The Uganda national netball team represent Uganda in international netball. In line with other women's representative sports teams in Uganda, the netball team is known as the "She-Cranes". Uganda is currently ranked seventh in the INF World Rankings.
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| Nickname(s) | The She-Cranes | |
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| Association | Uganda Netball Federation | |
| Confederation | Confederation of African Netball Associations | |
| Head coach | Rashid Mubiru | |
| Captain | Peace Proscovia | |
| Top scorer | Peace Proscovia | |
| World ranking | 6  | |
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| Netball World Cup | ||
| Appearances | 4 (Debuted in 1979) | |
| 2023 placing | 5th | |
| Best result | 5th (2023) | |
| Commonwealth Games | ||
| 2022 placing | 5th | |
History edit
World Cups edit
Uganda qualified through to the 2015 World Cup after qualifying via the African system where they defeated Zimbabwe, Zambia, Swaziland and Botswana along the way to finish on top of Africa and making it through to their first World Cup since the 5th edition which was held in Trinidad and Tobago.[1][2][3]
Uganda were drawn in Group D which consisted of Fiji, Zambia and Wales. The opening game of the tournament for the team was against Zambia in which Uganda got off to a flying start when they won 74-38 to record their biggest margin for the team in a World Cup with the captain of the squad Peace Proscovia scoring fifty-six goals in the victory.[4] The next opponent was up against Fiji and Uganda led all of the quarters in the game with Peace Proscovia being the top goalscorer with thirty-seven goals to give Uganda a 61-40 victory.[5] The final match of the group stage saw them take on fellow unbeaten team in Wales and for Uganda, they had their first loss of the campaign with Wales coming back from four goals down at three-quarter time to get a two-point victory with Peace Proscovia being top goalscorer for Uganda with twenty-six.[6]
With Uganda getting through to the top eight on the back of two wins, they got drawn to play against fellow African teams Malawi, New Zealand, and Jamaica in Pool E.[7] Despite the team fast finish in the final quarter of their first game against Malawi, they would end up losing the match 59-53 in what would be their closest match of the qualification round.[8] The next two matches would see Uganda being outplayed as they lost to Jamaica by twelve goals [9] before being smashed by New Zealand for a 43-goal margin after they elected to not go with their regular starting lineup.[10]
Uganda would finish in eighth place after they would lose their final two matches after losing to South Africa before a rematch with Wales saw the team lose by nineteen goals with Peace Proscovia being the top goalscorer of the match with thirty-one goals.[11]
Uganda qualified for the 2019 Netball World Cup.[12]
Commonwealth Games edit
The Ugandan netball team made their first appearance at the 2018 Commonwealth Games in Australia, where the team finished third and only narrowly missed out on qualifying for the medals matches, having been beaten by narrow margins against New Zealand and England in the pool stage. They finished the tournament in sixth place, losing the fifth-place playoff match to South Africa by 11 goals.[13]
Other events edit
Uganda won the Nations Cup 2013 tournament, held in Singapore's Toa Payoh Sports Hall.[14]
Tournament results
| 2 Dec | Uganda 52 | Ireland 41 |
| 3 Dec | Uganda 52 | Papua New Guinea 52 |
| 4 Dec | Uganda 60 | Singapore 32 |
| 6 Dec | Uganda 75 | Sri Lanka 38 |
| 7 Dec | Uganda 52 | Singapore 29 |
More recently the team played a three-match series in England, where they lost to the Roses though they were thoroughly competitive in all three matches.[15]
Competitive record edit
| Netball World Cup | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Year | Championship | Location | Placing |
| 1979 | 5th World Championships | Port of Spain, Trinidad & Tobago | =13th |
| 1983 | 6th World Championships | Singapore | DNQ |
| 1987 | 7th World Championships | Glasgow, Scotland | DNQ |
| 1991 | 8th World Championships | Sydney, Australia | DNQ |
| 1995 | 9th World Championships | Birmingham, England | DNQ |
| 1999 | 10th World Championships | Christchurch, New Zealand | DNQ |
| 2003 | 11th World Championships | Kingston, Jamaica | DNQ |
| 2007 | 12th World Championships | Auckland, New Zealand | DNQ |
| 2011 | 13th World Championships | Singapore | DNQ |
| 2015 | 14th World Cup | Sydney, Australia | 8th |
| 2019 | 15th World Cup | Liverpool, England | 7th |
| 2023 | 16th World Cup | Cape Town, South Africa | 5th |
See also edit
References edit
- ^ "Uganda qualifies for Netball World Cup after beating Swaziland". Archived from the original on 21 September 2014. Retrieved 18 September 2014.
- ^ "Uganda qualifies for Netball World Cup". Sydney Morning Herald. 19 September 2014. Retrieved 22 November 2016.
- ^ "Netball World Cup: Uganda players warned not to 'disappear' during August campaign". ABC Australia. 28 January 2015. Retrieved 22 November 2016.
- ^ "Uganda's Proscovia stars in historic win". 7 August 2015. Retrieved 22 November 2016.
- ^ "Uganda continue winning run against Fiji". 8 August 2015. Retrieved 22 November 2016.
- ^ "Wales tops Pool D". 10 August 2015. Retrieved 22 November 2016.
- ^ "Preview Day 5: Pool E". 10 August 2015. Retrieved 22 November 2016.
- ^ "Malawi hold out fast finishing She Cranes". 11 August 2015. Retrieved 22 November 2016.
- ^ "Sunshine Girls edge out Uganda". 13 August 2015. Retrieved 7 February 2017.
- ^ "Silver Ferns undefeated heading to Semi-Finals". 14 August 2015. Retrieved 7 February 2017.
- ^ "Wales claim 7th spot with win over She Cranes". 16 August 2015. Retrieved 7 February 2017.
- ^ "Uganda and Zimbabwe qualify for Liverpool". Netball World Cup. 17 August 2018.
- ^ "PW34: Fifth Place Playoff Match" (PDF). GC2018.
- ^ "Nations Cup 2013". www.netball.org.sg. Archived from the original on 7 December 2013.
- ^ "England 65-53 Uganda: Roses win series with a match to spare". BBC Sport. 30 November 2018.