Next year’s Netball World Youth Cup will be held from the 19th to the 28th of September. 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.
This week in Wales, six European teams battled it out for the final three places in the 20-team draw. The matches were held at the Cardiff City House of Sport. Games on the final three days of the event were streamed on the Europe Netball YouTube channel.
Scroll down to see the full list of 20 teams invited to go to Gibraltar next year.
EUROPEAN QUALIFIERS
TEAMS
ISLE OF MAN
Amaline Batty
Maddie Butterworth
Holly Charmer
Becca Cooke
Ella Crowe
Kate Doran
Mairi Harrison
Annabel Kneale
Claire Mason
Kenzey Pizzey
Niamh Skillicorn
Winnie Davies
NORTHERN IRELAND
Anna Rice
Zoe Maynard
Jill Smiley
Mica Quinn
Ana Mulholland
Rosa McCloskey
Evelyn McCagherty
Mia Lanigan
Tillie Irvine
Joy Ebbinghaus
Lisa Carlin
Orla McGeough
Alice O’Brien
REPUBLIC OF IRELAND
Caitlin Addison
Eva Buckley
Amelia Capon
Maisie Cusson
Annabelle Hall
Iris Hindley
Ella Honey
Sophie Murray
Niamh O’Leary
Roisin O’Rourke
Sebastine Pennington
Seren Redmond
Theadora Redmond
Jade Straker
SCOTLAND
Erin Bolland
Charlotte Dunkley
Anna Fairclough
Cerys Finn
Lexy Gillies
Bethany Long
Alice McGeachy
Jazmine Moore
Felicity Rome
Niamh Trainer
Holly Turnbull
Evie Watts
UAE
Marya Awad
Isla Edgar
Jemma Elvey
Alana Farrell-Morton
Molly Fuller
Holly Guerin
Evie Hollis
Noorulain Hussain
Maria Michailidou
Mila Morgan
Charlie Preston
Fiona Van Dam
WALES
Izzy Affley
Ellie Blackwell
Lowri Broughton
Nia Bullen
Megan Cottrell
Ffion Evans
Rachel Fairbairn
Ebony Ham
Georgia Hellerman
Nia Jones
Thea Rhodes
Jessica Strudwick
Olivia Sutton
Sarie Watkins
Hana Wiley
UMPIRES
Alison Harrison
Gary Burgess
Gilian Leslie
Kate Mann
Louise Cole
Nadine Pardo-Zammit
Rhian Edwards
DRAW & RESULTS
(Times are BST)
Tuesday, September 24
Scotland 55 v Northern Ireland 38
Isle of Man 24 v UAE 78
Republic of Ireland 41 v Wales 76
Wednesday, September 25
UAE 47 v Scotland 72
Wales 85 v Isle of Man 27
Northern Ireland 59 v Republic of Ireland 44
Thursday, September 26
Rest Day
Friday, September 27
UAE 63 v Republic of Ireland 41
Northern Ireland 41 v Wales 58
Isle of Man 15 v Scotland 93
Saturday, September 28
Northern Ireland 73 v UAE 48
Republic of Ireland 63 v Isle of Man 29
Scotland 60 v Wales 51
Sunday, September 29
Isle of Man 22 v Northern Ireland 65
UAE 60 v Wales 67
Republic of Ireland 78 v Scotland 47
FINAL PLACINGS
1 – SCOTLAND
2 – WALES
3 – NORTHERN IRELAND
4 – UAE
5 – Republic of Ireland
6 – Isle of Man
PREVIOUS QUALIFIERS:
ASIA
The Asian qualifiers were held last June.
Chinese Taipei 55 def Korea 17
India 44 def Thailand 40
Pakistan 52 def Japan 31
Singapore 90 def Brunei 8
Malaysia 63 def Hong Kong 24
Thailand 68 def Pakistan 32
Malaysia 93 def Japan 10
Sri Lanka 94 def Korea 8
Brunei 41 def Chinese Taipei 25
Hong Kong 43 def India 35
Sri Lanka 82 def Brunei 16
Malaysia 69 def India 29
Hong Kong 78 def Pakistan 15
Singapore 82 def Chinese Taipei 13
Thailand 57 def Japan 19
Malaysia 102 def Pakistan 17
India 68 def Japan 28
Hong Kong 41 def Thailand 40
Singapore 51 def Sri Lanka 29
Brunei 54 def Korea 15
Hong Kong 50 def Japan 18
Sri Lanka 83 def Chinese Taipei 17
Malaysia 78 def Thailand 21
India 77 def Pakistan 43
Singapore 92 def Korea 6
5-8 semi-final: Thailand 60 def Brunei 28
5-8 semi-final: India 83 def Chinese Taipei 37
1-4 semi-final: Singapore 58 def Hong Kong 15
1-4 semi-final: Malaysia 77 def Sri Lanka 36
9v10 Playoff: Japan 43 def Korea 16
7v8 Playoff: Brunei 46 def Chinese Taipei 30
5v6 Playoff: India 47 def Thailand 46
3v4 Playoff: Sri Lanka 46 def Hong Kong 32
FINAL: Malaysia 49 def Singapore 45
FINAL PLACINGS:
1 – MALAYSIA
2 – SINGAPORE
3 – SRI LANKA
4 – Hong Kong
5 – India
6 – Thailand
7 – Brunei
8 – Chinese Taipei
9 – Japan
10 – Korea
11 – Pakistan
AFRICA
The Africa qualifiers were held in March.
South Africa 75 def Tanzania 7
Zimbabwe 49 def Kenya 39
Malawi 48 def Namibia 23
South Africa 72 def Zambia 10
Namibia 55 def Tanzania 17
Zimbabwe 42 def Zambia 37
South Africa 62 def Zimbabwe 29
Zambia 52 def Tanzania 15
South Africa 70 def Kenya 16
Malawi 64 def Tanzania 24
Malawi 42 def Kenya 39
Namibia 45 def Zimbabwe 44
Zimbabwe 62 def Tanzania 17
Zambia 52 def Kenya 32
South Africa 44 def Malawi 19
South Africa 61 def Namibia 25
Malawi 54 def Zambia 35
Namibia 44 drew with Kenya 44
Zambia 45 def Namibia 41
Kenya 44 def Tanzania 25
Malawi 42 def Zimbabwe 41
5v6 Playoff: Kenya def Namibia
3v4 Playoff: Zambia 43 def Zimbabwe 41
FINAL: South Africa 45 def Malawi 26
FINAL PLACINGS:
1 – SOUTH AFRICA
2 – MALAWI
3 – ZAMBIA
4 – Zimbabwe
5 – Kenya
6 – Namibia
7 – Tanzania
THE AMERICAS
The Americas Qualifiers were held in July.
Group A
1 Jamaica
2 Grenada
3 Canada
4 Cayman Islands
Group B
1 Barbados
2 Trinidad & Tobago
3 St Maarten
4 Antigua & Barbuda
5 Guadeloupe
Semi-final 1: Jamaica 40 def Trinidad & Tobago 33
Semi-final 2: Barbados 63 def Grenada 45
7v8 Playoff: Antigua & Barbuda 41 def Cayman Islands 39
5v6 Playoff: Canada 49 def St Maarten 21
3v4 Playoff: Trinidad & Tobago 61 def Grenada 39
FINAL: Jamaica 54 def Barbados 29
FINAL PLACINGS:
1 – JAMAICA
2 – BARBADOS
3 – TRINIDAD & TOBAGO
4 – Grenada
5 – Canada
6 – St Maarten
7 – Antigua & Barbuda
8 – Cayman Islands
9 – 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 45
Cook Islands 63 def Papua New Guinea 45
Tonga 66 def Cook Islands 44
Samoa 51 def Fiji 32
Samoa 65 def Papua New Guinea 43
Tonga 64 def Fiji 40
Fiji 54 def Papua New Guinea 35
Samoa 55 def Cook Islands 40
Cook Islands 54 def Fiji 38
Tonga 65 def Papua New Guinea 37
3v4 Playoff: Cook Islands 64 def Papua new Guinea 62
FINAL: Samoa 53 def Tonga 44
FINAL PLACINGS:
1 – SAMOA
2 – TONGA
3 – COOK ISLANDS
4 – Papua New Guinea
QUALIFIED NATIONS
