1963 World Netball Championships

1963 World Netball Championships
Tournament details
Host country  England
Dates August 2 – 11
No. of nations 11
Final positions
 Champions  Australia (1st title)
 Runners-up  New Zealand
 Third place  England
1967

The 1963 World Netball Championships was the first edition of the World Netball Championships, a quadrennial international netball competition. The 1963 tournament was held from August 2 to 11 and were held in Eastbourne, England. It featured 11 teams. In a round robin style format, Australia were the winners as they won all of their matches.[1]

Round-Robin

Ladder

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts
 Australia 10 10 0 0 629 171 +458 20
 New Zealand 10 9 0 1 711 191 +520 18
 England 10 8 0 2 537 265 +272 16
4  Trinidad and Tobago 10 7 0 3 342 294 +48 14
5  Jamaica 10 6 0 4 396 313 +83 12
6  South Africa 10 5 0 5 407 356 +51 10
7  West Indies 10 4 0 6 301 385 -84 8
8  Scotland 10 3 0 7 275 451 -176 6
9  Ceylon 10 2 0 8 240 527 -287 4
10  Wales 10 1 0 9 220 607 -387 2
11  Northern Ireland 10 0 0 10 149 647 -498 0

Round Robin

Round 1

2 August New Zealand  112–4 Northern Ireland    Chelsea College of Physical Education, Eastbourne
McMaster  86

2 August England  45–42 Jamaica    Chelsea College of Physical Education, Eastbourne

2 August Australia  82–12 Ceylon    Chelsea College of Physical Education, Eastbourne

2 August South Africa  59–21 Scotland    Chelsea College of Physical Education, Eastbourne

2 August Trinidad and Tobago  58–22 Wales    Chelsea College of Physical Education, Eastbourne

Round 2

3 August Australia  70–10 West Indies    Chelsea College of Physical Education, Eastbourne

3 August New Zealand  61–31 Jamaica    Chelsea College of Physical Education, Eastbourne

3 August South Africa  54–15 Northern Ireland    Chelsea College of Physical Education, Eastbourne

3 August England  46–18 Trinidad and Tobago    Chelsea College of Physical Education, Eastbourne

3 August Scotland  39–34 Ceylon    Chelsea College of Physical Education, Eastbourne

Final placings

Place Nation[2]
 Australia
 New Zealand
 England
4  Trinidad and Tobago
5  Jamaica
6  South Africa
7  West Indies
8  Scotland
9  Ceylon
10  Wales
11  Northern Ireland

References

  1. "1963 World Netball Championships". Retrieved October 24, 2016.
  2. Netball Australia. "World Netball Championships placings" (PDF). Retrieved 30 July 2011.


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