Next year’s Netball World Youth Cup will be held from the 19th to the 28th of September. So far, 17 teams have earned their spot for the event by being pre-qualified or winning through the regional qualifiers held over the past year.
The five pre-qualified teams were the top four from the last WYNC held in 2017 (New Zealand, Australia, England, and Fiji) and the hosts of next year’s tournament, Gibraltar. That left 15 places up for grabs, with three nations progressing from each of the five regional qualifiers. So far, the Qualifiers have been completed in Africa, Asia, Oceania, and The Americas. You can scroll down to find the teams that qualified from those events.
This week in Wales, six European teams will be battling it out for the final three places in the 20-team draw. The matches will be held at the Cardiff City House of Sport. Games on the final three days of the event will be streamed on the Europe Netball YouTube channel.
EUROPEAN QUALIFIERS
TEAMS
ISLE OF MANAmaline BattyMaddie ButterworthHolly CharmerBecca CookeElla CroweKate DoranMairi HarrisonAnnabel KnealeClaire MasonKenzey PizzeyNiamh SkillicornWinnie Davies
NORTHERN IRELANDAnna RiceZoe MaynardJill SmileyMica QuinnAna MulhollandRosa McCloskeyEvelyn McCaghertyMia LaniganTillie IrvineJoy EbbinghausLisa CarlinOrla McGeoughAlice O’Brien
REPUBLIC OF IRELANDCaitlin AddisonEva BuckleyAmelia CaponMaisie CussonAnnabelle HallIris HindleyElla HoneySophie MurrayNiamh O’LearyRoisin O’RourkeSebastine PenningtonSeren RedmondTheadora RedmondJade Straker
SCOTLANDErin BollandCharlotte DunkleyAnna FaircloughCerys FinnLexy GilliesBethany LongAlice McGeachyJazmine MooreFelicity RomeNiamh TrainerHolly TurnbullEvie Watts
UAEMarya AwadIsla EdgarJemma ElveyAlana Farrell-MortonMolly FullerHolly GuerinEvie HollisNoorulain HussainMaria MichailidouMila MorganCharlie PrestonFiona Van Dam
WALESIzzy AffleyEllie BlackwellLowri BroughtonNia BullenMegan CottrellFfion EvansRachel FairbairnEbony HamGeorgia HellermanNia JonesThea RhodesJessica StrudwickOlivia SuttonSarie WatkinsHana Wiley
SCHEDULE
(Times are BST)
Tuesday, September 243pm – Scotland v Northern Ireland5pm – Isle of Man v UAE7pm – Republic of Ireland v Wales
Wednesday, September 253pm – UAE v Scotland5pm – Wales v Isle of Man7pm – Northern Ireland v Republic of Ireland
Thursday, September 26Rest Day
Friday, September 273pm – UAE v Republic of Ireland5pm – Northern Ireland v Wales7pm – Isle of Man v Scotland
Saturday, September 282pm – Northern Ireland v UAE4pm – Republic of Ireland v Isle of Man6pm – Scotland v Wales
Sunday, September 2910am – Isle of Man v Northern Ireland12pm – UAE v Wales2pm – Republic of Ireland v Scotland
UMPIRES
Alison HarrisonGary BurgessGilian LeslieKate MannLouise ColeNadine Pardo-ZammitRhian Edwards
PREVIOUS QUALIFIERS:
ASIA
The Asian qualifiers were held last June and the three successful teams were:
1 – MALAYSIA2 – SINGAPORE3 – SRI LANKA
AFRICA
The Africa qualifiers were held in March.
South Africa 75 def Tanzania 7Zimbabwe 49 def Kenya 39Malawi 48 def Namibia 23South Africa 72 def Zambia 10
Namibia 55 def Tanzania 17Zimbabwe 42 def Zambia 37South Africa 62 def Zimbabwe 29Zambia 52 def Tanzania 15
South Africa 70 def Kenya 16Malawi 64 def Tanzania 24Malawi 42 def Kenya 39Namibia 45 def Zimbabwe 44
Zimbabwe 62 def Tanzania 17Zambia 52 def Kenya 32South Africa 44 def Malawi 19
South Africa 61 def Namibia 25Malawi 54 def Zambia 35Namibia 44 drew with Kenya 44
Zambia 45 def Namibia 41Kenya 44 def Tanzania 25Malawi 42 def Zimbabwe 41
5v6 Playoff: Kenya def Namibia3v4 Playoff: Zambia 43 def Zimbabwe 41FINAL: South Africa 45 def Malawi 26
FINAL PLACINGS:1 – SOUTH AFRICA2 – MALAWI3 – ZAMBIA4 – Zimbabwe5 – Kenya6 – Namibia7 – Tanzania
THE AMERICAS
The Americas Qualifiers were held in July.
Group A1 Jamaica2 Grenada3 Canada4 Cayman Islands
Group B1 Barbados2 Trinidad & Tobago3 St Maarten4 Antigua & Barbuda5 Guadeloupe
7v8 Playoff: Antigua & Barbuda 41 def Cayman Islands 395v6 Playoff: Canada 49 def St Maarten 21
Semi-final 1: Jamaica 40 def Trinidad & Tobago 33Semi-final 2: Barbados 63 def Grenada 45
3v4 Playoff: Trinidad & Tobago 61 def Grenada 39FINAL: Jamaica 54 def Barbados 29
FINAL PLACINGS:1 – JAMAICA2 – BARBADOS3 – TRINIDAD & TOBAGO4 – Grenada5 – Canada6 – St Maarten7 – Antigua & Barbuda8 – Cayman Islands9 – Guadeloupe
OCEANIA
The Oceania Qualifiers have just been completed.
(Note that Fiji was already qualified so their matches didn’t count)
Samoa 51 def Tonga 45Cook Islands 63 def Papua New Guinea 45
Tonga 66 def Cook Islands 44Samoa 51 def Fiji 32
Samoa 65 def Papua New Guinea 43Tonga 64 def Fiji 40
Fiji 54 def Papua New Guinea 35Samoa 55 def Cook Islands 40
Cook Islands 54 def Fiji 38Tonga 65 def Papua New Guinea 37
3v4 Playoff: Cook Islands 64 def Papua new Guinea 62FINAL: Samoa 53 def Tonga 44
FINAL PLACINGS:1 – SAMOA2 – TONGA3 – COOK ISLANDS4 – Papua New Guinea
QUALIFIED NATIONS
NEW ZEALANDAUSTRALIAENGLANDFIJIGIBRALTAR
MALAYSIASINGAPORESRI LANKA
SOUTH AFRICAMALAWIZAMBIA
JAMAICABARBADOSTRINIDAD & TOBAGO
SAMOATONGACOOK ISLANDS
