Netball at the 2018 Commonwealth Games

Netball at the 2018 Commonwealth Games
Venue	Gold Coast Convention and Exhibition Centre Coomera Indoor Sports Centre
Dates	5–15 April 2018
Competitors	144 from 12 nations
Medalists
England   Australia   Jamaica

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. 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.

Venues

Gold Coast Convention and Exhibition Centre, which will stage preliminary netball matches for the 2018 Games.

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.

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.

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. The teams were officially confirmed on July 25, 2017.

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

Main article: Netball at the 2018 Commonwealth Games — Rosters

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

•  Australia (12)
•  Barbados (12)
•  England (12)
•  Fiji (12)
•  Jamaica (12)
•  Malawi (12)
•  New Zealand (12)
•  Northern Ireland (12)
•  Scotland (12)
•  South Africa (12)
•  Uganda (12)
•  Wales (12)

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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

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Final standings

Place	Nation
	England
	Australia
	Jamaica
4	New Zealand
5	South Africa
6	Uganda
7	Malawi
8	Northern Ireland
9	Scotland
10	Barbados
11	Wales
12	Fiji

Gold	Silver	Bronze
England Coach: Tracey Neville	Australia Coach: Lisa Alexander	Jamaica Coach: Sasher-Gaye Henry
Ama Agbeze 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 April Brandley Courtney Bruce Laura Geitz Susan Pettitt Kimberley Ravaillion Madison Robinson Gabi Simpson Caitlin Thwaites Liz Watson Joanna Weston Stephanie Wood	Romelda Aiken Shanice Beckford Nicole Dixon Stacian Facey Jhaniele Fowler-Reid Rebekah Robinson Shamera Sterling Adean Thomas Paula Thompson Jodi-Ann Ward Khadijah Williams Vangelee Williams

2018 Commonwealth Champions
England 1st title

External links

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