

Teams which qualified automatically (in order of world ranking):^[23]

•  Australia
•  New Zealand
•  Jamaica
•  England
•  South Africa (hosts)
•  Uganda

Qualification tournaments

Region	Host	Teams	Dates	Qualified	History
Oceania	Fiji	5	19–23 July 2022	Tonga  Fiji	[24][25][26]
Africa	South Africa	9	21–27 August 2022	Malawi  Zimbabwe	[27][28][29][30]
Asia	Singapore	11	3–11 September 2022	Singapore  Sri Lanka	[31][32]
Europe	Scotland	6	12–16 October 2022	Scotland  Wales	[33]
Americas	Jamaica	9	16–21 October 2022	Trinidad and Tobago  Barbados	[34][35]

Squads

Further information: 2023 Netball World Cup squads

The sixteen competing nations selected 12-player squads for the tournament, with three additional reserve players named. Reserve players would be permanent replacements in the event of injury.^[36]

Format

The format of the competition was the same as that introduced for the 2019 Netball World Cup. Teams competed in three stages; the Preliminaries Stage One (28–30 July), Preliminaries Stage Two (31 July–3 August) and the Play-offs and Placings matches (4–6 August).^[37]

Preliminaries Stage One
There were four groups (A, B, C and D) of four teams in the first stage, with the top eight teams pre-assigned to their groups and one team from the 9th–12th seeds and one from the 13th–16th seeds drawn randomly into each group. No more than two teams from the one region can be drawn into the same group. The top three teams from each group progressed to the second preliminaries stage.^[37]

Preliminaries Stage Two
The top three teams from Groups A and B formed Group F, and the top three teams from Groups C and D formed Group G. The bottom four finishers from Groups A-D competed against one another in Group E. Where teams in Groups F and G have already played each other in the Preliminaries Stage One (i.e. A1 has already played A2 and A3), these results will carry through to the Preliminaries Stage Two.^[37]

Play-offs and Placings
The teams finishing first and second in Groups F and G went through to the semi-finals, with the top placed team in each group facing the second placed team in the other group. The winners of each semi-final competed for gold in the final, with the losers playing for bronze.^[37]

The teams finishing third and fourth in Groups F and G competed for final positions fifth to eighth – third in one group plays fourth in the other – with the winners playing off for fifth place and the losers for seventh. The teams that finished fifth in Groups F and G played off for ninth and 10th places. The teams that finished last in Groups F and G played off for 11th and 12th places. The teams that finished first and second in Group E played off for 13th and 14th place and the teams that finish third and fourth in Group E played off for the 15th and 16th places.^[37]

Umpires

Umpire Association Bronwen Adams Australia Joshua Bowring Australia Jemma Cook Australia Tara Warner Australia Kate Wright Australia Angela Armstrong-Lush New Zealand Gareth Fowler New Zealand Ken Metekingi New Zealand Kristie Simpson New Zealand Gary Burgess England Alison Harrison Wales Kate Mann England Louise Travis England Tracy-Ann Griffiths Jamaica Terrence Peart Jamaica Anso Kemp South Africa Elizna Van den Berg South Africa

Appointment panel Umpire Association Heather Gleadall (chair) England Sharon Kelly Australia David Pala'amo New Zealand Marielouw Van der Merwe South Africa Anne Abraitis Scotland Deborah Lynch Barbados Source:[38][39]

Preliminaries Stage One

Group A

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	%	Pts	Qualification
1	Australia (A)	3	3	0	0	272	100	272	6	Advance to Preliminaries Stage Two
2	Tonga (A)	3	2	0	1	149	182	81.9	4
3	Fiji (A)	3	1	0	2	135	205	65.9	2
4	Zimbabwe	3	0	0	3	124	193	64.2	0

Source: Netball Pass
(A) Advance to a further round

28 July 9:00 (SAST UTC+2)	Report Stats	Tonga	56–51	Fiji		Cape Town International Convention Centre Arena 2
		Scoring by quarter: 11–16, 15–12, 14–8, 16–15
		Palavi  39/41 (95%) Tuivaiti  11/11 (100%) Hansen  6/7 (86%)		Rusivakula  26/30 (87%) Rauluni  25/26 (96%)

28 July 11:00 (SAST UTC+2)	Report Stats	Australia	86–30	Zimbabwe		Cape Town International Convention Centre Arena 1
		Scoring by quarter: 20–11, 21–7, 21–6, 24–6
		Koenen  29/30 (97%) Garbin  27/30 (90%) Austin  18/20 (90%) Wood  12/13 (92%)		Makunde  20/25 (80%) Matura  9/16 (56%) Takaidza  1/1 (100%)

29 July 9:00 (SAST UTC+2)	Report Stats	Zimbabwe	48–52	Fiji		Cape Town International Convention Centre Arena 2 Umpires: Bronwen Adams, Kate Mann
		Scoring by quarter: 14–12, 11–14, 10–17, 13–9
		Bwanali  10/13 (77%) Matura  8/9 (89%) Muzanenamo  1/2 (50%) Makunde  29/30 (97%)		Rusivakula  24/26 (92%) Rauluni  28/30 (93%)

29 July 11:00 (SAST UTC+2)	Report Stats	Australia	85–38	Tonga		Cape Town International Convention Centre Arena 1 Umpires: Angela Armstrong-Lush, Louise Travis
		Scoring by quarter: 15–13, 24–6, 24–9, 22–10
		Garbin  42/46 (91%) Koenen  31/32 (97%) Austin  8/9 (89%) Wood  4/6 (67%)		Palavi  27/31 (87%) Tuivaiti  9/9 (100%) Hansen  2/3 (67%)

30 July 9:00 (SAST UTC+2)	Report Stats	Australia	101–32	Fiji		Cape Town International Convention Centre Arena 1 Umpires: Ken Metekingi, Kate Mann
		Scoring by quarter: 23–9, 23–9, 26–9, 29–5
		Garbin  54/60 (90%) Koenen  37/37 (100%) Wood  10/11 (91%)		Panapasa  16/17 (94%) Rusivakula  10/11 (91%) Rauluni  4/7 (57%) Kete  2/3 (67%) Lutua-Rusivakula  0/2 (0%)

30 July 18:00 (SAST UTC+2)	Report Stats	Tonga	55–46	Zimbabwe		Cape Town International Convention Centre Arena 2 Umpires: Alison Harrison, Joshua Bowring
		Scoring by quarter: 14–11, 13–13, 15–9, 13–13
		Hansen  10/11 (91%) U. Palavi  39/42 (93%) B. Palavi  2/2 (100%) Tuivaiti  4/4 (100%)		Bwanali  15/16 (94%) Takaidza  16/20 (80%) Matura  4/5 (80%) Makunde  11/11 (100%)

Group B

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	%	Pts	Qualification
1	England (A)	3	3	0	0	214	105	203.8	6	Advance to Preliminaries Stage Two
2	Malawi (A)	3	2	0	1	178	159	111.9	4
3	Scotland (A)	3	1	0	2	139	161	86.3	2
4	Barbados	3	0	0	3	121	227	53.3	0

Source: Netball Pass
(A) Advance to a further round

28 July 20:00 (SAST UTC+2)	Report Stats	England	90–29	Barbados		Cape Town International Convention Centre Arena 1
		Scoring by quarter: 20–8, 22–10, 23–4, 25–7
		Tchine  36/44 (82%) Cardwell  31/35 (89%) Housby  16/16 (100%) Metcalf  7/9 (78%)		Agard  3/4 (75%) Blackman  12/15 (80%) Corbin  13/17 (76%) Walrond  1/1 (100%)

28 July 20:00 (SAST UTC+2)	Report Stats	Malawi	55–49	Scotland		Cape Town International Convention Centre Arena 2
		Scoring by quarter: 9–17, 13–12, 13–12, 20–8
		Mvula  38/38 (100%) Kumwenda  15/15 (100%) Chimaliro  2/2 (100%)		Goodwin  32/36 (89%) McCall  17/19 (89%)

29 July 16:00 (SAST UTC+2)	Report Stats	Scotland	53–44	Barbados		Cape Town International Convention Centre Arena 2 Umpires: Ken Metekingi, Jemma Cook
		Scoring by quarter: 11–8, 12–15, 15–10, 15–11
		Barrie  12/15 (80%) McCall  29/31 (94%) Goodwin  13/19 (68%)		Blackman  20/22 (91%) Corbin  24/27 (89%)

29 July 18:00 (SAST UTC+2)	Report Stats	England	62–39	Malawi		Cape Town International Convention Centre Arena 1 Umpires: Alison Harrison, Tara Warner
		Scoring by quarter: 12–10, 17–10, 19–9, 14–10
		Tchine  12/13 (92%) Metcalf  2/2 (100%) Caldwell  31/34 (91%) Housby  17/17 (100%)		Mvula  19/23 (83%) Kumwenda  8/10 (80%) Chimaliro  11/13 (85%) Simtowe  1/3 (33%)

30 July 11:00 (SAST UTC+2)	Report Stats	Malawi	84–48	Barbados		Cape Town International Convention Centre Arena 2 Umpires: Louise Travis, Kate Wright
		Scoring by quarter: 20–10, 23–12, 21–13, 20–13
		Kumwenda  42/47 (89%) Simtowe  5/7 (71%) Mvula  37/38 (97%)		Blackman  14/15 (93%) Corbin  32/33 (97%) Holder  2/2 (100%)

30 July 16:00 (SAST UTC+2)	Report Stats	England	62–37	Scotland		Cape Town International Convention Centre Arena 1 Umpires: Gareth Fowler, Kristie Simpson
		Scoring by quarter: 14–9, 17–9, 15–11, 16–8
		Housby  12/13 (92%) Tchine  31/34 (91%) Metcalf  5/7 (71%) Cardwell  14/15 (93%)		Cairns  4/5 (80%) Goodwin  11/15 (73%) McCall  16/19 (84%) Barrie  6/8 (75%)

Group C

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	%	Pts	Qualification
1	Jamaica (A)	3	3	0	0	247	114	216.7	6	Advance to Preliminaries Stage Two
2	South Africa (H, A)	3	2	0	1	197	149	132.2	4
3	Wales (A)	3	1	0	2	158	192	82.3	2
4	Sri Lanka	3	0	0	3	113	260	43.5	0

Source: Netball Pass
(A) Advance to a further round; (H) Host

28 July 18:00 (SAST UTC+2)	Report Stats	South Africa	61–50	Wales		Cape Town International Convention Centre Arena 1
		Scoring by quarter: 18–9, 14–15, 15–13, 14–13
		Venter  43/47 (91%) Taljaard  8/9 (89%) van der Berg  10/16 (63%)		Rowe  29/31 (94%) Yarranton  16/19 (84%) Kuti  5/6 (83%)

28 July 18:00 (SAST UTC+2)	Report Stats	Jamaica	105–25	Sri Lanka		Cape Town International Convention Centre Arena 2
		Scoring by quarter: 26–5, 26–6, 23–7, 30–7
		Fowler  42/43 (98%) Robinson  15/21 (71%) Aiken  33/34 (97%) Beckford  15/19 (79%)		Sivalingam  1/1 (100%) Wannithilake  3/7 (43%) Alwis  4/6 (67%) Algama  17/22 (77%)

29 July 11:00 (SAST UTC+2)	Report Stats	Jamaica	75–40	Wales		Cape Town International Convention Centre Arena 2 Umpires: Joshua Bowring, Gareth Fowler
		Scoring by quarter: 23–11, 21–12, 14–6, 17–11
		Aiken  19/22 (86%) Robinson  12/14 (86%) Beckford  5/6 (83%) Fowler  39/41 (95%)		Watkins  9/10 (90%) Matthewman  4/10 (40%) Yarranton  9/12 (75%) Kuti  5/6 (83%) Rowe  13/16 (81%)

29 July 16:00 (SAST UTC+2)	Report Stats	South Africa	87–32	Sri Lanka		Cape Town International Convention Centre Arena 1 Umpires: Kristie Simpson, Terrence Peart
		Scoring by quarter: 24–9, 21–9, 23–6, 19–8
		Venter  13/15 (87%) van der Berg  50/57 (88%) Taljaard  24/27 (89%)		Algama  24/28 (86%) Wannithilake  1/2 (50%) Alwis  7/8 (88%)

30 July 9:00 (SAST UTC+2)	Report Stats	Wales	68–56	Sri Lanka		Cape Town International Convention Centre Arena 2 Umpires: Terrence Peart, Elizna van den Berg
		Scoring by quarter: 17–11, 13–11, 20–18, 18–16
		Rowe  49/50 (98%) Matthewman  2/2 (100%) Watkins  7/8 (88%) Yarranton  10/16 (63%)		Sivalingam  33/35 (94%) Alwis  7/7 (100%) Algama  16/21 (76%)

30 July 18:00 (SAST UTC+2)	Report Stats	Jamaica	67–49	South Africa		Cape Town International Convention Centre Arena 1 Umpires: Jemma Cook, Tara Warner
		Scoring by quarter: 16–12, 16–14, 20–3, 15–20
		Fowler  39/40 (98%) Beckford  19/22 (86%) Robinson  3/4 (75%) Aiken  6/6 (100%)		Potgieter  17/17 (100%) van der Berg  4/8 (50%) Taljaard  15/19 (79%) Venter  13/15 (87%)

Group D

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	%	Pts	Qualification
1	New Zealand (A)	3	3	0	0	210	90	233.3	6	Advance to Preliminaries Stage Two
2	Uganda (A)	3	2	0	1	197	125	157.6	4
3	Trinidad and Tobago (A)	3	1	0	2	110	186	59.1	2
4	Singapore	3	0	0	3	92	208	44.2	0

Source: Netball Pass
(A) Advance to a further round

28 July 9:00 (SAST UTC+2)	Report Stats	New Zealand	76–27	Trinidad and Tobago		Cape Town International Convention Centre Arena 1
		Scoring by quarter: 23–2, 20–9, 15–9, 18–7
		Nweke  31/31 (100%) Wilson  21/23 (91%) Selby-Rickit  16/20 (80%) Ekenasio  8/9 (89%)		Noel  17/18 (94%) Cooper  10/10 (100%)

28 July 11:00 (SAST UTC+2)	Report Stats	Uganda	79–37	Singapore		Cape Town International Convention Centre Arena 2
		Scoring by quarter: 22–9, 20–9, 20–11, 17–8
		Haniisha  31/35 (89%) Namulumba  15/15 (100%) Cholhok  15/17 (88%) Nassanga  11/12 (92%) Eyaru  7/7 (100%)		Chahal  23/30 (77%) Toh  14/23 (61%)

29 July 9:00 (SAST UTC+2)	Report Stats	New Zealand	54–44	Uganda		Cape Town International Convention Centre Arena 1 Umpires: Kate Wright, Gary Burgess
		Scoring by quarter: 13–11, 12–10, 13–11, 16–12
		Selby-Rickit  17/19 (89%) Wilson  10/11 (91%) Ekenasio  12/12 (100%) Nweke  15/16 (94%)		Cholhok  30/38 (79%) Nassanga  11/13 (85%) Eyaru  3/6 (50%)

29 July 18:00 (SAST UTC+2)	Report Stats	Trinidad and Tobago	49–36	Singapore		Cape Town International Convention Centre Arena 1 Umpires: Tracy-Ann Griffiths, Anso Kemp
		Scoring by quarter: 13–10, 8–9, 13–11, 15–6
		Noel  38/44 (86%) Dillon  8/9 (89%) Cooper  3/4 (75%)		Chahal  23/31 (74%) Toh  13/28 (46%)

30 July 11:00 (SAST UTC+2)	Report Stats	New Zealand	80–19	Singapore		Cape Town International Convention Centre Arena 1 Umpires: Bronwen Adams, Anso Kemp
		Scoring by quarter: 17–7, 24–2, 20–5, 19–5
		Selby-Rickit  49/51 (96%) Wilson  15/19 (79%) Ekenasio  4/6 (67%) Nweke  12/13 (92%)		Chahal  12/21 (57%) Toh  7/18 (39%)

30 July 16:00 (SAST UTC+2)	Report Stats	Uganda	74–34	Trinidad and Tobago		Cape Town International Convention Centre Arena 2 Umpires: Gary Burgess, Angela Armstrong-Lush
		Scoring by quarter: 14–11, 19–7, 21–9, 20–7
		Namulumba  4/5 (80%) Eyaru  18/19 (95%) Nassanga  17/19 (89%) Cholhok  35/36 (97%)		Cooper  3/3 (100%) Dillon  2/6 (33%) Noel  29/31 (94%)

Preliminaries Stage Two

Group E

Group E contains the four bottom teams from Groups A-D and compete for final placings 13th to 16th.

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	%	Pts
1	Zimbabwe	3	2	0	1	184	138	133.3	4
2	Barbados	3	2	0	1	173	155	111.6	4
3	Singapore	3	1	0	2	145	175	82.9	2
4	Sri Lanka	3	1	0	2	148	182	81.3	2

Source: Netball Pass

31 July 9:00 (SAST UTC+2)	Report Stats	Zimbabwe	45–62	Barbados		Cape Town International Convention Centre Arena 2 Umpires: Gareth Fowler, Anso Kemp
		Scoring by quarter: 9–15, 7–20, 15–15, 14–12
		Makunde  30/33 (91%) Muzanenamo  9/9 (100%) Bwanali  3/3 (100%) Matura  3/3 (100%)		Walrond  1/1 (100%) Blackman  23/28 (82%) Corbin  38/42 (90%)

31 July 16:00 (SAST UTC+2)	Report Stats	Sri Lanka	52–55	Singapore		Cape Town International Convention Centre Arena 2 Umpires: Bronwen Adams, Elizna van den Berg
		Scoring by quarter: 10–19, 17–7, 13–16, 12–13
		Sivalingam  22/27 (81%) Alwis  2/2 (100%) Algama  28/31 (90%)		Chahal  32/36 (89%) Toh  23/29 (79%)

1 August 9:00 (SAST UTC+2)	Stats	Barbados	55–50	Singapore		Cape Town International Convention Centre Arena 1 Umpires: Elizna van den Berg, Terrance Peart
		Scoring by quarter: 12–13, 17–11, 11–16, 15–10
		Corbin  41/43 (95%) Blackman  14/16 (88%)		Chahal  39/46 (85%) Toh  11/16 (69%)

1 August 18:00 (SAST UTC+2)	Stats	Zimbabwe	71–36	Sri Lanka		Cape Town International Convention Centre Arena 1 Umpires: Tracy-Ann Griffiths, Bronwen Adams
		Scoring by quarter: 18–10, 15–12, 19–8, 19–6
		Takaidza  11/18 (61%) Muzanenamo  32/34 (94%) Makunde  28/30 (93%)		Alwis  1/1 (100%) Wannithilake  20/23 (87%) Algama  14/18 (78%) Sivalingam  1/2 (50%)

2 August 9:00 (SAST UTC+2)	Stats	Zimbabwe	68–40	Singapore		Cape Town International Convention Centre Arena 1 Umpires: Elizna van den Berg, Kate Wright
		Scoring by quarter: 19–6, 19–13, 16–15, 14–6
		Makunde  47/50 (94%) Muzanenamo  21/22 (95%)		Toh  16/20 (80%) Chahal  24/34 (71%)

2 August 20:00 (SAST UTC+2)	Stats	Sri Lanka	60–56	Barbados		Cape Town International Convention Centre Arena 1 Umpires: Terrance Peart, Tracy-Ann Griffiths
		Scoring by quarter: 15–15, 15–11, 13–22, 17–8
		Algama  47/50 (94%) Wannithilake  4/4 (100%) Alwis  4/4 (100%)		Blackman  29/35 (83%) Corbin  27/31 (87%)

Group F

The top three teams from Groups A and B advance to Group F. All six teams previously played two matches against Group F teams – for example, each team in Group A played the two other Group A teams who advanced to Group F. At the start of Group F the table is initialised to include the results of these two Group A or Group B matches for each team. The former Group A teams play the former Group B teams in three rounds of three matches in Group F.^[37]

Teams finishing first and second in Group F go through to the semi-finals – the top team in Group F plays the second team in Group G and the second team in Group F plays the top team in Group G. The four remaining teams in Group F compete for the final placings from 5th to 12th.

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	%	Pts	Qualification
1	England (Q)	5	5	0	0	341	205	166.3	10	Advance to the semi-finals
2	Australia (Q)	5	4	0	1	388	209	185.6	8
3	Malawi	5	3	0	2	258	280	92.1	6
4	Tonga	5	2	0	3	246	311	46.9	4
5	Scotland	5	1	0	4	232	295	78.6	2
6	Fiji	5	0	0	5	205	370	55.4	0

Source: Netball Pass
(Q) Qualified to the phase indicated

31 July 9:00 (SAST UTC+2)	Report Stats	Australia	77–37	Scotland		Cape Town International Convention Centre Arena 1 Umpires: Alison Harrison, Terrance Peart
		Scoring by quarter: 21–9, 23–8, 15–11, 18–9
		Koenen  25/26 (96%) Austin  8/10 (80%) Garbin  39/41 (95%) Wood  5/8 (63%)		Barrie  14/18 (78%) Cairns  9/12 (75%) Goodwin  10/14 (71%) McCall  4/9 (44%)

31 July 11:00 (SAST UTC+2)	Report Stats	Fiji	48–62	Malawi		Cape Town International Convention Centre Arena 2 Umpires: Jemma Cook, Gary Burgess
		Scoring by quarter: 10–20, 13–16, 11–11, 14–15
		Rusivakula  40/41 (98%) Lutua-Rusivakula  2/2 (100%) Kete  5/6 (83%) Rauluni  1/3 (33%)		Mvula  38/40 (95%) Kumwenda  24/27 (89%)

31 July 18:00 (SAST UTC+2)	Report Stats	Tonga	46–72	England		Cape Town International Convention Centre Arena 2 Umpires: Ken Metekingi, Kate Wright
		Scoring by quarter: 13–19, 9–19, 14–16, 10–18
		Palavi  37/42 (88%) Hansen  8/13 (62%) Tuivaiti  1/1 (100%)		Tchine  13/13 (100%) Cardwell  30/34 (88%) Housby  29/33 (88%)

1 August 11:00 (SAST UTC+2)	Stats	Australia	70–46	Malawi		Cape Town International Convention Centre Arena 1 Umpires: Kristie Simpson, Ken Metekingi
		Scoring by quarter: 16–13, 12–15, 21–9, 21–9
		Garbin  28/32 (88%) Austin  10/10 (100%) Koenen  14/15 (93%) Wood  18/19 (95%)		Mvula  25/30 (83%) Kumwenda  21/23 (91%)

1 August 16:00 (SAST UTC+2)	Report Stats	Tonga	55–47	Scotland		Cape Town International Convention Centre Arena 1 Umpires: Louise Travis, Tara Warner
		Scoring by quarter: 15–10, 13–13, 16–12, 11–12
		Palavi  41/43 (95%) Hansen  14/17 (82%)		Barrie  21/29 (72%) McCall  21/26 (81%) Goodwin  5/8 (63%)

1 August 20:00 (SAST UTC+2)	Stats	Fiji	28–89	England		Cape Town International Convention Centre Arena 1 Umpires: Alison Harrison, Anso Kemp
		Scoring by quarter: 8–26, 7–24, 8–19, 5–20
		Panapasa  2/4 (50%) Rusivakula  25/30 (83%) Kete  1/1 (100%)		Tchine  15/15 (100%) Housby  26/28 (93%) Cardwell  40/41 (98%) Metcalf  8/9 (89%)

3 August 9:00 (SAST UTC+2)	Stats	Australia	55–56	England		Cape Town International Convention Centre Arena 1 Umpires: Gareth Fowler, Angela Armstrong-Lush
		Scoring by quarter: 13–15, 19–11, 13–18, 10–12
		Austin  4/5 (80%) Koenen  32/34 (94%) Wood  19/22 (86%)		Housby  22/22 (100%) Cardwell  34/35 (97%)

3 August 11:00 (SAST UTC+2)	Stats	Fiji	46–62	Scotland		Cape Town International Convention Centre Arena 2 Umpires: Louise Travis, Anso Kemp
		Scoring by quarter: 8–13, 18–16, 13–16, 7–17
		Rusivakula  28/29 (97%) Rauluni  17/22 (77%) Lutua-Rusivakula  1/1 (100%)		McCall  27/30 (90%) Goodwin  21/22 (95%) Barrie  11/13 (85%) Cairns  3/3 (100%)

3 August 18:00 (SAST UTC+2)	Stats	Tonga	51–56	Malawi		Cape Town International Convention Centre Arena 1 Umpires: Jemma Cook, Kate Mann
		Scoring by quarter: 13–13, 13–18, 14–15, 11–10
		Palavi  25/30 (83%) Tuivaiti  20/20 (100%) Hansen  6/8 (75%)		Mvula  38/41 (93%) Kumwenda  18/18 (100%) Chimaliro  0/1 (0%)

Group G

The top three teams from Groups C and D advance to Group G. All six teams previously played two matches against Group G teams – for example, each team in Group C played the two other Group C teams who advanced to Group G. At the start of Group G the table is initialised to include the results of these two Group C or Group D matches for each team. The former Group C teams play the former Group D teams in three rounds of three matches in Group G.^[37]

Teams finishing first and second in Group G go through to the semi-finals – the top team in Group G plays the second team in Group F and the second team in Group G plays the top team in Group F. The four remaining teams in Group G compete for the final placings from 5th to 12th.

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	%	Pts	Qualification
1	Jamaica (Q)	5	5	0	0	351	212	165.6	10	Advance to the semi-finals
2	New Zealand (Q)	5	3	1	1	309	212	145.8	7
3	South Africa	5	3	1	1	279	243	114.8	7
4	Uganda	5	2	0	3	290	257	112.8	4
5	Wales	5	1	0	4	250	347	72	2
6	Trinidad and Tobago	5	0	0	5	170	378	45	0

Source: Netball Pass
(Q) Qualified to the phase indicated

31 July 11:00 (SAST UTC+2)	Report Stats	Wales	34–83	New Zealand		Cape Town International Convention Centre Arena 1 Umpires: Tracy-Ann Griffiths, Louise Travis
		Scoring by quarter: 8–19, 8–21, 6–25, 12–18
		Rowe  18/21 (86%) Yarranton  4/7 (57%) Kuti  3/3 (100%) Matthewman  4/6 (67%) Watkins  5/6 (83%)		Selby-Rickit  15/17 (88%) Metuarau  4/5 (80%) Ekenasio  15/16 (94%) Wilson  49/49 (100%)

31 July 16:00 (SAST UTC+2)	Report Stats	Jamaica	61–49	Uganda		Cape Town International Convention Centre Arena 1 Umpires: Joshua Bowring, Angela Armstrong-Lush
		Scoring by quarter: 15–12, 23–9, 11–16, 12–12
		Aiken  15/15 (100%) Robinson  8/9 (89%) Beckford  10/10 (100%) Fowler  28/28 (100%)		Cholhok  28/33 (85%) Nassanga  15/18 (83%) Eyaru  6/6 (100%)

31 July 18:00 (SAST UTC+2)	Report Stats	South Africa	69–28	Trinidad and Tobago		Cape Town International Convention Centre Arena 1 Umpires: Kristie Simpson, Kate Mann
		Scoring by quarter: 18–12, 15–3, 18–6, 18–7
		van der Berg  22/24 (92%) Ngubane  1/1 (100%) Taljaard  24/30 (80%) Venter  22/29 (76%)		McCarthy  1/1 (100%) Cooper  10/11 (91%) Dillon  6/6 (100%) Noel  11/13 (85%)

2 August 11:00 (SAST UTC+2)	Stats	Wales	56–73	Uganda		Cape Town International Convention Centre Arena 1 Umpires: , Angela Armstrong-Lush, TBC
		Scoring by quarter: 12–15, 15–21, 14–22, 15–15
		Rowe  53/54 (98%) Yarranton  3/8 (38%)		Muhameed  11/13 (85%) Nassanga  10/10 (100%) Cholhok  42/44 (95%) Eyaru  10/10 (100%)

2 August 16:00 (SAST UTC+2)	Stats	Jamaica	89–26	Trinidad and Tobago		Cape Town International Convention Centre Arena 1 Umpires: Gareth Fowler, Jemma Cook
		Scoring by quarter: 20–6, 24–4, 25–9, 20–7
		Aiken  38/43 (88%) Robinson  15/17 (88%) Beckford  20/24 (83%) Fowler  16/18 (89%)		Noel  20/22 (91%) Cooper  6/8 (75%)

2 August 18:00 (SAST UTC+2)	Report Stats	South Africa	48–48	New Zealand		Cape Town International Convention Centre Arena 1 Umpires: Gary Burgess, Josh Bowring
		Scoring by quarter: 10–11, 11–15, 13–12, 14–10
		van der Berg  22/26 (85%) Taljaard  15/18 (83%) Venter  11/17 (65%)		Wilson  37/41 (90%) Metuarau  1/1 (100%) Ekenasio  10/11 (91%)

3 August 9:00 (SAST UTC+2)	Stats	Wales	70–55	Trinidad and Tobago		Cape Town International Convention Centre Arena 2 Umpires: Kristie Simpson, Ken Metekingi
		Scoring by quarter: 18–14, 14–14, 21–11, 17–16
		Rowe  47/48 (98%) Yarranton  17/21 (81%) Kuti  4/4 (100%) Matthewman  2/2 (100%)		Noel  44/49 (90%) Cooper  11/12 (92%)

3 August 11:00 (SAST UTC+2)	Stats	Jamaica	59–48	New Zealand		Cape Town International Convention Centre Arena 1 Umpires: Gary Burgess, Tara Warner
		Scoring by quarter: 15–11, 11–12, 15–16, 18–9
		Fowler  49/49 (100%) Beckford  9/10 (90%) Aiken  1/3 (33%)		Wilson  31/33 (94%) Ekenasio  17/18 (94%)

3 August 16:00 (SAST UTC+2)	Stats	South Africa	52–50	Uganda		Cape Town International Convention Centre Arena 1 Umpires: Josh Bowring, Kate Wright
		Scoring by quarter: 16–11, 17–8, 8–17, 11–14
		Venter  26/28 (93%) Taljaard  15/15 (100%) van der Berg  11/13 (85%)		Cholhok  29/29 (100%) Nassanga  21/23 (91%) Eyaru  0/1 (0%)

Placement matches

15th place

4 August 9:00 (SAST UTC+2)	Report Stats	Singapore	49–46	Sri Lanka		Cape Town International Convention Centre Arena 1 Umpires: Terrance Peart, Elizna van den Berg
		Scoring by quarter: 8–15, 12–11, 16–13, 13–10
		Chahal  38/43 (88%) Toh  11/14 (79%)		Algama  43/46 (93%) Alwis  2/2 (100%) Wannithilake  1/1 (100%) Perera  0/2 (0%)

13th place

4 August 11:00 (SAST UTC+2)	Report Stats	Zimbabwe	75–48	Barbados		Cape Town International Convention Centre Arena 1 Umpires: Anso Kemp, Alison Harrison
		Scoring by quarter: 15–14, 15–14, 22–7, 23–13
		Makunde  57/59 (97%) Muzanenamo  18/20 (90%)		Corbin  29/32 (91%) Blackman  17/19 (89%) Walrond  2/5 (40%)

11th place

5 August 9:00 (SAST UTC+2)	Stats	Fiji	71–37	Trinidad and Tobago		Cape Town International Convention Centre Arena 1 Umpires: Tracy-Ann Griffiths, Kristie Simpson
		Scoring by quarter: 17–8, 17–7, 15–13, 22–9
		Rauluni  36/71 (51%) Rusivakula  18/22 (82%) Panapasa  13/13 (100%) Lutua-Rusivakula  4/4 (100%)		Noel  23/27 (85%) Cooper  13/13 (100%) Morgan  1/2 (50%) Dillon  0/1 (0%)

9th place

5 August 18:00 (SAST UTC+2)	Stats	Scotland	42–57	Wales		Cape Town International Convention Centre Arena 1 Umpires: Louise Travis, Bronwen Adams
		Scoring by quarter: 10–12, 11–13, 11–17, 10–15
		McCall  19/26 (73%) Goodwin  11/18 (61%) Cairns  6/7 (86%) Barrie  6/10 (60%)		Rowe  42/45 (93%) Yarranton  15/17 (88%)

5th–8th

	5–8 placing matches				5–6 match
	4 August
	Malawi	46
					6 August
	Uganda	57
					Uganda	49
	4 August
					South Africa	47
	South Africa	72
	Tonga	46
					7–8 match
					6 August
					Malawi	64
					Tonga	54

5th–8th play-offs

4 August 16:00 (SAST UTC+2)	Report Stats	Malawi	46–57	Uganda		Cape Town International Convention Centre Arena 1 Umpires: Angela Armstrong-Lush, Jemma Cook
		Scoring by quarter: 14–14, 9–14, 12–15, 11–14
		Mvula  27/28 (96%) Kumwenda  19/23 (83%)		Nassanga  38/39 (97%) Cholhok  19/21 (90%)

4 August 18:00 (SAST UTC+2)	Report Stats	South Africa	72–46	Tonga		Cape Town International Convention Centre Arena 1 Umpires: Kate Mann, Ken Metekingi
		Scoring by quarter: 12–12, 18–11, 17–13, 25–10
		van der Berg  51/54 (94%) Taljaard  16/20 (80%) Venter  5/9 (56%) Ngubane  0/1 (0%)		Tuivaiti  19/19 (100%) Hansen  13/14 (93%) U. Palavi  10/12 (83%) B. Palavi  4/4 (100%)

7th place

6 August 9:00 (SAST UTC+2)	Report Stats	Malawi	64–54	Tonga		Cape Town International Convention Centre Arena 1 Umpires: Kristie Simpson, Kate Wright
		Scoring by quarter: 17–16, 16–13, 12–15, 19–10
		Mvula  39/40 (98%) Kumwenda  25/27 (93%)		U. Palavi  20/22 (91%) Hansen  18/24 (75%) Tuivaiti  14/15 (93%) B. Palavi  2/3 (67%)

5th place

6 August 11:00 (SAST UTC+2)	Report Stats	Uganda	49–47	South Africa		Cape Town International Convention Centre Arena 1 Umpires: Gary Burgess, Jemma Cook
		Scoring by quarter: 12–11, 11–12', 16–14, 10–10
		Cholhok  29/32 (91%) Eyaru  10/10 (100%) Nassanga  10/14 (71%)		van der Berg  36/43 (84%) Taljaard  11/13 (85%)

Semi-finals and medal matches

England finished top of Group F after the preliminary stages, defeating Australia 56–55 in their match, the first time that England had ever defeated Australia in the tournament. The Roses overcoming an eight-goal deficit in the third quarter to take a one-goal win 56–55.^[40][41] Both teams had already qualified for the semi-final stage of the tournament.

In Group G, Jamaica pulled away from New Zealand to win 59–48, with both teams progressing through to semi-finals despite the loss for New Zealand.^[41]

As group winners, England faced five-time champions New Zealand, with Jamaica playing 11-time champions Australia.^[41][42]

Defending champions New Zealand, looking to become the first Silver Ferns team to win consecutive tournaments, kept their semi final match against England tight in the first three quarters. The teams were tied at 32–all at three-quarter-time, but a dominant final quarter from England saw them take a 46–40 victory to progress to the final for the first time.^[43]

In the other semi final, Australia outlasted Jamaica in a see-sawing match. A dominant display from Diamonds vice-captain Steph Wood in the goal circle (scoring 29 goals from 32 attempts) helping Australia reach their ninth-straight final appearance.^[44] Australia's goal keeper Courtney Bruce earning player of the match honours for her ability to disrupt the efforts of the Sunshine Girls attacking duo of Jhaniele Fowler and Shanice Beckford.^[45]

In the bronze medal match, Jamaica took a three-goal lead into half time against New Zealand. Plagued by turnovers, Silver Ferns coach Noeline Taurua changed New Zealand's starting shooting circle combination of Maia Wilson and Ameliaranne Ekenasio for Te Paea Selby-Rickit and Tiana Metuarau after half time, but with Jamaica extending that lead in the third quarter to as much as eight goals, Wilson and Ekenasio returned again. Sunshine Girls shooter Jhaniele Fowler scored 43 goals from 44 attempts, while Jodi-Ann Ward was announced as the player of the match as Jamaica secured the bronze medal.^[46][47]

For New Zealand, it was the first time that they had finished the tournament without a medal placing finish.^[43][46]

Australia would enter the final as slight underdogs, after losing to England in the group phase. The Roses led by shooters Eleanor Cardwell and player of the tournament Helen Housby, would be met by ruthless defence in the gold medal match, with the Diamonds defenders pressuring their opponents into errors. Kiera Austin won the player of the final award, after entering the match in the second quarter.^[48] Austin and fellow shooter Sophie Garbin sparking a surge from Australia through the second and third quarters, with the Roses unable to go with the Diamonds.^[49][50][51]

Australia won the final 61–45 to claim their 12th Netball World Cup title, with the Diamonds adding to their 2022 Commonwealth Games gold medal victory.^[52]

	Semifinals				Final
	5 August
	England	46
					6 August
	New Zealand	40
					England	45
	5 August
					Australia	61
	Jamaica	54
	Australia	57
					Bronze Medal Match
					6 August
					New Zealand	45
					Jamaica	52

Semi-finals

5 August 11:00 (SAST UTC+2)	Report Stats	England	46–40	New Zealand		Cape Town International Convention Centre Arena 1 Umpires: Tara Warner, Joshua Bowring
		Scoring by quarter: 9–9, 11–11, 12–12, 14–8
		Cardwell  25/31 (81%) Housby  21/23 (91%)		Wilson  25/25 (100%) Ekenasio  15/16 (94%)

5 August 16:00 (SAST UTC+2)	Report Stats	Jamaica	54–57	Australia		Cape Town International Convention Centre Arena 1 Umpires: Gareth Fowler, Gary Burgess Reserve umpire: Kate Mann
		Scoring by quarter: 14–14, 15–15, 11–13, 14–15
		Fowler  46/47 (98%) Beckford  8/10 (80%)		Koenen  28/30 (93%) Wood  29/32 (91%)

Bronze medal match

6 August 16:00 (SAST UTC+2)	Report Stats	New Zealand	45–52	Jamaica		Cape Town International Convention Centre Arena 1 Umpires: Tara Warner, Joshua Bowring Reserve umpire: Gary Burgess
		Scoring by quarter: 11–14, 10–10, 11–14, 13–14
		Wilson  19/21 (90%) Ekenasio  15/17 (88%) Metuarau  1/1 (100%) Selby-Rickit  10/12 (83%)		Fowler  43/44 (98%) Beckford  9/11 (82%)

Gold and silver medals match

6 August 18:00 (SAST UTC+2)	Report Stats	England	45–61	Australia		Cape Town International Convention Centre Arena 1 Umpires: Gareth Fowler, Angela Amstrong-Lush Reserve umpire: Kristie Simpson
		Scoring by quarter: 13–13, 10–14, 13–19, 9–15
		Cardwell  26/31 (84%) Housby  19/21 (90%)		Garbin  27/33 (82%) Austin  15/17 (88%) Koenen  10/10 (100%) Wood  9/10 (90%)

Tournament top scorers

Player	Team	Goals	Att.	%
Jhaniele Fowler	Jamaica	302	310	97.4%
Joyce Mvula	Malawi	260	277	93.9%
Georgia Rowe	Wales	250	264	94.7%
Uneeq Palavi	Tonga	241	267	90.3%
Eleanor Cardwell	England	231	256	90.2%
Nalani Makunde	Zimbabwe	218	232	94.0%
Sophie Garbin	Australia	215	239	90.0%
Maia Wilson	New Zealand	208	241	86.3%
Elmeré van der Berg	South Africa	206	241	85.5%
Kadeen Corbin	Barbados	204	225	90.7%

Reference:^[53]

Final standings

Placement	Team
1st	Australia
2nd	England
3rd	Jamaica
4th	New Zealand
5th	Uganda
6th	South Africa
7th	Malawi
8th	Tonga
9th	Wales
10th	Scotland
11th	Fiji
12th	Trinidad and Tobago
13th	Zimbabwe
14th	Barbados
15th	Singapore
16th	Sri Lanka

Awards

• Player of the Tournament: Helen Housby (England)
• Best attack player: Helen Housby (England)
• Best mid-court player: Kate Heffernan (New Zealand)
• Best defence player: Courtney Bruce (Australia)

Source:^[4]

Medallists

Gold	Silver	Bronze
Australia Coach: Stacey Marinkovich	England Coach: Jess Thirlby	Jamaica Coach: Connie Francis
Liz Watson (c) Sunday Aryang Kiera Austin Ash Brazill Courtney Bruce Sophie Garbin Paige Hadley Sarah Klau Cara Koenen Jamie-Lee Price Jo Weston Stephanie Wood	Natalie Metcalf (co-c) Layla Guscoth (co-c) Imogen Allison Eleanor Cardwell Jade Clarke Funmi Fadoju Helen Housby Laura Malcolm Geva Mentor Chelsea Pitman Olivia Tchine Fran Williams	Romelda Aiken-George Shanice Beckford Kadie-Ann Dehaney Nicole Dixon-Rochester Jhaniele Fowler Crystal Plummer Rebecca Robinson Shamera Sterling Adean Thomas Jodi-Ann Ward Khadijah Williams Latanya Wilson

Source:^{[54][55][56][57][58][59]}