Europe Netball Open Challenge

The Europe Netball Open Challenge is an international netball tournament organised by Europe Netball. It was originally known as the European Netball Festival and later as the Netball Europe Open Challenge. It mainly features second level national netball teams affiliated to Europe Netball. It has also included guest teams from outside Europe. Europe's top level teams play in the Netball Europe Open Championships. The Republic of Ireland are the competition's most successful team. Other winners have included Grenada, the Isle of Man, Northern Ireland and the United Arab Emirates.

Europe Netball Open Challenge

Sport	Netball
Founded	2008
First season	2008
Organising body	Europe Netball
Most recent champion	Northern Ireland
Most titles	Republic of Ireland
Broadcaster	YouTube[1]
Related competitions	Netball World Cup Qualifiers – Europe Netball Europe Open Championships

History

European Netball Festival

The Open Challenge evolved from Netball Festivals played in 2008, 2010 and 2012. The Republic of Ireland hosted the 2008 festival. Other participants included Gibraltar and Israel.^[2][3][4] The 2010 Festival was won by a Great Britain U19 team.^[3][5]

Tournaments	Winners	Runners Up	3rd	4th	5th	6th
2008[2]
2010[3][5]	Great Britain U19	Republic of Ireland	Malta	Sweden	Israel	Gibraltar
2012[4]	Republic of Ireland	Malta	Gibraltar	Switzerland	Israel

Netball Europe Open Challenge

The 2013, 2015 and 2016 tournaments were played alongside the Netball Europe Open Championships.^[6][7][8]

Tournaments	Winners	Runners Up	3rd	4th	5th	6th
2013[6]	Republic of Ireland	Switzerland	Gibraltar
2015[7]	Republic of Ireland	Switzerland	Malta
2016[8][9]	Grenada	Republic of Ireland	United States	Switzerland	Malta	Gibraltar
2017[10][11]	Republic of Ireland	Gibraltar	Bermuda	Israel
2018[12]	Republic of Ireland	Isle of Man	UAE	Gibraltar	Israel
2019[13][14]	Isle of Man1	Gibraltar	Republic of Ireland	UAE	Israel	Cayman Islands

Europe Netball Open Challenge

Tournaments	Winners	Runners Up	3rd	4th	5th	6th
2021[15][16][17]	UAE	Isle of Man	Malta	Gibraltar	Switzerland	Northern Ireland2
2022[18][19][20]	Republic of Ireland	UAE	Isle of Man	Gibraltar	Malta	Cayman Islands
2023[21][22]	UAE	Republic of Ireland	Isle of Man	Malta	Gibraltar	France
2024[23]	Northern Ireland	UAE	Republic of Ireland	Isle of Man	Gibraltar	France

Notes

• ^1 The 2019 tournament also featured a British Armed Forces team. They were effectively the overall winner, after winning all their games during the series.^[14]
• ^2 At the 2021 tournament, Northern Ireland also played a series of separate matches against Gibraltar and the Isle of Man. Northern Ireland did not compete in the tournament.^[1][24]
• ^3 The 2025 tournament was cancelled. After the Palestine Solidarity Campaign objected to Israel competing, Europe Netball decided to cancel the whole tournament.^[25][26]