The Netball World Youth Cup Gaborone 2017 was the eighth staging of the tournament previously (until 2013) known as the

World Youth Netball Championships Previously known as the World Youth Netball Championships, the Netball World Youth Cup (since 2017) is the world championships of netball for national U21 teams, with all players being aged 21 years or younger. As part of the Australian Bicentena ...

, the premier competition in international

netball Netball is a ball sport played on a court by two teams of seven players. It is among a rare number of sports which have been created exclusively for female competitors. The sport is played on indoor and outdoor netball courts and is specifical ...

, contested every four years. The 2017 tournament, to be held from 8–16 July, held in

Gaborone Gaborone ( , , ) is the capital and largest city of Botswana with a population of 246,325 based on the 2022 census, about 10% of the total population of Botswana. Its agglomeration is home to 421,907 inhabitants at the 2011 census. Gaboron ...

, Botswana, which is first African region country to host the tournament. Matches are to be played at University of Botswana Indoor Stadium and Ditshupo Hall. Twenty nations competed at the championships.

Teams

Qualification

Twenty teams contested the 2017 tournament. The home nation automatically qualified, along with the next four highest-ranked teams from the 2013 World Youth Netball Championships: * (host nation) * * * * Qualification Tournaments The remaining fifteen teams were determined by regional qualifying tournaments, with three teams selected from each of the five international netball regions; Africa, Americas, Asia, Europe and Oceania.

Draw

The draw for the tournament was held on 20 October 2016 at Botswana. The pools for the tournament's finals is as below:

Preliminary rounds

Pool A

Pool B

Pool C

Pool D

Playoff and placement

17th to 20th place

9th to 16th place

1st to 8th place

Bracket

Quarter-finals

Crossover

Semi-finals

7th and 8th place

5th and 6th place

Bronze medal

Gold medal

Final rankings

References

External links

NWYC2017 website
{{International Netball, state=autocollapse World Youth Netball Championships World Youth Championships

Netball World Youth Cup Previously known as the World Youth Netball Championships, the Netball World Youth Cup (since 2017) is the world championships of netball for national U21 teams, with all players being aged 21 years or younger. As part of the Australian Bicenten ...

Netball Netball is a ball sport played on a court by two teams of seven players. It is among a rare number of sports which have been created exclusively for female competitors. The sport is played on indoor and outdoor netball courts and is specifical ...

Netball competitions in Africa