2020 Netball Nations Cup

2020 Netball Nations Cup

Tournament details
Host country	England
City	Nottingham Birmingham London
Venue(s)	Motorpoint Arena Arena Birmingham Copper Box Arena
Dates	19–26 January 2020
Teams	4
TV partner(s)	Sky Sports (UK/Ireland) SuperSport (South Africa)
Final positions
Champions	New Zealand (1st title)
Runner-up	Jamaica
Third place	England
Tournament statistics
Matches played	8
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The 2020 Vitality Netball Nations Cup was an international netball tournament. It was hosted by England Netball. It featured England, Jamaica, New Zealand and South Africa playing each other in a series of eight netball test matches in January 2020. The tournament effectively replaced the Netball Quad Series for 2020. Australia opted out of taking part and were subsequently replaced by Jamaica. Round 1 was hosted at Nottingham's Motorpoint Arena, Round 2 was hosted at Arena Birmingham while the final four matches were hosted at London's Copper Box Arena. ^{[1] [2] [3] [4] [5] [6]}

With a team coached by Noeline Taurua and captained by Ameliaranne Ekenasio, ^[7] New Zealand won the tournament, winning all four of their matches and defeating Jamaica 67–56 in the final. ^{[8] [9]} The series was broadcast live on Sky Sports and Sky Sports YouTube in the United Kingdom and Ireland ^[10] and on SuperSport (South Africa). ^[5]

Squads

Participating teams and rosters ^[4]

England [3]	Jamaica [11] [12]	New Zealand [6] [7] [12] [13]	South Africa [13]
Amy Carter Eleanor Cardwell Jade Clarke Kadeen Corbin Sophie Drakeford-Lewis George Fisher Stacey Francis Natalie Haythornthwaite (c) Laura Malcolm (vc) Natalie Panagarry Chelsea Pitman Razia Quashie Kate Shimmin Fran Williams	Gezelle Allison Shanice Beckford Kadie-Ann Dehaney Nicole Dixon Jhaniele Fowler (c) Shadian Hemmings Shannika Johnson Shamera Sterling Shimona Nelson Jodi-Ann Ward Khadijah Williams Latanya Wilson	Karin Burger Gina Crampton (vc) Ameliaranne Ekenasio (c) Phoenix Karaka Bailey Mes Kimiora Poi Michaela Sokolich-Beatson Shannon Saunders Te Paea Selby-Rickit Whitney Souness Jane Watson (vc) Maia Wilson	Sigrid Burger Khanyisa Chawane Rome Dreyer Izette Griesel Phumza Maweni Bongiwe Msomi (c) Lenize Potgieter Karla Pretorius (vc) Lefébre Rademan Shadine van der Merwe Ine-Marí Venter Zanele Vimbela
Coach: Jess Thirlby	Coach: Connie Francis	Coach: Noeline Taurua	Coach: Dorette Badenhorst [5]

Debuts

• On 19 January 2020, Amy Carter made her senior debut for England against New Zealand. ^[14]

Match officials

Umpires

Umpire	Association
Gary Burgess	England
Jonathan Bredin	New Zealand
Jemma Cook	Australia
Anso Kemp	South Africa
Kate Stephenson	England
Tara Warner	Australia

Source: ^[15]

Round robin stage

Round 1

19 January 2020	Jamaica	59–54	South Africa	Motorpoint Arena
14:30	Jhaniele Fowler  47/48 (98%) Shanice Beckford  11/14 (79%) Shimona Nelson  1/1 (100%)		Lenize Potgieter  30/31 (97%) Ine-Marí Venter  21/23 (91%) Lefébre Rademan  3/5 (60%)

Sources: ^{[16] [17]}

19 January 2020	England	48–64	New Zealand	Motorpoint Arena
17:00	Eleanor Cardwell  25/31 (81%) George Fisher  21/22 (95%) Kadeen Corbin  2/5 (40%)	Stats	Maia Wilson  26/28 (93%) Te Paea Selby-Rickit  14/16 (88%) Ameliaranne Ekenasio  12/12 (100%) Bailey Mes  12/13 (92%)

Sources: ^{[18] [19] [20]}

Round 2

22 January 2020	New Zealand	71–45	Jamaica	Arena Birmingham
17:30	Maia Wilson  42/45 (93%) Ameliaranne Ekenasio  18/22 (82%) Te Paea Selby-Rickit  11/13 (85%)	Stats	Jhaniele Fowler  38/40 (95%) Shanice Beckford  7/8 (88%)

Sources: ^{[21] [22]}

22 January 2020	England	58–54	South Africa	Arena Birmingham
20:00

Sources: ^{[10] [23]}

Round 3

25 January 2020	New Zealand	48–41	South Africa	Copper Box Arena
14:30	Maia Wilson  24/30 (80%) Ameliaranne Ekenasio  15/18 (83%) Te Paea Selby-Rickit  1/1 (100%)		Ine-Marí Venter  24/29 (83%) Lenize Potgieter  11/15 (73%) Lefébre Rademan  6/10 (60%)

Sources: ^{[13] [24]}

25 January 2020	England	66–70	Jamaica	Copper Box Arena
17:00	Eleanor Cardwell  46/50 (92%) George Fisher  11/12 (92%) Kadeen Corbin  5/5 (100%) Natalie Haythornthwaite  4/8 (50%)		Jhaniele Fowler  61/64 (95%) Shanice Beckford  8/8 (100%) Shimona Nelson  1/1 (100%)

Sources: ^{[25] [26] [27]}

Table

Pos	Team	P	W	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
1	New Zealand	3	3	0	183	134	+49	6
2	Jamaica	3	2	1	174	191	-17	4
3	England	3	1	2	172	188	-16	2
4	South Africa	3	0	3	149	165	-16	0

  Qualified for Final
  Qualified for 3rd/4th place match

Playoffs

3rd v 4th Playoff

26 January 2020	England	65–63	South Africa	Copper Box Arena
14:30

Sources: ^{[28] [29] [30]}

Final

26 January 2020	New Zealand	67–56	Jamaica	Copper Box Arena
17:00	Maia Wilson  30/37 (81%) Ameliaranne Ekenasio  22/28 (79%) Te Paea Selby-Rickit  1/1 (100%)	Stats	Jhaniele Fowler  46/47 (98%) Shanice Beckford  10/11 (91%)

Sources: ^{[8] [9] [12]}

Final Placings

Rank	Team
	New Zealand
	Jamaica
	England
4	South Africa

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