Netball World Cup Trivia

Some trivial facts and figures from the Netball World Cup.

The first World Championships for netball was held in in 1963.
In 1979 there were three winners. Three teams finished on the same points: Australia, New Zealand and 'Trinidad and Tobago'. The rules at the time did not provide any other way of determining an outright winner, so the three teams shared the title.
In 2007, Fiji was scheduled to host the tournament but was stripped of the right as a result of a coup in December 2006. Hosting rights were subsequently awarded to New Zealand.
Out of the 16 events held so far (including to 2023), Australia has been victorious 12 times.
Four nations have played at every World Cup since 1963 - Australia, New Zealand, England and Jamaica.
When England hosted the 2019 tournament in Liverpool, they joined Australian and New Zealand as three-time hosts.
In 2019, Trinidad and Tobago's Rhonda John-Davis appeared in her sixth World Cup, at the time the most by any player in the history of the World Cup. In 2023, the record was matched by England's Geva Mentor and Jade Clarke, and Latonia Blackman of Barbados, all playing in their sixth World Cup.

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