Netball at the 2018 Commonwealth Games

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
	← Glasgow 2014 Birmingham 2022 →

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.^[1] 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.^[2]^[3]

Schedule

The following is the competition schedule for the netball competition:^[4]

P	Pool stage	CM	Classification matches	½	Semi-finals	B	Bronze medal match	G	Gold medal match

Event↓/Date →	Thu 5	Fri 6	Sat 7	Sun 8	Mon 9	Tue 10	Wed 11	Thu 12	Fri 13	Sat 14	Sun 15
Women	P	P	P	P	P	P	P	CM		½	B	G

Venues

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.^[5]

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.^[6]

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.^[7] The teams were officially confirmed on July 25, 2017.^[8]^[9]

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

There were 12 participating nations at the netball competitions with a total of 144 athletes, up to 12 per team.^[2] 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)

Preliminary round

Pool A

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Australia (H)	5	5	0	413	162	+251	10	Semi-finals
2	Jamaica	5	4	1	351	221	+130	8	Semi-finals
3	South Africa	5	3	2	310	205	+105	6	Classification matches
4	Northern Ireland	5	2	3	224	307	−83	4
5	Barbados	5	1	4	185	333	−148	2
6	Fiji	5	0	5	171	426	−255	0

Updated to match(es) played on 11 April 2018. Source: GC2018
(H) Hosts

5 April 2018 13:00 v t e	Report	Jamaica	88–30	Fiji		Gold Coast Convention and Exhibition Centre Umpires: Jackie Mizon Angela Armonstrong-Lush Reserve umpire: Marc Henning
		Fowler-Reid 40/43 (93%) Aiken 24/32 (75%) Robinson 15/16 (94%) Beckford 9/11 (82%)		M. Rusivakula 17/19 (89%) Waqa 7/11 (64%) Paul 3/7 (43%) U. Rusivakula 3/5 (60%)

5 April 2018 20:30 v t e	Report	Australia	94–26	Northern Ireland		Gold Coast Convention and Exhibition Centre Umpires: Maria van der Merwe Jono Bredin Reserve umpire: Lisa McPhail
		Thwaites 39/39 (100%) Bassett 31/34 (91%) Pettitt 13/13 (100%) Wood 11/15 (73%)		L. Bowman 13/22 (59%) McCullogh 6/9 (67%) Lennon 4/6 (67%) K. Bowman 3/4 (75%)

6 April 2018 15:00 v t e	Report	South Africa	46–57	Jamaica		Gold Coast Convention and Exhibition Centre Umpires: Gary Burgess Michelle Phippard Reserve umpire: Helen George
		Venter 19/23 (83%) Burger 15/15 (100%) Holtzhausen 12/18 (67%)		Fowler-Reid 29/31 (94%) Beckford 15/20 (75%) Aiken 13/16 (81%)

6 April 2018 20:30 v t e	Report	Barbados	24–79	Australia		Gold Coast Convention and Exhibition Centre Umpires: Lisa McPhail Kristie Simpson Reserve umpire: Kate Stephenson
		Wharton 12/17 (71%) Blackman 8/10 (80%) Payne 4/5 (80%)		Thwaites 24/24 (100%) Bassett 23/26 (88%) Wood 17/17 (100%) Pettitt 15/15 (100%)

7 April 2018 15:00 v t e	Report	Northern Ireland	35–49	South Africa		Gold Coast Convention and Exhibition Centre Umpires: Kate Stephenson Lisa McPhail Reserve umpire: Jackie Mizon
		L. Bowman 21/25 (84%) Lennon 5/6 (83%) McCullogh 5/11 (45%) K. Bowman 4/7 (57%)		Burger 38/41 (93%) Venter 7/9 (78%) Holtzhausen 4/9 (44%)

7 April 2018 20:30 v t e	Report	Fiji	44–65	Barbados		Gold Coast Convention and Exhibition Centre Umpires: Maria van der Merwe Theresa Prince Reserve umpire: Michelle Phippard
		M. Rusivakula 27/31 (87%) U. Rusivakula 10/12 (83%) Waqa 7/8 (88%)		Wharton 33/38 (87%) Blackman 22/28 (79%) Payne 10/12 (83%)

8 April 2018 13:00 v t e	Report	Jamaica	79–41	Northern Ireland		Gold Coast Convention and Exhibition Centre Umpires: Jackie Mizon Kristie Simpson Reserve umpire: Angela Armstrong-Lush
		Fowler-Reid 32/33 (97%) Aiken 26/28 (93%) Beckford 11/11 (100%) Robinson 10/11 (91%)		Bowman 23/32 (72%) K. Bowman 11/16 (69%) Lennon 7/8 (88%)

8 April 2018 20:30 v t e	Report	Australia	60–38	South Africa		Gold Coast Convention and Exhibition Centre Umpires: Jono Bredin Lisa McPhail Reserve umpire: Kate Stephenson
		Bassett 20/23 (87%) Thwaites 15/15 (100%) Wood 14/15 (93%) Pettitt 11/11 (100%)		Venter 33/40 (83%) Holtzhausen 5/10 (50%)

9 April 2018 15:00 v t e	Report	Fiji	23–108	Australia		Gold Coast Convention and Exhibition Centre Umpires: Angela Armstrong-Lush Kristie Simpson Reserve umpire: Jackie Mizon
		Waqa 15/19 (79%) M. Rusivakula 8/14 (57%)		Bassett 40/41 (98%) Thwaites 30/31 (97%) Pettitt 23/23 (100%) Wood 15/19 (79%)

9 April 2018 18:30 v t e	Report	Jamaica	76–32	Barbados		Gold Coast Convention and Exhibition Centre Umpires: Maria van der Merwe Marc Henning Reserve umpire: Gary Burgess
		Fowler-Reid 32/36 (89%) Aiken 28/33 (85%) Beckford 12/14 (86%) Robinson 4/8 (50%)		Blackman 17/19 (89%) Wharton 9/12 (75%) Payne 6/9 (67%)

10 April 2018 13:00 v t e	Report	Barbados	39–49	Northern Ireland		Gold Coast Convention and Exhibition Centre Umpires: Theresa Prince Gary Burgess Reserve umpire: Maria van der Merwe
		Wharton 27/29 (93%) Blackman 9/12 (75%) Payne 3/3 (100%)		L. Bowman 20/25 (80%) Lennon 15/16 (94%) Oonagh McCullough 9/15 (60%) K. Bowman 5/7 (71%)

10 April 2018 18:30 v t e	Report	South Africa	92–28	Fiji		Gold Coast Convention and Exhibition Centre Umpires: Michelle Phippard Jackie Mizon Reserve umpire: Kate Stephenson
		Burger 56/59 (95%) Venter 20/22 (91%) Stoltz 16/21 (76%)		Waqa 19/26 (73%) M. Rusivakula 8/12 (67%) U. Rusivakula 1/2 (50%)

11 April 2018 11:00 v t e	Report	South Africa	85–25	Barbados		Gold Coast Convention and Exhibition Centre Umpires: Jackie Mizon Kate Stephenson Reserve umpire: Jono Bredin
		Venter 34/35 (97%) Burger 33/35 (94%) Holtzhausen 10/14 (71%) Stoltz 8/9 (89%)		Blackman 14/15 (93%) Payne 11/17 (65%)

11 April 2018 14:00 v t e	Report	Northern Ireland	73–46	Fiji		Gold Coast Convention and Exhibition Centre Umpires: Kristie Simpson Maria van der Merwe Reserve umpire: Gary Burgess
		L. Bowman 59/65 (91%) McCullough 10/14 (71%) K. Bowman 4/8 (50%)		M. Rusivakula 25/32 (78%) Waqa 21/30 (70%)

11 April 2018 21:00 v t e	Report	Australia	72–51	Jamaica		Gold Coast Convention and Exhibition Centre Umpires: Gary Burgess Lisa McPhail Reserve umpire: Kristie Simpson
		Bassett 22/23 (96%) Thwaites 22/22 (100%) Pettitt 20/21 (95%) Wood 8/10 (80%)		Fowler-Reid 30/32 (94%) Aiken 11/14 (79%) Beckford 8/12 (67%) Robinson 2/2 (100%)

Pool B

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	England	5	5	0	342	202	+140	10	Semi-finals
2	New Zealand	5	3	2	292	235	+57	6	Semi-finals
3	Uganda	5	3	2	287	248	+39	6	Classification matches
4	Malawi	5	3	2	277	284	−7	6
5	Scotland	5	1	4	195	289	−94	2
6	Wales	5	0	5	215	350	−135	0

Updated to match(es) played on 11 April 2018. Source: GC2018

5 April 2018 15:00 v t e	Report	England	74–28	Scotland		Gold Coast Convention and Exhibition Centre Umpires: Kristie Simpson Joshua Bowring Reserve umpire: Michelle Phippard
		Harten 40/43 (93%) Corbin 17/18 (94%) Housby 17/21 (81%)		Goodwin 15/19 (79%) Gallagher 7/11 (64%) McCall 4/7 (57%) Pettitt 2/6 (33%)

5 April 2018 18:30 v t e	Report	New Zealand	64–51	Uganda		Gold Coast Convention and Exhibition Centre Umpires: Helen George Kate Stephenson Reserve umpire: Gary Burgess
		Folau 22/22 (100%) Ekenasio 19/26 (73%) Selby-Rickit 13/14 (93%) Mes 10/17 (59%)		Proscovia 37/42 (88%) Nanyonga 14/16 (88%)

6 April 2018 13:00 v t e	Report	Wales	44–70	New Zealand		Gold Coast Convention and Exhibition Centre Umpires: Theresa Prince Jackie Mizon Reserve umpire: Joshua Bowring
		Moseley 21/30 (70%) Lewis 21/31 (68%) Llewelyn 1/1 (100%) Rowe 1/2 (50%)		Selby-Rickit 28/31 (90%) Folau 19/23 (83%) Ekenasio 13/17 (76%) Mes 10/14 (71%)

6 April 2018 18:30 v t e	Report	Malawi	49–74	England		Gold Coast Convention and Exhibition Centre Umpires: Marc Henning Jono Bredin Reserve umpire: Maria van der Merwe
		Kumwenda 31/33 (94%) Mvula 10/11 (91%) Chimaliro 7/7 (100%) Simtowe 1/3 (33%)		Harten 48/54 (89%) Housby 14/18 (78%) Corbin 6/7 (86%) Haythornthwaite 6/7 (86%)

7 April 2018 13:00 v t e	Report	Uganda	54–52	Malawi		Gold Coast Convention and Exhibition Centre Umpires: Joshua Bowring Gary Burgess Reserve umpire: Jono Bredin
		Proscovia 35/38 (92%) Nanyonga 19/21 (90%)		Kumwenda 43/47 (91%) Chimaliro 8/10 (80%) Simtow 1/1 (100%)

7 April 2018 18:30 v t e	Report	Scotland	51–47	Wales		Gold Coast Convention and Exhibition Centre Umpires: Helen George Angela Armstrong-Lush Reserve umpire: Marc Henning
		Goodwin 38/45 (84%) Gallagher 13/14 (93%)		Lewis 39/48 (81%) Moseley 5/8 (63%) Llewelyn 3/3 (100%)

8 April 2018 15:00 v t e	Report	England	55–49	Uganda		Gold Coast Convention and Exhibition Centre Umpires: Michelle Phippard Marc Henning Reserve umpire: Helen George
		Housby 30/34 (88%) Harten 11/11 (100%) Corbin 7/10 (70%) Haythornthwaite 7/7 (100%)		Proscovia 23/26 (88%) Nanyonga 22/27 (81%) Nakabuye 4/4 (100%)

8 April 2018 18:30 v t e	Report	Malawi	57–53	New Zealand		Gold Coast Convention and Exhibition Centre Umpires: Joshua Bowring Gary Burgess Reserve umpire: Theresa Prince
		Kumwenda 41/46 (89%) Chimaliro 16/20 (80%)		Folau 31/39 (79%) Selby-Rickit 15/17 (88%) Mes 7/12 (58%) Ekenasio 0/2 (0%)

9 April 2018 13:00 v t e	Report	England	85–31	Wales		Gold Coast Convention and Exhibition Centre Umpires: Helen George Theresa Prince Reserve umpire: Lisa McPhail
		Housby 34/36 (94%) Harten 26/32 (81%) Haythornthwaite 13/14 (93%) Corbin 12/14 (86%)		Lewis 22/28 (79%) Rowe 5/6 (83%) Moseley 4/6 (67%)

9 April 2018 20:30 v t e	Report	New Zealand	60–29	Scotland		Gold Coast Convention and Exhibition Centre Umpires: Kate Stephenson Michelle Phippard Reserve umpire: Joshua Bowring
		Selby-Rickit 33/37 (89%) Folau 27/35 (77%)		Goodwin 23/28 (82%) Gallagher 6/7 (86%)

10 April 2018 15:00 v t e	Report	Scotland	50–51	Malawi		Gold Coast Convention and Exhibition Centre Umpires: Jono Bredin Lisa McPhail Reserve umpire: Kristie Simpson
		Goodwin 38/42 (90%) Gallagher 12/15 (80%)		Kumwenda 44/47 (94%) Chimaliro 7/8 (88%)

10 April 2018 20:30 v t e	Report	Wales	40–76	Uganda		Gold Coast Convention and Exhibition Centre Umpires: Marc Henning Joshua Bowring Reserve umpire: Angela Armstrong-Lush
		Lewis 34/42 (81%) Rowe 6/7 (86%) Llewelyn 0/1 (0%)		Proscovia 56/63 (89%) Nanyonga 20/24 (83%)

11 April 2018 09:00 v t e	Report	New Zealand	45–54	England		Gold Coast Convention and Exhibition Centre Umpires: Michelle Phippard Marc Henning Reserve umpire: Joshua Bowring
		Folau 30/39 (77%) Selby-Rickit 12/19 (63%) Mes 3/4 (75%)		Housby 27/32 (84%) Harten 27/31 (87%)

11 April 2018 16:00 v t e	Report	Uganda	57–37	Scotland		Gold Coast Convention and Exhibition Centre Umpires: Helen George Angela Armstrong-Lush Reserve umpire: Theresa Prince
		Proscovia 32/34 (94%) Nanyonga 25/30 (83%)		Gallagher 19/21 (90%) Goodwin 16/25 (64%) McCall 2/8 (25%)

11 April 2018 19:00 v t e	Report	Malawi	68–53	Wales		Gold Coast Convention and Exhibition Centre Umpires: Joshua Bowring Jono Bredin Reserve umpire: Jackie Mizon
		Kumwenda 47/50 (94%) Chimaliro 18/18 (100%) Simtowe 3/4 (75%)		Lewis 41/53 (77%) Llewlyn 9/10 (90%) Moseley 3/5 (60%)

Classification matches

Eleventh place match

12 April 2018 16:00 v t e	Report	Fiji	32–81	Wales		Gold Coast Convention and Exhibition Centre Umpires: Angela Armstrong-Lush Kate Stephenson Reserve umpire: Lisa McPhail
		Cirikisuva 10/12 (83%) Waqa 9/12 (75%) M. Rusivakula 7/10 (70%) U. Rusivakula 6/6 (100%)		Lewis 35/39 (90%) Rowe 25/26 (96%) Moseley 12/12 (100%) Llewelyn 9/12 (75%)

Ninth place match

12 April 2018 11:00 v t e	Report	Barbados	48–50	Scotland		Gold Coast Convention and Exhibition Centre Umpires: Helen George Maria van der Merwe Reserve umpire: Gary Burgess
		Payne 22/24 (92%) Blackman 15/17 (88%) Wharton 11/12 (92%)		Gallagher 35/37 (95%) Goodwin 13/21 (62%) Pettitt 2/5 (40%)

Seventh place match

12 April 2018 14:00 v t e	Report	Malawi	60–52	Northern Ireland		Gold Coast Convention and Exhibition Centre Umpires: Kristie Simpson Theresa Prince Reserve umpire: Jono Bredin
		Kumwenda 48/51 (94%) Chimaliro 8/10 (80%) Mvula 4/7 (57%)		L. Bowman 33/38 (87%) K. Bowman 9/11 (82%) Lennon 6/9 (67%) McCullough 4/7 (57%)

Fifth place match

12 April 2018 09:00 v t e	Report	South Africa	53–42	Uganda		Gold Coast Convention and Exhibition Centre Umpires: Jackie Mizon Joshua Bowring Reserve umpire: Marc Henning
		Venter 42/46 (91%) Holtzhausen 11/12 (92%)		Oyella 22/25 (88%) Proscovia 19/19 (100%) Nanyonga 1/4 (25%)

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

Semi-finals

14 April 2018 17:00 v t e	Report	Australia	65–44	New Zealand		Coomera Indoor Sports Centre Umpires: Gary Burgess Jackie Mizon Reserve umpire: Kate Stephenson
		Thwaites 24/25 (96%) Bassett 17/18 (94%) Pettitt 15/16 (94%) Wood 9/12 (75%)		Folau 32/41 (78%) Ekenasio 7/9 (78%) Selby-Rickit 3/5 (60%) Mes 2/3 (67%)

14 April 2018 15:00 v t e	Report	England	56–55	Jamaica		Coomera Indoor Sports Centre Umpires: Marc Henning Michelle Phippard Reserve umpire: Joshua Bowring
		Housby 29/35 (83%) Harten 16/18 (89%) Haythornthwaite 11/13 (85%)		Fowler-Reid 47/50 (94%) Beckford 8/9 (89%)

Bronze medal match

15 April 2018 11:00 v t e	Report	New Zealand	55–60	Jamaica		Coomera Indoor Sports Centre Umpires: Marc Henning Michelle Phippard Reserve umpire: Joshua Bowring
		Folau 34/44 (77%) Mes 12/20 (60%) Ekenasio 9/13 (69%)		Aiken 24/31 (77%) Fowler-Reid 21/22 (95%) Beckford 15/18 (83%)

Gold medal match

15 April 2018 13:00 v t e	Report	Australia	51–52	England		Coomera Indoor Sports Centre Umpires: Lisa McPhail Jono Bredin Reserve umpire: Angela Armstrong-Lush
		Bassett 22/24 (92%) Wood 12/14 (86%) Pettitt 11/12 (92%) Thwaites 6/6 (100%)		Harten 34/39 (87%) Housby 18/21 (86%)

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

Medallists

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