2024 Netball Nations Cup

The 2024 Vitality Netball Nations Cup was an international netball series hosted and organised by England Netball. It featured England, Australia, New Zealand and Uganda in a series, played in January 2024. The series was played over two successive weekends. The first weekend was played at London's OVO Arena Wembley while the second weekend was played at Leeds's First Direct Arena.^[1][2][3][4] The tournament effectively replaced the Netball Quad Series for 2024. South Africa opted out of taking part and were subsequently replaced by Uganda.^[5]

2024 Netball Nations Cup

Tournament details
Host country	England
City	London Leeds
Venue(s)	OVO Arena Wembley First Direct Arena
Dates	20–28 January 2024
Teams	4
TV partner(s)	Sky Sports (UK/Ireland) Sky Sport (New Zealand) Fox Sports (Australia)
Final positions
Champions	Australia (9th title)
Runner-up	England
Third place	New Zealand
Tournament statistics
Matches played	8
Top scorer(s)	Grace Nweke  191/199 (96%)
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With a team coached by Stacey Marinkovich and captained by Liz Watson, Australia won the series after defeating England 69–49 in the final.^{[6][7][8][9][10]} Australia finished the series undefeated, winning all four matches, and Paige Hadley was named the series MVP.^[11] The series was broadcast live on Sky Sports in the United Kingdom and Ireland, on Sky Sport in New Zealand, on Fox Sports in Australia and on YouTube.^[12][13]

Squads

Participating teams and rosters

Australia[14]	England[4][14][15]	New Zealand[16][17][18]	Uganda[18][19]
Sunday Aryang Kiera Austin Courtney Bruce Sophie Dwyer Sophie Garbin Paige Hadley (vc) Sarah Klau Cara Koenen Jamie-Lee Price Kate Moloney Donnell Wallam[20][21] Liz Watson (c) Jo Weston	Halimat Adio Imogen Allison Eleanor Cardwell Amy Carter Funmi Fadoju Sasha Glasgow Helen Housby Hannah Joseph Natalie Metcalf Berri Neil[22] Razia Quashie Ellie Rattu Fran Williams (c)[22]	Karin Burger Kate Burley Maddy Gordon Tayla Earle Georgia Heffernan Kate Heffernan (c)[23][24] Kelly Jury Phoenix Karaka (c)[25] Amorangi Malesala Grace Nweke Mila Reuelu-Buchanan Whitney Souness Michaela Sokolich-Beatson Amelia Walmsley	Lillian Achola Florence Adunia Margret Baagala Mercy Batamuliza Mary Cholhok Irene Eyaru (c) Falidah Kadondi Haniisha Muhameed Sarah Nakiyunga Christine Nakitto Shadiah Nassanga Sandra Nambirige
Head Coach: Stacey Marinkovich[7][11]	Head Coach: Jess Thirlby[10]	Head Coach: Noeline Taurua	Head Coach: Fred Mugerwa
Assistant coach: Nicole Richardson[26]	Assistant coach: Liana Leota[27]	Specialist coach: Briony Akle	Assistant coach: Peace Proscovia[28]

Debuts and milestones

• On 20 January 2024, Georgia Heffernan made her senior debut for New Zealand against Australia. With her sister, Kate Heffernan, already an established member of the team, the Heffernan sisters now became the third set of sisters to play international netball for New Zealand. The first set were their mother and aunt, Annette Heffernan and Maxine Blomquist. However, the Heffernan sisters are the first sisters to actually play in the same team at the same time.^{[29][30][31][32]}
• On 21 January 2024, Helen Housby made her 100th senior appearance for England against Australia.^[33][34][35]
• On 27 January 2024, Sarah Klau made her 50th senior appearance for Australia against Uganda.^[11][36]
• On 27 January 2024, Amorangi Malesala and Tayla Earle made their senior debuts for New Zealand against England.^[37]

Match officials

Umpires

Umpire	Association
Gary Burgess	England
Rhian Edwards	Wales
Gareth Fowler	New Zealand
Alison Harrison	Wales
Anso Kemp	South Africa
Kate Mann	England

Umpire Appointments Panel

Umpire	Association
Cheryl Danson	England
Judith Groves	England

Source:^[3]

Round robin stage

Round 1

20 January 2024	Australia	63–50	New Zealand	OVO Arena Wembley
3:00PM	Cara Koenen  23/26 (88%) Sophie Garbin  17/18 (94%) Kiera Austin  16/21 (76%) Sophie Dwyer  7/8 (88%)	Stats	Grace Nweke  41/42 (98%) Georgia Heffernan  9/11 (82%)

Sources:^[29][30]

20 January 2024	England	62–56	Uganda	OVO Arena Wembley
5:15PM	Eleanor Cardwell  31/33 (94%) Helen Housby  20/23 (87%) Berri Neil  11/12 (92%)	Stats	Mary Cholhok  38/41 (93%) Irene Eyaru  18/19 (95%)

Sources:^[22][38]

Round 2

21 January 2024	New Zealand	65–60	Uganda	OVO Arena Wembley
2:00PM	Grace Nweke  53/54 (98%) Georgia Heffernan  12/13 (92%)	Stats	Mary Cholhok  46/50 (92%) Irene Eyaru  10/10 (100%) Shadiah Nassanga  4/5 (80%)

Sources:^[23][24]

21 January 2024	England	59–61	Australia	OVO Arena Wembley
4:15PM	Eleanor Cardwell  43/46 (93%) Helen Housby  16/21 (76%)	Stats	Sophie Garbin  26/27 (96%) Cara Koenen  12/13 (92%) Kiera Austin  12/12 (100%) Sophie Dwyer  11/12 (92%)

Sources:^[33][34][39]

Round 3

27 January 2024	Australia	63–49	Uganda	First Direct Arena
3:00PM	Donnell Wallam  31/33 (94%) Sophie Garbin  14/15 (93%) Cara Koenen  12/13 (92%) Kiera Austin  6/6 (100%)	Stats	Mary Cholhok  30/35 (86%) Shadiah Nassanga  10/10 (100%) Irene Eyaru  9/9 (100%)

Sources:^[20][21]

27 January 2024	England	58–57	New Zealand	First Direct Arena
5:15PM	Eleanor Cardwell  35/40 (88%) Helen Housby  23/26 (88%)	Stats	Grace Nweke  47/50 (94%) Amorangi Malesala  6/7 (86%) Georgia Heffernan  4/4 (100%)

Sources:^[37][40]

Table

Pos	Team	P	W	L	D	GF	GA	GD	Pts
1	Australia	3	3	0	0	187	158	29	6
2	England	3	2	1	0	179	174	5	4
3	New Zealand	3	1	2	0	172	181	–9	2
4	Uganda	3	0	3	0	165	190	–25	0

  Qualified for Grand final
  Qualified for 3rd/4th place match

Playoffs

3rd v 4th Playoff

28 January 2024	New Zealand	62–57	Uganda	First Direct Arena
	Grace Nweke  50/53 (94%) Amorangi Malesala  11/12 (92%) Georgia Heffernan  1/1 (100%)		Mary Cholhok  45/47 (96%) Irene Eyaru  6/8 (75%) Shadiah Nassanga  6/6 (100%)

Sources:^[41][18]

Final

28 January 2024	England	49–69	Australia	First Direct Arena
4:15PM	Helen Housby  27/30 (90%) Eleanor Cardwell  17/17 (100%) Sasha Glasgow  5/7 (71%)		Sophie Garbin  31/32 (97%) Sophie Dwyer  22/25 (88%) Cara Koenen  10/10 (100%) Kiera Austin  6/7 (86%)

Sources:^{[6][7][8][9][14]}

Final Placings

Rank	Team
	Australia
	England
	New Zealand
4	Uganda

Source:^[8]