Reply To: HISTORY OF THE NETBALL WORLD CUP

[Ian Harkin]

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COMPETITION FORMAT:
24 teams. 2 rounds of preliminary games to form a top 12 with 2 groups of 6, the top teams then going on to 1/4 finals, semi finals and a final.

ELIMINATION ROUNDS:
Barbados, Niue, Samoa and United States progressed to the top 12. Antigua & Barbuda, Bermuda, Canada, Cayman Islands, Grenada, Hong Kong, Northern Ireland, Scotland, Sri Lanka, St Lucia, St Vincent & Grenadines and Wales played off for positions 13-24.

CHAMPIONSHIP ROUND:
(Teams 1-12)

GROUP A

Jamaica 89 def Trinidad & Tobago 30
South Africa 57 def Samoa 41
Australia 84 def USA 28
Australia 76 def Samoa 27
Trinidad & Tobago 48 def USA 42
Jamaica 54 def South Africa 33
South Africa 55 def USA 38
Jamaica 84 def Samoa 24
Australia 80 def Trinidad & Tobago 28
Samoa 50 def Trinidad & Tobago 35
Jamaica 85 def USA 20
Australia 64 def South Africa 37
Samoa 52 def USA 44
South Africa 51 def Trinidad & Tobago 49
Australia 48 def Jamaica 43

Group order:
1. Australia
2. Jamaica
3. South Africa
4. Samoa
5. Trinidad & Tobago
6. USA

GROUP B

Fiji 55 def Barbados 49
New Zealand 99 def Niue 11
England 90 def Cook Islands 22
New Zealand 84 def Barbados 45
England 62 def Fiji 30
Cook Islands 47 def Niue 37
England 80 def Barbados 27
New Zealand 107 def Cook Islands 17
Fiji 59 def Niue 17
Barbados 67 def Niue 31
Fiji 67 def Cook Islands 40
New Zealand 60 def England 41
Barbados 56 def Cook Islands 39
England 67 def Niue 21
New Zealand 79 def Fiji 24

Group order:
1. New Zealand
2. England
3. Fiji
4. Barbados
5. Cook Islands
6. Niue