AFNA Championships

AFNA Championships
SportNetball
Founded1954
First season1954
Organising bodyWest Indies Netball Board
Caribbean Netball Association
Americas Federation of Netball Associations
Most recent
champion
 Trinidad and Tobago (2018)
Most titles Jamaica
 Trinidad and Tobago
BroadcasterYouTube
Related
competitions		Netball World Cup Qualifiers – Americas

The AFNA Championships were a series of netball tournaments organised by the Americas Federation of Netball Associations. It was effectively a successor tournament to the earlier West Indies Netball Championship and Caribbean Netball Championship. Jamaica and Trinidad and Tobago are the series most successful teams. Later AFNA tournaments served as qualifiers for both Netball at the Commonwealth Games and the Netball World Cup.

History

West Indies Netball Championship

Competitive netball among Caribbean/West Indies countries started in 1954 with a triangular tournament featuring Trinidad and Tobago, Saint Vincent and the Grenadines and Grenada. In 1954, Lystra Lewis, the pioneering Trinidad and Tobago netball coach and administrator, was instrumental in establishing the West Indies Netball Board in an effort to formalise these early netball tournaments. In 1956, the original three were joined by Barbados. They were subsequently joined by Jamaica, Dominica and Saint Kitts and Nevis. Jamaica made their Test debut at the 1959 West Indies tournament hosted by Montserrat. In 1965, Saint Kitts and Nevis made their tournament debut.

Caribbean Netball Championships

After 1975, the winners were awarded the Dr. Eric Williams Trophy, named after Eric Williams, the first Prime Minister of Trinidad and Tobago. The Caribbean Netball Association also became the tournaments main organiser. By 1977 the tournament had evolved into the Caribbean Netball Championships. Trinidad and Tobago dominated this era, winning eleven titles between 1977 and 1993. Saint Kitts and Nevis were the only team to challenge Trinidad and Tobago. After winning the 1973 tournament, in 1978 Saint Kitts and Nevis won a second championship. After 1984 Jamaica began to participate more regularly and, from 1989 onwards, they replaced Trinidad and Tobago as the dominant team, winning nearly every tournament they entered.

AFNA Championships

In 1994, the Caribbean Netball Association and the Americas Federation of Netball Associations hosted a joint tournament and Canada and the United States were invited to enter for the first time. Later AFNA tournaments served as qualifiers for both Netball at the Commonwealth Games and the Netball World Cup.

Tournaments

West Indies Netball Championship
Tournaments Host Winners Runners up
1954
1958Dominica Dominica
1959Montserrat Montserrat
1960 Saint Vincent and the Grenadines
1961 Barbados
1965Dominica Dominica
1970 Saint Lucia
1971 Antigua and Barbuda Trinidad and Tobago ??
1972Saint Kitts Saint Kitts Trinidad and Tobago Saint Kitts and Nevis
1973 Grenada Saint Kitts and Nevis Trinidad and Tobago
1974 Trinidad and Tobago Trinidad and Tobago
1975 Trinidad and Tobago

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Caribbean Netball Championships
Tournaments Host Winners Runners up 3rd
1977 Bahamas Trinidad and Tobago ??
1978 Saint Vincent and the Grenadines Saint Kitts and Nevis
1980Saint Kitts Saint Kitts Trinidad and Tobago Saint Kitts and Nevis
1981 Trinidad and Tobago
1982 Grenada Trinidad and Tobago Grenada Barbados
1983 Bermuda Trinidad and Tobago
1984 (Note 1)Dominica Dominica Trinidad and Tobago Barbados Saint Vincent and the Grenadines
1985Nevis Nevis Trinidad and Tobago Saint Vincent and the Grenadines Barbados
1986 Saint Lucia Trinidad and Tobago
1988 Cayman Islands Trinidad and Tobago Grenada
1989 Trinidad and Tobago Jamaica
1990 Jamaica Jamaica
1991 Jamaica
1992 (Note 2) Antigua and Barbuda Trinidad and Tobago Saint Vincent and the Grenadines Barbados
1993 (Note 2)Montserrat Montserrat Trinidad and Tobago Saint Vincent and the Grenadines Barbados
AFNA Championships
Tournaments Host Winners Runners up 3rd
1994 Saint Vincent and the Grenadines Jamaica Saint Vincent and the Grenadines
1996Saint Kitts Saint Kitts Jamaica
1997  Grenada Jamaica Barbados Saint Vincent and the Grenadines
1998 Saint Lucia Saint Vincent and the Grenadines Barbados
2000Nevis Nevis Jamaica
2001Dominica Dominica Jamaica
2004 Trinidad and Tobago Jamaica Barbados Trinidad and Tobago
2005 (Note 3) Saint Vincent and the Grenadines Saint Vincent and the Grenadines Trinidad and Tobago Canada
2006 (Note 4) Barbados Trinidad and Tobago Barbados Saint Vincent and the Grenadines
2008 (Note 5) Saint Vincent and the Grenadines Jamaica Trinidad and Tobago Barbados
2012 (Note 6) Trinidad and Tobago Jamaica Barbados Trinidad and Tobago
2014 (Note 7) Canada Trinidad and Tobago Barbados United States
2018 (Note 8) Barbados Trinidad and Tobago Barbados Grenada

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Notes

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