2017 Netball World Youth Cup
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| Third place |  England |
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The Netball World Youth Cup Gaborone 2017[1] (NWYC2017) was the eighth staging of the tournament previously (until 2013) known as the World Youth Netball Championships, the premier competition in international netball, contested every four years. The 2017 tournament, to be held from 8–16 July, held in Gaborone, Botswana, which is first African region country to host the tournament. Matches are to be played at University of Botswana Indoor Stadium and Ditshupo Hall.[2] Twenty nations competed at the championships.
Teams
Qualification
Twenty teams contested the 2017 tournament. The home nation automatically qualified, along with the next four highest-ranked teams from the 2013 World Youth Netball Championships:
Botswana (host nation)
New Zealand
Australia
Jamaica
England
Qualification Tournaments The remaining fifteen teams were determined by regional qualifying tournaments, with three teams selected from each of the five international netball regions; Africa, Americas, Asia, Europe and Oceania.
| Region | Host | Teams | Dates | Winners | Runners-up | 2nd Runners- up |
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| Asia |  Hong Kong |
12 | 14–20 December 2015 |  Sri Lanka |
 Malaysia |
 Singapore
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| Africa[3] |  Botswana |
8 | 24–30 July 2016 |  South Africa |
 Zimbabwe |
 Uganda
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| Americas[4] |  Sint Maarten |
7 | 22–28 August 2016 |  Barbados |
 Trinidad and Tobago |
 Grenada
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| Oceania[5] |  New Zealand |
6 | 26–29 September 2016 |  Fiji |
 Cook Islands |
 Samoa
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| Europe[6] |  Wales |
4 | 7–9 October 2016 |  Scotland |
Wales |
 Northern Ireland
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Draw
The draw for the tournament was held on 20 October 2016 at Botswana.[7] The pools for the tournament's finals is as below:
| Pool A | Pool B | Pool C | Pool D |
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Preliminary rounds
Pool A
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Pool B
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Pool C
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Pool D
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Playoff and placement
17th to 20th place
9th to 16th place
1st to 8th place
Final rankings
| Place | Nation |
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New Zealand
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 Australia
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England
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| 4 | Fiji
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| 5 |  Jamaica
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| 6 | South Africa
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| 7 | Uganda
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| 8 | Scotland
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| 9 | Zimbabwe
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| 10 | Botswana
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| 11 | Samoa
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| 12 | Cook Islands
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| 13 | Wales
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| 14 | Trinidad and Tobago
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| 15 | Barbados
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| 16 | Northern Ireland
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| 17 | Malaysia
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| 18 | Singapore
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| 19 | Sri Lanka
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| 20 | Grenada
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References
- ^ Official website
- ^ "Shooting for the stars". Retrieved 9 July 2017.
- ^ "South Africa Return Home Unbeaten From NWYC 2017 African Qualifiers". 16 August 2016. Retrieved 30 August 2018.
- ^ "Netball World Youth Cup Americas Qualifiers". 1 September 2016. Retrieved 30 August 2018.
- ^ "Fiji, Cook Islands And Samoa Qualify For NWYC2017". 4 October 2016. Retrieved 30 August 2018.
- ^ "NYWC2017 – European Qualifiers Tournament Review". 14 November 2016. Retrieved 30 August 2018.
- ^ "Netball World Youth Cup Gaborone 2017". Retrieved 30 March 2017.