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NETBALL WORLD CUP 2015: Australians win 3rd straight title
Jamaica Observer – KINGSTON, Jamaica – Australia has won their third consecutive world title after they held on to win against New Zealand in front of 16,849 fans at Allphones Arena in Sydney, Austratia.
Australia wins third straight netball World title. (Photo: Collin Reid courtesy of Petrojam, Supreme Ventures, Courts and Scotiabank)
Australia won the first quarter of the match, with the slow starting Silver Ferns winning the following three but were unable to bridge the gap, with the Australians running out 58-55 winners.
With 11 more shots at goal than the Australians, the Silver Ferns couldn’t come back from the 16-7 deficit at quarter time with the Australians notching up their 11th title.
Prior to the gold-medal match, the English Roses secured their third Netball World Cup bronze medal, with a 66-44 victory over the Jamaican Sunshine Girls.
With the gold-medal match the finale to 10 days of amazing Netball World Cup competition, the event has been hailed a roaring success with nearly 100,000 people attending the matches at Sydney Olympic Park.
The event has also shown the closing gap in international netball, with the African nations’ performance in particular a highlight of the event, with Uganda, Malawi and South Africa impressive against the top-four nations.
Netball World Cup 2015 Final Placings:
1. Australia
2. New Zealand
3. England
4. Jamaica
5. South Africa
6. Malawi
7. Wales
8. Uganda
9. Trinidad & Tobago
10. Samoa
11. Fiji
12. Scotland
13. Barbados
14. Zambia
15. Singapore
16. Sri Lanka
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