The 2023 Netball World Cup will be the sixteenth staging of the premier competition in international

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, contested every four years. The tournament will be held from Friday, 28 July to Sunday, 6 August at the International Convention Centre in

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. This will mark the first time the tournament will be held in

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Organisation

The host city and venue was announced by the

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(INF) on 8 March 2019, only months prior to the staging of the 2019 edition in

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. Cape Town's bid, supported by the

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and the

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province, was selected by the INF ahead of a bid by

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. The INF stated the Cape Town bid would "deliver a greater impact on the development of global netball" and cited the pledges by the South African Government to invest heavily in preparation and development of the sport in the lead-up to the tournament.

Venue

All matches at the event will be held at the

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Mascot

In August 2022, the mascot was revealed for the tournament following a public competition. Designed by 11-year-old Violet Cassidy from

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, England; the mascot is an anthromorphic meerkat named Letsasi, meaning "sun."

Teams

Sixteen teams will contest the 2022 title. Six teams qualify automatically: the hosts, and the top five (other) teams in the

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. The remaining ten places are filled via five regional tournaments, with two teams qualifying from each. Teams which qualify automatically (in order of world ranking): * * * * * (hosts) * Qualification tournaments

Broadcasters

This is a list of the broadcasters for the tournament in competing countries and regions. For the first time in history, the event will be recorded and produced by an all women crew from SuperSport (

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References

External links

Announcement of Host City
– International Netball Federation {{DEFAULTSORT:World Cup Netball World Cup 2023 in netball 2023 in South African sport Sports competitions in Cape Town International netball competitions hosted by South Africa 2020s in Cape Town

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 World Cup The Netball World Cup is a quadrennial international netball world championship organised by the World Netball, inaugurated in 1963. Since its inception the competition has been dominated primarily by the Australia national netball team and th ...