2005 Asian Netball Championships

2005 Asian Netball Championships
Tournament details
Host country Singapore
Dates3–10 September 2005 (2005-09-03 – 2005-09-10)
Teams7
Final positions
Champions Singapore (1st title)
Runners-up Malaysia
Third place Sri Lanka
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The 2005 Asian Netball Championship was the sixth edition of the Asian Netball Championship, a quadrennial Asian netball championship co-ordinated by the Asian Federation of Netball Associations (AIFNA), inaugurated in 1985. This tournament was also part of qualification for the 2007 World Netball Championships being held in New Zealand.

Seven nations were split into two groups with one being a group of three and the other a group of four. The top two teams from each group qualified to the knockout stage where the winners of the semi-finals qualifying for the World Cup. Singapore would take out their first Asian Championship defeating Malaysia 53–39.

Preliminary round

Group A

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts
1  Sri Lanka 220012960694
2  Thailand 210187108−212
3  Hong Kong 200261109−480
September Sri Lanka 69–38 Thailand   

5 September Sri Lanka 60–22 Hong Kong   

September Thailand 49–39 Hong Kong   

Group B

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts
1  Singapore 3300210701406
2  Malaysia 3201200921084
3  Maldives 310281162−812
4  India 300351218−1670
3 September Singapore 96–8 India   

4 September Singapore 59–18 Maldives   

4 September Malaysia 80–16 India   

5 September Malaysia 76–21 Maldives   

6 September Singapore 55–44 Malaysia   

6 September Maldives 42–27 India   

Classification matches

5th place match

September Maldives bt Hong Kong   

Knockout stage

 
Semi-finalsFinal
 
      
 
8 September
 
 
 Malaysia63
 
10 September
 
 Sri Lanka56
 
 Malaysia39
 
8 September
 
 Singapore53
 
 Singapore64
 
 
 Thailand37
 
Bronze medal match
 
 
10 September
 
 
 Sri Lanka81
 
 
 Thailand36

Final standings

Place Nation
Gold  Singapore
Silver  Malaysia
Bronze  Sri Lanka
4 Thailand
5 Maldives
6 Hong Kong
7 India

References