Sport | Netball |
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Founded | 2010 |
Administrator | Africa Netball |
Most recent champion(s) | Women: Zambia Men: South Africa (2023) |
Most titles | Women: South Africa (3 titles) Men: South Africa (1 title) |
The Africa Netball Cup, formerly known as the African Netball Championships, is an international netball competition held every two years organised by Africa Netball. The first edition of the tournament was held in 2010. [1]
In 2023, the men's edition was introduced. [2]
Year | 1st | 2nd | 3rd | Venue | Number of teams |
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2010 | Malawi | Legon, Ghana | 10 [3] | ||
2012 | Malawi | Tanzania | Zambia | Dar es Salaam, Tanzania | 6 [4] [5] |
2013 | South Africa | Malawi | Blantyre, Malawi | 8 [6] [7] | |
2014 | Uganda | Zambia | Botswana | Gaborone, Botswana | 6 [8] |
2015 | Zimbabwe | Gaborone, Botswana [9] [10] | |||
2017 | Uganda | Malawi | Zimbabwe | Kampala, Uganda | 6 [11] [12] |
2018 | Uganda | Zimbabwe | Lusaka, Zambia | 12 [13] [14] | |
2019 | South Africa | Malawi | Uganda | Cape Town, South Africa | 7 [15] |
2021 | South Africa | Uganda | Malawi | Windhoek, Namibia | 9 [16] |
2023 | Zambia | Namibia | Zimbabwe | Gaborone, Botswana | 6 [17] |
Nation | 2010 | 2012 | 2013 | 2014 | 2015 | 2017 | 2018 | 2019 | 2021 | 2023 | Total |
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Botswana | ? | 4th | 7th | 3 | ? | 5th | 5th | - | ? | 4th | 9 |
Burundi | - | - | - | - | - | - | ? | - | - | - | 1 |
Eswatini | ? | - | 7th | 5th | ? | - | - | - | - | 6th | 5 |
Ghana | ? | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 1 |
Kenya | ? | - | - | - | - | - | 7th | ? | ? | 5th | 5 |
Lesotho | ? | 6th | - | - | - | - | ? | ? | - | - | 4 |
Malawi | 1 | 1 | 2 | - | - | 2 | 2 | 2 | 3 | - | 7 |
Namibia | ? | - | 5th | 6th | - | 6th | 6th | - | ? | 2 | 7 |
Seychelles | - | - | - | - | - | - | ? | - | - | - | 1 |
South Africa | - | - | 1 | - | - | - | ? | 1 | 1 | - | 4 |
Tanzania | ? | 2 | - | - | ? | - | ? | - | ? | - | 5 |
Uganda | - | - | 3 | 1 | - | 1 | 1 | 3 | 2 | - | 6 |
Zambia | - | 3 | 3 | 2 | ? | 4th | 4th | ? | ? | 1 | 9 |
Zimbabwe | - | 5th | 5th | 4th | 1 | 3 | 3 | ? | ? | 3 | 9 |
Total teams | 10 (?) | 6 | 8 | 6 | 5 (?) | 6 | 12 | 7 | 9 | 6 |
Year | 1st | 2nd | 3rd | Venue | Number of teams |
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2023 | South Africa | Zimbabwe | Kenya | Gaborone, Botswana | 4 [17] |
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