2017 Netball World Youth Cup

Tournament details
Host country|  Botswana
Dates| 8–16 July 2017 (2017-07-08 – 2017-07-16)
Teams| 20
Final positions
Champions|  New Zealand (4th title)
Runners-up|  Australia
Third place|  England

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2025 →

The Netball World Youth Cup Gaborone 2017[1] 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.[2] Twenty nations competed at the championships.

## Teams

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### Qualification

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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.

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Asia |  Hong Kong | 12 | 14–20 December 2015 |  Sri Lanka |  Malaysia |  Singapore
Africa[3] |  Botswana | 8 | 24–30 July 2016 |  South Africa |  Zimbabwe |  Uganda
Americas[4] |  Sint Maarten | 7 | 22–28 August 2016 |  Barbados |  Trinidad and Tobago |  Grenada
Oceania[5] |  New Zealand | 6 | 26–29 September 2016 |  Fiji |  Cook Islands |  Samoa
Europe[6] |  Wales | 4 | 7–9 October 2016 |  Scotland |  Wales |  Northern Ireland

### Draw

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The draw for the tournament was held on 20 October 2016 at Botswana.[7] The pools for the tournament's finals is as below:

Pool A | Pool B | Pool C | Pool D

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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

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### Pool A

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Pos | Team  | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GR | Pts | Qualification  |  | NZL  | SCO  | SAM  | NIR  | SRI

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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  |  | 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  | —

Source: Standing, Results

### Pool B

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Pos | Team  | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GR | Pts | Qualification  |  | AUS  | RSA  | ZIM  | BAR  | SGP

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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  |  | 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  | —

Source: Standing, Results

### Pool C

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Pos | Team  | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GR | Pts | Qualification  |  | UGA  | JAM  | BOT  | COK  | MAS

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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  |  | 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  | —

Source: Standing, Results
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### Pool D

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Pos | Team  | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GR | Pts | Qualification  |  | ENG  | FIJ  | TRI  | WAL  | GRD

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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  |  | 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  | —

Source: Standing, Results

## Playoff and placement

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### 17th to 20th place

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| Semi-finals| | Crossover| | Seventeenth place

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|  Malaysia| 62

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|  Grenada| 49 |

|  Malaysia| 57

| 13 July

| |  Sri Lanka| 53 |

|  Singapore| 63

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|  Sri Lanka| 36 |

|  Malaysia| 64

| |  Singapore| 44

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|  Grenada| 55

| | |  Singapore| 68 | | Nineteenth place

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|  Sri Lanka| 51

|  Grenada| 48

### 9th to 16th place

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| Thirteenth place| | | Round 2| | | Quarterfinals| | | Semifinals| | | Ninth place
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|  Botswana| 51
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|  Wales| 47| |  Botswana| 45
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| | |  Barbados| 44| | | | |  Samoa| 43| |
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| |  Samoa| 54|
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|  Wales| 44| |  Botswana| 41
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|  Trinidad and Tobago| 43| | | | |  Zimbabwe| 56
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| |  Northern Ireland| 37|
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| Fifteenth place|  Northern Ireland| 40| |  Zimbabwe| 55| Eleventh place
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| | | |  Trinidad and Tobago| 51| | | | |  Cook Islands| 41| | |
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|  Barbados| 54| |  Trinidad and Tobago| 31| |  Samoa| 64
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|  Northern Ireland| 42| | |  Cook Islands| 40| | |  Cook Islands| 37
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### 1st to 8th place

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#### Bracket

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|  New Zealand| 69
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|  South Africa| 59| |  New Zealand| 79
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| | |  Uganda| 35| | | | |  Fiji| 28| |
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|  South Africa| 47| |  New Zealand| 60
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|  Jamaica| 52| | | | |  Australia| 57
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| Seventh place|  Scotland| 45| |  Australia| 59| Third place
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| | | |  Jamaica| 58| | | | |  England| 39| | |
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|  Uganda| 55| |  Jamaica| 38| |  Fiji| 35
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|  Scotland| 42| | |  England| 55| | |  England| 70
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#### Quarter-finals

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13 July
10:00 (CAT) |  | New Zealand  | 69–32 |  South Africa |    | University of Botswana Indoor Stadium

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13 July
12:00 (CAT) |  | Uganda  | 37–39 |  Fiji |    | University of Botswana Indoor Stadium

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13 July
14:00 (CAT) |  | Scotland  | 22–95 |  Australia |    | University of Botswana Indoor Stadium

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16:00 (CAT) |  | Jamaica  | 38–55 |  England |    | University of Botswana Indoor Stadium

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#### Crossover

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

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14 July
10:00 (CAT) |  | Scotland  | 45–58 |  Jamaica |    | University of Botswana Indoor Stadium

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#### Semi-finals

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

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14 July
18:00 (CAT) |  | Australia  | 59–39 |  England |    | University of Botswana Indoor Stadium

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#### 7th and 8th place

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

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#### 5th and 6th place

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

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#### Bronze medal

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

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#### Gold medal

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

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## Final rankings

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Place  | Nation

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|  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

## References

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1. ^ Official website
2. ^ "Shooting for the stars". Retrieved 9 July 2017.
3. ^ "South Africa Return Home Unbeaten From NWYC 2017 African Qualifiers". 16 August 2016. Retrieved 30 August 2018.
4. ^ "Netball World Youth Cup Americas Qualifiers". 1 September 2016. Retrieved 30 August 2018.
5. ^ "Fiji, Cook Islands And Samoa Qualify For NWYC2017". 4 October 2016. Retrieved 30 August 2018.
6. ^ "NYWC2017 – European Qualifiers Tournament Review". 14 November 2016. Retrieved 30 August 2018.
7. ^ "Netball World Youth Cup Gaborone 2017". Retrieved 30 March 2017.

## External links

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* NWYC2017 website

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* 2017 Asian Youth Netball Championship

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* 2017 Netball World Youth Cup

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* 2017 SEA Games
* 2017 Netball Quad Series (August/September)

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* 2017 Netball Quad Series (August/September)
* 2017 Taini Jamison Trophy Series

October|

* 2017 European Netball Championship
* 2017 Constellation Cup
* 2017 Fast5 Netball World Series

December|

* 2017 Pacific Mini Games

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