# 2003 World Netball Championships

The 2003 World Netball Championships were the eleventh edition of the INF Netball World Cup, a quadrennial premier event in international netball. It was held in Kingston, Jamaica from 10 to 20 July. After 100 matches, New Zealand's Silver Ferns defeated Australia to take the title after its last title 16 years previously. The host country, Jamaica, finished third.
This marked the tournament's 40th anniversary, as it was founded in 1963.

## Preliminary games

The competition started with two days of two rounds of knockout games between the 16 unseeded nations for four spots in the championship stage of the competition. The losing 12 teams were placed in the consolation round.

### Round One

| 10 July | Samoa | 50–46 | Antigua and Barbuda |
| 10 July | Sri Lanka | 81–18 | Cayman Islands |
| 10 July | Barbados | 62–37 | Saint Lucia |
| 10 July | Scotland | 53–16 | Hong Kong |
| 10 July | Canada | 29–31 | Grenada |
| 10 July | Northern Ireland | 39–48 | Niue |
| 10 July | Wales | 36–45 | Saint Vincent and the Grenadines |
| 10 July | United States | 60–31 | Bermuda |

### Round Two

| 11 July | Samoa | 61–36 | Sri Lanka |
| 11 July | Barbados | 44–33 | Scotland |
| 11 July | Grenada | 42–44 | Niue |
| 11 July | Saint Vincent and the Grenadines | 33–46 | United States |

## Consolation round
### Group A

| Team | Points | P | W | L |
| Saint Vincent and the Grenadines | 10 | 5 | 5 | 0 |
| Wales | 8 | 5 | 4 | 1 |
| Sri Lanka | 6 | 5 | 3 | 2 |
| Antigua and Barbuda | 4 | 5 | 2 | 3 |
| Bermuda | 2 | 5 | 1 | 4 |
| Cayman Islands | 0 | 5 | 0 | 5 |
| 12 July | Bermuda | 30–69 | Sri Lanka |
| 12 July | Saint Vincent and the Grenadines | 48–38 | Antigua and Barbuda |
| 12 July | Wales | 79–20 | Cayman Islands |
| 13 July | Cayman Islands | 36–81 | Sri Lanka |
| 13 July | Saint Vincent and the Grenadines | 45–37 | Wales |
| 13 July | Bermuda | 25–54 | Antigua and Barbuda |
| 14 July | Sri Lanka | 46–52 | Wales |
| 14 July | Antigua and Barbuda | 72–30 | Cayman Islands |
| 14 July | Saint Vincent and the Grenadines | 50–24 | Bermuda |
| 15 July | Sri Lanka | 46–62 | Saint Vincent and the Grenadines |
| 15 July | Cayman Islands | 30–58 | Bermuda |
| 15 July | Antigua and Barbuda | 43–52 | Wales |
| 16 July | Sri Lanka | 67–59 | Antigua and Barbuda |
| 16 July | Bermuda | 24–49 | Wales |
| 16 July | Cayman Islands | 24–71 | Saint Vincent and the Grenadines |

### Group B

| Team | Points | P | W | L |
| Scotland | 10 | 5 | 5 | 0 |
| Saint Lucia | 8 | 5 | 4 | 1 |
| Northern Ireland | 6 | 5 | 3 | 2 |
| Grenada | 4 | 5 | 2 | 3 |
| Canada | 2 | 5 | 1 | 4 |
| Hong Kong | 0 | 5 | 0 | 5 |
| 12 July | Grenada | 41–59 | Saint Lucia |
| 12 July | Northern Ireland | 33–42 | Scotland |
| 12 July | Canada | 52–20 | Hong Kong |
| 13 July | Hong Kong | 18–41 | Scotland |
| 13 July | Canada | 37–47 | Grenada |
| 13 July | Northern Ireland | 35–49 | Saint Lucia |
| 14 July | Scotland | 50–38 | Canada |
| 14 July | Saint Lucia | 64–33 | Hong Kong |
| 14 July | Grenada | 42–45 | Northern Ireland |
| 15 July | Hong Kong | 28–55 | Grenada |
| 15 July | Scotland | 41–34 | Saint Lucia |
| 15 July | Northern Ireland | 45–31 | Canada |
| 16 July | Saint Lucia | 46–30 | Canada |
| 16 July | Hong Kong | 25–58 | Northern Ireland |
| 16 July | Scotland | 53–31 | Grenada |

### Placement Matches

| 17 July | Places 13–16 | Saint Vincent and the Grenadines | 44–42 | Saint Lucia |
| 17 July | Places 13–16 | Wales | 32–27 | Scotland |
| 17 July | Places 17–20 | Antigua and Barbuda | 58–45 | Northern Ireland |
| 17 July | Places 17–20 | Sri Lanka | 58–35 | Grenada |
| 17 July | Places 21–24 | Bermuda | 51–49 | Hong Kong |
| 17 July | Places 21–24 | Canada | 58–34 | Cayman Islands |
| 18 July | 13th place | Saint Vincent and the Grenadines | 51–30 | Wales |
| 18 July | 15th place | Scotland | 39–35 | Saint Lucia |
| 18 July | 17th place | Sri Lanka | 60–65 | Antigua and Barbuda |
| 18 July | 19th place | Grenada | 39–49 | Northern Ireland |
| 18 July | 21st Place | Bermuda | 33–43 | Canada |
| 18 July | 23rd Place | Hong Kong | 39–36 | Cayman Islands |

## Championship Round

The four top teams in each group qualified for the quarter-finals.

### Group A

| Team | Points | P | W | L |
| Australia | 10 | 5 | 5 | 0 |
| Jamaica | 8 | 5 | 4 | 1 |
| South Africa | 6 | 5 | 3 | 2 |
| Samoa | 4 | 5 | 2 | 3 |
| Trinidad and Tobago | 2 | 5 | 1 | 4 |
| United States | 0 | 5 | 0 | 5 |
| 11 July | Trinidad and Tobago | 30–89 | Jamaica |
| 12 July | Samoa | 41–57 | South Africa |
| 12 July | Australia | 84–28 | United States |
| 13 July | Samoa | 27–76 | Australia |
| 13 July | Trinidad and Tobago | 48–42 | United States |
| 13 July | South Africa | 33–54 | Jamaica |
| 14 July | United States | 38–55 | South Africa |
| 14 July | Jamaica | 84–24 | Samoa |
| 14 July | Australia | 80–28 | Trinidad and Tobago |
| 15 July | Trinidad and Tobago | 35–50 | Samoa |
| 15 July | Jamaica | 85–20 | United States |
| 15 July | South Africa | 37–64 | Australia |
| 16 July | United States | 44–52 | Samoa |
| 16 July | South Africa | 51–49 | Trinidad and Tobago |
| 16 July | Jamaica | 43–48 | Australia |

### Group B

| Team | Points | P | W | L |
| New Zealand | 10 | 5 | 5 | 0 |
| England | 8 | 5 | 4 | 1 |
| Fiji | 6 | 5 | 3 | 2 |
| Barbados | 4 | 5 | 2 | 3 |
| Cook Islands | 2 | 5 | 1 | 4 |
| Niue | 0 | 5 | 0 | 5 |
| 12 July | Barbados | 49–55 | Fiji |
| 12 July | Niue | 11–99 | New Zealand |
| 12 July | Cook Islands | 22–90 | England |
| 13 July | Barbados | 45–84 | New Zealand |
| 13 July | Fiji | 30–62 | England |
| 13 July | Cook Islands | 47–37 | Niue |
| 14 July | England | 80–27 | Barbados |
| 14 July | New Zealand | 107–17 | Cook Islands |
| 14 July | Niue | 17–59 | Fiji |
| 15 July | Niue | 31–67 | Barbados |
| 15 July | Fiji | 67–40 | Cook Islands |
| 15 July | England | 41–60 | New Zealand |
| 16 July | Cook Islands | 39–56 | Barbados |
| 16 July | England | 67–21 | Niue |
| 16 July | Fiji | 24–79 | New Zealand |

### Placement Matches

| 17 July | Places 9–12 | Trinidad and Tobago | 60–40 | Niue |
| 17 July | Places 9–12 | United States | 62–38 | Cook Islands |
| 18 July | 9th place | Trinidad and Tobago | 49–52 | United States |
| 18 July | 11th place | Cook Islands | 49–39 | Niue |

### Last Eight

| 18 July | Quarter Final | South Africa | 41–44 | England |
| 18 July 2003 | Quarter Final | Australia | 62–35 | Barbados |
| 18 July 2003 | Quarter Final | Jamaica | 74–38 | Fiji |
| 18 July 2003 | Quarter Final | Samoa | 28–81 | New Zealand |
| 19 July 2003 | Places 5–8 | South Africa | 54–35 | Barbados |
| 19 July 2003 | Places 5–8 | Fiji | 47–50 | Samoa |
| 19 July 2003 | Semi Final | Australia | 45–37 | England |
| 19 July 2003 | Semi Final | New Zealand | 56–37 | Jamaica |
| 20 July 2003 | 7th place | Barbados | 47–45 | Fiji |
| 20 July 2003 | 5th place | Samoa | 47–56 | South Africa |
| 20 July 2003 | 3rd Place | England | 40–46 | Jamaica |
| 20 July 2003 | Final | New Zealand | 49–47 | Australia |

## Final rankings

| Place | Nation |
| | New Zealand |
| | Australia |
| | Jamaica |
| 4 | England |
| 5 | South Africa |
| 6 | Samoa |
| 7 | Barbados |
| 8 | Fiji |
| 9 | United States |
| 10 | Trinidad and Tobago |
| 11 | Cook Islands |
| 12 | Niue |
| 13 | Saint Vincent and the Grenadines |
| 14 | Wales |
| 15 | Scotland |
| 16 | Saint Lucia |
| 17 | Antigua and Barbuda |
| 18 | Sri Lanka |
| 19 | Northern Ireland |
| 20 | Grenada |
| 21 | Canada |
| 22 | Bermuda |
| 23 | Hong Kong |
| 24 | Cayman Islands |

## Medallists

| Gold | Silver | Bronze |
| New Zealand Coach: Ruth Aitken | Australia Coach: Jill McIntosh | Jamaica Coach: Maureen Hall |
| Sheryl Clarke Belinda Colling Tania Dalton Vilimaina Davu Leana du Plooy Temepara George Lesley Nicol Anna Rowberry (c) Anna Scarlett Jodi Te Huna Irene van Dyk Adine Wilson | Alison Broadbent Natasha Chokljat Catherine Cox Liz Ellis (vc) Kathryn Harby-Williams (c) Janine Ilitch Sharelle McMahon Cynna Neele Nicole Richardson Rebecca Sanders Peta Scholz Eloise Southby | Nadine Bryan Althea Byfield Elaine Davis (vc) Kasey Evering Simone Forbes Connie Frances Nichala Gibson Georgia Gordon Oberon Pitterson (c) Sharon Wiles Carla Williams Tiffany Wolfe |
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