Europe Netball Open Challenge
International netball competition
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The Europe Netball Open Challenge is an international netball tournament organised by Europe Netball. It was originally known as the European Netball Festival and later as the Netball Europe Open Challenge. It mainly features second level national netball teams affiliated to Europe Netball. It has also included guest teams from outside Europe. Europe's top level teams play in the Netball Europe Open Championships. The Republic of Ireland are the competition's most successful team. Other winners have included Grenada, the Isle of Man, Northern Ireland and the United Arab Emirates.
| Sport | Netball |
|---|---|
| Founded | 2008 |
| First season | 2008 |
| Organising body | Europe Netball |
| Most recent champion |  Northern Ireland |
| Most titles |  Republic of Ireland |
| Broadcaster | YouTube[1] |
| Related competitions | Netball World Cup Qualifiers – Europe Netball Europe Open Championships |
History
European Netball Festival
The Open Challenge evolved from Netball Festivals played in 2008, 2010 and 2012. The Republic of Ireland hosted the 2008 festival. Other participants included Gibraltar and Israel.[2][3][4] The 2010 Festival was won by a Great Britain U19 team.[3][5]
| Tournaments | Winners | Runners up | 3rd | 4th | 5th | 6th |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2008[2] | ||||||
| 2010[3][5] |  Great Britain U19 | Republic of Ireland |  Malta |  Israel |  Gibraltar |  Sweden |
| 2012[4] | Republic of Ireland | Malta | Gibraltar |  Switzerland | Israel | |
Netball Europe Open Challenge
The 2013, 2015 and 2016 tournaments were played alongside the Netball Europe Open Championships.[6][7][8]
| Tournaments | Winners | Runners up | 3rd | 4th | 5th | 6th |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2013[6] | Republic of Ireland | Switzerland | Gibraltar | |||
| 2015[7] | Republic of Ireland | Switzerland | Malta | |||
| 2016[8][9] |  Grenada | Republic of Ireland |  United States | Switzerland | Malta | Gibraltar |
| 2017[10][11] | Republic of Ireland | Gibraltar |  Bermuda | Israel | ||
| 2018[12] | Republic of Ireland |  Isle of Man |  UAE | Gibraltar | Israel | |
| 2019[13][14] | Isle of Man1 | Gibraltar | Republic of Ireland | UAE | Israel |  Cayman Islands |
Europe Netball Open Challenge
| Tournaments | Winners | Runners up | 3rd | 4th | 5th | 6th |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2021[15][16][17] | UAE | Isle of Man | Malta | Gibraltar | Switzerland | Northern Ireland2 |
| 2022[18][19] | Republic of Ireland | UAE | Isle of Man | Gibraltar | Malta | Cayman Islands |
| 2023[20][21] | UAE | Republic of Ireland | Isle of Man | Malta | Gibraltar |  France |
| 2024[22] | Northern Ireland | UAE | Republic of Ireland | Isle of Man | Gibraltar | France |
- Notes
- ^1 The 2019 tournament also featured a British Armed Forces team. They were effectively the overall winner, after winning all their games during the series.[14]
- ^2 At the 2021 tournament, Northern Ireland also played a series of separate matches against Gibraltar and the Isle of Man. Northern Ireland did not compete in the tournament.[1][23]
- ^3 The 2025 tournament was cancelled. After the Palestine Solidarity Campaign objected to Israel competing, Europe Netball decided to cancel the whole tournament.[24][25]