2023 Netball World Cup

The host city and venue was announced by the International Netball Federation (INF) on 8 March 2019, only months prior to the staging of the 2019 edition in Liverpool, England. Cape Town's bid, supported by the South African Government and the Western Cape province, was selected by the INF ahead of a bid by Auckland, New Zealand.[5] The INF stated the Cape Town bid would "deliver a greater impact on the development of global netball" and cited the pledges by the South African Government to invest heavily in preparation and development of the sport in the lead-up to the tournament.[3][6]

This is a list of the broadcasters for the tournament in competing countries and regions. For the first time in history, the event was recorded and produced by an all women crew from SuperSport (MultiChoice).[10] All other countries not listed below are able to subscribe to NetballPass to watch the tournament.[11]

Country	Broadcaster
Anguilla	Flow Sports	[11]
Antigua and Barbuda	Flow Sports	[11]
Aruba	Flow Sports	[11]
Australia	Fox Netball	[12][13]
	SBS Viceland (semi finals and final)
Bahamas	Flow Sports	[11]
Barbados	Flow Sports	[11]
Bermuda	Flow Sports	[11]
Canada	CBC (semi finals and final only)	[11]
Cayman Islands	Flow Sports	[11]
Cuba	Flow Sports	[11]
Curaçao	Flow Sports	[11]
Dominica	Flow Sports	[11]
Dominican Republic	Flow Sports	[11]
Fiji	Fiji Television	[11]
Grenada	Flow Sports	[11]
Guyana	Flow Sports	[11]
Ireland	Sky Sports	[14]
Jamaica	Flow Sports	[11]
Malaysia	Astro	[11]
Netherlands Antilles	Flow Sports	[11]
New Zealand	Sky Sport	[15][16][17]
Papua New Guinea	EmTV	[11]
Saint Kitts and Nevis	Flow Sports	[11]
Saint Lucia	Flow Sports	[11]
Saint Vincent and the Grenadines	Flow Sports	[11]
South Africa	SuperSport	[18][19][20]
	SABC
Suriname	Flow Sports	[11]
Trinidad and Tobago	Flow Sports	[11]
Turks and Caicos Islands	Flow Sports	[11]
United Kingdom	Sky Sports	[14]
	BBC (July 31 onward)	[21]

  Qualified

  Did not qualify

  Did not enter

Sixteen teams contested the 2023 title.[22] Six teams qualified automatically: the hosts, and the top five (other) teams in the World Netball Rankings.[23] The remaining ten places were filled via five regional tournaments, with two teams qualifying from each.[23]

Teams which qualified automatically (in order of world ranking):[23]

•  Australia
•  New Zealand
•  Jamaica
•  England
•  South Africa (hosts)
•  Uganda

Qualification tournaments

Region	Host	Teams	Dates	Qualified	History
Oceania	Fiji	5	19–23 July 2022	Tonga  Fiji	[24][25][26]
Africa	South Africa	9	21–27 August 2022	Malawi  Zimbabwe	[27][28][29][30]
Asia	Singapore	11	3–11 September 2022	Singapore  Sri Lanka	[31][32]
Europe	Scotland	6	12–16 October 2022	Scotland  Wales	[33]
Americas	Jamaica	9	16–21 October 2022	Trinidad and Tobago  Barbados	[34][35]

The sixteen competing nations selected 12-player squads for the tournament, with three additional reserve players named. Reserve players would be permanent replacements in the event of injury.[36]

The format of the competition was the same as that introduced for the 2019 Netball World Cup. Teams competed in three stages; the Preliminaries Stage One (28–30 July), Preliminaries Stage Two (31 July–3 August) and the Play-offs and Placings matches (4–6 August).[37]

Preliminaries Stage One
There were four groups (A, B, C and D) of four teams in the first stage, with the top eight teams pre-assigned to their groups and one team from the 9th–12th seeds and one from the 13th–16th seeds drawn randomly into each group. No more than two teams from the one region can be drawn into the same group. The top three teams from each group progressed to the second preliminaries stage.[37]

Preliminaries Stage Two
The top three teams from Groups A and B formed Group F, and the top three teams from Groups C and D formed Group G. The bottom four finishers from Groups A-D competed against one another in Group E. Where teams in Groups F and G have already played each other in the Preliminaries Stage One (i.e. A1 has already played A2 and A3), these results will carry through to the Preliminaries Stage Two.[37]

Play-offs and Placings
The teams finishing first and second in Groups F and G went through to the semi-finals, with the top placed team in each group facing the second placed team in the other group. The winners of each semi-final competed for gold in the final, with the losers playing for bronze.[37]

The teams finishing third and fourth in Groups F and G competed for final positions fifth to eighth – third in one group plays fourth in the other – with the winners playing off for fifth place and the losers for seventh. The teams that finished fifth in Groups F and G played off for ninth and 10th places. The teams that finished last in Groups F and G played off for 11th and 12th places. The teams that finished first and second in Group E played off for 13th and 14th place and the teams that finish third and fourth in Group E played off for the 15th and 16th places.[37]

England finished top of Group F after the preliminary stages, defeating Australia 56–55 in their match, the first time that England had ever defeated Australia in the tournament. The Roses overcoming an eight-goal deficit in the third quarter to take a one goal win 56–55.[40][41] Both teams had already qualified for the semi-final stage of the tournament.

In Group G, Jamaica pulled away from New Zealand to win 59–48, with both teams progressing through to semi-finals despite the loss for New Zealand.[41]

As group winners, England faced five-time champions New Zealand, with Jamaica playing 11-time champions Australia.[41][42]

Defending champions New Zealand, looking to become the first Silver Ferns team to win consecutive tournaments, kept their semi final match against England tight in the first three quarters. The teams were tied at 32–all at three-quarter-time, but a dominant final quarter from England saw them take a 46–40 victory to progress to the final for the first time.[43]

In the other semi final, Australia outlasted Jamaica in a see-sawing match. A dominant display from Diamonds vice-captain Steph Wood in the goal circle (scoring 29 goals from 32 attempts) helping Australia reach their ninth-straight final appearance.[44] Australia's goal keeper Courtney Bruce earning player of the match honours for her ability to disrupt the efforts of the Sunshine Girls attacking duo of Jhaniele Fowler and Shanice Beckford.[45]

In the bronze medal match, Jamaica took a three-goal lead into half time against New Zealand. Plagued by turnovers, Silver Ferns coach Noeline Taurua changed New Zealand's starting shooting circle combination of Maia Wilson and Ameliaranne Ekenasio for Te Paea Selby-Rickit and Tiana Metuarau after half time, but with Jamaica extending that lead in the third quarter to as much as eight goals, Wilson and Ekenasio returned again. Sunshine Girls shooter Jhaniele Fowler scored 43 goals from 44 attempts, while Jodi-Ann Ward was announced as the player of the match as Jamaica secured the bronze medal.[46][47]

For New Zealand, it was the first time that they had finished the tournament without a medal placing finish.[43][46]

Australia would enter the final as slight underdogs, after losing to England in the group phase. The Roses led by shooters Eleanor Cardwell and player of the tournament Helen Housby, would met by ruthless defence in the gold medal match, with the Diamonds defenders pressuring their opponents into errors. Kiera Austin won the player of the final award, after entering the match in the second quarter.[48] Austin and fellow shooter Sophie Garbin sparking a surge from Australia through the second and third quarters, with the Roses unable to go with the Diamonds.[49][50][51]

Australia won the final 61–45 to claim their 12th Netball World Cup title, with the Diamonds adding to their 2022 Commonwealth Games gold medal victory.[52]

	Semifinals				Final
	5 August
	England	46
					6 August
	New Zealand	40
					England	45
	5 August
					Australia	61
	Jamaica	54
	Australia	57
					Bronze Medal Match
					6 August
					New Zealand	45
					Jamaica	52