# Netball World Cup

The Netball World Cup is a quadrennial international netball world championship organised by World Netball, inaugurated in 1963. Since its inception the competition has been dominated primarily by the Australia national netball team and the New Zealand national netball team, Trinidad and Tobago is the only other team to have won a title (a three-way tie in the 1979 championship). The most recent tournament was the 2023 Netball World Cup in Cape Town, South Africa, which was won by Australia.

## History

In 1960, representatives from Australia, England, New Zealand, South Africa and the West Indies met to discuss standardising the rules of the sport. This led to the establishment of the International Federation of Women's Basketball and Netball (which later became the International Federation of Netball Associations). Formal rules were established at this inaugural meeting and a decision to hold World Championship tournaments every four years was also made. The first World Netball Championship was held in 1963 and was hosted by England. The tournament was renamed to the World Cup as opposed to "Championships" in 2015. Since 1991 the tournament has maintained a format allowing semi-finals and finals matches to be played, where previously the tournament held no finals and instead utilised the round-robin system, which occasionally led to more than one nation being crowned world champions.
Australia or New Zealand have won all of the titles, though emerging netball nations England, South Africa and Jamaica have come close to dislodging the top-tier nations on several occasions. In 1979 Australia, New Zealand and Trinidad and Tobago were all joint champions. South Africa finished runners-up in 1995, England too in 2023. Jamaica have contested several bronze medal matches and come up short in narrow semi-final defeats. The reigning world champions are Australia, who defeated England in the 2023 final. They will defend their title in Sydney, Australia in 2027.

## Results
### Tournament history

Source:
| Ed. | Year | Host | First/Second place | First/Second place | First/Second place | Third/Fourth place | Third/Fourth place | Third/Fourth place | Num. teams |
| Ed. | Year | Host | Champion | Score | Runner-up | Third | Score | Fourth | Num. teams |
| 1 | 1963 | England | Australia | Round-robin Eastbourne | New Zealand | England | Round-robin Eastbourne | Trinidad and Tobago | 11 |
| 2 | 1967 | Australia | New Zealand | Round-robin Matthews Netball Centre, Perth | Australia | South Africa | Round-robin Matthews Netball Centre, Perth | England | 8 |
| 3 | 1971 | Jamaica | Australia | Round-robin National Stadium, Kingston | New Zealand | England | Round-robin National Stadium, Kingston | Jamaica Trinidad and Tobago | 9 |
| 4 | 1975 | New Zealand | Australia | Round-robin Windmill Road, Auckland | England | New Zealand | Round-robin Windmill Road, Auckland | Trinidad and Tobago | 11 |
| 5 | 1979 | Trinidad and Tobago | Australia New Zealand Trinidad and Tobago | Round-robin West Park Complex, Port of Spain | — | — | Round-robin West Park Complex, Port of Spain | England | 19 |
| 6 | 1983 | Singapore | Australia | Round-robin National University, Singapore | New Zealand | Trinidad and Tobago | Round-robin National University, Singapore | England | 14 |
| 7 | 1987 | Scotland | New Zealand | Round-robin Crownpoint Sports Park, Glasgow | Australia Trinidad and Tobago | — | Round-robin Crownpoint Sports Park, Glasgow | England | 17 |
| 8 | 1991 | Australia | Australia | 53–52 Sydney Entertainment Centre, Sydney | New Zealand | Jamaica | 63–54 Sydney Entertainment Centre, Sydney | England | 20 |
| 9 | 1995 | England | Australia | 68–48 National Indoor Arena, Birmingham | South Africa | New Zealand | 60–31 National Indoor Arena, Birmingham | England | 27 |
| 10 | 1999 | New Zealand | Australia | 42–41 Westpac Trust Centre, Christchurch | New Zealand | England | 57–43 Westpac Trust Centre, Christchurch | Jamaica | 26 |
| 11 | 2003 | Jamaica | New Zealand | 49–47 National Indoor Stadium, Kingston | Australia | Jamaica | 46–40 National Indoor Stadium, Kingston | England | 24 |
| 12 | 2007 | New Zealand | Australia | 42–38 Trusts Stadium, Auckland | New Zealand | Jamaica | 53–52 Trusts Stadium, Auckland | England | 16 |
| 13 | 2011 | Singapore | Australia | 58–57 Singapore Indoor Stadium, Kallang | New Zealand | England | 70–49 Singapore Indoor Stadium, Kallang | Jamaica | 16 |
| 14 | 2015 | Australia | Australia | 58–55 Allphones Arena, Sydney Olympic Park | New Zealand | England | 66–44 Allphones Arena, Sydney Olympic Park | Jamaica | 16 |
| 15 | 2019 | England | New Zealand | 52–51 Liverpool Arena, Liverpool | Australia | England | 58–42 Liverpool Arena, Liverpool | South Africa | 16 |
| 16 | 2023 | South Africa | Australia | 61–45 Cape Town International Convention Centre, Cape Town | England | Jamaica | 52–45 Cape Town International Convention Centre, Cape Town | New Zealand | 16 |
| 17 | 2027 | Australia | — | Sydney SuperDome, Sydney Olympic Park | — | — | Sydney SuperDome, Sydney Olympic Park | — | — |

### Performance of nations

| Team | Champions | Runners-up | Third | Fourth | Apps in top six |
| Australia | 12 (1963, 1971, 1975, 1979, 1983, 1991, 1995, 1999, 2007, 2011, 2015, 2023) | 4 (1967, 1987, 2003, 2019) | — | — | 16 |
| New Zealand | 5 (1967, 1979, 1987, 2003, 2019) | 8 (1963, 1971, 1983, 1991, 1999, 2007, 2011, 2015) | 2 (1975, 1991) | 1 (2023) | 16 |
| Trinidad and Tobago | 1 (1979) | 1 (1987) | 1 (1983) | 3 (1963, 1971, 1975) | 8 |
| England | — | 2 (1975, 2023) | 6 (1963, 1971, 1999, 2011, 2015, 2019) | 8 (1967, 1979, 1983, 1987, 1991, 1995) | 16 |
| South Africa | — | 1 (1995) | 1 (1967) | 1 (2019) | 10 |
| Jamaica | — | — | 4 (1991, 2003, 2007, 2023) | 4 (1971, 1999, 2011, 2015) | 16 |

### Participating nations

| Team | 1963 | 1967 | 1971 | 1975 | 1979 | 1983 | 1987 | 1991 | 1995 | 1999 | 2003 | 2007 | 2011 | 2015 | 2019 | 2023 | Total |
| Antigua and Barbuda | - | - | - | - | 12th | 9th | - | - | 12th | - | 17th | - | - | - | - | - | 4 |
| Australia | 1st | 2nd | 1st | 1st | =1st | 1st | =2nd | 1st | 1st | 1st | 2nd | 1st | 1st | 1st | 2nd | 1st | 16 |
| Bahamas | - | - | 9th | - | 18th | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 2 |
| Barbados | - | - | - | - | 6th | - | =6th | - | 11th | 10th | 7th | 13th | 11th | 13th | 12th | 14th | 10 |
| Bermuda | - | - | - | - | 19th | - | =10th | - | 23rd | - | 22nd | - | - | - | - | - | 4 |
| Botswana | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 10th | 13th | - | - | - | 2 |
| Canada | - | - | - | - | 11th | 12th | =10th | 6th | 13th | 13th | 21st | - | - | - | - | - | 7 |
| Cayman Islands | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 16th | 21st | 23rd | 24th | - | - | - | - | - | 4 |
| Cook Islands | - | - | - | - | - | - | =6th | 5th | 7th | 7th | 11th | 7th | - | - | - | - | 6 |
| England | 3rd | 4th | 3rd | 2nd | 4th | 4th | 4th | 4th | 4th | 3rd | 4th | 4th | 3rd | 3rd | 3rd | 2nd | 16 |
| Fiji | - | - | - | 8th | - | - | 8th | 11th | - | 6th | 8th | 9th | 10th | 11th | 14th | 11th | 10 |
| Grenada | - | - | - | - | 15th | - | - | - | - | - | 20th | - | - | - | - | - | 2 |
| Hong Kong | - | - | - | - | - | 13th | - | 17th | 23rd | 24th | 23rd | - | - | - | - | - | 5 |
| Ireland | - | - | - | - | 10th | - | 15th | 10th | 25th | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 4 |
| Jamaica | 5th | 6th | =4th | 5th | 5th | 5th | 5th | 3rd | 5th | 4th | 3rd | 3rd | 4th | 4th | 5th | 3rd | 16 |
| Malawi | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 8th | 11th | - | 5th | 6th | 6th | 6th | 7th | 7 |
| Malaysia | - | - | - | - | - | 12th | 17th | 19th | 26th | 19th | - | 16th | 16th | - | - | - | 7 |
| Malta | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 27th | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 1 |
| Namibia | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 13th | 16th | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 2 |
| New Zealand | 2nd | 1st | 2nd | 3rd | =1st | 2nd | 1st | 2nd | 3rd | 2nd | 1st | 2nd | 2nd | 2nd | 1st | 4th | 16 |
| Niue | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 25th | 12th | - | - | - | - | - | 2 |
| Northern Ireland | 11th | - | 8th | 9th | 17th | 7th | =10th | 12th | 18th | 16th | 19th | - | 8th | - | 10th | - | 12 |
| Papua New Guinea | - | - | - | 11th | - | - | 14th | 14th | 15th | 18th | - | - | - | - | - | - | 5 |
| Saint Christopher-Nevis-Anguilla | - | - | - | - | =6th | Does Not Exist | Does Not Exist | Does Not Exist | Does Not Exist | Does Not Exist | Does Not Exist | Does Not Exist | Does Not Exist | Does Not Exist | Does Not Exist | Does Not Exist | 1 |
| Saint Lucia | - | - | - | - | =12th | - | - | - | - | - | 16th | - | - | - | - | - | 2 |
| Saint Vincent and the Grenadines | - | - | - | - | 16th | - | - | - | 10th | - | 13th | - | - | - | - | - | 3 |
| Samoa | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 8th | 9th | 9th | 6th | 8th | 12th | 10th | 13th | - | 8 |
| Scotland | 8th | 7th | 6th | 6th | 9th | 6th | 9th | 9th | 22nd | 20th | 15th | 14th | - | 12th | 11th | 10th | 15 |
| Singapore | - | 8th | - | 10th | - | 10th | - | 18th | 20th | 12th | - | 15th | 15th | 15th | 16th | 15th | 11 |
| South Africa | 6th | 3rd | - | - | - | - | - | - | 2nd | 5th | 5th | 6th | 5th | 5th | 4th | 6th | 10 |
| Sri Lanka | 9th | - | - | - | - | 14th | 16th | 15th | 19th | 21st | 18th | - | 14th | 16th | 15th | 16th | 11 |
| Tonga | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 22nd | - | - | - | - | - | 8th | 2 |
| Trinidad and Tobago | 4th | 5th | =4th | 4th | =1st | 3rd | =2nd | - | 6th | 8th | 10th | 11th | 7th | 9th | 9th | 12th | 15 |
| Uganda | - | - | - | - | =12th | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 8th | 7th | 5th | 4 |
| United States | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 14th | 15th | 9th | - | - | - | - | - | 3 |
| Vanuatu | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 20th | - | 26th | - | - | - | - | - | - | 2 |
| Wales | 10th | - | 7th | 7th | =6th | 8th | 13th | 7th | 17th | 14th | 14th | 12th | 9th | 7th | - | 9th | 14 |
| West Indies | 7th | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 1 |
| Zambia | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 17th | - | - | - | 14th | - | - | 2 |
| Zimbabwe | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 8th | 13th | 2 |