The Netball World Youth Cup Gaborone 2017Official website was the eighth staging of the tournament previously (until 2013) known as the World Youth Netball Championships, the premier competition in international netball, contested every four years. The 2017 tournament, to be held from 8–16 July, held in Gaborone, Botswana, which is first African region country to host the tournament. Matches are to be played at University of Botswana Indoor Stadium and Ditshupo Hall. Twenty nations competed at the championships.
Teams
Qualification Twenty teams contested the 2017 tournament. The home nation automatically qualified, along with the next four highest-ranked teams from the 2013 World Youth Netball Championships: (host nation)
Qualification Tournaments The remaining fifteen teams were determined by regional qualifying tournaments, with three teams selected from each of the five international netball regions; Africa, Americas, Asia, Europe and Oceania.
Region Host Teams Dates Winners Runners-up 2nd Runners- upAsia 12 14–20 December 2015 Africa 8 24–30 July 2016 Americas 7 22–28 August 2016 Oceania 6 26–29 September 2016 Europe 4 7–9 October 2016
Draw The draw for the tournament was held on 20 October 2016 at Botswana. The pools for the tournament's finals is as below:
Pool A Pool B Pool C Pool D
Preliminary rounds
Pool A
Pool B
Pool C
Pool D
Playoff and placement
17th to 20th place
9th to 16th place
1st to 8th place Bracket
Quarter-finals
Crossover
Semi-finals
7th and 8th place
5th and 6th place
Bronze medal
Gold medal
Final rankings PlaceNation 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20
References
External links NWYC2017 website