The Netball World Youth Cup Gaborone 2017 [1] was the eighth staging of the tournament previously (until 2013) known as the World Youth Netball Championships , the premier competition in international netball , contested every four years. The 2017 tournament, to be held from 8–16 July, held in Gaborone , Botswana, which is first African region country to host the tournament. Matches are to be played at University of Botswana Indoor Stadium and Ditshupo Hall.[2] Twenty nations competed at the championships.
Teams
Qualification
Twenty teams contested the 2017 tournament. The home nation automatically qualified, along with the next four highest-ranked teams from the 2013 World Youth Netball Championships:
Qualification Tournaments
The remaining fifteen teams were determined by regional qualifying tournaments, with three teams selected from each of the five international netball regions; Africa, Americas, Asia, Europe and Oceania.
Draw
The draw for the tournament was held on 20 October 2016 at Botswana.[7] The pools for the tournament's finals is as below:
Preliminary rounds
Pool A
Pos
Team
Pld
W
D
L
GF
GA
GR
Pts
Qualification
NZL
SCO
SAM
NIR
SRI
1
New Zealand
4
4
0
0
377
96
3.927
8
Advance to 1/8th placement playoff
—
78–26
85–33
89–22
125–15
2
Scotland
4
3
0
1
196
206
0.951
6
26–78
—
46–44
55–36
69–48
3
Samoa
4
2
0
2
215
208
1.034
4
33–85
44–46
—
65–28
73–49
4
Northern Ireland
4
1
0
3
142
253
0.561
2
22–89
36–55
28–65
—
56–44
5
Sri Lanka
4
0
0
4
156
323
0.483
0
15–125
48–69
49–73
44–56
—
Source: Standing, Results
Pool B
Pos
Team
Pld
W
D
L
GF
GA
GR
Pts
Qualification
AUS
RSA
ZIM
BAR
SGP
1
Australia
4
4
0
0
363
113
3.212
8
Advance to 1/8th placement playoff
—
65–36
86–33
93–32
119–12
2
South Africa
4
3
0
1
228
159
1.434
6
36–65
—
56–42
62–30
74–22
3
Zimbabwe
4
2
0
2
199
215
0.926
4
33–86
42–56
—
58–35
66–38
4
Barbados
4
1
0
3
165
257
0.642
2
32–93
30–62
35–58
—
68–44
5
Singapore
4
0
0
4
116
327
0.355
0
12–119
22–74
38–66
44–68
—
Source: Standing, Results
Pool C
Pos
Team
Pld
W
D
L
GF
GA
GR
Pts
Qualification
UGA
JAM
BOT
COK
MAS
1
Uganda
4
3
0
1
218
146
1.493
6
Advance to 1/8th placement playoff
—
39–44
46–42
52–39
81–21
2
Jamaica
4
3
0
1
203
150
1.353
6
44–39
—
46–48
43–41
70–22
3
Botswana (H)
4
3
0
1
212
159
1.333
6
42–46
48–46
—
50–41
72–26
4
Cook Islands
4
0
1
3
166
190
0.874
1
39–52
41–43
41–50
—
45–45
5
Malaysia
4
0
1
3
114
268
0.425
1
21–81
22–70
26–72
45–45
—
Source: Standing, Results(H) Hosts
Pool D
Pos
Team
Pld
W
D
L
GF
GA
GR
Pts
Qualification
ENG
FIJ
TRI
WAL
GRD
1
England
4
4
0
0
305
104
2.933
8
Advance to 1/8th placement playoff
—
63–29
75–27
69–23
98–25
2
Fiji
4
3
0
1
206
149
1.383
6
29–63
—
55–28
48–35
74–23
3
Trinidad and Tobago
4
2
0
2
167
197
0.848
4
27–75
28–55
—
36–32
76–35
4
Wales
4
1
0
3
162
183
0.885
2
23–69
35–48
32–36
—
72–30
5
Grenada
4
0
0
4
113
320
0.353
0
25–98
23–74
35–76
30–72
—
Source: Standing, Results
Playoff and placement
17th to 20th place
9th to 16th place
1st to 8th place
Bracket
Quarter-finals
13 July 12:00 (CAT )
Uganda
37–39
Fiji
University of Botswana Indoor Stadium
Crossover
Semi-finals
7th and 8th place
5th and 6th place
Bronze medal
16 July 14:00 (CAT )
Fiji
35–70
England
University of Botswana Indoor Stadium
Gold medal
Final rankings
References
^ Official website
^ "Shooting for the stars". Retrieved 9 July 2017 .
^ "South Africa Return Home Unbeaten From NWYC 2017 African Qualifiers". 16 August 2016. Retrieved 30 August 2018 .
^ "Netball World Youth Cup Americas Qualifiers". 1 September 2016. Retrieved 30 August 2018 .
^ "Fiji, Cook Islands And Samoa Qualify For NWYC2017". 4 October 2016. Retrieved 30 August 2018 .
^ "NYWC2017 – European Qualifiers Tournament Review". 14 November 2016. Retrieved 30 August 2018 .
^ "Netball World Youth Cup Gaborone 2017". Retrieved 30 March 2017 .
External links
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