Reply To: HISTORY OF THE NETBALL WORLD CUP

[Ian Harkin]

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COMPETITION FORMAT:
4 pools of 4 teams with the top 3 teams progressing to form 2 pools of 6, then on to semi finals and a final.

PRELIMINARY STAGE ONE:

GROUP A

Australia 88 def Northern Ireland 24
(Bassett 33/34, Thwaites 25/26, Tippett 18/19, Wood 12/13)
(Craig 18/22, Magee 6/16 (38%), Crosbie 0/2)

Zimbabwe 79 def Sri Lanka 49
(Takaidza 59/62, Ndlovu 14/15, Bwanali 6/7)
(Sivalingam 44/45, Wannithileka 5/5)

Australia 73 def Zimbabwe 37
(Bassett 49/53, Tippett 24/28)
(Takaidza 15/20, Jani 11/13, Bwanali 8/9, Ndlovu 3/4)

Northern Ireland 67 def Sri Lanka 50
(Magee 29/32, Armstrong 22/26, Craig 16/22)
(Sivalingam 47/52, Wannithileka 2/2, Sethukavalar 1/1)

Australia 99 def Sri Lanka 24
(Thwaites 67/68, Wood 32/34)
(Sivalingam 16/19, Wannithileka 8/10, Mendis 0/2)

Zimbabwe 51 def Northern Ireland 49
(Takaidza 44/46, Ndlovu 5/5, Bwanali 2/2)
(Armstrong 29/38, Magee 20/24)

Group order:
1. Australia
2. Zimbabwe
3. Northern Ireland
4. Sri Lanka

GROUP B

New Zealand 64 def Malawi 45
(Folau 39/43, Ekenasio 20/21, Selby-Rickit 5/6)
(Mvula 22/27, Chimaliro 18/22, Simtowe 4/6, Kamwala 1/2)

Barbados 69 def Singapore 34
(Wharton 27/29, Blackman 22/23, Holder 11/13, Thomas 9/12)
(Soh 21/31, Tan 9/10, Toh 3/7, Lee 1/3)

New Zealand 78 def Barbados 25
(Mes 30/33, Folau 21/24, Selby-Rickit 20/22, Ekenasio 7/8)
(Wharton 14/17, Thomas 4/6, Holder 4/6, Blackman 3/4)

Malawi 87 def Singapore 38
(Mvula 31/33, Kamwala 27/32, Chimaliro 23/24, Simtowe 6/6)
(Soh 15/17, Tan 11/13, Toh 7/12, Lee 5/7)

New Zealand 89 def Singapore 21
(Selby-Rickit 37/39, Folau 27/28, Ekenasio 15/20, Mes 10/11)
(Soh 11/18, Toh 8/13, Lee 1/1, Tan 1/5)

Malawi 65 def Barbados 41
(Mvula 31/33, Chimaliro 23/25, Kamwala 8/11, Simtowe 3/3)
(Wharton 15/18, Thomas 12/17, Blackman 11/12, Holder 3/4)

Group order:
1. New Zealand
2. Malawi
3. Barbados
4. Singapore