1999 World Netball Championships

Summary

The 1999 World Netball Championships (also known as the Vodafone World Netball Championships for sponsorship reasons[1]) was the tenth edition of the INF Netball World Cup, a quadrennial premier event in international netball. It was held in Christchurch, New Zealand from 21 September to 2 October 1999 and featured 26 teams with the debut of Niue, Tonga and Zambia. All matches were held at the Westpac Arena.[2]

1999 World Netball Championships
Tournament details
Host country New Zealand
Dates21 September – 2 October 1999 (1999-09-21 – 1999-10-02)
Teams26
Final positions
Champions Australia (8th title)
Runner-up New Zealand
Third place England
Tournament statistics
Matches played89
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Fourteen teams entered the preliminary round with four teams qualifying to the main round where they were joined by the top twelve teams from the 1995 championships. The main round saw sixteen teams remaining, be split into two groups of eight with the top four qualifying to the quarter-finals while the remaining eight played in classification matches for 9th–16th placings.

Australia and New Zealand defeated England and Jamaica in the semi-finals, for a repeat of the 1995 final. Australia defended its seventh title defeating New Zealand in the final on a final-second shot by Sharelle McMahon, after coming back from six goals down at three-quarter time. England claimed the bronze medal, defeating Jamaica by fourteen goals.

Preliminary rounds edit

The competition started with two days of sixteen teams contesting in two rounds of knockout matches for the four remaining spots in the main competition, the remaining twelve teams entered the consolation round. Pakistan and Botswana were also meant to compete in the tournament but had to withdraw.[3][4]

Round 1 edit

The opening day of the competition started with wins for six teams with Wales securing the widest point spread of the day with an 82–13 romp over Vanuatu which saw Mair Evans scoring 57 goals.[5] For Scotland, they had a nervous start in their match against the Cayman Islands with Scotland only leading by three goals at the half time break. But a switch to bring in Gail Higgins into goal attack saw the Scots win by 29 goals.[6] Zambia had the closest match of the opening day with their match over Papua New Guinea having a margin of only two goals in what was a see-saw match.[5] There was also wins for Fiji,[7] Tonga and Malaysia who opened their 1999 campaign with a win.[6]

21 September
8:45
Zambia   51–49   Papua New Guinea    Westpac Arena Court 1, Christchurch
Scoring by quarter: 11–13, 14–11, 13–14, 13–11

21 September
10:30
Wales   82–13   Vanuatu    Westpac Arena Court 1, Christchurch
Scoring by quarter: 21–4, 21–6, 26–1, 14–2
Mair Evans   57/79 (72%)
Nicola Lewis   20/31 (65%)
???   5

21 September
15:45
Fiji   61–21   Sri Lanka    Westpac Arena Court 1, Christchurch
Scoring by quarter: 16–7, 18–0, 12–6, 15–8

21 September
17:30
Scotland   48–19   Cayman Islands    Westpac Arena Court 1, Christchurch
Scoring by quarter: 9–8, 8–6, 15–5, 16–0

21 September
19:15
Tonga   57–32   Hong Kong    Westpac Arena Court 1, Christchurch
Scoring by quarter: 15–9, 14–8, 13–7, 15–8

21 September
21:00
Malaysia   65–33   Niue    Westpac Arena Court 1, Christchurch
Scoring by quarter: 15–9, 12–11, 17–5, 21–8

Round 2 edit

Day two of the 1999 edition saw the remaining eight teams in the preliminary round ply in four matches to determine the final four spots in the top 16. In the biggest victory of the day, Fiji defeated Zambia by twenty nine goals off the back of a blistering start while fellow Pacific neighbours Tonga lost their second round match to Northern Ireland after conceding sixteen goals in the third quarter while only scoring five.[8] Wales built a solid lead in the first two quarter finals to overcome Scotland by eighteen goals despite Scotland winning the final quarter.[9] The final match of the preliminary round saw Singapore sealed a twenty-two goal victory over Malaysia off the back of former Australian B goal-shooter Jocelyn Bryant as she scored 44 goals from 49 attempts.[10]

22 September
8:45
Fiji   68–39   Zambia    Westpac Arena Court 1, Christchurch
Scoring by quarter: 21–10, 14–12, 14–8, 19–9

22 September
10:30
Wales   54–36   Scotland    Westpac Arena Court 1, Christchurch
Scoring by quarter: 14–5, 14–10, 18–9, 8–12

22 September
12:15
Northern Ireland   50–41   Tonga    Westpac Arena Court 1, Christchurch
Scoring by quarter: 11–15, 12–8, 16–5, 11–13

22 September
14:00
Singapore   68–46   Malaysia    Westpac Arena Court 1, Christchurch
Scoring by quarter: 13–12, 20–10, 19–11, 16–13
Jocelyn Bryant   44/49 (90%)
Gng Yen Sin   24/25 (96%)

Consolation round edit

Group A edit

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts
1   Zambia 4 4 0 0 272 110 +162 8
2   Malaysia 4 3 0 1 238 133 +105 6
3   Cayman Islands 4 2 0 2 165 207 −42 4
4   Hong Kong 4 1 0 3 133 196 −63 2
5   Vanuatu 4 0 0 4 106 268 –162 0
23 September
14:30
Hong Kong   53–27   Vanuatu    Westpac Arena Court 2, Christchurch

23 September
16:15
Malaysia   60–19   Cayman Islands    Westpac Arena Court 2, Christchurch
Scoring by half: 33–11, 27–8

24 September
11:00
Malaysia   60–30   Hong Kong    Westpac Arena Court 2, Christchurch
Scoring by quarter: 14–6, 13–1, 17–16, 16–7

24 September
16:15
Zambia   80–18   Vanuatu    Westpac Arena Court 2, Christchurch
Scoring by quarter: 19–4, 23–4, 17–4, 21–6

25 September
12:45
Zambia   76–36   Cayman Islands    Westpac Arena Court 2, Christchurch
Scoring by quarter: 19–8, 17–14, 24–6, 16–8

25 September
16:15
Malaysia   79–23   Vanuatu    Westpac Arena Court 2, Christchurch
Scoring by quarter: 12–6, 19–6, 26–3, 22–8

26 September
12:45
Zambia   55–17   Hong Kong    Westpac Arena Court 2, Christchurch
Scoring by quarter: 13–4, 12–3, 17–4, 13–6

26 September
14:30
Cayman Islands   56–38   Vanuatu    Westpac Arena Court 2, Christchurch
Scoring by quarter: 16–8, 13–10, 16–8, 11–12

27 September
14:30
Cayman Islands   54–33   Hong Kong    Westpac Arena Court 2, Christchurch
Scoring by quarter: 12–10, 14–8, 15–7, 13–8

27 September
18:00
Zambia   61–39   Malaysia    Westpac Arena Court 2, Christchurch
Scoring by quarter: 13–9, 12–11, 20–8, 16–11

Group B edit

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts
1   Papua New Guinea 4 4 0 0 222 159 +63 8
2   Scotland 4 3 0 1 184 160 +24 6
3   Tonga 4 2 0 2 185 191 −6 4
4   Sri Lanka 4 1 0 3 178 184 −6 2
5   Niue 4 0 0 4 151 226 –75 0
23 September
18:00
Papua New Guinea   66–24   Niue    Westpac Arena Court 2, Christchurch

23 September
19:45
Tonga   47–43   Sri Lanka    Westpac Arena Court 2, Christchurch
Scoring by quarter: 10–14, 12–9, 11–6, 14–14

24 September
14:30
Papua New Guinea   53–47   Tonga    Westpac Arena Court 2, Christchurch

24 September
18:00
Scotland   51–41   Niue    Westpac Arena Court 2, Christchurch
Scoring by quarter: 15–7, 11–16, 14–6, 11–12

25 September
14:30
Scotland   41–34   Sri Lanka    Westpac Arena Court 2, Christchurch

25 September
19:45
Tonga   54–45   Niue    Westpac Arena Court 2, Christchurch
Scoring by quarter: 13–14, 13–10, 14–11, 14–10

26 September
9:15
Papua New Guinea   48–42   Scotland    Westpac Arena Court 2, Christchurch
Scoring by quarter: 14–12, 10–10, 14–9, 10–11
Gewa Raula   36/44 (82%)
Jackie Niblett   7/11 (64%)
Monalisa Leka   5/6 (83%)
Jennifer Dingwall   29/43 (67%)
Lynne McCandish   8/17 (47%)
Lesley MacDonald   5/13 (38%)

26 September
16:15
Sri Lanka   55–41   Niue    Westpac Arena Court 2, Christchurch
Scoring by quarter: 20–8, 12–9, 12–11, 11–13
Deepti Ruapsinghe   33/47 (70%)
Jayabthi da Silva   18/34 (53%)
Manoji Galhenage   4/4 (100%)
Crystal Folomu   26/36 (72%)
Nadia Tafea   12/14 (86%)
Julie Folomu   3/5 (60%)

27 September
11:00
Papua New Guinea   55–46   Sri Lanka    Westpac Arena Court 2, Christchurch
Scoring by quarter: 13–16, 12–12, 19–8, 11–10

27 September
14:30
Scotland   50–37   Tonga    Westpac Arena Court 2, Christchurch
Scoring by quarter: 13–12, 17–7, 7–11, 13–7

Semi-finals edit

28 September
9:15
Zambia   53–36   Scotland    Westpac Arena Court 2, Christchurch
Scoring by quarter: 14–9, 15–10, 11–9, 13–8

28 September
11:00
Papua New Guinea   56–48   Malaysia    Westpac Arena Court 2, Christchurch
Scoring by quarter: 8–13, 13–10, 17–9, 18–16

28 September
12:45
Sri Lanka   64–36   Cayman Islands    Westpac Arena Court 2, Christchurch
Scoring by quarter: 18–10, 20–4, 11–12, 15–10

28 September
16:15
Tonga   59–32   Hong Kong    Westpac Arena Court 2, Christchurch
Scoring by quarter: 11–11, 17–8, 14–9, 17–4

Placement matches edit

29 September
9:15
Malaysia   48–37   Scotland    Westpac Arena Court 2, Christchurch
Scoring by quarter: 13–4, 6–10, 15–8, 14–15

29 September
11:00
Zambia   57–44   Papua New Guinea    Westpac Arena Court 2, Christchurch
Scoring by quarter: 17–14, 15–9, 14–12, 11–9

29 September
14:30
Cayman Islands   42–32   Hong Kong    Westpac Arena Court 2, Christchurch

29 September
16:15
Sri Lanka   53–49   Tonga    Westpac Arena Court 2, Christchurch
Scoring by quarter: 12–13, 14–12, 15–11, 12–13

29 September
19:45
Niue   51–30   Vanuatu    Westpac Arena Court 2, Christchurch
Scoring by quarter: 11–7, 10–7, 15–9, 15–7

Main round edit

Group A edit

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts
1   Australia 7 7 0 0 506 254 +252 14
2   Jamaica 7 6 0 1 476 306 +170 12
3   England 7 5 0 2 472 317 +155 10
4   Fiji 7 4 0 3 413 365 +62 8
5   Samoa 7 3 0 4 367 394 −27 6
6   Singapore 7 2 0 5 351 483 −132 4
7   Malawi 7 1 0 6 318 484 −166 2
8   United States 7 0 0 7 263 563 −300 0
23 September
8:45
England   63–33   Fiji    Westpac Arena Court 1, Christchurch
Scoring by quarter: 14–10, 19–8, 18–7, 12–8

23 September
12:45
Samoa   71–46   Malawi    Westpac Arena Court 1, Christchurch
Scoring by quarter: 15–14, 17–13, 17–11, 22–8

23 September
17:30
Australia   91–32   Singapore    Westpac Arena Court 1, Christchurch
Scoring by quarter: 24–5, 16–12, 28–7, 23–8

23 September
19:15
Jamaica   82–34   United States    Westpac Arena Court 1, Christchurch
Scoring by quarter: 20–4, 20–8, 21–10, 21–12

24 September
8:45
Fiji   68–45   Malawi    Westpac Arena Court 1, Christchurch
Scoring by quarter: 17–8, 19–11, 14–11, 18–15

24 September
12:15
England   90–39   United States    Westpac Arena Court 1, Christchurch
Scoring by quarter: 32–7, 20–8, 22–13, 16–11

24 September
14:00
Jamaica   76–40   Singapore    Westpac Arena Court 1, Christchurch
Scoring by quarter: 17–14, 13–12, 23–8, 23–6

24 September
19:30
Australia   74–38   Samoa    Westpac Arena Court 1, Christchurch
Scoring by quarter: 19–11, 18–9, 18–8, 19–10

25 September
12:15
Fiji   61–43   Samoa    Westpac Arena Court 1, Christchurch
Scoring by quarter: 18–12, 13–13, 15–7, 15–11

25 September
14:00
England   76–38   Malawi    Westpac Arena Court 1, Christchurch
Scoring by quarter: 17–8, 22–9, 18–8, 19–13

25 September
17:30
Australia   47–42   Jamaica    Westpac Arena Court 1, Christchurch
Scoring by quarter: 12–8, 12–10, 10–12, 13–12

25 September
18:00
Singapore   75–50   United States    Westpac Arena Court 2, Christchurch
Scoring by quarter: 22–11, 18–13, 21–10, 14–16

26 September
12:15
Samoa   71–36   United States    Westpac Arena Court 1, Christchurch
Scoring by quarter: 18–10, 13–8, 25–7, 15–11

26 September
15:45
Jamaica   84–36   Malawi    Westpac Arena Court 1, Christchurch
Scoring by quarter: 29–9, 20–9, 18–7, 17–11

26 September
17:30
Australia   59–44   England    Westpac Arena Court 1, Christchurch
Scoring by quarter: 17–11, 16–7, 14–15, 12–11
Jenny Borlase   38/48 (79%)
Jacqui Delaney   21/33 (64%)
Tracey Neville   23/35 (66%)
Alex Astle   15/21 (71%)
Lyn Carpenter   6/8 (75%)

26 September
19:45
Fiji   71–44   Singapore    Westpac Arena Court 2, Christchurch

27 September
10:30
Jamaica   61–39   Samoa    Westpac Arena Court 1, Christchurch
Scoring by quarter: 17–11, 18–8, 14–8, 12–12

27 September
14:00
Australia   69–39   Fiji    Westpac Arena Court 1, Christchurch
Scoring by quarter: 22–9, 18–7, 13–11, 16–12

27 September
16:15
Malawi   64–45   United States    Westpac Arena Court 1, Christchurch
Scoring by quarter: 18–13, 15–17, 16–13, 15–2

27 September
17:30
England   77–42   Singapore    Westpac Arena Court 1, Christchurch
Scoring by quarter: 26–10, 21–9, 14–13, 16–10

28 September
10:30
Jamaica   69–51   Fiji    Westpac Arena Court 1, Christchurch
Scoring by half: 32–26, 37–25

28 September
14:00
Australia   91–27   United States    Westpac Arena Court 1, Christchurch
Scoring by quarter: 26–3, 22–8, 27–6, 16–10

28 September
14:30
Singapore   65–57   Malawi    Westpac Arena Court 2, Christchurch

28 September
19:30
England   63–44   Samoa    Westpac Arena Court 1, Christchurch
Scoring by quarter: 16–14, 19–8, 13–10, 15–12

29 September
12:15
Fiji   90–32   United States    Westpac Arena Court 1, Christchurch
Scoring by quarter: 26–4, 22–10, 18–7, 24–11

29 September
12:15
Samoa   61–53   Singapore    Westpac Arena Court 1, Christchurch
Scoring by quarter: 14–13, 15–15, 15–13, 17–12

29 September
14:00
Jamaica   62–59   England    Westpac Arena Court 1, Christchurch
Scoring by quarter: 22–19, 11–15, 14–14, 15–11
Elaine Davis   43/47 (91%)
Connie Francis   19/21 (90%)
Alex Astle   39/42 (93%)
Tracey Neville   20/31 (65%)

29 September
17:30
Australia   75–32   Malawi    Westpac Arena Court 1, Christchurch
Scoring by quarter: 17–7, 17–9, 21–7, 20–9

Group B edit

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts
1   New Zealand 7 7 0 0 542 233 +309 14
2   South Africa 7 6 0 1 514 254 +260 12
3   Cook Islands 7 5 0 2 419 347 +72 10
4   Trinidad and Tobago 7 4 0 3 382 375 +7 8
5   Barbados 7 3 0 4 334 339 −5 6
6   Canada 7 2 0 5 248 465 −217 4
7   Wales 7 1 0 6 267 413 −146 2
8   Northern Ireland 7 0 0 7 222 502 −280 0
22 September
20:30
New Zealand   90–22   Canada    Westpac Arena Court 1, Christchurch
Attendance: 3,500
Scoring by quarter: 24–2, 24–6, 18–5, 24–9

23 September
10:30
Cook Islands   59–50   Barbados    Westpac Arena Court 1, Christchurch
Scoring by quarter: 17–15, 14–12, 14–12, 14–11

23 September
12:15
Trinidad and Tobago   78–32   Canada    Westpac Arena Court 1, Christchurch
Scoring by quarter: 20–9, 18–9, 22–9, 18–5

23 September
14:00
South Africa   88–25   Northern Ireland    Westpac Arena Court 1, Christchurch
Scoring by quarter: 21–4, 26–5, 19–8, 22–8

23 September
15:45
New Zealand   73–27   Wales    Westpac Arena Court 1, Christchurch
Scoring by quarter: 14–7, 24–5, 20–4, 15–11

24 September
10:30
Trinidad and Tobago   64–40   Northern Ireland    Westpac Arena Court 1, Christchurch
Scoring by quarter: 15–11, 18–17, 14–2, 17–10

24 September
15:45
South Africa   70–28   Barbados    Westpac Arena Court 1, Christchurch
Scoring by quarter: 17–8, 15–4, 20–8, 18–8

24 September
17:30
Cook Islands   51–32   Wales    Westpac Arena Court 1, Christchurch
Scoring by quarter: 12–7, 13–9, 15–6, 11–10

25 September
8:45
Canada   49–34   Northern Ireland    Westpac Arena Court 1, Christchurch
Scoring by quarter: 14–13, 13–8, 11–8, 11–5

25 September
10:30
Barbados   52–34   Wales    Westpac Arena Court 1, Christchurch
Scoring by quarter: 11–12, 16–5, 17–7, 8–10

25 September
15:45
New Zealand   74–43   Cook Islands    Westpac Arena Court 1, Christchurch
Scoring by quarter: 20–9, 15–14, 16–9, 23–11

25 September
19:15
South Africa   85–30   Trinidad and Tobago    Westpac Arena Court 1, Christchurch
Scoring by quarter: 20–6, 26–11, 19–7, 20–6

26 September
8:45
Wales   67–39   Northern Ireland    Westpac Arena Court 1, Christchurch
Scoring by quarter: 15–12, 21–5, 15–12, 16–10

26 September
10:30
Barbados   72–32   Canada    Westpac Arena Court 1, Christchurch
Scoring by quarter: 16–6, 16–10, 14–11, 26–5

26 September
14:00
Cook Islands   65–52   Trinidad and Tobago    Westpac Arena Court 1, Christchurch

26 September
19:15
New Zealand   68–39   South Africa    Westpac Arena Court 1, Christchurch
Scoring by quarter: 17–7, 14–11, 19–11, 18–10
Donna Loffhagen   40/52 (77%)
Belinda Colling   28/37 (76%)
Irene van Dyk   24/25 (96%)
Rosina Mogola   8/10 (80%)
Rusky Mthethwa   7/10 (70%)

27 September
8:45
Cook Islands   64–39   Canada    Westpac Arena Court 1, Christchurch
Scoring by quarter: 18–10, 14–10, 9–11, 23–8

27 September
12:15
Trinidad and Tobago   47–46   Barbados    Westpac Arena Court 1, Christchurch
Scoring by quarter: 12–11, 9–14, 14–12, 12–9

27 September
15:45
New Zealand   92–26   Northern Ireland    Westpac Arena Court 1, Christchurch
Scoring by quarter: 21–9, 23–8, 23–6, 25–3

27 September
19:30
South Africa   80–31   Wales    Westpac Arena Court 1, Christchurch
Scoring by quarter: 21–6, 18–8, 21–8, 20–9

28 September
8:45
Cook Islands   91–32   Northern Ireland    Westpac Arena Court 1, Christchurch
Scoring by quarter: 21–10, 20–13, 24–6, 26–3

28 September
12:15
Trinidad and Tobago   70–33   Wales    Westpac Arena Court 1, Christchurch
Scoring by quarter: 16–12, 22–8, 17–5, 15–8

28 September
15:45
New Zealand   71–35   Barbados    Westpac Arena Court 1, Christchurch
Scoring by quarter: 21–6, 17–6, 18–11, 15–12

28 September
17:30
South Africa   84–26   Canada    Westpac Arena Court 1, Christchurch
Scoring by quarter: 19–6, 28–7, 20–8, 17–5

29 September
10:30
Barbados   51–26   Northern Ireland    Westpac Arena Court 1, Christchurch
Scoring by quarter: 11–7, 13–5, 16–5, 11–9

29 September
12:45
Canada   48–43   Wales    Westpac Arena Court 1, Christchurch
Scoring by quarter: 14–14, 17–8, 8–10, 9–11

29 September
15:45
South Africa   68–46   Cook Islands    Westpac Arena Court 1, Christchurch
Scoring by quarter: 12–9, 21–17, 17–9, 18–11

29 September
19:30
New Zealand   74–41   Trinidad and Tobago    Westpac Arena Court 1, Christchurch
Scoring by quarter: 17–11, 19–9, 22–10, 16–11

Classification matches edit

Quarter-finals edit

30 September
8:45
Malawi   55–38   Canada    Westpac Arena Court 1, Christchurch
Scoring by quarter: 15–8, 9–13, 20–7, 11–10

30 September
10:30
Samoa   75–38   Northern Ireland    Westpac Arena Court 1, Christchurch
Scoring by quarter: 13–12, 24–10, 19–9, 19–7

30 September
12:15
Barbados   74–47   United States    Westpac Arena Court 1, Christchurch

30 September
14:00
Singapore   63–49   Wales    Westpac Arena Court 1, Christchurch
Scoring by quarter: 16–13, 17–13, 12–13, 18–10

Semi-finals edit

1 October
8:45
Canada   50–39   Northern Ireland    Westpac Arena Court 1, Christchurch

1 October
10:30
Samoa   70–59   Malawi    Westpac Arena Court 1, Christchurch

1 October
12:15
Wales   57–54   United States    Westpac Arena Court 1, Christchurch
Scoring by quarter: 14–12, 15–13, 12–16, 16–13

1 October
14:00
Barbados   62–53   Singapore    Westpac Arena Court 1, Christchurch

Playoff 9-16 edit

2 October
8:00
United States   62–39   Northern Ireland    Westpac Arena Court 1, Christchurch
Scoring by quarter: 13–12, 16–10, 19–8, 14–9

2 October
9:45
Canada   58–57   Wales    Westpac Arena Court 1, Christchurch
Scoring by quarter: 14–13, 15–13, 13–15, 16–16

2 October
11:30
Malawi   62–52   Singapore    Westpac Arena Court 1, Christchurch

2 October
13:15
Samoa   67–42   Barbados    Westpac Arena Court 1, Christchurch
Scoring by quarter: 17–14, 18–9, 18–11, 14–8

Finals edit

 
Quarter-finalsSemi-finalsFinal
 
          
 
30 September
 
 
  Australia87
 
1 October
 
  Trinidad and Tobago34
 
  Australia54
 
30 September
 
  England44
 
  England44
 
2 October
 
  South Africa42
 
  Australia42
 
30 September
 
  New Zealand41
 
  Jamaica76
 
1 October
 
  Cook Islands46
 
  Jamaica53
 
30 September
 
  New Zealand55 Bronze Medal Match
 
  New Zealand81
 
2 October
 
  Fiji38
 
  England57
 
 
  Jamaica43
 

Quarter-finals edit

30 September
15:45
Jamaica   76–46   Cook Islands    Westpac Arena Court 1, Christchurch
Scoring by quarter: 21–8, 19–11, 19–10, 17–17
Elaine Davis   48/51 (94%)
Connie Francis   28/37 (76%)
Angela Matapo   23/25 (92%)
Elizabeth Dean   14/19 (74%)
Melissa Fotu   9/13 (69%)

30 September
17:30
Australia   87–34   Trinidad and Tobago    Westpac Arena Court 1, Christchurch

30 September
19:15
England   44–42   South Africa    Westpac Arena Court 1, Christchurch
Scoring by quarter: 10–13, 13–7, 9–15, 12–7
Alex Astle   32/40 (80%)
Tracey Neville   8/22 (36%)
Lyn Carpenter   4/7 (57%)
Irene van Dyk   24/26 (92%)
Rosina Mogola   18/23 (78%)

30 September
21:00
New Zealand   81–38   Fiji    Westpac Arena Court 1, Christchurch
Scoring by quarter: 20–9, 22–8, 22–7, 17–14
Belinda Colling   37/47 (79%)
Donna Loffhagen   34/41 (83%)
Teresa Tairi   10/13 (77%)
Vaciti Vocea   24/34 (71%)
Paulini Tora   7/13 (54%)
Alanitta Evans   5/7 (71%)
Lanieta Tuisese   2/2 (100%)

Semi-finals (5-8) edit

1 October
15:45
South Africa   75–47   Trinidad and Tobago    Westpac Arena Court 1, Christchurch
Scoring by quarter: 20–10, 22–10, 17–13, 16–14
Irene van Dyk   50/51 (98%)
Rosina Mogola   19/24 (79%)
Manzo Machoga   6/10 (60%)
Janelle Barker   28/37 (76%)
Simone Morgan   19/29 (66%)

1 October
19:15
Fiji   55–42   Cook Islands    Westpac Arena Court 1, Christchurch
Scoring by quarter: 10–10, 17–14, 15–9, 13–9
Alanitta Evans   33/39 (85%)
Lanieta Tuisese   18/23 (78%)
Vaciti Vocea   4/8 (50%)
Angela Matapo   27/29 (93%)
Melissa Fotu   13/24 (54%)
Elizabeth Dean   2/3 (67%)

Semi-finals edit

1 October
17:30
Australia   54–44   England    Westpac Arena Court 1, Christchurch
Scoring by quarter: 20–10, 12–9, 13–12, 9–13
Vicki Wilson   30/38 (79%)
Jacqui Delaney   20/33 (61%)
Sharelle McMahon   4/6 (67%)
Alex Astle   32/39 (82%)
Lyn Carpenter   7/9 (78%)
Tracey Neville   5/7 (71%)

1 October
21:00
New Zealand   55–53   Jamaica    Westpac Arena Court 1, Christchurch
Scoring by quarter: 13–16, 15–9, 12–14, 15–14
Donna Loffhagen   44/51 (86%)
Belinda Colling   11/18 (61%)
Elaine Davis   40/43 (93%)
Connie Francis   13/18 (72%)

7th place match edit

2 October
15:00
Cook Islands   64–54   Trinidad and Tobago    Westpac Arena Court 1, Christchurch
Scoring by quarter: 20–16, 15–15, 13–11, 16–12
Angela Matapo   44/47 (94%)
Melissa Fotu   10/19 (53%)
John Ngatokoa   10/14 (71%)
Janelle Barker   43/49 (88%)
Simone Morgan   11/21 (52%)

5th place match edit

2 October
16:45
South Africa   57–49   Fiji    Westpac Arena Court 1, Christchurch
Scoring by quarter: 15–8, 10–12, 15–15, 17–14
Irene van Dyk   38/39 (97%)
Rosina Mogola   13/18 (72%)
Rusky Mthethwa   6/6 (100%)
Paulini Tora   25/32 (78%)
Alanitta Evans   24/28 (86%)

Bronze medal match edit

2 October
18:30
England   57–43   Jamaica    Westpac Arena Court 1, Christchurch
Scoring by quarter: 12–15, 12–12, 20–10, 13–6
Alex Astle   38/48 (79%)
Tracey Neville   19/30 (63%)
Elaine Davis   22/26 (85%)
Connie Francis   21/25 (84%)

Gold medal match edit

2 October
20:30
Australia   42–41   New Zealand    Westpac Arena Court 1, Christchurch
Scoring by quarter: 13–13, 8–10, 7–11, 14–7
Vicki Wilson   15/26 (58%)
Jacqui Delaney   12/18 (67%)
Jennifer Borlase   9/13 (69%)
Sharelle McMahon   6/8 (75%)
Donna Loffhagen   30/42 (71%)
Belinda Colling   11/20 (55%)

Final placings edit

Place Nation[11]
    Australia
    New Zealand
    England
4   Jamaica
5   South Africa
6   Fiji
7   Cook Islands
8   Trinidad and Tobago
9   Samoa
10   Barbados
11   Malawi
12   Singapore
13   Canada
14   Wales
15   United States
16   Northern Ireland
17   Zambia
18   Papua New Guinea
19   Malaysia
20   Scotland
21   Sri Lanka
22   Tonga
23   Cayman Islands
24   Hong Kong
25   Niue
26   Vanuatu

Medallists edit

Gold Silver Bronze
  Australia
Coach: Jill McIntosh
  New Zealand
Coach: Yvonne Willering
  England
Coach: Mary Beardwood
Vicki Wilson (c)
Jenny Borlase
Carissa Dalwood
Jacqui Delaney
Liz Ellis
Sharon Finnan
Kathryn Harby
Janine Ilitch
Sharelle McMahon
Shelley O'Donnell
Rebecca Sanders
Peta Squire
Belinda Colling (c)
Donna Loffhagen
Adine Harper
Teresa Tairi
Anna Rowberry
Sonya Hardcastle
Julie Seymour
Lesley Nicol
Belinda Charteris
Lorna Suafoa
Linda Vagana
Bernice Mene
Joanne Zinzan (c)
Amanda Newton
Olivia Murphy
Tracey Neville (vc)
Alex Astle
Karen Aspinall
Naomi Siddall
Sonia Mkoloma
Hellen Manufor
Helen Lonsdale
Lyn Carpenter
Lisa Stanley

Source:[12]


References edit

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  4. ^ Moor, Paul (21 September 1999). "Lack of Money Sees Botswana Pull Out". INF. Archived from the original on 4 January 2001.
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  10. ^ Moor, Paul (22 September 1999). "Singapore's gun for hire". Archived from the original on 4 January 2001.
  11. ^ Netball Australia. "World Netball Championships placings" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 2012-09-25. Retrieved 30 July 2011.
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External links edit

  • TVNZ perspective on the defeat of New Zealand