2025 Netball World Youth Cup

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2025 Netball World Youth Cup
Tournament details
Host country Gibraltar
Venue(s)Europa Sports Park
Tercentenary Sports Hall
Dates19–28 September 2025
Teams18
TV partner(s)NetballPass
YouTube
Final positions
Champions Australia (5th title)
Runners-up New Zealand
Third place England
Tournament statistics
Matches played57

2025 Netball World Youth Cup was the ninth Netball World Youth Cup tournament. Eighteen teams, including the hosts Gibraltar, featured in a series of matches played in September 2025 at Europa Sports Park and Tercentenary Sports Hall.[1][2][3][4] Australia won the tournament after defeating New Zealand 63–48 in the final. Australia's Lily Graham was named Player of the Tournament.[4][5][6][7][8] England finished the tournament in third place after defeating South Africa 55–35 in a play-off.[8][9][10][11][12] The series was live streamed on NetballPass and on YouTube.[4][7][13][14][15] World Netball reported that the tournament reached more than 26 million people across its digital platforms, the highest audience recorded for the competition.[16]

Qualification

Gibraltar qualified automatically as the host nation. The others qualified via the 2017 Netball World Youth Cup and a series of regional qualifying tournaments.[17][18]

Tournament Qualifier 1 Qualifier 2 Qualifier 3 Qualifier 4
2017 Netball World Youth Cup Australia New Zealand England Fiji
Africa[19][20] South Africa Malawi Zambia
Americas Jamaica Barbados Trinidad and Tobago
Asia Malaysia Singapore Sri Lanka
Europe Scotland Wales[21] Northern Ireland
Oceania Samoa Tonga Cook Islands

Sri Lanka and Zambia withdrawn

On 19 September, it was reported that, due to unforeseen circumstances both Sri Lanka and Zambia had not arrived in Gibraltar. As a result they both had to forfeit their Round 1 matches. Wins were recorded for New Zealand and England in these matches, with 2 points awarded to each team.[22] By 21 September, the situation remained unresolved and World Netball decided to withdraw Sri Lanka and Zambia from the whole tournament. All their matches were subsequently forfeited and their opponents were each awarded 2 points.[23]

Match officials

Umpires
Umpire Association
Justin BarnesAustralia
Nathan BegleyAustralia
Tamara Buriani-GennaiAustralia
Makeba ClarkeBarbados
Louise ColeEngland
Rhian EdwardsWales
Myron ElkingtonNew Zealand
Tania FinkNew Zealand
Moeth GaymesSt Vincent and the Grenadines
Gillian LeslieScotland
Tim MarshallAustralia
Leonard MasaoSouth Africa
Sasha McLeodNew Zealand
Zak MiddletonNew Zealand
Theophilus MoletsaneSouth Africa
Cory NichollsNew Zealand
Tharina OppermanSouth Africa
Lizzie Saunby[4]England
Lizzie SaywellEngland
Georgina Sulley-BealesAustralia
Jessica TengSingapore
Sophia WilsonEngland
Nadine Pardo-ZammitGibraltar
Umpire Appointments Panel
Umpire Association
Cheryl DansonEngland
Margaret DeighanEngland
Anne Marie Dickson-LewisTrinidad and Tobago
Kirsten LloydNew Zealand
David Pala'amoNew Zealand
Annette SmithAustralia
Marielouw Van der MerweSouth Africa

Sources:[4][24][25]

Group A

Matches

Round 1
Saturday, 20 September 2025  Gibraltar 29–74  Cook Islands Europa Sports Park  
10:00 Report
Saturday, 20 September 2025  New Zealand v  Zambia Tercentenary Sports Hall  
10:00
Round 2
Sunday, 21 September 2025  Gibraltar 28–59  Malaysia Europa Sports Park  
12:00
Sunday, 21 September 2025  New Zealand 74–47  Cook Islands Tercentenary Sports Hall  
12:00 Report
Round 3
Monday, 22 September 2025  Gibraltar v  Zambia Europa Sports Park  
17:00
Monday, 22 September 2025  Cook Islands 66–44  Malaysia Tercentenary Sports Hall  
17:00
Round 4
Tuesday, 23 September 2025  New Zealand 80–20  Malaysia Europa Sports Park  
19:00 Report
Tuesday, 23 September 2025  Cook Islands v  Zambia Tercentenary Sports Hall  
19:00
Round 5
Wednesday, 24 September 2025  Gibraltar 8–95  New Zealand Europa Sports Park  
17:00
Wednesday, 24 September 2025  Malaysia v  Zambia Tercentenary Sports Hall  
17:00

Sources:[3][26]

Final table

Pos Team P W D L GF GA GD Pts
1  New Zealand440024975+1748
2  Cook Islands4301187147+406
3  Malaysia4202123174-514
4  Gibraltar410365228-1632
5  Zambian/a0040000

  Qualified for 1st/8th quarter-finals
  Qualified for 9th/16th quarter-finals
  Withdrawn from tournament

Source:[27]

Group B

Matches

Round 1
Saturday, 20 September 2025  Australia 79–15  Northern Ireland Europa Sports Park  
12:00
Saturday, 20 September 2025  Scotland 51–49  Samoa Tercentenary Sports Hall  
12:00
Round 2
Sunday, 21 September 2025  Scotland 64–21  Northern Ireland Europa Sports Park  
19:00
Sunday, 21 September 2025  Australia 92–25  Singapore Tercentenary Sports Hall  
19:00
Round 3
Monday, 22 September 2025  Samoa 62–41  Singapore Europa Sports Park  
12:00
Monday, 22 September 2025  Australia 69–42  Scotland Tercentenary Sports Hall  
12:00
Round 4
Tuesday, 23 September 2025  Australia 65–36  Samoa Europa Sports Park  
10:00
Tuesday, 23 September 2025  Singapore 50–32  Northern Ireland Tercentenary Sports Hall  
10:00
Round 5
Wednesday, 24 September 2025  Samoa 69–29  Northern Ireland Tercentenary Sports Hall  
10:00
Wednesday, 24 September 2025  Scotland 60–35  Singapore Europa Sports Park  
12:00

Sources:[3][26]

Final table

Pos Team P W D L GF GA GD Pts
1  Australia4400305118+1878
2  Scotland4301217199+186
3  Samoa4202216186+304
4  Singapore4103151246-952
5  Northern Ireland400497262-1650

  Qualified for 1st/8th quarter-finals
  Qualified for 9th/16th quarter-finals
  Qualified for 17th/18th play-off

Source:[27]

Group C

Matches

Round 1
Saturday, 20 September 2025  England v  Sri Lanka Europa Sports Park  
17:00
Saturday, 20 September 2025  Wales 58–40  Tonga Tercentenary Sports Hall  
17:00
Round 2
Sunday, 21 September 2025  Jamaica 66–43  Tonga Europa Sports Park  
10:00
Sunday, 21 September 2025  Wales v  Sri Lanka Tercentenary Sports Hall  
10:00
Round 3
Monday, 22 September 2025  England 65–28  Wales Europa Sports Park  
19:00
Monday, 22 September 2025  Jamaica v  Sri Lanka Tercentenary Sports Hall  
19:00
Round 4
Tuesday, 23 September 2025  Jamaica 61–43  Wales Europa Sports Park  
12:00
Tuesday, 23 September 2025  England 72–25  Tonga Tercentenary Sports Hall  
12:00
Round 5
Wednesday, 24 September 2025  Tonga v  Sri Lanka Europa Sports Park  
12:00
Wednesday, 24 September 2025  England 64–33  Jamaica Tercentenary Sports Hall  
12:00

Sources:[3][26]

Final table

Pos Team P W D L GF GA GD Pts
1  England440020186+1158
2  Jamaica4301160150+106
3  Wales4202129166-174
4  Tonga4103108196-882
5  Sri Lankan/a0040000

  Qualified for 1st/8th quarter-finals
  Qualified for 9th/16th quarter-finals
  Withdrawn from tournament

Source:[27]

Group D

Matches

Round 1
Saturday, 20 September 2025  South Africa 102–27  Barbados Europa Sports Park  
19:00 Report
Saturday, 20 September 2025  Fiji 53–40  Trinidad and Tobago Tercentenary Sports Hall  
19:00
Round 2
Sunday, 21 September 2025  Malawi 65–29  Trinidad and Tobago Europa Sports Park  
17:00
Sunday, 21 September 2025  Fiji 66–34  Barbados Tercentenary Sports Hall  
17:00
Round 3
Monday, 22 September 2025  Malawi 52–51  Fiji Europa Sports Park  
10:00
Monday, 22 September 2025  South Africa 105–15  Trinidad and Tobago Tercentenary Sports Hall  
10:00 Report
Round 4
Tuesday, 23 September 2025  Trinidad and Tobago 58–33  Barbados Europa Sports Park  
17:00
Tuesday, 23 September 2025  South Africa 64–33  Malawi Tercentenary Sports Hall  
17:00 Report
Round 5
Wednesday, 24 September 2025  South Africa 86–35  Fiji Europa Sports Park  
19:00 Report
Wednesday, 24 September 2025  Malawi 70–23  Barbados Tercentenary Sports Hall  
19:00

Sources:[3][26]

Final table

Pos Team P W D L GF GA GD Pts
1  South Africa4400357110+2478
2  Malawi4301220167+536
3  Fiji4202205212-74
4  Trinidad and Tobago4103142256-1142
5  Barbados4004117296-1790

  Qualified for 1st/8th quarter-finals
  Qualified for 9th/16th quarter-finals
  Qualified for 17th/18th play-off

Source:[27]

9th/18th Classification

9th/16th quarter-finals

Thursday, 25 September 2025  Malaysia 52–40  Trinidad and Tobago Tercentenary Sports Hall  
11:00
Thursday, 25 September 2025  Wales 57–39  Singapore Tercentenary Sports Hall  
13:00
Thursday, 25 September 2025  Gibraltar 31–61  Fiji Tercentenary Sports Hall  
17:00
Thursday, 25 September 2025  Samoa 62–46  Tonga Tercentenary Sports Hall  
19:00

Source:[28]

13th/16th semi-finals

Friday, 26 September 2025  Gibraltar 36–71  Tonga Europa Sports Park  
11:00
Friday, 26 September 2025  Trinidad and Tobago 67–58  Singapore Tercentenary Sports Hall  
11:00

Source:[29]

9th/12th Semi-finals

Friday, 26 September 2025  Wales 67–39  Malaysia Tercentenary Sports Hall  
17:00
Friday, 26 September 2025  Samoa 71–53  Fiji Tercentenary Sports Hall  
19:00

Source:[29]

17th/18th play-off

Saturday, 27 September 2025  Northern Ireland 49–29  Barbados Tercentenary Sports Hall  
09:00

15th/16th play-off

Saturday, 27 September 2025  Gibraltar 34–45  Trinidad and Tobago Tercentenary Sports Hall  
11:00

13th/14th play-off

Saturday, 27 September 2025  Tonga 50–47  Singapore Tercentenary Sports Hall  
13:00

11th/12th play-off

Saturday, 27 September 2025  Fiji 56–48  Malaysia Europa Sports Park  
15:00

9th/10th play-off

Saturday, 27 September 2025  Samoa 67–53  Wales Europa Sports Park  
17:00

Sources:[30]

1st/8th Classification

1st/8th quarter-finals

Thursday, 25 September 2025  England 64–33  Scotland Europa Sports Park  
11:00
Thursday, 25 September 2025  New Zealand 67–34  Malawi Europa Sports Park  
13:00 Report
Thursday, 25 September 2025  Australia 85–33  Jamaica Europa Sports Park  
17:00
Thursday, 25 September 2025  South Africa 79–45  Cook Islands Europa Sports Park  
19:00 Report

Sources:[28][31]

5th/8th Semi-finals

Friday, 26 September 2025  Jamaica 57–47  Cook Islands Europa Sports Park  
13:00
Friday, 26 September 2025  Scotland 46–42  Malawi Tercentenary Sports Hall  
13:00

Source:[29]

1st/4th Semi-finals

Friday, 26 September 2025  New Zealand 55–35  England Europa Sports Park  
17:00 Report
Friday, 26 September 2025  Australia 67–36  South Africa Europa Sports Park  
19:00 Report

Sources:[29][32]

7th/8th play-off

Sunday, 28 September 2025  Malawi 61–54  Cook Islands Europa Sports Park  
09:00

Sources:[8]

5th/6th play-off

Sunday, 28 September 2025  Jamaica 53–44  Scotland Europa Sports Park  
11:00

Sources:[8]

3rd/4th play-off

Sunday, 28 September 2025  England 55–35  South Africa Europa Sports Park  
17:00

Sources:[9][10][11][12]

Final

Sunday, 28 September 2025
19:00		  Australia63–48 New Zealand    Europa Sports Park
Umpires: Lizzie Saunby, Louise Cole[4]
Reserve umpire: Sophia Wilson
Scoring by quarter: 15–14, 27–25, 47–34, 63–48

Sources:[5][6][7][8]

Final Placings

Rank Team
1st place, gold medalist(s) Australia
2nd place, silver medalist(s) New Zealand
3rd place, bronze medalist(s) England
4 South Africa
5 Jamaica
6 Scotland
7 Malawi
8 Cook Islands
9 Samoa
10 Wales
11 Fiji
12 Malaysia
13 Tonga
14 Singapore
15 Trinidad and Tobago
16 Gibraltar
17 Northern Ireland
18 Barbados

Sources:[4]

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