Malawi national netball team

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Malawi
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Nickname(s)Queens
AssociationNetball Association of Malawi
Confederation Africa Netball
CaptainJane Chimaliro
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Team colours
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Alternate
Netball World Cup
2019 placing6th
Best result5th (2007)
Commonwealth Games
2018 placing7th
Best result5th (2010), (2014)

The Malawi national netball team, nicknamed "The Queens", represent Malawi in international netball competitions.

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History

Malawi have played in six World Netball Championships, famously finishing fifth in 2007. [1] The Queens are coached by Peace Chawinga Kalua who replaced Whyte Mlilima, who was appointed as caretaker head coach after former coach late Griffin Saenda had to withdraw from the team on medical grounds. [2] As of November 2022, [3] the team are sixth [3] on the World Netball Rankings.

In 2012 they competed in the Fast5 tournament in Auckland, where they have had several historic results including wins over Australia and England, and finished in 5th place, just narrowly missing out on the finals. This followed a draw against Australia in the 2010 Edition. Airtel Malawi is a significant financial donor of the Malawi Queens, having sponsored their trip to Auckland for the Fast5 World Series in 2014 to a sum of K6 M. [4] The current Netball Association of Malawi (NAM) president is Abigail Shariff.

At the 2018 Commonwealth Games, Malawi defeated the second-ranked team in the world, New Zealand, for the first time in history. [5]

In 2022, Malawi Competed at the Commonwealth Games, in Birmingham. By virtue of its position in the World Netball Rankings (as of 28 July 2021), Malawi qualified for the tournament. Partial fixtures were announced in November 2021, then updated with the remaining qualifiers in March 2022. Malawi finished fourth in their group at the competition behind hosts England, New Zealand and Uganda.

In 2023, Malawi took part in the Netball World Cup in Cape Town. Malawi finished second in Group B, winning matches against Scotland and Barbados to qualify for the second round. In the second round in Group F, Malawi won further matches against Tonga and Fiji and finished third in the group behind England and Australia, thus failing to proceed to the knockout section of the tournament. Following placement matches, Malawi finished 7th in the tournament. Joyce Mvula was the team's highest goal scorer, and the fourth highest overall in the tournament, with 194 goals.

Players

2023 Netball World Cup Roster


Jane Chimaliro (Captain), Martha Dambo, Thandi Galeta, Mwai Kumwenda, Takondwa Lwazi, Madalitso Mkandawire, Caroline Mtukule, Joyce Mvula, Grace Mwafulirwa, Lauren Ngwira, Sindi Simtowe, Towera Vinkhumbo.

Reserves: Shabel Bengo, Salome Nkhom, Mma Lepona Manyonyoba

Coach: Sam Kanyenda

Notable past players

Competitive history

Netball World Cup
YearChampionshipLocationPlacing
1995 9th World Championships Birmingham, England8th
1999 10th World Championships Christchurch, New Zealand11th
2003 11th World Championships Kingston, JamaicaDNQ
2007 12th World Championships Auckland, New Zealand5th
2011 13th World Championships Singapore 6th
2015 14th World Cup Sydney, Australia6th
2019 15th World Cup Liverpool, England6th
2023 16th World Cup Cape Town, South Africa7th
Netball at the Commonwealth Games
YearGamesEventLocationPlacing
2006 XVIII Games 3rd Netball Melbourne, Australia6th
2010 XIX Games 4th Netball Delhi, India5th
2014 XX Games 5th Netball Glasgow, Scotland5th
2018 XXI Games 6th Netball Gold Coast, Australia7th
2022 XXII Games 7th Netball Birmingham, Australia7th
World Netball Series
YearChampionshipLocationPlacing
2009 1st World Series Manchester, England5th
2010 2nd World Series Manchester, England5th
2011 3rd World Series Liverpool, EnglandDNQ
2012 4th World Series Auckland, New Zealand5th
2013 5th World Series Auckland, New Zealand5th
2014 6th World Series Auckland, New Zealand6th
2016 7th World Series Melbourne, Australia Med 3.png 3rd
2017 8th World Series Melbourne, Australia6th
2018 9th World Series Melbourne, Australia4th
2022 10th World Series Melbourne, AustraliaDNQ

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