Netball at the 2022 Commonwealth Games

Netball
at the 2022 Commonwealth Games
Netball ; at the 2022 Commonwealth Games
Venue	National Exhibition Centre
Dates	29 July – 7 August 2022
Competitors	144 from 12 nations
Medalists
	Australia
	Jamaica
	New Zealand
	← 2018 2026 →

Netball was one of the sports contested at the 2022 Commonwealth Games, held in Birmingham, England. This was the seventh staging of netball at the Commonwealth Games since its inclusion in 1998, and the second staging within England specifically.

The tournament took place between 29 July and 7 August 2022.^[1]^[2]

Schedule

The competition schedule for the netball tournament was as follows:^[1]^[2]

G	Group stage	CM	Classification matches	½	Semi-finals	B	Bronze medal match	F	Gold medal match

Date Event	Fri 29		Sat 30		Sun 31		Mon 1		Tue 2		Wed 3		Thu 4			Fri 5		Sat 6		Sun 7
Session →	A	E	A	E	A	E	A	E	A	E	A	E	M	A	E	M	A	M	A	A	E
Women	G		G		G		G		G		G		G			CM		½		B	F

Detailed fixtures were first released on 12 November 2021,^[3]^[4] then updated with the full complement of qualified teams on 4 March 2022.^[5]

Venue

The tournament was originally set to be held in Coventry Arena. However, the sport's heightened profile in light of England winning the 2018 tournament led to the National Exhibition Centre being chosen instead.^[6]

Five other sports - badminton, boxing, para powerlifting, table tennis, and weightlifting - will also take place in the venue.^[7]

Qualification

Twelve nations from at least four CGF regions qualify for the netball tournament at the 2022 Commonwealth Games:^[8]^[9]^[10]

The host nation.
The top five nations in the World Netball Rankings as of 28 July 2021, excluding the host nation.
The top six nations as of 31 January 2022, excluding nations already qualified.

Means of qualification	Date	Quotas	Qualified
Host Nation	—	1	England
World Netball Rankings	28 July 2021	5	Australia New Zealand Jamaica South Africa Malawi
World Netball Rankings	31 January 2022	6	Uganda Scotland Wales Trinidad and Tobago Northern Ireland Barbados
TOTAL		12

Group stage

Group A

Pos	Team	Pld	W	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Jamaica	5	5	0	378	205	+173	10	Semi-finals
2	Australia	5	4	1	386	187	+199	8	Semi-finals
3	South Africa	5	3	2	323	275	+48	6	Classification matches
4	Wales	5	2	3	235	306	−71	4
5	Scotland	5	1	4	224	302	−78	2
6	Barbados	5	0	5	150	421	−271	0

Source: Birmingham 2022

29 July 2022 14:00	Report	Australia	95–18	Barbados		National Exhibition Centre Umpires: Gary Burgess Alison Harrison
		Austin 6/6 (100%) Bueta 44/48 (92%) Koenen 35/38 (92%) Wood 10/15 (67%)		Agard 4/7 (57%) Blackman 6/8 (75%) Holder 2/3 (67%) Wharton 6/13 (46%)

29 July 2022 18:00	Report	Jamaica	72–43	Wales		National Exhibition Centre Umpires: Louise Travis Ken Metekingi
		Beckford 8/12 (67%) Fowler 32/33 (97%) Nelson 29/29 (100%) Robison 3/5 (60%)		Creak 22/27 (81%) Roberts 3/5 (60%) Rowe 18/19 (95%)

30 July 2022 12:00	Report	Australia	83–30	Scotland		National Exhibition Centre Umpires: Tracy-Ann Griffiths Anso Kemp
		Austin 10/13 (77%) Bueta 33/34 (97%) Koenen 36/37 (97%) Wood 4/4 (100%)		Barrie 7/8 (88%) Goodwin 15/16 (94%) Love 2/4 (50%) McCall 6/10 (60%)

30 July 2022 18:00	Report	Jamaica	68–49	South Africa		National Exhibition Centre Umpires: Angela Armstrong-Lush Joshua Bowring
		Beckford 15/18 (83%) Fowler 33/33 (100%) Nelson 14/14 (100%) Robison 6/6 (100%)		Rademan 6/8 (75%) van der Berg 13/15 (87%) Venter 30/36 (83%)

31 July 2022 14:00	Report	South Africa	91–36	Barbados		National Exhibition Centre Umpires: Gareth Fowler Bronwen Adams
		Rademan 12/16 (75%) Taljaard 18/20 (90%) van der Berg 47/49 (96%) Venter 14/16 (88%)		Blackman 21/24 (88%) Wharton 15/21 (71%)

31 July 2022 20:00	Report	Scotland	42–48	Wales		National Exhibition Centre Umpires: Ken Metekingi Kate Wright
		Barrie 15/22 (68%) Goodwin 20/27 (74%) McCall 7/13 (54%)		Creak 12/16 (75%) Rowe 36/38 (95%)

1 August 2022 12:00	Report	Australia	74–49	South Africa		National Exhibition Centre Umpires: Gareth Fowler Angela Armstrong-Lush
		Austin 12/14 (86%) Bueta 34/34 (100%) Koenen 14/14 (100%) Wood 14/14 (100%)		Rademan 4/5 (80%) Taljaard 4/5 (80%) van der Berg 10/10 (100%) Venter 31/38 (82%)

1 August 2022 14:00	Report	Jamaica	103–24	Barbados		National Exhibition Centre Umpires: Elizna Van Den Berg Anso Kemp
		Beckford 12/13 (92%) Fowler 24/27 (89%) Nelson 58/60 (97%) Robison 9/9 (100%)		Agard 10/12 (83%) Blackman 3/3 (100%) Holder 1/3 (33%) Wharton 10/15 (67%)

2 August 2022 12:00	Report	Australia	79–33	Wales		National Exhibition Centre Umpires: Gareth Fowler Louise Travis
		Bueta 26/27 (96%) Koenen 49/54 (91%) Wood 4/4 (100%)		Creak 11/11 (100%) Roberts 6/11 (55%) Rowe 16/18 (89%)

2 August 2022 14:00	Report	Jamaica	78–34	Scotland		National Exhibition Centre Umpires: Joshua Bowring Alison Harrison
		Beckford 5/6 (83%) Fowler 37/37 (100%) Nelson 33/35 (94%) Robison 3/6 (50%)		Barrie 12/17 (71%) Goodwin 18/19 (95%) McCall 4/8 (50%)

3 August 2022 12:00	Report	South Africa	69–51	Wales		National Exhibition Centre Umpires: Angela Armstrong-Lush Bronwen Adams
		Taljaard 1/1 (100%) van der Berg 35/39 (90%) Venter 33/36 (92%)		Creak 26/37 (70%) Roberts 4/5 (80%) Rowe 21/25 (84%)

3 August 2022 18:00	Report	Scotland	72–28	Barbados		National Exhibition Centre Umpires: Tara Warner Kate Wright
		Barrie 20/25 (80%) Goodwin 30/34 (88%) McCall 22/25 (88%)		Agard 19/23 (83%) Holder 4/6 (67%) Wharton 5/8 (63%)

4 August 2022 09:00	Report	Australia	55–57	Jamaica		National Exhibition Centre Umpires: Gareth Fowler Angela Armstrong-Lush
		Bueta 36/39 (92%) Wood 19/22 (86%)		Beckford 10/10 (100%) Fowler 47/50 (94%)

4 August 2022 11:00	Report	Wales	60–44	Barbados		National Exhibition Centre Umpires: Louise Travis Elizna Van Den Berg
		Creak 30/33 (91%) Roberts 9/14 (64%) Rowe 21/24 (88%)		Agard 4/5 (80%) Blackman 19/19 (100%) Wharton 21/27 (78%)

4 August 2022 19:00	Report	South Africa	65–46	Scotland		National Exhibition Centre Umpires: Ken Metekingi Kate Wright
		Rademan 6/7 (86%) van der Berg 17/17 (100%) Venter 42/44 (95%)		Barrie 12/14 (86%) Goodwin 21/25 (84%) McCall 13/15 (87%)

Group B

Pos	Team	Pld	W	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	England (H)	5	5	0	321	169	+152	10	Semi-finals
2	New Zealand	5	4	1	325	188	+137	8	Semi-finals
3	Uganda	5	3	2	256	206	+50	6	Classification matches
4	Malawi	5	2	3	258	262	−4	4
5	Northern Ireland	5	1	4	155	299	−144	2
6	Trinidad and Tobago	5	0	5	136	327	−191	0

Source: Birmingham 2022
(H) Hosts

29 July 2022 12:00	Report	England	74–22	Trinidad and Tobago		National Exhibition Centre Umpires: Elizna Van Den Berg Kate Wright
		Cardwell 30/30 (100%) Drakeford-Lewis 3/4 (75%) Harten 25/30 (83%) Housby 16/24 (67%)		Cooper 10/13 (77%) Noel 12/15 (80%)

29 July 2022 20:00	Report	New Zealand	79–20	Northern Ireland		National Exhibition Centre Umpires: Anso Kemp Joshua Bowring
		Mes 5/13 (38%) Nweke 29/31 (94%) Selby-Rickit 25/27 (93%) Wilson 20/22 (91%)		Bowman 4/7 (57%) Crosbie 9/16 (56%) Magee 6/10 (60%) McGrath 1/3 (33%)

30 July 2022 14:00	Report	England	66–41	Malawi		National Exhibition Centre Umpires: Tara Warner Gareth Fowler
		Cardwell 31/33 (94%) Harten 21/25 (84%) Housby 14/18 (78%)		Chimaliro 4/5 (80%) Kumwenda 18/21 (86%) Mvula 19/22 (86%)

30 July 2022 20:00	Report	New Zealand	53–40	Uganda		National Exhibition Centre Umpires: Gary Burgess Bronwen Adams
		Nweke 32/37 (86%) Selby-Rickit 7/8 (88%) Wilson 14/15 (93%)		Cholhok 19/22 (86%) Eyaru 16/21 (76%) Proscovia 5/8 (63%)

31 July 2022 12:00	Report	Malawi	54–41	Northern Ireland		National Exhibition Centre Umpires: Angela Armstrong-Lush Tracy-Ann Griffiths
		Chimaliro 4/4 (100%) Kumwenda 29/32 (91%) Mvula 15/19 (79%) Simtowe 6/6 (100%)		Bowman 1/3 (33%) Crosbie 18/22 (82%) Magee 22/27 (81%)

31 July 2022 18:00	Report	Uganda	62–28	Trinidad and Tobago		National Exhibition Centre Umpires: Louise Travis Tara Warner
		Cholhok 28/32 (88%) Eyaru 9/11 (82%) Nassanga 25/25 (100%)		Cooper 8/13 (62%) Noel 20/23 (87%)

1 August 2022 18:00	Report	England	71–27	Northern Ireland		National Exhibition Centre Umpires: Alison Harrison Bronwen Adams
		Cardwell 40/45 (89%) Drakeford-Lewis 11/12 (92%) Housby 20/20 (100%)		Bowman 8/11 (73%) Crosbie 8/12 (67%) Magee 9/13 (69%) McGrath 2/2 (100%)

1 August 2022 20:00	Report	New Zealand	69–50	Malawi		National Exhibition Centre Umpires: Gary Burgess Joshua Bowring
		Nweke 52/55 (95%) Selby-Rickit 13/15 (87%) Wilson 4/5 (80%)		Chimaliro 5/6 (83%) Kumwenda 27/31 (87%) Mvula 14/17 (82%) Simtowe 4/4 (100%)

2 August 2022 18:00	Report	England	56–35	Uganda		National Exhibition Centre Umpires: Tara Warner Ken Metekingi
		Cardwell 27/30 (90%) Harten 14/17 (82%) Housby 15/15 (100%)		Cholhok 6/7 (86%) Eyaru 12/14 (86%) Nassanga 9/12 (75%) Proscovia 8/9 (89%)

2 August 2022 20:00	Report	New Zealand	80–24	Trinidad and Tobago		National Exhibition Centre Umpires: Kate Wright Elizna Van Den Berg
		Mes 8/10 (80%) Nweke 37/39 (95%) Selby-Rickit 19/22 (86%) Wilson 16/16 (100%)		Cooper 13/15 (87%) Noel 11/12 (92%)

3 August 2022 12:00	Report	Uganda	63–26	Northern Ireland		National Exhibition Centre Umpires: Tracy-Ann Griffiths Gary Burgess
		Cholhok 41/46 (89%) Eyaru 8/9 (89%) Nassanga 14/15 (93%)		Bowman 2/8 (25%) Crosbie 14/20 (70%) Magee 7/11 (64%) McGrath 3/5 (60%)

3 August 2022 18:00	Report	Malawi	70–30	Trinidad and Tobago		National Exhibition Centre Umpires: Louise Travis Anso Kemp
		Chimaliro 16/16 (100%) Kumwenda 27/28 (96%) Mvula 22/26 (85%) Simtowe 5/6 (83%)		Cooper 2/4 (50%) Hollingsworth 5/9 (56%) Noel 23/26 (88%)

4 August 2022 14:00	Report	Trinidad and Tobago	32–41	Northern Ireland		National Exhibition Centre Umpires: Anso Kemp Alison Harrison
		Cooper 7/9 (78%) Hollingsworth 7/9 (78%) Noel 18/18 (100%)		Bowman 4/8 (50%) Crosbie 27/34 (79%) Magee 8/14 (57%) McGrath 2/3 (67%)

4 August 2022 16:00	Report	Malawi	43–56	Uganda		National Exhibition Centre Umpires: Tara Warner Gary Burgess
		Chimaliro 14/15 (93%) Kumwenda 22/23 (96%) Mvula 4/6 (67%) Simtowe 3/3 (100%)		Cholhok 31/33 (94%) Eyaru 22/23 (96%) Proscovia 3/3 (100%)

4 August 2022 21:00	Report	New Zealand	44–54	England		National Exhibition Centre Umpires: Joshua Bowring Bronwen Adams
		Nweke 23/29 (79%) Selby-Rickit 13/13 (100%) Wilson 8/9 (89%)		Cardwell 26/29 (90%) Harten 5/6 (83%) Housby 23/26 (88%)

Classification matches

Eleventh place match

5 August 2022 09:00	Report	Barbados	31–63	Trinidad and Tobago		National Exhibition Centre Umpires: Tracy-Ann Griffiths Anso Kemp
		Agard 14/19 (74%) Blackman 9/10 (90%) Holder 1/1 (100%) Wharton 7/11 (64%)		Cooper 25/31 (81%) Noel 38/43 (88%)

Ninth place match

5 August 2022 11:30	Report	Scotland	43–33	Northern Ireland		National Exhibition Centre Umpires: Louise Travis Alison Harrison
		Goodwin 23/27 (85%) McCall 20/26 (77%)		Bowman 4/8 (50%) Crosbie 17/24 (71%) Magee 12/17 (71%)

Seventh place match

5 August 2022 14:30	Report	Wales	56–62	Malawi		National Exhibition Centre Umpires: Ken Metekingi Kate Wright
		Creak 8/10 (80%) Roberts 1/2 (50%) Rowe 47/49 (96%)		Chimaliro 3/4 (75%) Kumwenda 49/50 (98%) Simtowe 10/11 (91%)

Fifth place match

5 August 2022 17:00	Report	South Africa	48–54	Uganda		National Exhibition Centre Umpires: Tara Warner Gary Burgess
		Rademan 6/7 (86%) van der Berg 17/18 (94%) Venter 25/29 (86%)		Cholhok 31/35 (89%) Eyaru 21/24 (88%) Nassanga 2/2 (100%)

Medal round

Semi-finals		Gold medal match

6 August 2022

Jamaica	67
		7 August 2022
New Zealand	51
		Jamaica	51
6 August 2022
		Australia	55
England	51

Australia	60
		Bronze medal match

		7 August 2022

		New Zealand	55

		England	48

Semi-finals

6 August 2022 09:00	Report	Jamaica	67–51	New Zealand		National Exhibition Centre Umpires: Joshua Bowring Bronwen Adams
		Beckford 10/10 (100%) Fowler 54/54 (100%) Nelson 3/3 (100%)		Nweke 24/24 (100%) Selby-Rickit 14/16 (88%) Wilson 13/15 (87%)

6 August 2022 14:30	Report	England	51–60	Australia		National Exhibition Centre Umpires: Gareth Fowler Angela Armstrong-Lush
		Cardwell 22/24 (92%) Harten 16/17 (94%) Housby 13/14 (93%)		Bueta 43/44 (98%) Wood 17/20 (85%)

Bronze medal match

7 August 2022 13:30	Report	New Zealand	55–48	England		National Exhibition Centre Umpires: Joshua Bowring Bronwen Adams
		Nweke 44/48 (92%) Selby-Rickit 11/14 (79%)		Cardwell 31/34 (91%) Harten 4/5 (80%) Housby 13/17 (76%)

Gold medal match

7 August 2022 20:30	Report	Jamaica	51–55	Australia	National Exhibition Centre Umpires: Gareth Fowler Angela Armstrong-Lush
		Scoring by quarter: 12–14, 17–15, 10–16, 12–10
		Beckford 5/5 (100%) Fowler 46/47 (98%)		Bueta 37/37 (100%) Koenen 15/15 (100%) Wood 3/5 (60%)

Final standings

Place	Nation
	Australia
	Jamaica
	New Zealand
4	England
5	Uganda
6	South Africa
7	Malawi
8	Wales
9	Scotland
10	Northern Ireland
11	Trinidad and Tobago
12	Barbados

Medallists

Gold	Silver	Bronze
Australia Coach: Stacey Marinkovich	Jamaica Coach: Connie Francis	New Zealand Coach: Noeline Taurua
Liz Watson (c) Sunday Aryang Gretel Bueta Courtney Bruce Ashleigh Brazill Paige Hadley Sarah Klau Cara Koenen Kate Moloney Kiera Austin Jo Weston Stephanie Wood	Jhaniele Fowler-Reid (c) Shanice Beckford Kadie-Ann Dehaney Nicole Dixon-Rochester Shadian Hemmings Shimona Nelson Rebekah Robinson Shamera Sterling Adean Thomas Jodi-Ann Ward Khadijah Williams Latanya Wilson	Gina Crampton (c) Sulu Fitzpatrick Kate Heffernan Kayla Johnson Kelly Jury Phoenix Karaka Bailey Mes Grace Nweke Shannon Saunders Te Paea Selby-Rickit Whitney Souness Maia Wilson

Source:^[11]

References

^ a b "Competition Schedule". BOCCG. Archived from the original on 2 March 2022. Retrieved 31 March 2022.
^ a b Competition Schedule | Netball (PDF). BOCCG. p. 28. Archived (PDF) from the original on 2 March 2022. Retrieved 31 March 2022.
^ "Netball | Match Schedule" (PDF). BOCCG. 12 November 2021. Archived from the original (PDF) on 12 November 2021. Retrieved 5 January 2022.
^ Hinds, Rodney (15 November 2021). "Birmingham 2022 unveils netball and cricket T20 match schedules". The Voice. GV Media Group. Archived from the original on 15 November 2021. Retrieved 5 January 2022.
^ "Netball | Match Schedule" (PDF). BOCCG. 4 March 2022. Archived (PDF) from the original on 4 March 2022. Retrieved 5 March 2022.
^ "Birmingham Rewards Netball's Success With Move To Larger Venue". World Netball. 3 September 2019. Archived from the original on 16 January 2021. Retrieved 29 October 2021.
^ "Venues | THE NEC". BOCCG. Archived from the original on 29 October 2021. Retrieved 29 October 2021.
^ Iveson, Ali (25 October 2021). "Six netball teams have Birmingham 2022 Commonwealth Games places confirmed". Inside the Games. Dunsar Media. Archived from the original on 29 October 2021. Retrieved 29 October 2021.
^ Athlete Allocation System | Netball (PDF). Commonwealth Sport / World Netball. 1 October 2021. Archived (PDF) from the original on 16 April 2022. Retrieved 17 April 2022.
^ "Commonwealth Games: Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland secure places". Sky Sports. 4 March 2022. Archived from the original on 4 March 2022. Retrieved 5 March 2022.
^ "Birmingham 2022: Results". birmingham2022.com. Retrieved 8 August 2022.

External links

Official website: 2022 Commonwealth Games – Netball
Netball – Results Book

[nbschedule-1] "Competition Schedule". BOCCG. Archived from the original on 2 March 2022. Retrieved 31 March 2022.

[schedulepdf-2] Competition Schedule | Netball (PDF). BOCCG. p. 28. Archived (PDF) from the original on 2 March 2022. Retrieved 31 March 2022.

[3] "Netball | Match Schedule" (PDF). BOCCG. 12 November 2021. Archived from the original (PDF) on 12 November 2021. Retrieved 5 January 2022.

[4] Hinds, Rodney (15 November 2021). "Birmingham 2022 unveils netball and cricket T20 match schedules". The Voice. GV Media Group. Archived from the original on 15 November 2021. Retrieved 5 January 2022.

[5] "Netball | Match Schedule" (PDF). BOCCG. 4 March 2022. Archived (PDF) from the original on 4 March 2022. Retrieved 5 March 2022.

[6] "Birmingham Rewards Netball's Success With Move To Larger Venue". World Netball. 3 September 2019. Archived from the original on 16 January 2021. Retrieved 29 October 2021.

[7] "Venues | THE NEC". BOCCG. Archived from the original on 29 October 2021. Retrieved 29 October 2021.

[8] Iveson, Ali (25 October 2021). "Six netball teams have Birmingham 2022 Commonwealth Games places confirmed". Inside the Games. Dunsar Media. Archived from the original on 29 October 2021. Retrieved 29 October 2021.

[9] Athlete Allocation System | Netball (PDF). Commonwealth Sport / World Netball. 1 October 2021. Archived (PDF) from the original on 16 April 2022. Retrieved 17 April 2022.

[10] "Commonwealth Games: Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland secure places". Sky Sports. 4 March 2022. Archived from the original on 4 March 2022. Retrieved 5 March 2022.

[11] "Birmingham 2022: Results". birmingham2022.com. Retrieved 8 August 2022.