2020 Netball Nations Cup

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2020 Netball Nations Cup
Tournament details
Host countryFlag of England.svg  England
City Nottingham
Birmingham
London
Venue(s) Motorpoint Arena
Arena Birmingham
Copper Box Arena
Dates19–26 January 2020
Teams4
TV partner(s) Sky Sports (UK/Ireland)
SuperSport (South Africa)
Final positions
ChampionsFlag of New Zealand.svg  New Zealand (1st title)
Runner-upFlag of Jamaica.svg  Jamaica
Third placeFlag of England.svg  England
Tournament statistics
Matches played8
  2019
2022  

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]

Contents

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]
Flag of England.svg  England [3] Flag of Jamaica.svg  Jamaica [11] [12] Flag of New Zealand.svg  New Zealand [6] [7] [12] [13] Flag of South Africa.svg  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 FrancisCoach: Noeline Taurua Coach: Dorette Badenhorst [5]

Debuts

Match officials

Umpires

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

Sources: [16] [17]

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

Sources: [18] [19] [20]

Round 2

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

Sources: [21] [22]

22 January 2020Flag of England.svg  England 58–54Flag of South Africa.svg  South Africa Arena Birmingham  
20:00

Sources: [10] [23]

Round 3

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

Sources: [13] [24]

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

Sources: [25] [26] [27]

Table

PosTeamPWLGFGAGDPts
1Flag of New Zealand.svg  New Zealand 330183134+496
2Flag of Jamaica.svg  Jamaica 321174191-174
3Flag of England.svg  England 312172188-162
4Flag of South Africa.svg  South Africa 303149165-160

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

Playoffs

3rd v 4th Playoff

26 January 2020Flag of England.svg  England 65–63Flag of South Africa.svg  South Africa Copper Box Arena  
14:30

Sources: [28] [29] [30]

Final

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

Sources: [8] [9] [12]

Final Placings

RankTeam
Gold medal icon.svgFlag of New Zealand.svg  New Zealand
Silver medal icon.svgFlag of Jamaica.svg  Jamaica
Bronze medal icon.svgFlag of England.svg  England
4Flag of South Africa.svg  South Africa

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