2016 World University Netball Championship

2016 World University Netball Championship
Tournament details
Host country	United States
City	Miami
Venue(s)	Fernandez Family Center,; St. Thomas University
Dates	13–17 July 2016
Teams	8
TV partner(s)	Eurosport; Vamos Deportes en Vivo
Final positions
Champions	South Africa (1st title)
Runners-up	Jamaica
Third place	Australia
Tournament statistics
Matches played	24
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The 2016 World University Netball Championship was a tournament organised by the Fédération Internationale du Sport Universitaire and Netball America. It was the second World University Netball Championship. It was hosted at the Fernandez Family Center at St. Thomas University in Miami. The championship was won by South Africa who defeated Jamaica 43–39 in the gold medal match. Australia finished third after they defeated Uganda 42–41 in the bronze medal match. The series was featured on Eurosport and livestreamed by Vamos Deportes en Vivo.

Teams, head coaches and captains

Team	Head coach	Captain
Australia ¹	Christine Vogue
England ²	Michelle Morgan	Erin Allport
Jamaica	Annette Daley
Namibia		Augusta Sethie
South Africa	Dorette Badenhorst
Trinidad and Tobago	Bridget Adams	Daystar Swift
Uganda	Rashid Mubiru	Ruth Meeme
United States ³	Ilsa Giddens	Alyssa Spitzer

Notes

^1 Australia were represented by the Griffith University netball team.
^2 England were represented by the University of Worcester netball team. In March 2016, Worcester had won the BUCS netball title.
^3 The United States were represented by a Netball America team.

Match officials

Umpires included

Umpire	Association
Alison Davies	Wales
Lilia Mathurin-Cameron	Trinidad and Tobago
Sarah Watts	England

Pool A

Matches

Round 1

Wednesday, 13 July 2016	United States	18–93	South Africa
10:00

Wednesday, 13 July 2016	Namibia	^{(Note 4)}	Trinidad and Tobago
11:30

Source:

Round 2

Wednesday, 13 July 2016	South Africa	78–32	Namibia
16:00

Wednesday, 13 July 2016	United States	39–55	Trinidad and Tobago
17:30

Source:

Round 3

Thursday, 14 July 2016	United States	14–63	Namibia
13:00

Thursday, 14 July 2016	South Africa	64–26	Trinidad and Tobago
14:30

Source:

Table

Pos	Team	P	W	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
1	South Africa	3	3	0	235	76	+159	6
2	Namibia	3	2	1				4
3	Trinidad and Tobago	3	1	2				2
4	United States	3	0	3	71	211	-140	0

  Qualified for quarter-final vs Pool B 4th place team
  Qualified for quarter-final vs Pool B 3rd place team
  Qualified for quarter-final vs Pool B 2nd place team
  Qualified for quarter-final vs Pool B 1st place team

Source:

Note

^4 The match between Namibia and Trinidad and Tobago is listed as a forfeit. Namibia are listed as winners.

Pool B

Matches

Round 1

Wednesday, 13 July 2016	Uganda	73–37	England
13:00		Report

Wednesday, 13 July 2016	Jamaica	42–38	Australia
14:30

Source:

Round 2

Thursday, 14 July 2016	Uganda	54–46	Australia
10:00		Report

Thursday, 14 July 2016	Jamaica	79–24	England
11:30

Source:

Round 3

Thursday, 14 July 2016	Australia	71–39	England
16:00

Thursday, 14 July 2016	Jamaica	53–30	Uganda
17:30

Source:

Table

Pos	Team	P	W	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
1	Jamaica	3	3	0	174	92	+82	6
2	Uganda	3	2	1	157	136	+21	4
3	Australia	3	1	2	155	135	-20	2
4	England	3	0	3	100	223	-123	0

  Qualified for quarter-final vs Pool A 4th place team
  Qualified for quarter-final vs Pool A 3rd place team
  Qualified for quarter-final vs Pool A 2nd place team
  Qualified for quarter-final vs Pool A 1st place team

Source:

Quarter-finals

Friday, 14 July 2016	South Africa	71–30	England
10:00

Friday, 14 July 2016	Australia	61–44	Namibia
12:00

Friday, 14 July 2016	Uganda	54–33	Trinidad and Tobago
14:00

Friday, 14 July 2016	United States	9–98	Jamaica
14:00		Report

Source:

Classification

5th/8th classification

Saturday, 16 July 2016	Trinidad and Tobago	49–37	England
12:00

Saturday, 16 July 2016	United States	24–64	Namibia
16:15

Source:

7th/8th playoff

Sunday, 17 July 2016	United States	28–71	England
9:00

5th/6th playoff

Sunday, 17 July 2016	Namibia	52–38	Trinidad and Tobago
9:00

Source:

Medal competition

Semi-finals

Saturday, 16 July 2016	South Africa	52–42	Uganda
10:00

Saturday, 16 July 2016	Jamaica	45–38	Australia
14:15

Source:

Bronze medal match

Sunday, 17 July 2016	Australia	42–41	Uganda
13:00

Sources:

Gold medal match

Sunday, 17 July 2016	South Africa	43–39	Jamaica
15:00

Sources:

Final placings

Rank	Team
	South Africa
	Jamaica
	Australia
4	Uganda
5	Namibia
6	Trinidad and Tobago
7	England
8	United States

Sources:

Medallists

Gold	Silver	Bronze
South Africa Coach: Dorette Badenhorst	Jamaica Coach: Annette Daley	Australia Coach: Christine Vogue
Charmaine Baard Sigrid Burger Lauren Lee Christians Zandre Kruger Lindi Lombard Izette Lubbe Karla Mostert Juline Rossouw Jeanie Steyn Renske Stoltz Kifiloe Tsotetsi Nadia Uys Shadine van der Merwe	Shanice Beckford Nicole Dixon Stacian Facey Malysha Kelly Abbeygail Linton Kaneila Riley Deneen Taylor Adean Thomas Priscilla Thomas Jamila Tulloch Khadijah Williams	Courteney Chapman Peta Coles Chany Harrex Rylie Holland Cara Koenen Leah Middleton Michelle Newgrosh Kristen Oxenford Ruby Paton Denise Pepe Bree Purvis Cheryl Renagi

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