# Northern Ireland national netball team

The Northern Ireland national netball team represent Northern Ireland in international netball tournaments such as the Netball World Cup, the Commonwealth Games, the European Netball Championship and the Nations Cup. The team was founded in 1955. Northern Ireland won the Nations Cup in both 2009 and 2015 and were silver medallists at the 2012 and 2017 European Netball Championships. As of 21 July 2019, Northern Ireland are listed 11th on the INF World Rankings. Since 2019 the team has been sponsored by PricewaterhouseCoopers and is sometimes referred to as the PwC Warriors.

## Tournament history
### Netball World Cup

Northern Ireland played in the inaugural 1963 World Netball Championships and finished in 11th place. Their best performance in the tournament came in 1983 when they finished seventh. In 2019 Northern Ireland played in their twelfth Netball World Cup.
| Tournaments | Place |
| 1963 World Netball Championships | 11th |
| 1971 World Netball Championships | 8th |
| 1975 World Netball Championships | 9th |
| 1979 World Netball Championships | 17th |
| 1983 World Netball Championships | 7th |
| 1987 World Netball Championships | 10th |
| 1991 World Netball Championships | 12th |
| 1995 World Netball Championships | 18th |
| 1999 World Netball Championships | 16th |
| 2003 World Netball Championships | 19th |
| 2011 World Netball Championships | 8th |
| 2019 Netball World Cup | 10th |

### World Games

| Tournaments | Place |
| 1985 World Games | 5th/6th |

### Commonwealth Games

Northern Ireland made their debut at the Commonwealth Games in 2014. As part of their preparations for the 2014 Commonwealth Games, Northern Ireland formed a partnership with Team Northumbria. This saw seven Northern Ireland internationals – Oonagh McCullough, Fionnuala Toner, Caroline O'Hanlon, Gemma Gibney, Michelle Drayne, Noleen Lennon and Niamh Cooper – play for Team Northumbria during the 2014 Netball Superleague season. With Kate Carpenter taking charge of both teams, Northern Ireland and Team Northumbria also shared a coach. In the tournament itself, they eventually finished seventh after defeating Wales by 58–36 in a classification match. Northern Ireland made their second appearance at the Commonwealth Games in 2018. Team captain, Caroline O'Hanlon, carried the flag of Northern Ireland during the 2018 Commonwealth Games opening ceremony. Northern Ireland eventually finished eighth after losing to Malawi by 60–52 in a classification match.
| Tournaments | Place |
| 2014 Commonwealth Games | 7th |
| 2018 Commonwealth Games | 8th |
| 2022 Commonwealth Games | 10th |

### European Netball Championship

Northern Ireland have played regularly in the European Netball Championship. Their best performances came in 2012 and 2017 when they finished second and won silver medals on both occasions.
| Tournaments | Place |
| 2005 European Netball Championship | 4th |
| 2006 European Netball Championship | 4th |
| 2007 European Netball Championship | 4th |
| 2010 European Netball Championship | 4th |
| 2011 European Netball Championship | |
| 2012 European Netball Championship | |
| 2013 European Netball Championship | |
| 2014 European Netball Championship | |
| 2015 European Netball Championship | 4th |
| 2016 European Netball Championship | 4th |
| 2017 European Netball Championship | |
| 2019 European Netball Championship | |

### Nations Cup

Northern Ireland won the Nations Cup in both 2009 and 2015
* Tournaments
* 2007 Nations Cup
* 2009 Nations Cup
* 2015 Nations Cup

### World University Netball Championship

Northern Ireland represented the Colleges and Universities Sports Association of Ireland at the 2012 World University Netball Championship. It was initially planned that Ireland would send an All-Ireland team, featuring players from both Northern Ireland and the Republic of Ireland. However no players from the Republic were selected for the final squad. As a result, it was a Northern Ireland team, in effect, that competed in the tournament.
| Tournaments | Place |
| 2012 World University Netball Championship | 4th |

## Players
### 2019 Netball World Cup squad

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### 2018 Commonwealth Games squad

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## Head coaches

| Coach | Years |
| Elaine Rice | 2008–2011 |
| Jill McIntosh | 2012 |
| Kate Carpenter | 2013–2015 |
| Elaine Rice | 2015 |
| Julie Kimber | 2015 |
| Elaine Rice | 2016–2018 |
| Dan Ryan | 2018– |

## Honours

* Nations Cup
** Winners: 2009, 2015: 2
* European Netball Championship
** Runner up: 2012, 2017: 2