Europe Netball Open Challenge

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Europe Netball Open Challenge
Sport Netball
Founded2008
First season2008
Organising body Europe Netball
Most recent
champion		Ulster Banner.svg  Northern Ireland
Most titlesFlag of Ireland.svg  Republic of Ireland
Broadcaster YouTube [1]
Related
competitions		 Netball World Cup Qualifiers – Europe
Netball Europe Open Championships

The Europe Netball Open Challenge is an international netball tournament organised by Europe Netball. It was originally known as the European Netball Festival and later as the Netball Europe Open Challenge. It mainly features second level national netball teams affiliated to Europe Netball. It has also included guest teams from outside Europe. Europe's top level teams play in the Netball Europe Open Championships. The Republic of Ireland are the competition's most successful team. Other winners have included Grenada, the Isle of Man, Northern Ireland and the United Arab Emirates.

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History

European Netball Festival

The Open Challenge evolved from Netball Festivals played in 2008, 2010 and 2012. The Republic of Ireland hosted the 2008 festival. Other participants included Gibraltar and Israel. [2] [3] [4] The 2010 Festival was won by a Great Britain U19 team. [3] [5]

TournamentsWinnersRunners Up3rd4th5th6th
2008 [2]
2010 [3] [5] Flag of the United Kingdom.svg  Great Britain U19 Flag of Ireland.svg  Republic of Ireland Flag of Malta.svg  Malta Flag of Sweden.svg  Sweden Flag of Israel.svg  Israel Flag of Gibraltar.svg  Gibraltar
2012 [4] Flag of Ireland.svg  Republic of Ireland Flag of Malta.svg  Malta Flag of Gibraltar.svg  Gibraltar Flag of Switzerland (Pantone).svg   Switzerland Flag of Israel.svg  Israel

Netball Europe Open Challenge

The 2013, 2015 and 2016 tournaments were played alongside the Netball Europe Open Championships. [6] [7] [8]

TournamentsWinnersRunners Up3rd4th5th6th
2013 [6] Flag of Ireland.svg  Republic of Ireland Flag of Switzerland (Pantone).svg   Switzerland Flag of Gibraltar.svg  Gibraltar
2015 [7] Flag of Ireland.svg  Republic of Ireland Flag of Switzerland (Pantone).svg   Switzerland Flag of Malta.svg  Malta
2016 [8] [9] Flag of Grenada.svg  Grenada Flag of Ireland.svg  Republic of Ireland Flag of the United States.svg  United States Flag of Switzerland (Pantone).svg   Switzerland Flag of Malta.svg  Malta Flag of Gibraltar.svg  Gibraltar
2017 [10] [11] Flag of Ireland.svg  Republic of Ireland Flag of Gibraltar.svg  Gibraltar Flag of Bermuda.svg  Bermuda Flag of Israel.svg  Israel
2018 [12] Flag of Ireland.svg  Republic of Ireland Flag of the Isle of Man.svg  Isle of Man Flag of the United Arab Emirates.svg  UAE Flag of Gibraltar.svg  Gibraltar Flag of Israel.svg  Israel
2019 [13] [14] Flag of the Isle of Man.svg  Isle of Man 1 Flag of Gibraltar.svg  Gibraltar Flag of Ireland.svg  Republic of Ireland Flag of the United Arab Emirates.svg  UAE Flag of Israel.svg  Israel Flag of the Cayman Islands.svg  Cayman Islands

Europe Netball Open Challenge

TournamentsWinnersRunners Up3rd4th5th6th
2021 [15] [16] [17] Flag of the United Arab Emirates.svg  UAE Flag of the Isle of Man.svg  Isle of Man Flag of Malta.svg  Malta Flag of Gibraltar.svg  Gibraltar Flag of Switzerland (Pantone).svg   Switzerland Ulster Banner.svg  Northern Ireland 2
2022 [18] [19] [20] Flag of Ireland.svg  Republic of Ireland Flag of the United Arab Emirates.svg  UAE Flag of the Isle of Man.svg  Isle of Man Flag of Gibraltar.svg  Gibraltar Flag of Malta.svg  Malta Flag of the Cayman Islands.svg  Cayman Islands
2023 [21] [22] Flag of the United Arab Emirates.svg  UAE Flag of Ireland.svg  Republic of Ireland Flag of the Isle of Man.svg  Isle of Man Flag of Malta.svg  Malta Flag of Gibraltar.svg  Gibraltar Flag of France.svg  France
2024 [23] Ulster Banner.svg  Northern Ireland Flag of the United Arab Emirates.svg  UAE Flag of Ireland.svg  Republic of Ireland Flag of the Isle of Man.svg  Isle of Man Flag of Gibraltar.svg  Gibraltar Flag of France.svg  France
Notes

References

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  2. 1 2 "Netball: Nothing but net for Israel in Ireland". www.jpost.com. 17 June 2008. Retrieved 6 October 2025.
  3. 1 2 3 "Women Netball European Festival". www.todor66.com. Archived from the original on 22 December 2024. Retrieved 24 September 2025.
  4. 1 2 "Women Netball European Festival 2012 Gibraltar". www.todor66.com. Archived from the original on 22 December 2024. Retrieved 24 September 2025.
  5. 1 2 "Mixed results for Malta". timesofmalta.com. 6 June 2010. Retrieved 6 October 2025.
  6. 1 2 "Women Netball Europe Open Championship 2013". www.todor66.com. Archived from the original on 4 April 2016. Retrieved 10 September 2025.
  7. 1 2 "Women Netball Europe Open Championship 2015". www.todor66.com. 5 September 2018. Archived from the original on 4 April 2019. Retrieved 5 January 2020.
  8. 1 2 "Women Netball Europe Open Championship 2016". www.todor66.com. Archived from the original on 15 December 2024. Retrieved 20 September 2025.
  9. ↑ "Irish Netball and Korball Archive". eirball.net. 27 June 2020. Archived from the original on 12 December 2024. Retrieved 20 September 2025.
  10. ↑ "Raynor leads charge as Bermuda thrash Israel". www.royalgazette.com. 13 May 2017. Retrieved 7 October 2025.
  11. ↑ "Gibraltar takes second place in Netball Europe". www.chronicle.gi. 14 May 2017. Retrieved 7 October 2025.
  12. ↑ "Ireland win Netball Europe Open Challenge". International Netball Federation. 15 May 2018. Archived from the original on 22 October 2020. Retrieved 24 September 2025.
  13. ↑ "Netball Europe Open Championship: Isle of Man claim first international title". www.bbc.co.uk. 13 May 2019. Retrieved 24 September 2025.
  14. 1 2 "Netball Europe Open Challenge Results". International Netball Federation. 16 May 2019. Archived from the original on 9 May 2024. Retrieved 24 September 2025.
  15. ↑ "UAE Falcons create netball history by striking gold at European Open Challenge". www.thenationalnews.com. 11 October 2021. Retrieved 7 October 2025.
  16. ↑ "UAE Falcons Take Gold at Europe Netball Open Challenge". gulfyouthsport.com. 11 October 2021. Retrieved 7 October 2025.
  17. ↑ "UAE win Europe Netball Open Challenge". World Netball. 11 October 2021. Archived from the original on 7 May 2024. Retrieved 7 October 2025.
  18. ↑ "Europe Netball Open Challenge 2022 - Republic of Ireland take Gold". www.netball.im. 15 May 2022. Retrieved 9 October 2025.
  19. ↑ "Europe Netball Open Challenge 2022" (PDF). netballeurope.com. June 2022. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2 December 2022. Retrieved 9 October 2025.
  20. ↑ "2022 Netball Europe Open Challenge". netballscoop.com. 11 May 2022. Retrieved 24 September 2025.
  21. ↑ "Open Challenge 2023". www.europenetball.com. 14 May 2023. Retrieved 24 September 2025.
  22. ↑ "UAE Falcons secure Europe Netball Open Challenge title after win over Republic of Ireland". www.thenationalnews.com. 17 May 2023. Retrieved 7 October 2025.
  23. ↑ "Open Event 2024". www.europenetball.com. 19 May 2024. Retrieved 24 September 2025.
  24. ↑ "Netball - Gibraltar netball kept heads high against quality Northern Ireland". www.chronicle.gi. 7 October 2021. Retrieved 7 October 2025.
  25. ↑ "Netball body calls off tournament as a whole rather than banning Israel". nation.cymru. 30 April 2025. Retrieved 6 October 2025.
  26. ↑ "Europe Netball competition in Cardiff cancelled following threat of disruption". www.uklfi.com. 4 May 2025. Retrieved 6 October 2025.
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