The 2003 World Netball Championships were held in Kingston

Kingston, Jamaica

Kingston is the capital and largest city of Jamaica, located on the southeastern coast of the island. It faces a natural harbour protected by the Palisadoes, a long sand spit which connects the town of Port Royal and the Norman Manley International Airport to the rest of the island...

, Jamaica

Jamaica

Jamaica is an island nation of the Greater Antilles, in length, up to in width and 10,990 square kilometres in area. It is situated in the Caribbean Sea, about south of Cuba, and west of Hispaniola, the island harbouring the nation-states Haiti and the Dominican Republic...

 between 10 July and 20 July. It was the eleventh World Netball Championships. After 100 matches, the New Zealand national team, the Silver Ferns

Silver Ferns

The New Zealand national netball team, commonly known as the Silver Ferns, represent New Zealand in international netball. The team take their nickname from the Silver Tree Fern , which is an iconic emblem for many New Zealand sports teams. The Silver Ferns were formed in 1938 as a representative...

, won the tournament, defeating Australia

Australia national netball team

The Australia national netball team, commonly known as the Australian Netball Diamonds, represent Australia in international netball tests and competitions. The team was formed in 1938 and played in the first international game of netball, against New Zealand...

 to win the World Championship for the first time in 16 years. Jamaica, the home country, finished third.

Preliminary games

On the first two days, there were two rounds of knockout games between the 16 unseeded nations for four spots in the championship stage of the competition. The losing 12 teams were placed in the consolation round.

Round One

10 July		50–46
10 July		81–18
10 July		62–37
10 July		53–16
10 July		29–31
10 July		39–48
10 July		36–45
10 July		60–31

Round Two

11 July		61–36
11 July		44–33
11 July		42–44
11 July		33–46

Group A

Team	Points	P	W	L
	10	5	5	0
	8	5	4	1
	6	5	3	2
	4	5	2	3
	2	5	1	4
	0	5	0	5

12 July		30–69
12 July		48–38
12 July		79–20
13 July		36–81
13 July		45–37
13 July		25–54
14 July		46–52
14 July		72–30
14 July		50–24
15 July		46–62
15 July		30–58
15 July		43–52
16 July		67–59
16 July		24–49
16 July		24–71

Group B

Team	Points	P	W	L
	10	5	5	0
	8	5	4	1
	6	5	3	2
	4	5	2	3
	2	5	1	4
	0	5	0	5

12 July		41–59
12 July		33–42
12 July		52–20
13 July		18–41
13 July		37–47
13 July		35–49
14 July		50–38
14 July		64–33
14 July		42–45
15 July		28–55
15 July		41–34
15 July		45–31
16 July		46–30
16 July		25–58
16 July		53–31

Placement Matches

17 July	Places 13–16		44–42
17 July	Places 13–16		27–32
17 July	Places 17–20		58–45
17 July	Places 17–20		58–35
17 July	Places 21–24		51–49
17 July	Places 21–24		58–34
18 July	13th Place		35–39
18 July	15th Place		51–30
18 July	17th Place		60–65
18 July	19th Place		39–49
18 July	21st Place		33–43
18 July	23rd Place		39–36

Group A

Team	Points	P	W	L
	10	5	5	0
	8	5	4	1
	6	5	3	2
	4	5	2	3
	2	5	1	4
	0	5	0	5

11 July		30–89
12 July		41–57
12 July		84–28
13 July		27–76
13 July		48–42
13 July		33–54
14 July		38–55
14 July		84–24
14 July		80–28
15 July		35–50
15 July		85–20
15 July		37–64
16 July		44–52
16 July		51–49
16 July		43–48

Group B

Team	Points	P	W	L
	10	5	5	0
	8	5	4	1
	6	5	3	2
	4	5	2	3
	2	5	1	4
	0	5	0	5

12 July		49–55
12 July		11–99
12 July		22–90
13 July		45–84
13 July		30–62
13 July		47–37
14 July		80–27
14 July		107–17
14 July		17–59
15 July		31–67
15 July		67–40
15 July		41–60
16 July		39–56
16 July		67–21
16 July		24–79

Placement Matches

17 July	Places 9–12		60–40
17 July	Places 13–16		62–38
18 July	9th Place		49–52
18 July	11th Place		49–39

Last Eight

18 July	Quarter Final		41–44
18 July	Quarter Final		62–35
18 July	Quarter Final		74–38
18 July	Quarter Final		28–81
19 July	Places 5–8		54–35
19 July	Places 5–8		47–50
19 July	Semi Final		45–37
19 July	Semi Final		56–37
20 July	7th Place		47–45
20 July	5th Place		47–56
20 July	3rd Place		40–46
20 July	Final		49–47

Final rankings

External links

• 2003 World Championships, Jamaica from ABC
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• 2003 Internationals, from Netball New Zealand