Netball World Cup: All the world champions crowned

The Netball World Cup has been dominated by the Antipodeans, with Australia and New Zealand the only nations to win the event outright.

In 1979 Trinidad & Tobago shared the trophy with both Australia and New Zealand in an event that did not feature a grand final.

South Africa’s brush with Netball World Cup glory

England and South Africa are the only other teams to have featured in the Netball World Cup final each alighting the big stage once.

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South Africa featured in the final in 1995 when the team was welcomed back onto the international stage after isolation.

In the most recent event in 2019, the Spar Proteas came within a handful of points of reaching the final but went down to Australia before missing out on what would have been a second third-place finish when they lost to hosts England in the playoff.

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Coming to South Africa

The World Cup comes to South Africa for the first time in 2023 with Cape Town hosting the showpiece.

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In 2019 it was New Zealand who lifted the trophy for the first time since 2003 having come up second best to Australia for three successive tournaments.

With 11 Netball World Cup trophies to their name, Australia are by far and away the most successful nation, followed by the Silver Ferns of New Zealand with five titles, including the one they split with their Trans-Tasman rivals and T&T.

Netball World Cup winners

YEAR	LOCATION	WINNER	RUNNER UP	THIRD PLACE	NO. OF TEAMS
2019	Liverpool, England	New Zealand	Australia	England	16
2015	Sydney, Australia	Australia	New Zealand	England	16
2011	Singapore	Australia	New Zealand	England	16
2007	Auckland, New Zealand	Australia	New Zealand	Jamaica	16
2003	Kingston, Jamaica	New Zealand	Australia	Jamaica	24
1999	Christchurch, New Zealand	Australia	New Zealand	England	26
1995	Birmingham, England	Australia	South Africa	New Zealand	27
1991	Sydney, Australia	Australia	New Zealand	Jamaica	20
1987	Glasgow, Scotland	New Zealand	Australia = Trinidad & Tobago		17
1983	Singapore	Australia	New Zealand	Trinidad & Tobago	14
1979	Port of Spain, Trinidad & Tobago	New Zealand = Australia = Trinidad & Tobago			19
1975	Auckland, New Zealand	Australia	England	New Zealand	11
1971	Kingston, Jamaica	Australia	New Zealand	England	9
1967	Perth, Australia	New Zealand	Australia	South Africa	8
1963	Eastbourne, England	Australia	New Zealand	England	11