The 2019

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was held in

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from 18-23 October 2019. The tournament featured seven nations including hosts South Africa, defending champions Uganda along with Kenya, Malawi, Zambia, Lesotho and Zimbabwe in 2 pool categories.

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pulled out of the tournament due to financial issues, just a day before the tournament opener against Zimbabwe. The tournament was originally supposed to have its scheduled opening match between defending champions Uganda and Zimbabwe but was called off due to the last minute withdrawal by Tanzania. The authorities later revealed that the match between hosts South Africa and Zimbabwe to be the opening match of the tournament while the tournament was later modified with round robin format. South Africa defeated Zambia 72-53 to win the tournament with a perfect 100 percentage winning record.

Squads

Malawi and Uganda announced their preliminary squads in September 2019. Malawi revealed a list of 24 players in the squad and later cropped the list to 12 members. Malawi's national captain

Joanna Kachilika Joanna Kachilika (born 8 June 1984) is a Malawian netball player and captain of the Malawi national netball team, Malawi national team who plays in the positions of goal defense or wing defense. She has featured in two World Cup tournaments for ...

and Thandie Galleta were rested for the tournament who were earlier named in the preliminary squad while

Caroline Mtukule Caroline Mtukule (born 15 October 1986) is a Malawian netball player who plays for Malawi in the positions of goal defence or goal keeper. She has featured in four consecutive World Cup tournaments for Malawi in 2007, 2011, 2015 and in 2019. ...

was appointed as stand in captain for Malawi. Uganda released a squad consisting of 22 players. In September 2019, just three weeks prior to the start of the tournament, Ugandan captain

Peace Proscovia Peace Proscovia Drajole Agondua (born 1 November 1989), commonly known as Peace Proscovia and nicknamed "Warid Tower", is a professional Ugandan netball player for Surrey Storm and the current captain of the Uganda national team. She began he ...

was ruled out of the tournament due to a knee injury which she sustained while playing at the Australian league. In October 2019, Dorette Badenhorst was appointed as the new head coach for South Africa following the exit of

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. Just a day prior to the tournament opener, Zimbabwean head coach Lloyd Makunde was sacked due to pay disputes.

Pool stage

References

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