The Uganda national netball team, also known as the She-Cranes, represent Netball Uganda in international netball tournaments, such as the Netball World Cup, the Commonwealth Games, the Fast5 Netball World Series and the Africa Netball Nations Cup. Uganda have won Africa Netball Cup, All-Africa Games and Netball Singapore Nations Cup tournaments. Their best results in major tournaments are fifth place finishes at the 2022 Commonwealth Games and the 2023 Netball World Cup. As of 25 July 2026, Uganda are sixth in the World Netball Rankings.
Tournament history Major tournaments Netball World Cup Uganda made their Netball World Cup debut in 1979. With a team coached by Ben Mary Muwanga and captained by Suzan Ddumba Namatovu, they finished 13th.
Uganda qualified for 2015 Netball World Cup after winning the 2014 African Netball Championships. In their opening game of the tournament they defeated Zambia 74–38 with Peace Proscovia scoring 56 goal. Uganda would eventually finish in eighth place after losing a play off to Wales.
Uganda qualified for the 2019 Netball World Cup after winning the 2018 African Netball Championships. Uganda would finish in seventh place after defeating Zimbabwe 58–47 in a play off.
At the 2023 Netball World Cup, with a team featuring Mary Cholhok Nuba and captained by Irene Eyaru, Uganda finished the tournament in 5th place after they defeated the hosts South Africa 49–47 in a play off.
Tournaments Place1979 World Netball Championships13th 2015 Netball World Cup8th2019 Netball World Cup7th2023 Netball World Cup5th
Commonwealth Games Uganda made their Commonwealth Games debut in 2018. They finished the tournament in sixth place, after losing a play off to South Africa 53–42. At the 2022 Commonwealth Games, Uganda finished fifth after defeating South Africa 54–48 in a play off.
Tournaments Place2018 Commonwealth Games6th2022 Commonwealth Games5th
Netball Nations Cup Tournaments Place2024 Netball Nations Cup4th2025 Netball Nations Cup3rd
Fast5 Netball World Series Tournaments Place2022 Fast5 Netball World Series5th2024 Fast5 Netball World Series3rd
African tournaments Uganda also competes in competitions against other African national teams. These include the Africa Netball Cup, the Diamond Challenge, tournaments at the All-Africa Games and Netball World Cup qualifiers.
All-Africa Games Tournaments Place2011 All-Africa Games1st
Africa Netball Cup Tournaments Place2013 African Netball Championship3rd 2014 African Netball Championships1st 2017 African Netball Championships1st 2018 African Netball Championships1st 2019 Africa Netball Cup3rd
Diamond Challenge Since 2012, Netball South Africa has hosted the Diamond Challenge. The trophy is contested with mainly visiting African national teams, including Uganda.
Tournaments Place2015 Diamond Challenge3rd2016 Diamond Challenge3rd2021 SPAR Challenge Series2nd
Netball World Cup qualifiers Tournaments Place2011 World Netball Championships Qualifiern/a
Invitational tournaments and series Uganda have competed in several invitational tournaments, including when, with a team captained by Peace Proscovia and coached by Fred Mugerwa, they won the 2013 Netball Singapore Nations Cup. Before this tournament, they had not played outside of Africa since 1979. They were unranked and only secured government funding at the last minute after making a plea for public help via the New Vision newspaper. The President of Uganda, Yoweri Museveni, also donated to the Uganda Netball Federation to help with the cost. Uganda missed their flights and missed their opening match against the United States. They arrived on day two of the competition, after a ten hour flight, just six hours before their first match. Despite everything, they beat the Republic of Ireland 54–41. They then drew with Papua New Guinea 52–52 to stay in contention. They subsequently defeated Singapore and Sri Lanka to qualify for the final. In the final they defeated Singapore 52–29, with Peace Proscovia scoring 30 goals.
Tournaments Place2013 Netball Singapore Nations Cup1st 2022 England Uganda netball series2nd
Notable players The squad selected for the 2024 Netball Nations Cup.
Captains Years Captains 1979Suzan Ddumba Namatovu 2011Amono Florence2013–2023Peace Proscovia2016Irene Eyaru2021Stella Oyella2022Joan Nampungu2023–2025Irene Eyaru2025Racheal Nanyonga2025Mary Cholhok
Coaches Head coaches Coach YearsBen Mary Muwanga1975–1985 Fred Mugerwa2011–2015Rashid Mubiru2015–2017 Vincent Kiwanuka2017–2019 Rashid Mubiru2019–2021 Imelda Nyongesa2018 Fred Mugerwa2021– Rashid Mubiru2025–
Assistant coaches Coach YearsPeace Proscovia2024 Ruth Meeme2025–
Honours Africa Netball Cup Winners: 2014, 2017, 2018 Runners Up: 2021 All-Africa Games Winners: 2011 Celtic Cup Winners: 2025 Netball Singapore Nations Cup Winners: 2013 See also Netball Uganda
References
External links She Cranes on Facebook