Netball at the 2018 Commonwealth Games

Netball was one of the ten core sports at the 2018 Commonwealth Games, which was held on the Gold Coast in Australia. This was the sixth staging of netball at the Commonwealth Games since its inclusion in 1998, and the second time the netball event was held in Australia.

The competition took place between 5 and 15 April 2018.^[1] Preliminary matches were held at the Gold Coast Convention and Exhibition Centre, with finals matches held at the Coomera Indoor Sports Centre. A total of 144 athletes from 12 nations participated in the tournament.^[2][3]

Schedule

The following is the competition schedule for the netball competition:^[4]

P

Pool stage

CM

Classification matches

½

Semi-finals

B

Bronze medal match

G

Gold medal match

Event↓/Date →	Thu 5	Fri 6	Sat 7	Sun 8	Mon 9	Tue 10	Wed 11	Thu 12	Fri 13	Sat 14	Sun 15
Women	P	P	P	P	P	P	P	CM		½	B	G

Venues

All matches for the netball event were held in the host city.

Preliminary matches were played at the Gold Coast Convention and Exhibition Centre, which has a seating capacity of 5,000. The venue also hosted basketball matches and was the Main Media Centre for the Games.^[5]

Finals matches were played at the Coomera Indoor Sports Centre, which opened in 2016 and has a seating capacity of 7,500. It also hosted some gymnastics events for the Games.^[6]

Qualification

Twelve nations competed in the netball competition at the 2018 Commonwealth Games:

• Australia qualified as the host nation for the Games;
• The remaining 11 nations comprised the 11 highest-ranked teams in the INF World Rankings (excluding the host nation) as at 1 July 2017, with at least three Commonwealth Games Federation regions (Africa, Americas, Asia, Caribbean, Europe and Oceania) being represented.^[7] The teams were officially confirmed on July 25, 2017.^[8][9]

Event	Date	Vacancies	Qualified
Host Nation	—	1	Australia
INF World Rankings	1 July 2017	11	New Zealand  England  Jamaica  South Africa  Malawi  Fiji  Wales  Uganda  Northern Ireland  Barbados  Scotland
Total		12

Rosters

There were 12 participating nations at the netball competitions with a total of 144 athletes, up to 12 per team.^[2] The number of athletes a nation entered is in parentheses beside the name of the country.

Preliminary round

Pool A

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Australia (H)	5	5	0	0	413	162	+251	10	Semi-finals
2	Jamaica	5	4	0	1	351	221	+130	8
3	South Africa	5	3	0	2	310	205	+105	6	Classification matches
4	Northern Ireland	5	2	0	3	224	307	−83	4
5	Barbados	5	1	0	4	185	333	−148	2
6	Fiji	5	0	0	5	171	426	−255	0

5 April 2018 13:00 v t e	Report	Jamaica	88–30	Fiji		Gold Coast Convention and Exhibition Centre Umpires: Jackie Mizon Angela Armonstrong-Lush Reserve umpire: Marc Henning
		Fowler-Reid  40/43 (93%) Aiken  24/32 (75%) Robinson  15/16 (94%) Beckford  9/11 (82%)		M. Rusivakula  17/19 (89%) Waqa  7/11 (64%) Paul  3/7 (43%) U. Rusivakula  3/5 (60%)

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5 April 2018 20:30 v t e	Report	Australia	94–26	Northern Ireland		Gold Coast Convention and Exhibition Centre Umpires: Maria van der Merwe Jono Bredin Reserve umpire: Lisa McPhail
		Thwaites  39/39 (100%) Bassett  31/34 (91%) Pettitt  13/13 (100%) Wood  11/15 (73%)		L. Bowman  13/22 (59%) McCullogh  6/9 (67%) Lennon  4/6 (67%) K. Bowman  3/4 (75%)

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6 April 2018 15:00 v t e	Report	South Africa	46–57	Jamaica		Gold Coast Convention and Exhibition Centre Umpires: Gary Burgess Michelle Phippard Reserve umpire: Helen George
		Venter  19/23 (83%) Burger  15/15 (100%) Holtzhausen  12/18 (67%)		Fowler-Reid  29/31 (94%) Beckford  15/20 (75%) Aiken  13/16 (81%)

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6 April 2018 20:30 v t e	Report	Barbados	24–79	Australia		Gold Coast Convention and Exhibition Centre Umpires: Lisa McPhail Kristie Simpson Reserve umpire: Kate Stephenson
		Wharton  12/17 (71%) Blackman  8/10 (80%) Payne  4/5 (80%)		Thwaites  24/24 (100%) Bassett  23/26 (88%) Wood  17/17 (100%) Pettitt  15/15 (100%)

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7 April 2018 15:00 v t e	Report	Northern Ireland	35–49	South Africa		Gold Coast Convention and Exhibition Centre Umpires: Kate Stephenson Lisa McPhail Reserve umpire: Jackie Mizon
		L. Bowman  21/25 (84%) Lennon  5/6 (83%) McCullogh  5/11 (45%) K. Bowman  4/7 (57%)		Burger  38/41 (93%) Venter  7/9 (78%) Holtzhausen  4/9 (44%)

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7 April 2018 20:30 v t e	Report	Fiji	44–65	Barbados		Gold Coast Convention and Exhibition Centre Umpires: Maria van der Merwe Theresa Prince Reserve umpire: Michelle Phippard
		M. Rusivakula  27/31 (87%) U. Rusivakula  10/12 (83%) Waqa  7/8 (88%)		Wharton  33/38 (87%) Blackman  22/28 (79%) Payne  10/12 (83%)

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8 April 2018 13:00 v t e	Report	Jamaica	79–41	Northern Ireland		Gold Coast Convention and Exhibition Centre Umpires: Jackie Mizon Kristie Simpson Reserve umpire: Angela Armstrong-Lush
		Fowler-Reid  32/33 (97%) Aiken  26/28 (93%) Beckford  11/11 (100%) Robinson  10/11 (91%)		Bowman  23/32 (72%) K. Bowman  11/16 (69%) Lennon  7/8 (88%)

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8 April 2018 20:30 v t e	Report	Australia	60–38	South Africa		Gold Coast Convention and Exhibition Centre Umpires: Jono Bredin Lisa McPhail Reserve umpire: Kate Stephenson
		Bassett  20/23 (87%) Thwaites  15/15 (100%) Wood  14/15 (93%) Pettitt  11/11 (100%)		Venter  33/40 (83%) Holtzhausen  5/10 (50%)

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9 April 2018 15:00 v t e	Report	Fiji	23–108	Australia		Gold Coast Convention and Exhibition Centre Umpires: Angela Armstrong-Lush Kristie Simpson Reserve umpire: Jackie Mizon
		Waqa  15/19 (79%) M. Rusivakula  8/14 (57%)		Bassett  40/41 (98%) Thwaites  30/31 (97%) Pettitt  23/23 (100%) Wood  15/19 (79%)

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9 April 2018 18:30 v t e	Report	Jamaica	76–32	Barbados		Gold Coast Convention and Exhibition Centre Umpires: Maria van der Merwe Marc Henning Reserve umpire: Gary Burgess
		Fowler-Reid  32/36 (89%) Aiken  28/33 (85%) Beckford  12/14 (86%) Robinson  4/8 (50%)		Blackman  17/19 (89%) Wharton  9/12 (75%) Payne  6/9 (67%)

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10 April 2018 13:00 v t e	Report	Barbados	39–49	Northern Ireland		Gold Coast Convention and Exhibition Centre Umpires: Theresa Prince Gary Burgess Reserve umpire: Maria van der Merwe
		Wharton  27/29 (93%) Blackman  9/12 (75%) Payne  3/3 (100%)		L. Bowman  20/25 (80%) Lennon  15/16 (94%) Oonagh McCullough  9/15 (60%) K. Bowman  5/7 (71%)

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10 April 2018 18:30 v t e	Report	South Africa	92–28	Fiji		Gold Coast Convention and Exhibition Centre Umpires: Michelle Phippard Jackie Mizon Reserve umpire: Kate Stephenson
		Burger  56/59 (95%) Venter  20/22 (91%) Stoltz  16/21 (76%)		Waqa  19/26 (73%) M. Rusivakula  8/12 (67%) U. Rusivakula  1/2 (50%)

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11 April 2018 11:00 v t e	Report	South Africa	85–25	Barbados		Gold Coast Convention and Exhibition Centre Umpires: Jackie Mizon Kate Stephenson Reserve umpire: Jono Bredin
		Venter  34/35 (97%) Burger  33/35 (94%) Holtzhausen  10/14 (71%) Stoltz  8/9 (89%)		Blackman  14/15 (93%) Payne  11/17 (65%)

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11 April 2018 14:00 v t e	Report	Northern Ireland	73–46	Fiji		Gold Coast Convention and Exhibition Centre Umpires: Kristie Simpson Maria van der Merwe Reserve umpire: Gary Burgess
		L. Bowman  59/65 (91%) McCullough  10/14 (71%) K. Bowman  4/8 (50%)		M. Rusivakula  25/32 (78%) Waqa  21/30 (70%)

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11 April 2018 21:00 v t e	Report	Australia	72–51	Jamaica		Gold Coast Convention and Exhibition Centre Umpires: Gary Burgess Lisa McPhail Reserve umpire: Kristie Simpson
		Bassett  22/23 (96%) Thwaites  22/22 (100%) Pettitt  20/21 (95%) Wood  8/10 (80%)		Fowler-Reid  30/32 (94%) Aiken  11/14 (79%) Beckford  8/12 (67%) Robinson  2/2 (100%)

Pool B

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	England	5	5	0	0	342	202	+140	10	Semi-finals
2	New Zealand	5	3	0	2	292	235	+57	6
3	Uganda	5	3	0	2	287	248	+39	6	Classification matches
4	Malawi	5	3	0	2	277	284	−7	6
5	Scotland	5	1	0	4	195	289	−94	2
6	Wales	5	0	0	5	215	350	−135	0

5 April 2018 15:00 v t e	Report	England	74–28	Scotland		Gold Coast Convention and Exhibition Centre Umpires: Kristie Simpson Joshua Bowring Reserve umpire: Michelle Phippard
		Harten  40/43 (93%) Corbin  17/18 (94%) Housby  17/21 (81%)		Goodwin  15/19 (79%) Gallagher  7/11 (64%) McCall  4/7 (57%) Pettitt  2/6 (33%)

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5 April 2018 18:30 v t e	Report	New Zealand	64–51	Uganda		Gold Coast Convention and Exhibition Centre Umpires: Helen George Kate Stephenson Reserve umpire: Gary Burgess
		Folau  22/22 (100%) Ekenasio  19/26 (73%) Selby-Rickit  13/14 (93%) Mes  10/17 (59%)		Proscovia  37/42 (88%) Nanyonga  14/16 (88%)

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6 April 2018 13:00 v t e	Report	Wales	44–70	New Zealand		Gold Coast Convention and Exhibition Centre Umpires: Theresa Prince Jackie Mizon Reserve umpire: Joshua Bowring
		Moseley  21/30 (70%) Lewis  21/31 (68%) Llewelyn  1/1 (100%) Rowe  1/2 (50%)		Selby-Rickit  28/31 (90%) Folau  19/23 (83%) Ekenasio  13/17 (76%) Mes  10/14 (71%)

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6 April 2018 18:30 v t e	Report	Malawi	49–74	England		Gold Coast Convention and Exhibition Centre Umpires: Marc Henning Jono Bredin Reserve umpire: Maria van der Merwe
		Kumwenda  31/33 (94%) Mvula  10/11 (91%) Chimaliro  7/7 (100%) Simtowe  1/3 (33%)		Harten  48/54 (89%) Housby  14/18 (78%) Corbin  6/7 (86%) Haythornthwaite  6/7 (86%)

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7 April 2018 13:00 v t e	Report	Uganda	54–52	Malawi		Gold Coast Convention and Exhibition Centre Umpires: Joshua Bowring Gary Burgess Reserve umpire: Jono Bredin
		Proscovia  35/38 (92%) Nanyonga  19/21 (90%)		Kumwenda  43/47 (91%) Chimaliro  8/10 (80%) Simtow  1/1 (100%)

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7 April 2018 18:30 v t e	Report	Scotland	51–47	Wales		Gold Coast Convention and Exhibition Centre Umpires: Helen George Angela Armstrong-Lush Reserve umpire: Marc Henning
		Goodwin  38/45 (84%) Gallagher  13/14 (93%)		Lewis  39/48 (81%) Moseley  5/8 (63%) Llewelyn  3/3 (100%)

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8 April 2018 15:00 v t e	Report	England	55–49	Uganda		Gold Coast Convention and Exhibition Centre Umpires: Michelle Phippard Marc Henning Reserve umpire: Helen George
		Housby  30/34 (88%) Harten  11/11 (100%) Corbin  7/10 (70%) Haythornthwaite  7/7 (100%)		Proscovia  23/26 (88%) Nanyonga  22/27 (81%) Nakabuye  4/4 (100%)

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8 April 2018 18:30 v t e	Report	Malawi	57–53	New Zealand		Gold Coast Convention and Exhibition Centre Umpires: Joshua Bowring Gary Burgess Reserve umpire: Theresa Prince
		Kumwenda  41/46 (89%) Chimaliro  16/20 (80%)		Folau  31/39 (79%) Selby-Rickit  15/17 (88%) Mes  7/12 (58%) Ekenasio  0/2 (0%)

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9 April 2018 13:00 v t e	Report	England	85–31	Wales		Gold Coast Convention and Exhibition Centre Umpires: Helen George Theresa Prince Reserve umpire: Lisa McPhail
		Housby  34/36 (94%) Harten  26/32 (81%) Haythornthwaite  13/14 (93%) Corbin  12/14 (86%)		Lewis  22/28 (79%) Rowe  5/6 (83%) Moseley  4/6 (67%)

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9 April 2018 20:30 v t e	Report	New Zealand	60–29	Scotland		Gold Coast Convention and Exhibition Centre Umpires: Kate Stephenson Michelle Phippard Reserve umpire: Joshua Bowring
		Selby-Rickit  33/37 (89%) Folau  27/35 (77%)		Goodwin  23/28 (82%) Gallagher  6/7 (86%)

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10 April 2018 15:00 v t e	Report	Scotland	50–51	Malawi		Gold Coast Convention and Exhibition Centre Umpires: Jono Bredin Lisa McPhail Reserve umpire: Kristie Simpson
		Goodwin  38/42 (90%) Gallagher  12/15 (80%)		Kumwenda  44/47 (94%) Chimaliro  7/8 (88%)

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10 April 2018 20:30 v t e	Report	Wales	40–76	Uganda		Gold Coast Convention and Exhibition Centre Umpires: Marc Henning Joshua Bowring Reserve umpire: Angela Armstrong-Lush
		Lewis  34/42 (81%) Rowe  6/7 (86%) Llewelyn  0/1 (0%)		Proscovia  56/63 (89%) Nanyonga  20/24 (83%)

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11 April 2018 09:00 v t e	Report	New Zealand	45–54	England		Gold Coast Convention and Exhibition Centre Umpires: Michelle Phippard Marc Henning Reserve umpire: Joshua Bowring
		Folau  30/39 (77%) Selby-Rickit  12/19 (63%) Mes  3/4 (75%)		Housby  27/32 (84%) Harten  27/31 (87%)

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11 April 2018 16:00 v t e	Report	Uganda	57–37	Scotland		Gold Coast Convention and Exhibition Centre Umpires: Helen George Angela Armstrong-Lush Reserve umpire: Theresa Prince
		Proscovia  32/34 (94%) Nanyonga  25/30 (83%)		Gallagher  19/21 (90%) Goodwin  16/25 (64%) McCall  2/8 (25%)

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11 April 2018 19:00 v t e	Report	Malawi	68–53	Wales		Gold Coast Convention and Exhibition Centre Umpires: Joshua Bowring Jono Bredin Reserve umpire: Jackie Mizon
		Kumwenda  47/50 (94%) Chimaliro  18/18 (100%) Simtowe  3/4 (75%)		Lewis  41/53 (77%) Llewlyn  9/10 (90%) Moseley  3/5 (60%)

Classification matches

Eleventh place match

12 April 2018 16:00 v t e	Report	Fiji	32–81	Wales		Gold Coast Convention and Exhibition Centre Umpires: Angela Armstrong-Lush Kate Stephenson Reserve umpire: Lisa McPhail
		Cirikisuva  10/12 (83%) Waqa  9/12 (75%) M. Rusivakula  7/10 (70%) U. Rusivakula  6/6 (100%)		Lewis  35/39 (90%) Rowe  25/26 (96%) Moseley  12/12 (100%) Llewelyn  9/12 (75%)

Ninth place match

12 April 2018 11:00 v t e	Report	Barbados	48–50	Scotland		Gold Coast Convention and Exhibition Centre Umpires: Helen George Maria van der Merwe Reserve umpire: Gary Burgess
		Payne  22/24 (92%) Blackman  15/17 (88%) Wharton  11/12 (92%)		Gallagher  35/37 (95%) Goodwin  13/21 (62%) Pettitt  2/5 (40%)

Seventh place match

12 April 2018 14:00 v t e	Report	Malawi	60–52	Northern Ireland		Gold Coast Convention and Exhibition Centre Umpires: Kristie Simpson Theresa Prince Reserve umpire: Jono Bredin
		Kumwenda  48/51 (94%) Chimaliro  8/10 (80%) Mvula  4/7 (57%)		L. Bowman  33/38 (87%) K. Bowman  9/11 (82%) Lennon  6/9 (67%) McCullough  4/7 (57%)

Fifth place match

12 April 2018 09:00 v t e	Report	South Africa	53–42	Uganda		Gold Coast Convention and Exhibition Centre Umpires: Jackie Mizon Joshua Bowring Reserve umpire: Marc Henning
		Venter  42/46 (91%) Holtzhausen  11/12 (92%)		Oyella  22/25 (88%) Proscovia  19/19 (100%) Nanyonga  1/4 (25%)

Medal round

	Semi-finals				Gold medal match
	14 April 2018
	Australia	65
					15 April 2018
	New Zealand	44
					Australia	51
	14 April 2018
					England	52
	England	56
	Jamaica	55
					Bronze medal match
					15 April 2018
					New Zealand	55
					Jamaica	60

Semi-finals

14 April 2018 17:00 v t e	Report	Australia	65–44	New Zealand		Coomera Indoor Sports Centre Umpires: Gary Burgess Jackie Mizon Reserve umpire: Kate Stephenson
		Thwaites  24/25 (96%) Bassett  17/18 (94%) Pettitt  15/16 (94%) Wood  9/12 (75%)		Folau  32/41 (78%) Ekenasio  7/9 (78%) Selby-Rickit  3/5 (60%) Mes  2/3 (67%)

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14 April 2018 15:00 v t e	Report	England	56–55	Jamaica		Coomera Indoor Sports Centre Umpires: Marc Henning Michelle Phippard Reserve umpire: Joshua Bowring
		Housby  29/35 (83%) Harten  16/18 (89%) Haythornthwaite  11/13 (85%)		Fowler-Reid  47/50 (94%) Beckford  8/9 (89%)

Bronze medal match

15 April 2018 11:00 v t e	Report	New Zealand	55–60	Jamaica		Coomera Indoor Sports Centre Umpires: Marc Henning Michelle Phippard Reserve umpire: Joshua Bowring
		Folau  34/44 (77%) Mes  12/20 (60%) Ekenasio  9/13 (69%)		Aiken  24/31 (77%) Fowler-Reid  21/22 (95%) Beckford  15/18 (83%)

Gold medal match

15 April 2018 13:00 v t e	Report	Australia	51–52	England		Coomera Indoor Sports Centre Umpires: Lisa McPhail Jono Bredin Reserve umpire: Angela Armstrong-Lush
		Bassett  22/24 (92%) Wood  12/14 (86%) Pettitt  11/12 (92%) Thwaites  6/6 (100%)		Harten  34/39 (87%) Housby  18/21 (86%)

Final standings

Medallists

Gold	Silver	Bronze
England Coach: Tracey Neville	Australia Coach: Lisa Alexander	Jamaica Coach: Sasher-Gaye Henry
Ama Agbeze (c) Eboni Beckford-Chambers Jade Clarke Beth Cobden Kadeen Corbin Jodie Gibson Serena Guthrie Joanne Harten Natalie Haythornthwaite Helen Housby Geva Mentor Chelsea Pitman	Caitlin Bassett (c) April Brandley Courtney Bruce Laura Geitz Susan Pettitt Kim Ravaillion Madison Robinson Gabi Simpson Caitlin Thwaites Elizabeth Watson Jo Weston Stephanie Wood	Romelda Aiken Shanice Beckford Nicole Dixon Stacian Facey Jhaniele Fowler-Reid (c) Rebekah Robinson Shamera Sterling Adean Thomas Paula Thompson Jodi-Ann Ward Khadijah Williams Vangelee Williams

Source:^[10]

2018 Commonwealth champions
England 1st title

References

External links

• Official website: 2018 Commonwealth Games – Netball
• Results Book – Netball