Netball at the 2010 Commonwealth Games

Netball

Netball is a ball sport played between two teams of seven players. Its development, derived from early versions of basketball, began in England in the 1890s. By 1960 international playing rules had been standardised for the game, and the International Federation of Netball and Women's Basketball ...

was one of 17 sports that were contested at the 2010 Commonwealth Games

2010 Commonwealth Games

The 2010 Commonwealth Games, officially known as the XIX Commonwealth Games, were held in Delhi, India, from 3 to 14 October 2010. A total of 6,081 athletes from 71 Commonwealth nations and dependencies competed in 21 sports and 272 events, making it the largest Commonwealth Games till date...

in Delhi. Netball is a core sport for women at the Commonwealth Games, and one of only three events in the 2010 programme for women only (the other two are rhythmic gymnastics and synchronised swimming). Netball at the Commonwealth Games is one of the premier events in international netball, and the 2010 event was the fourth time that the sport has been contested at the Games. Matches were held between at the Thyagaraj Sports Complex

Thyagaraj Sports Complex

The Thyagaraj Sport Complex is a sports stadium in New Delhi, India. It is owned by the Government of National Capital Territory of Delhi, and was built from scratch at a cost of Rs. 300 crore .It was designed by leading architects PTM of Australia and Kapoor&Associates of Delhi...

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Twelve participating nations were divided into two pools. After the preliminary matches, Australia and Jamaica progressed to the medal playoffs from Pool A, while New Zealand and England advanced from Pool B. The bronze medal for the event was won by England, who defeated Jamaica in the bronze medal playoff. The gold medal match was contested between Australia and New Zealand. After going into double extra-time, New Zealand won the gold medal, defeating Australia 66–64.

Participating nations

Twelve nations competed in netball at the 2010 Commonwealth Games:

India was included as the host nation for the Games;
The top six teams from the IFNA World Rankings
IFNA World Rankings
The IFNA World Rankings are published by the International Federation of Netball Associations to make it possible to compare the relative strengths of internationally active national netball teams. Initially, rankings were based on the results from the Netball World Championships, and released...

automatically qualified;
The five remaining teams were selected through regional qualifying tournaments.

Format

The twelve participating nations are divided into two pools of six teams. Within each pool, teams play each other once in a round robin, at the end of which the top two teams from each pool progressed to the medal playoffs; the remaining teams competed in classification matches. In the first day of medal playoff matches, the top team from each pool played the second team from the opposing pool. The winners of these matches contested the gold medal match, while the losing teams contested the bronze medal match. The gold medal match was scheduled to be the last medal event at the 2010 Games.

Venue

All matches were held at the Thyagaraj Sports Complex

Thyagaraj Sports Complex

in New Delhi. The newly built venue has a seating capacity of 4,494. The facility includes one maple-wood match court and two training courts.

Pool A


1	5	5	0	385	172	223.8	10
2	5	4	1	362	217	166.8	8
3	5	3	2	293	262	111.8	6
4	5	2	3	249	275	90.5	4
5	5	1	4	246	291	84.5	2
6	5	0	5	123	441	27.9	0

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Pool B


1	5	5	0	403	137	294.2	10
2	5	4	1	346	167	207.2	8
3	5	3	2	257	253	101.6	6
4	5	2	3	206	338	60.9	4
5	5	1	4	203	359	56.5	2
6	5	0	5	211	372	56.7	0

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Classification matches

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Medal playoffs

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Final standings

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