2012 World University Netball Championship

The 2012 World University Netball Championship was hosted at the Good Hope Centre in Cape Town, South Africa between 2 July and 7 July 2012. The tournament was organised by the Fédération Internationale du Sport Universitaire and University Sport South Africa. It was the inaugural tournament of the World University Netball Championship. It was won by Great Britain who defeated the host nation, South Africa 53–49 in the final. Jamaica finished third after defeating Northern Ireland 41–30 in the bronze medal match. [1][2][3][4]

2012 World University Netball Championship
Tournament details
Host country South Africa
Dates2 July – 7 July 2012
No. of nations8
Final positions
 Champions Great Britain (1st title)
 Runners-up South Africa
 Third place Jamaica
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Participants

Initially, eighteen countries indicated that they would send teams. However by June 2012, when the draw was made for the tournament, only seven had confirmed their participation. These were South Africa, Great Britain, Northern Ireland, Jamaica, Namibia, Uganda and the United States. Australia and New Zealand where among the countries that had dropped out. [2] Before the tournament started, a late entry by Zimbabwe saw the number of participants increase to eight. [5] It was initially planned that Ireland would send an All-Ireland team, featuring players from both Northern Ireland and the Republic of Ireland. However no players from the Republic were selected for the final squad. As a result, it was a Northern Ireland team, in effect, that competed in the tournament. [5][6][7][8][9][10]

Format

When there was just seven teams due to participate, it was planned for all seven teams to play each other once in a group stage. The top four teams would then qualify for the semi-finals. However with the addition of Zimbabwe it was decided to split the eight teams into two groups of four. All eight teams qualified for the quarter-finals, with the final group tables deciding the quarter-final draw. [2][5][11]

Matches

Group A
Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA % Pts
1  South Africa 3300260736
2  Northern Ireland 32011971004
3  Zimbabwe 3102742272
4  United States 3003641950
South Africa 57–47 Northern Ireland
[12]
Zimbabwe 35–34 United States
South Africa 110–12 Zimbabwe
Northern Ireland 67–16 United States
[13]
Northern Ireland 83–27 Zimbabwe
South Africa 93–14 United States

Source:[5][11]

Group B
Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA % Pts
1  Great Britain 33001531216
2  Jamaica 32011561204
3  Uganda 3102127932
4  Namibia 3003721740
Great Britain 46–44 Jamaica
Uganda 44–4 Namibia
Jamaica 44–39 Uganda
Great Britain 62-33 Namibia
Great Britain 45–44 Uganda
Jamaica 68–35 Namibia

Source:[5][11][14][3][4]

Quarter-finals
South Africa 67–26 Namibia
[15]
Northern Ireland 45–43 Uganda
Jamaica 87–15 Zimbabwe
England 82–14 United States

Semi-finals
Great Britain 52–37 Northern Ireland
[16]
South Africa 41–39 Jamaica

Placement matches
Namibia 96–21 Zimbabwe
Uganda 72–18 United States
7th place
Zimbabwe 43–41 United States
5th place
Uganda 51–38 Namibia
Bronze medal match
Jamaica 41–30 Northern Ireland

Final
Great Britain 53–49 South Africa
[17][18]

Final placings
Place Nation
 Great Britain
 South Africa
 Jamaica
4  Northern Ireland
5  Uganda
6  Namibia
7  Zimbabwe
8  United States

Source:[1][17]

References
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