# 2017 Netball World Youth Cup

The Netball World Youth Cup Gaborone 2017 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. 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:
* Botswana (host nation)
* New Zealand
* Australia
* Jamaica
* England
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.
| Region | Host | Teams | Dates | Winners | Runners-up | 2nd Runners- up |
| Asia | Hong Kong | 12 | 14–20 December 2015 | Sri Lanka | Malaysia | Singapore |
| Africa | Botswana | 8 | 24–30 July 2016 | South Africa | Zimbabwe | Uganda |
| Americas | Sint Maarten | 7 | 22–28 August 2016 | Barbados | Trinidad and Tobago | Grenada |
| Oceania | New Zealand | 6 | 26–29 September 2016 | Fiji | Cook Islands | Samoa |
| Europe | Wales | 4 | 7–9 October 2016 | Scotland | Wales | Northern Ireland |

### Draw

The draw for the tournament was held on 20 October 2016 at Botswana. The pools for the tournament's finals is as below:
| Pool A | Pool B | Pool C | Pool D |
| New Zealand  Sri Lanka  Scotland  Northern Ireland  Samoa | Australia  South Africa  Barbados  Zimbabwe  Singapore | Jamaica  Botswana  Cook Islands  Malaysia  Uganda | England  Fiji  Trinidad and Tobago  Wales  Grenada |

## 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 | Advance to 1/8th placement playoff | 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 | — |

### 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 | Advance to 1/8th placement playoff | 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 | — |

### 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 | Advance to 1/8th placement playoff | 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 | — |

### 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 | Advance to 1/8th placement playoff | 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 | — |

## Playoff and placement
### 17th to 20th place

| Semi-finals | Semi-finals | Crossover | Crossover | | Seventeenth place | Seventeenth place |
| 13 July | 13 July | | | |
| Malaysia | 62 | | | |
| Malaysia | 62 | 14 July | 14 July | | |
| Grenada | 49 | 14 July | 14 July | |
| Grenada | 49 | Malaysia | 57 | |
| 13 July | 13 July | | Malaysia | 57 | |
| 13 July | 13 July | Sri Lanka | 53 | |
| Singapore | 63 | Sri Lanka | 53 | |
| Singapore | 63 | | | | 15 July | 15 July |
| Sri Lanka | 36 | | | | 15 July | 15 July |
| Sri Lanka | 36 | | | | Malaysia | 64 |
| | | | | | Singapore | 44 |
| | | 14 July | 14 July | | | |
| | | Grenada | 55 | | | |
| | | Singapore | 68 | | Nineteenth place | Nineteenth place |
| | | | | | 15 July | 15 July |
| | | | | | Sri Lanka | 51 |
| | | | | | Grenada | 48 |

### 9th to 16th place

| Thirteenth place | Thirteenth place | Thirteenth place | Round 2 | Round 2 | Round 2 | Quarterfinals | Quarterfinals | Quarterfinals | | Semifinals | Semifinals | Semifinals | | | Ninth place | Ninth place | Ninth place |
| | | | | | | Botswana | Botswana | 51 | | | | | | | |
| | | | | | | Wales | 39 | | | | | | | | |
| | | | Wales | Wales | 47 | | | | Botswana | Botswana | 45 | | | | |
| | | | Barbados | Barbados | 44 | | | | | Samoa | Samoa | 43 | | | |
| | | | | | | Samoa | 54 | | | | | | | | | | |
| | | | | | | Barbados | Barbados | | | 48 | | | | | | | |
| Wales | Wales | 44 | | | | | | | | Botswana | Botswana | | | | 41 |
| Trinidad and Tobago | Trinidad and Tobago | 43 | | | | | | | | Botswana | | | | | Zimbabwe | Zimbabwe | 56 |
| | | | | | | Northern Ireland | Northern Ireland | 37 | | | | | | | | | |
| | | | | | | Zimbabwe | 65 | | | | | | | | | | |
| Fifteenth place | Fifteenth place | Fifteenth place | Northern Ireland | Northern Ireland | 40 | | | | Zimbabwe | Zimbabwe | 55 | Eleventh place | Eleventh place | Eleventh place | | |
| | | | Trinidad and Tobago | Trinidad and Tobago | 51 | | | | | Cook Islands | Cook Islands | 41 | | | | | |
| Barbados | Barbados | 54 | | | | Trinidad and Tobago | Trinidad and Tobago | | | 31 | | | | Samoa | Samoa | 64 |
| Northern Ireland | Northern Ireland | 42 | | | | Cook Islands | Cook Islands | 40 | | | | | | | Cook Islands | Cook Islands | 37 |

### 1st to 8th place
#### Bracket

| Fifth place | Fifth place | Fifth place | Consolation semifinals | Consolation semifinals | Consolation semifinals | Quarterfinals | Quarterfinals | Quarterfinals | | Semifinals | Semifinals | Semifinals | | | Final | Final | Final |
| | | | | | | New Zealand | New Zealand | 69 | | | | | | | |
| | | | | | | South Africa | 32 | | | | | | | | |
| | | | South Africa | South Africa | 59 | | | | New Zealand | New Zealand | 79 | | | | |
| | | | Uganda | Uganda | 35 | | | | | Fiji | Fiji | 28 | | | |
| | | | | | | Uganda | 37 | | | | | | | | | | |
| | | | | | | Fiji | Fiji | | | 39 | | | | | | | |
| South Africa | South Africa | 47 | | | | | | | | New Zealand | New Zealand | | | | 60 |
| Jamaica | Jamaica | 52 | | | | | | | | New Zealand | | | | | Australia | Australia | 57 |
| | | | | | | Scotland | Scotland | 22 | | | | | | | | | |
| | | | | | | Australia | 95 | | | | | | | | | | |
| Seventh place | Seventh place | Seventh place | Scotland | Scotland | 45 | | | | Australia | Australia | 59 | Third place | Third place | Third place | | |
| | | | Jamaica | Jamaica | 58 | | | | | England | England | 39 | | | | | |
| Uganda | Uganda | 55 | | | | Jamaica | Jamaica | | | 38 | | | | Fiji | Fiji | 35 |
| Scotland | Scotland | 42 | | | | England | England | 55 | | | | | | | England | England | 70 |

#### Quarter-finals

| 13 July 10:00 (CAT) | New Zealand | 69–32 | South Africa | University of Botswana Indoor Stadium |
| 13 July 12:00 (CAT) | Uganda | 37–39 | Fiji | University of Botswana Indoor Stadium |
| 13 July 14:00 (CAT) | Scotland | 22–95 | Australia | University of Botswana Indoor Stadium |
| 13 July 16:00 (CAT) | Jamaica | 38–55 | England | University of Botswana Indoor Stadium |

#### Crossover

| 14 July 12:00 (CAT) | South Africa | 59–35 | Uganda | University of Botswana Indoor Stadium |
| 14 July 10:00 (CAT) | Scotland | 45–58 | Jamaica | University of Botswana Indoor Stadium |

#### Semi-finals

| 14 July 16:00 (CAT) | New Zealand | 79–28 | Fiji | University of Botswana Indoor Stadium |
| 14 July 18:00 (CAT) | Australia | 59–39 | England | University of Botswana Indoor Stadium |

#### 7th and 8th place

| 16 July 10:00 (CAT) | Uganda | 55–42 | Scotland | University of Botswana Indoor Stadium |

#### 5th and 6th place

| 16 July 12:00 (CAT) | South Africa | 47–52 | Jamaica | University of Botswana Indoor Stadium |

#### Bronze medal

| 16 July 14:00 (CAT) | Fiji | 35–70 | England | University of Botswana Indoor Stadium |

#### Gold medal

| 16 July 16:00 (CAT) | New Zealand | 60–57 | Australia | University of Botswana Indoor Stadium |

## Final rankings

| Place | Nation |
| | New Zealand |
| | Australia |
| | England |
| 4 | Fiji |
| 5 | Jamaica |
| 6 | South Africa |
| 7 | Uganda |
| 8 | Scotland |
| 9 | Zimbabwe |
| 10 | Botswana |
| 11 | Samoa |
| 12 | Cook Islands |
| 13 | Wales |
| 14 | Trinidad and Tobago |
| 15 | Barbados |
| 16 | Northern Ireland |
| 17 | Malaysia |
| 18 | Singapore |
| 19 | Sri Lanka |
| 20 | Grenada |