South Africa national netball team

Netball World Cup

South Africa made their World Netball Championships/Netball World Cup debut at the inaugural 1963 tournament. Despite victories over Scotland, the West Indies, Wales and Ceylon, they finished sixth.^[3][4] In 1967 they were bronze medalists.^[5] However, between 1971 and 1991, South Africa was unable to compete because of the sporting boycott during the apartheid era.^[4][6] In 1995, South Africa returned and with an all-white team coached by Marlene Wagner, captained by Debbie Hamman and featuring Irene van Dyk and Elize Kotze, they finished as silver medalists. During the tournament they defeated both England and New Zealand before losing in the final to Australia. In 1996 Wagner, Hamman and van Dyk were all honoured by President Nelson Mandela personally.^{[4][6][7][8][9]} South Africa hosted the 2023 Netball World Cup.^{[4][10][11][12][13]}

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Tournaments	Place
1963 World Netball Tournament[3][4]	6th
1967 World Netball Tournament[5]
1995 World Netball Championships[4][6][7][8][9]
1999 World Netball Championships[14]	5th
2003 World Netball Championships[15]	5th
2007 World Netball Championships[16]	6th
2011 World Netball Championships[17]	5th
2015 Netball World Cup[18][19]	5th
2019 Netball World Cup[20][21][22]	4th
2023 Netball World Cup[13][23]	6th

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Commonwealth Games

South Africa have competed at every netball tournament at the Commonwealth Games. They have never medaled at the Commonwealth Games. Their highest finish in the event came in 1998 when they finished 4th, after losing the bronze medal match to England 56–54.^[25][26] Ahead of the 2022 Commonwealth Games, Netball South Africa awarded 24 players professional contracts for the first time. They included Khanyisa Chawane, Marlize de Bruin, Izette Griesel, Phumza Maweni, Bongiwe Msomi, Lenize Potgieter, Karla Pretorius, Lefebre Rademan, Nichole Taljaard, Shadine van der Merwe, Ine-Marí Venter and Zanele Vimbela.^[27][28]

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Netball Quad Series/Nations Cup

Since 2012, South Africa have competed in the Netball Quad Series, playing against Australia, England and New Zealand.

Taini Jamison Trophy Series

Fast5 Netball World Series

Since 2010, when they made their debut in the second tournament, South Africa has competed at every Fast5 Netball World Series. South Africa’s best performance in the series was in 2022, when they gained a silver medal after losing to Australia in the final. Their best previous performance was a third place finish in 2012.^[63][64][65]

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Tournaments	Place
2010 World Netball Series[66][67]	6th
2011 World Netball Series[68][69][70]	5th
2012 Fast5 Netball World Series[63][64]
2013 Fast5 Netball World Series[71][72]	6th
2014 Fast5 Netball World Series[73]	5th
2016 Fast5 Netball World Series[74][75]	6th
2017 Fast5 Netball World Series[76][77]	5th
2018 Fast5 Netball World Series[78][79]	6th
2022 Fast5 Netball World Series[64][80]
2023 Fast5 Netball World Series[81][82]	4th
2024 Fast5 Netball World Series[83][84]	4th

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All-Africa Games

At the 1995 World Netball Championships, South Africa had featured only white players. At the 1995 All-Africa Games, officials requested that South Africa include six non-white players. This saw six members from the silver medal winning squad dropped and replaced. The six remaining white players subsequently withdrew on 1 September, protesting that the team was not selected by merit. So on 6 September a totally new squad was named.^[8]

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Tournaments	Place
1995 All-Africa Games[8]
1999 All-Africa Games[89]
2011 All-Africa Games[90]	6th

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Africa Netball Cup

Netball South Africa Diamond Challenge

Since 2012, Netball South Africa has hosted the Diamond Challenge. The trophy is contested with mainly visiting African national teams.

Netball World Cup qualifiers