1971 World Netball Championships
Tournament details
Host country Jamaica
DatesDecember 31, 1970 – January 13, 1971 (1970-12-31 – 1971-01-13)
Teams9
Final positions
Champions Australia (2nd title)
Runner-up New Zealand
Third place England
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The 1971 World Netball Championships were the third edition of the INF Netball World Cup, a quadrennial premier event in international netball. It was held in Kingston, Jamaica, and featured nine teams, including the debut of the Bahamas. It began on 31 December 1970 with England and New Zealand winning their opening matches.[1][2]

In eight matches, Australia retained the title back from New Zealand after winning all of their matches, New Zealand finished runners-up and England third.[citation needed]

Results

Table

Place Nation[3] Played Won Drawn Lost For Against Points
Gold  Australia 8 8 0 0 500 164 16
Silver  New Zealand 8 7 0 1 525 222 14
Bronze  England 8 6 0 2 512 179 12
4=  Jamaica 8 4 1 3 347 260 9
4=  Trinidad and Tobago 8 4 1 3 350 260 9
6  Scotland 8 3 0 5 206 376 6
7  Wales 8 2 0 6 221 424 4
8  Northern Ireland 8 1 0 7 171 498 2
9  Bahamas 8 0 0 8 114 572 0

Matches

30 December 1970 Jamaica  44–18  Scotland    National Stadium, Kingston
31 December 1970 New Zealand  90–12  Northern Ireland    National Stadium, Kingston
31 December 1970 England  88–7  Bahamas    National Stadium, Kingston
31 December 1970 Australia  47–21  Jamaica    National Stadium, Kingston
31 December 1970 Trinidad and Tobago  45–19  Wales    National Stadium, Kingston
1 January New Zealand  61–17  Scotland    National Stadium, Kingston
1 January Wales  57–11  Bahamas    National Stadium, Kingston
1 January England  61–27  Trinidad and Tobago    National Stadium, Kingston
2 January England  44–30  Jamaica    National Stadium, Kingston
2 January Australia  70–9  Northern Ireland    National Stadium, Kingston
2 January Scotland  41–37  Wales    National Stadium, Kingston
2 January New Zealand  108–10  Bahamas    National Stadium, Kingston
4 January Trinidad and Tobago  45–18  Scotland    National Stadium, Kingston
4 January Australia  96–4  Bahamas    National Stadium, Kingston
4 January Jamaica  70–17  Northern Ireland    National Stadium, Kingston
5 January New Zealand  83–21  Wales    National Stadium, Kingston
5 January Australia  43–27  Trinidad and Tobago    National Stadium, Kingston
5 January England  94–13  Northern Ireland    National Stadium, Kingston
6 January New Zealand  42–40  England    National Stadium, Kingston
6 January Trinidad and Tobago  34–34  Jamaica    National Stadium, Kingston
6 January Scotland  40–15  Bahamas    National Stadium, Kingston
7 January Australia  71–16  Scotland    National Stadium, Kingston
7 January Jamaica  55–33  Wales    National Stadium, Kingston
7 January Northern Ireland  49–28  Bahamas    National Stadium, Kingston
8 January New Zealand  47–33  Trinidad and Tobago    National Stadium, Kingston
8 January England  76–10  Scotland    National Stadium, Kingston
8 January Australia  87–8  Wales    National Stadium, Kingston
9 January New Zealand  52–32  Jamaica    National Stadium, Kingston
9 January Wales  34–30  Northern Ireland    National Stadium, Kingston
9 January Trinidad and Tobago  72–24  Bahamas    National Stadium, Kingston
9 January Australia  38–37  England    National Stadium, Kingston
11 January England  72–12  Wales    National Stadium, Kingston
11 January Scotland  46–27  Northern Ireland    National Stadium, Kingston
11 January Jamaica  61–15  Bahamas    National Stadium, Kingston
12 January Australia  48–42  New Zealand    National Stadium, Kingston
12 January Trinidad and Tobago  66–14  Northern Ireland    National Stadium, Kingston

Medallists

Gold Silver Bronze
 Australia
Coach: Wilma Shakespear 		 New Zealand
Coach: Taini Jamison 		 England
Coach:
Terese Delaney
Margaret Gollan
Stella Gollan
Elsma Merillo
Ricky Pyatt
Noela Routley
Cheryl Sidebottom
Annette Simper
Anne Walker
Gaye Walsh (c) 		Joan Harnett (c)
Nancy King
Shirley Langrope
Lorraine Mair
Olwyn McKay
Sandra Norman
Coral Palmer
Tilly Vercoe
Brenda Walker
Frances Webster 		Judi Day
Sally Dewhurst
Pat Dudgeon
Judy Heath
Cathy Hickey
Elizabeth Kelly
Anne Miles
Carol Percy
Rita Rees
Linda Scovell
Eunice Smith

Source:[4]


References

  1. ^ "Topic: ON THIS DAY IN NETBALL… | Netball Scoop". Archived from the original on 2015-06-25. Retrieved 2015-10-13.
  2. ^ ""Sports in Brief." Times [London, England] 14 Jan. 1971". Times Digital Archives.
  3. ^ Netball Australia. "World Netball Championships placings" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 2012-09-25. Retrieved 30 July 2011.
  4. ^ "Women Netball III World Championship 1971 Kingston". www.todor66.com. Retrieved 27 February 2020.
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