Australian National Netball Championships

The National Netball Championships (NNC) are a series of annual netball tournaments, organised by Netball Australia and featuring representative teams from the states and territories of Australia. The earliest tournaments took place during 1920s.

Until 2005, the championships featured an open tournament, as well tournaments for under-17, under-19 and under-21 teams. However, following the emergence of the Commonwealth Bank Trophy league, Netball Australia decided to end the open tournament. The last under-21 tournament was played in 2016.

History Early tournaments The earliest Australian National Netball Championships took place during 1920s. Differing sources mean it is unclear exactly which year the tournament was first held. According to the 2005 Netball New South Wales annual report, New South Wales won their first title in 1926. Meanwhile, according to the Netball Victoria website, Victoria hosted and won the first official championships in 1928 in Melbourne. According to the 2004 Netball Australia annual report, the 2004 National Netball Championships were the 71st edition. However according to the 2005 annual report there had been eighty years of open competition.

Open In 2004, the open and under-21 National Netball Championships were held at Challenge Stadium in Perth, Western Australia. According to the 2004 Netball Australia annual report, they were the 71st National Netball Championships. The 2004 tournament featured several members of the Australia national netball team, including Liz Ellis, Catherine Cox, Jane Altschwager and Mo'onia Gerrard, as well as emerging players such as Natalie Medhurst, Kimberley Smith, Joanne Sutton, Johannah Curran, Susan Fuhrmann and Brooke Thompson. In 2005, Netball ACT hosted the final open championships in Canberra. Following the emergence of the Commonwealth Bank Trophy league, Netball Australia decided to end the open tournament.

Grand finals Year Winners Score Runners-up Venue1926New South Wales 1928Victoria Melbourne1956 1969Western Australia Adelaide1970Western Australia Brisbane 1971Western Australia Hobart1972Western Australia Sydney1976 1979 1984New South Wales 1985New South Wales 1986 Victoria 1987New South Wales 1988New South Wales 1989New South Wales 1990New South Wales 1991New South Wales Brisbane1992New South Wales 1993New South Wales 46-45 South AustraliaMarrara Stadium1994New South Wales 41-37 South AustraliaSydney1995Melbourne1996South Australia61-41VictoriaAdelaide1997New South Wales 56-54 VictoriaCanberra (AIS)1998 1999New South Wales 2001 2004New South Wales60–35South AustraliaChallenge Stadium2005New South Wales59–57VictoriaACT Netball Centre, Canberra

Notes New South Wales, South Australia and Victoria shared the 1956 title. New South Wales, South Australia and Western Australia shared the 1976 title. New South Wales and South Australia shared the 1979 title. The 2001 tournament was cancelled due to the Ansett collapse

Under-21 Grand finals Year Winners Score Runners-up Venue1974New South Wales 1977New South Wales 1980New South Wales 1983New South Wales 1984New South Wales 1985New South Wales 1986Victoria1987New South Wales 1988New South Wales 1989New South Wales 1990Victoria45-40South Australia1991Brisbane19921993New South Wales 1994Victoria58-47South AustraliaSydney1995South Australia56-45New South WalesWaverley Netball Centre1996Victoria55-45New South Wales1997South Australia50-43VictoriaCanberra (AIS)1998New South Wales 199920002001 20022003South Australia 2004South Australia55–39VictoriaChallenge Stadium 2005Western Australia60–53South AustraliaACT Netball Centre, Canberra2006Victoria71–49Western AustraliaETSA Park2007VictoriaNew South WalesQueensland State Netball Centre2008New South Wales41–40VictoriaPerth2009New South Wales43–41VictoriaACT Netball Centre, Canberra 2010New South Wales50–39South AustraliaLogan Metro Indoor Centre, Brisbane 2011New South Wales48–35 VictoriaWaverley Netball Centre2012New South Wales49–38South AustraliaChallenge Stadium2013South Australia40–36VictoriaCanberra2014South Australia43–27Victoria2015South Australia44–42VictoriaCaloundra Indoor Stadium, Caloundra 2016New South Wales49–46VictoriaLaunceston, Tasmania

Tournament MVP Year Winner Team2010April Letton New South Wales 2010Chanel Gomes Queensland 2011April LettonNew South Wales 2012Courtney BruceWestern Australia 2013 2014 2015 2016Maddy TurnerNew South Wales

Notes The 2001 tournament was cancelled due to the Ansett collapse The 2007 Netball Australia Annual Report gives the final score as 61–36 while the 2007 Netball NSW Annual Report gives it as 36–21. April Letton and Chanel Gomes shared the 2010 Under-21 Tournament MVP award.

Under-19 Grand finals Year Winners Score Runners-up Venue1985Western Australia1986South Australia1987Western Australia1988New South Wales 1989South Australia1990Victoria1991Victoria1992New South Wales 1993Victoria 1994New South Wales 1995New South Wales 1996South Australia1997South Australia1998South Australia1999New South Wales 2000Queensland2001Victoria28–27New South WalesACT Netball Centre, Canberra2002New South Wales 2003Victoria2004Victoria37–22South AustraliaSilverdome2005Victoria36–19QueenslandMarrara Stadium 2006Victoria37–26New South WalesPenrith Stadium2007Victoria32–22South AustraliaState Netball Hockey Centre2008New South Wales19–14VictoriaPerth2009New South Wales39–30QueenslandACT Netball Centre, Canberra 2010Queensland27–24New South WalesETSA Park2011New South Wales36–21VictoriaLogan Metro Indoor Sports Centre2012Victoria27–19New South WalesSilverdome2013South Australia Canberra2014Queensland38–28VictoriaWaverley Netball Centre, VIC2015New South Wales43–39VictoriaNetball Central2016Victoria31–27New South WalesPerth2017Victoria Canberra2018Victoria31–26South AustraliaPriceline Stadium2019South Australia49–20New South WalesQueensland State Netball Centre2020 2021 2022New South Wales26-24South AustraliaHobart Netball and Sports Centre2023South Australia44-33Western AustraliaMarrara Stadium2024New South Wales42-32QueenslandJubilee Park Stadium, Frankston VIC2025New South Wales35-28VictoriaNetball Central2026New South Wales39-29South AustraliaState Netball Hockey Centre

Tournament MVP Year Winner Team2010Stephanie WoodQueensland 2011Gabi SimpsonNew South Wales 2012Kim RavaillionNew South Wales 2013Georgie VirgoQueensland2014Cara KoenenQueensland 2015Toni AndersonNew South Wales 2016Sasha GlasgowSouth Australia2017Tara HinchliffeQueensland2018Olivia LewisWestern Australia2019Macy GardnerQueensland 202020212022Kayla GrahamSouth Australia2023Lucy VoyvodicSouth Australia2024Frederika SchneidemanNew South Wales2025Tia MoloQueensland2026Jazmin McKaySouth Australia

Under-17 Grand finals Year Winners Score Runners-up Venue1983Queensland 19841985New South Wales 1986New South Wales 1987South Australia1988South Australia35-25New South WalesSydney1989New South Wales 1990New South Wales 1991South Australia1992Victoria1993New South Wales 1994New South Wales 1995New South Wales 1996South Australia1997South Australia1998Victoria1999New South Wales 2000New South Wales 2001Queensland40–21New South WalesACT Netball Centre, Canberra2002Victoria2003Victoria2004Victoria34–19New South WalesSilverdome2005New South Wales32–23South AustraliaMarrara Stadium2006New South Wales31–23VictoriaPenrith Stadium2007New South Wales21–15VictoriaState Netball Hockey Centre2008Victoria20–19New South WalesPerth2009South Australia23–21VictoriaACT Netball Centre, Canberra 2010Victoria24–23New South WalesETSA Park2011Victoria33–31New South WalesLogan Metro Indoor Sports Centre2012New South Wales38–28VictoriaSilverdome2013Victoria35–22Western AustraliaDarwin2014Victoria29–25New South WalesWaverly Netball Centre2015Queensland27–24New South WalesNetball Central2016South Australia29–24New South WalesPerth2017South Australia26–25VictoriaCanberra2018South Australia40–26VictoriaPriceline Stadium2019South Australia35–30New South WalesQueensland State Netball Centre2020 2021 2022New South Wales38-35VictoriaHobart Netball and Sports Centre2023Queensland42-40New South WalesMarrara Stadium2024South Australia30-28Western AustraliaJubilee Park Stadium, Frankston VIC2025South Australia33-26New South WalesNetball Central2026South Australia42-41New South WalesState Netball Hockey Centre

Tournament MVP Year Winner Team2010Kate MoloneyVictoria 2011Charlotte GoodmanQueensland 2012Kaitlyn BryceNew South Wales 2013Alice Teague-NeeldVictoria 2014Hannah PettySouth Australia 2015Kim JennerQueensland2016Olivia LewisWestern Australia2017Sunday AryangWestern Australia2018Molly WatsonSouth Australia 2019Kimberley HearndenSouth Australia 202020212022Grace Whyte (joint)New South Wales"Tabitha Packer (joint)South Australia2023Nicola BargeNew South Wales2024Jemma KellySouth Australia2025Jazmin McKay (joint)South Australia"Sophie Sherriff (joint)Tasmania2026Ruby StanfordQueensland

Notes The 2020 and 2021 tournaments were cancelled due to the COVID-19 pandemic in Australia.

Main sponsors Years The Athlete's Foot200?–2008DealsDirect2010

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