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Canada national netball team

The Canadian national netball team is the national netball team of Canada.[1] Canada has both men's and women's national teams. Netball Canada is Canada's national governing body for the sport. The national team was first formed in the latter half of the 20th century.[when?]

Canada national netball team
ConfederationAFNA (Americas)
Head coachAnn Willcocks
Asst coachLorraine Brown
ManagerMary Webb
World ranking32 Decrease
Team Colours
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Canada's national netball teams are selected through a trials process and compete on the world stage through the regional Americas Federation of Netball Associations (AFNA) competitions and qualifying tournaments to gain entry into the Commonwealth Games and the world netball championships called the Netball World Cup.[2] The Netball World Cup was previously called the "World Netball Championships" from 1963–2011.

Canada's best result in the world championships came in 1991 when they came 6th.[3] Canada's first netball win at the Commonwealth Games was in the Manchester 2002 Commonwealth Games when they beat Sri Lanka 52–49.[4] At the 2012 Americas Federation of Netball Associations (AFNA) Tournament in Trinidad and Tobago, the Canadian national team came 5th. [5] One of the top performances of the Canadian women's team was at the 2nd World Youth Netball Championship in 2008 when they came in third.

As of 2 December 2019, Canada was 32nd in the World Netball Rankings.[6] The team participates in the Netball World Cup, the international championship tournament for netball. This international tournament is considered the highest level of competition for the sport.

History edit

Netball is a team ball sport and a variant of basketball for women and girls which was the result of a misinterpretation of James Naismith's rules for playing basketball by Clara Baer, though modifications made by Martina Bergman-Österberg eventually had influence as well. The sport is played primarily in English-speaking countries and was originally considered a Commonwealth immigrant sport but was gradually introduced into school programs. After its initial development in England in the late 1800s to early 1900s, the sport spread throughout the Commonwealth and was introduced into Canada in the early 1960s.[7] The first netball games played in Canada took place in Montréal in 1962. The "Canadian Amateur Netball Association", now called "Netball Canada", was formed in 1973 and held the first national Canadian netball championship in 1975 which is now known as the Netball Canada National Championships. Today, netball is played mainly in Québec, Ontario, Alberta and British Columbia.

In 1996, Canada hosted the third World Youth Netball Championships, which is now known as the Netball World Youth Cup.[8]

Teams edit

2012 edit

The 2012 Team Canada members are below.[9] Canada is a member of the INF Americas region, with Americas Federation of Netball Associations (AFNA) being the lead agency.[10]

2012 Canadian team
Players Coaching staff
  • Nicole Benson
  • Kelsey Binns
  • Aleasha Bremner
  • Carolyn Churchland
  • Shawnette Cockburn
  • Jessie Evans
  • Amonda Francis
  • Morgan McLaughlin
  • Amber Sinclair
  • Sandra Tom
  • Sabrina Versteeg
  • Tiffany Wolfe
  • Head coach: Ann Willcocks
  • Asst coach: Lorraine Brown
  • Manager: Mary Webb

2014 edit

2014 Canadian team
Players Coaching staff
  • Sasha Lee Allen
  • Nicole Benson
  • Shawnette Cockburn
  • Melissa Crowe
  • Jessie Deutsch
  • Amonda Francis
  • Maralyn Hope
  • Morgan McLaughlin
  • Michelle Lelik
  • Sheryl Stephens
  • Sandra Tom
  • Tiffannie Wolfe
  • Head coach: Ann Willcocks
  • Asst coach: Lorraine Brown
  • Manager: Mary Webb

2014 AFNA Tournament edit

Six national teams joined Canada in the 2014 AFNA Championship Tournament, held in Calgary. It was the first time that Canada hosted the tournament. The AFNA tournament serves as the World Netball Americas regional qualifying event for the Netball World Cup, where only the top 2 teams qualify. The following national teams took part: Canada, Barbados, Trinidad & Tobago, Argentina, Cayman Islands, Grenada, USA. After 7 days of action, Trinidad & Tobago took the gold medal, Barbados taking silver. Canada's final standing was 4th, thus missing out on the upcoming 2015 Netball World Cup in Sydney, Australia.[11][12]

Results edit

19 August Canada 58 – 26 Cayman Islands   
20 August Canada 73 – 13 Argentina   
21 August Canada 56 – 38 Grenada   
22 August Trinidad & Tobago 59 – 38 Canada   
24 August Barbados 62 – 37 Canada   
25 August USA 42 – 40 Canada   

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References edit

  1. ^ "Team Canada". NetballCanada.ca. Retrieved 26 December 2021.
  2. ^ Netball Canada website, 06/01/2015
  3. ^ "Netball Scoop, 06/01/2015". Archived from the original on 3 January 2015. Retrieved 5 January 2015.
  4. ^ "Canada record first netball win". thecgf.com. 30 July 2002. Retrieved 31 July 2012.
  5. ^ Wilson, Luke (23 July 2012). "International Netball: Jamaican giants win Americas netball tournament". Netball Scoop. Retrieved 31 July 2012.
  6. ^ INF website official rankings, 12/20/2019
  7. ^ Barbara Schrodt (25 July 2014). "Netball". thecanadianencyclopedia.ca. Retrieved 27 December 2021.
  8. ^ International Federation of Netball Associations. "History of Netball". Archived from the original on 6 March 2011. Retrieved 13 October 2008.
  9. ^ "Team Canada". Netball Canada. Archived from the original on 28 April 2013. Retrieved 31 July 2012.
  10. ^ Netball.org, 06/01/2015
  11. ^ Netball Canada, 06/01/2015
  12. ^ "Official NWC2015 website". Archived from the original on 5 October 2015. Retrieved 5 January 2015.
  13. ^ Netball Canada, Retrieved 06/01/2015
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