2007 World Netball Championships

2007 World Netball Championships
Tournament details
Host country  New Zealand
Dates 10 – 17 November 2007
No. of nations 16
Final positions
 Champions  Australia (9th title)
 Runners-up  New Zealand
 Third place  Jamaica
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The 2007 World Netball Championships was the 12th staging of the World Netball Championships, a quadrennial international netball world championship co-ordinated by the International Federation of Netball Associations (IFNA), inaugurated in 1963.

Sixteen nations competed from 10 to the 17 November. The event was hosted in the West part of Auckland, New Zealand. The competition comprised 48 matches over 8 days with all matches being played in the The Trusts Stadium, Waitakere. The event was broadcast in over half a dozen countries [1]

Australia defeated the home side, New Zealand 42–38 for their 9th world championship.

Withdrawal of hosting rights

Original logo of the 2007 WNC

After seeing off competing bids from Australia and South Africa, Fiji was awarded the hosting rights for the 2007 World Netball Championships in November 2003.[2] The announcement saw Fiji named just the second Pacific nation to host the tournament, after New Zealand hosted the event in 1987 and again in 1999.

16 nations were scheduled to compete over 11 days, from 10 July through 21 July 2007. Despite forecast hosting costs of F$3 million, the International Netball Federation (INFA) noted in a press release that the economic gain is significant, with Jamaica held out as one country whose economy had benefited significantly from a commensurate influx of sports tourists.[2]

In December 2006, following months of tension, Commander Voreqe Bainamarama staged a military coup to unseat the government of Prime Minister Laisenia Qarase.

As a direct result of the coup and the political and economic uncertainty it created, on December 8, 2006 the IFNA withdrew Fiji's hosting rights for the 2007 tournament. The withdrawal was expected to have a significant impact in Fiji due to the popularity of netball.[3]

IFNA began an immediate process to identify a new host and, on December 23, 2006, announced that New Zealand, who last hosted the tournament in 1999 in Christchurch, will host the tournament during November 2007. It was undecided if Auckland or Christchurch would hold the tournament, as both cities have suitable facilities. But on 27 January it was decided that Auckland will be the host city for the 2007 World Netball Championships .The matches will all be played at The Trusts Stadium, Waitakere from 10–17 November.

Nations

Pool A Pool B Pool C Pool D

 New Zealand
 Malawi
 Wales
 Botswana

 Australia
 Samoa
 Trinidad and Tobago
 Scotland

 Jamaica
 Cook Islands
 Fiji
 Singapore

 England
 South Africa
 Barbados
 Malaysia

Format

The tournament comprises 48 games, held over an 8 day period. Every team is guaranteed to play 6 games, and every team will be awarded a rank from 1 to 16 as a result.

Pool Stage

Points are awarded as follows:
• 2 Points for a Win
• 1 Points for a Draw
• 0 Points for a Loss

In the event of a tie, the result of the game between the tied teams will decide who is ranked higher.
However, should more than two teams be tied, there are three tie-breaker scenarios:
• The team with the superior Goal Average (Goals For/Goals Against) will be ranked highest.
• If the Goal Average is identical, the team with the better Goal Difference will be ranked highest.
• If the Goal Difference is identical, the team with the higher Goals For will be ranked highest.

All times are New Zealand Time (UCT +13 hours)

Pool A

Date Time Court Result
Saturday, November 10 20:10 1  New Zealand  Malawi 85-26
Sunday, November 11 14:10 1  Wales  Botswana 54-35
Monday, November 12 14:10 1  Malawi  Botswana 44-32
Monday, November 12 16:10 1  New Zealand  Wales 86-24
Tuesday, November 13 12:10 1  Wales  Malawi 52-55
Tuesday, November 13 18:10 1  New Zealand  Botswana 76-20

Points Table

Team Played Won Drawn Lost Goals For Goals Against Goal Difference Points
 New Zealand 3 3 0 0 247 70 +177 6
 Malawi 3 2 0 1 125 169 -44 4
 Wales 3 1 0 2 130 176 -46 2
 Botswana 3 0 0 3 87 174 -87 0

Pool B

Date Time Court Result
Sunday, November 11 14:10 2  Trinidad and Tobago  Scotland 47-39
Sunday, November 11 20:10 1  Australia  Samoa 82-26
Monday, November 12 12:10 2  Samoa  Scotland 60-39
Monday, November 12 18:10 1  Australia  Trinidad and Tobago 78-34
Tuesday, November 13 14:10 1  Australia  Scotland 93-20
Tuesday, November 13 16:10 1  Trinidad and Tobago  Samoa 48-52

Points Table

Team Played Won Drawn Lost Goals For Goals Against Goal Difference Points
 Australia 3 3 0 0 253 80 +173 6
 Samoa 3 2 0 1 138 169 -31 4
 Trinidad and Tobago 3 1 0 2 129 169 -40 2
 Scotland 3 0 0 3 98 200 -102 0

Pool C

Date Time Court Result
Sunday, November 11 16:10 2  Fiji  Singapore 61-32
Sunday, November 11 18:10 1  Jamaica  Cook Islands 71-29
Monday, November 12 12:10 1  Cook Islands  Singapore 45-43
Monday, November 12 20:10 1  Jamaica  Fiji 78-35
Tuesday, November 13 14:10 2  Cook Islands  Fiji 42-36
Tuesday, November 13 16:10 2  Jamaica  Singapore 91-35

Points Table

Team Played Won Drawn Lost Goals For Goals Against Goal Difference Points
 Jamaica 3 3 0 0 240 99 +141 6
 Cook Islands 3 2 0 1 116 150 -34 4
 Fiji 3 1 0 2 132 152 -20 2
 Singapore 3 0 0 3 110 197 -87 0

Pool D

Date Time Court Result
Sunday, November 11 12:10 1  South Africa  Malaysia 67-28
Sunday, November 11 16:10 1  England  Barbados 87-34
Monday, November 12 14:10 2  South Africa  Barbados 56-36
Monday, November 12 16:10 2  England  Malaysia 99-16
Tuesday, November 13 12:10 2  Barbados  Malaysia 62-38
Tuesday, November 13 20:10 1  England  South Africa 62-32

Points Table

Team Played Won Drawn Lost Goals For Goals Against Goal Difference Points
 England 3 3 0 0 248 82 +166 6
 South Africa 3 2 0 1 155 126 +29 4
 Barbados 3 1 0 2 132 181 -49 2
 Malaysia 3 0 0 3 82 228 -146 0

Section Games

After the pool stages, the teams are divided into two sections. The top 2 qualifiers from each pool go into Section 1-8, and the bottom two go into Section 9-16.

In the sectional games, no draws are permitted, so Extra Time is played. Extra Time operates as follows:
• Initially, extra time of two, seven minute halves will be played.
• In the event of a tie remaining at the end of extra time, teams change ends without an interval and the game is restarted by the team entitled to the next centre pass.
• Play will then continue until one team has a two goal advantage.

Section 9-16

Quarter Finals

Date Time Court Result
QF1 Wednesday, November 14 14:10 1  Barbados  Botswana 43-44
QF2 Wednesday, November 14 16:10 1  Trinidad and Tobago  Singapore 42-32
QF3 Wednesday, November 14 18:10 1  Fiji  Scotland 58-37
QF4 Wednesday, November 14 20:10 1  Wales  Malaysia 69-32

Semi-Finals

Date Time Court Result
SF1 Thursday, November 15 12:10 1  Botswana  Trinidad and Tobago 39-38
SF2 Thursday, November 15 12:10 2  Barbados  Singapore 44-43
SF3 Thursday, November 15 14:10 2  Scotland  Malaysia 64-40
SF4 Thursday, November 15 16:10 2  Fiji  Wales 68-36

Position Playoffs

Date Time Court Result
11th/12th Friday, November 16 12:10 1  Trinidad and Tobago  Wales 48-45
15th/16th Friday, November 16 12:10 2  Singapore  Malaysia 59-44
9th/10th Friday, November 16 14:10 1  Botswana  Fiji 20-65
13th/14th Friday, November 16 14:10 2  Barbados  Scotland 51-45

Section 1-8

Quarter Finals

Date Time Court Result
QF1 Thursday, November 15 14:10 1  England  Malawi 81-37
QF2 Thursday, November 15 16:10 1  Australia  Cook Islands 90-22
QF3 Thursday, November 15 18:10 1  Jamaica  Samoa 73-42
QF4 Thursday, November 15 20:10 1  New Zealand  South Africa 82-23

Semi-Finals

Date Time Court Result
SF1 Friday, November 16 16:10 1  Samoa  South Africa 50-54
SF2 Friday, November 16 16:10 2  Cook Islands  Malawi 47-61
SF3 Friday, November 16 18:10 1  England  Australia 33-51
SF4 Friday, November 16 20:10 1  New Zealand  Jamaica 59-49

Position Playoffs

Date Time Court Result
7th/8th Saturday, November 17 14:10 1  Samoa  Cook Islands 55-56
5th/6th Saturday, November 17 16:10 1  Malawi  South Africa 52-49
3rd/4th Saturday, November 17 18:10 1  England  Jamaica 52-53
1st/2nd Saturday, November 17 20:10 1  New Zealand  Australia 38-42

Final Placings

  1.  Australia
  2.  New Zealand
  3.  Jamaica
  4.  England
  5.  Malawi
  6.  South Africa
  7.  Cook Islands
  8.  Samoa
  9.  Fiji
  10.  Botswana
  11.  Trinidad and Tobago
  12.  Wales
  13.  Barbados
  14.  Scotland
  15.  Singapore
  16.  Malaysia

See also

External links

References

  1. ↑ World Netball Championships 2007
  2. ↑ 2.0 2.1 News
  3. ↑ http://www.stuff.co.nz/stuff/0,2106,3894869a10,00.html