Barbados national netball team
The Barbados national netball team represent Barbados in international netball. The Barbadian team qualified for the 2011 World Netball Championships in Singapore, finishing 11th. The Bajan Gems are coached by Anna Shepherd, and are captained by Rhe-Ann Niles. As of 1 July 2020, Barbados is 13th in the INF World Rankings.[3]
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| Nickname(s) | Bajan Gems[1][2] | ||
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| Association | Barbados Netball Association | ||
| Confederation | AFNA (Americas) | ||
| Head coach | Anna Shepherd | ||
| Captain | Rhe-Ann Niles | ||
| World ranking | 13  | ||
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| Netball World Cup | |||
| 2019 placing | 12th | ||
| Best result | 6th (1987) | ||
| Commonwealth Games | |||
| 2018 placing | 10th | ||
| Best result | 7th (2010) | ||
Players
2019 Bajan Gems Netball World Cup Team
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Competitive history
| Netball World Cup | |||
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| Year | Championship | Location | Placing |
| 1979 | 5th World Championships | Port of Spain, Trinidad & Tobago | 8th |
| 1983 | 6th World Championships | Singapore | |
| 1987 | 7th World Championships | Glasgow, Scotland | 6th |
| 1991 | 8th World Championships | Sydney, Australia | |
| 1995 | 9th World Championships | Birmingham, England | 11th |
| 1999 | 10th World Championships | Christchurch, New Zealand | 10th |
| 2003 | 11th World Championships | Kingston, Jamaica | 7th |
| 2007 | 12th World Championships | Auckland, New Zealand | 13th |
| 2011 | 13th World Championships | Singapore | 11th |
| 2015 | 14th World Cup | Sydney, Australia | 13th |
| 2019 | 15th World Cup | Liverpool, England | 12th |
| Netball at the Commonwealth Games | ||||
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| Year | Games | Event | Location | Placing |
| 1998 | XVI Games | 1st Netball | Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia | 6th |
| 2002 | XVII Games | 2nd Netball | Manchester, England | |
| 2006 | XVIII Games | 3rd Netball | Melbourne, Australia | |
| 2010 | XIX Games | 4th Netball | Delhi, India | 7th |
| 2014 | XX Games | 5th Netball | Glasgow, Scotland | 11th |
References
- Gilbert Netball HQ [@GilbertNetball] (29 June 2015). "Barbados Name Bajan Gems Squad for @netballworldcup #NWC2015 #SeeYouInSydney" (Tweet) – via Twitter.
- "Barbados name Bajan Gems for NWC2015". Archived from the original on 9 July 2015. Retrieved 1 July 2015.
- INF. "Current World Rankings". Updated on 1 July 2020.
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