The Netball South Africa Diamond Challenge is an international netball series hosted by Netball South Africa. The series traditionally features South Africa playing a series of test matches against mostly visiting African national teams. South Africa won the inaugural 2012 series.
History COSANA Games The Diamond Challenge series effectively replaced the COSANA Games, a series of tournaments hosted by the Confederation of Southern African Netball Associations which were held biannually up until 2009.
President's XII As well as entering their senior national team in the Diamond Challenge series, Netball South Africa has also entered an invitational team known as the President's XII. It is effectively a South Africa B team. In 2016, with a team featuring Ine-Marí Venter and Marlize de Bruin, they finished second in the group stage. However, as an unranked team they are not allowed to play in the final of an official tournament. This happened again in 2022 and they were eventually placed third. In 2018, with a team coached by Jenny van Dyk and featuring Lefébre Rademan and a returning Marlize de Bruin, they effectively finished second overall.
Results 3rd v 4th Playoff Tournament 3rd Score 4th Host city201245–36Pretoria2013Port Elizabeth201553–52Margate2016 President's XII54–54Durban2018Seshego, Polokwane2021 Cape Town2022 President's XII49–43Pretoria Finals Tournament Winners Score Runners up Host city201247–43Pretoria201359–45Port Elizabeth201540–35Margate201668–34Durban2018 President's XIISeshego, Polokwane2021Cape Town202254–36Pretoria
Notes In 2013, only three teams entered, so there was no 3rd v 4th playoff. In 2018, there was no play-offs or finals. Some sources credit Zambia with second place. In 2021, there was no play-offs or finals.
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