2019 African Netball Championships

The 2019 African Netball Championships was held in Cape Town from 18-23 October 2019.[1] The tournament featured seven nations including hosts South Africa, defending champions Uganda along with Kenya, Malawi, Zambia, Lesotho and Zimbabwe in 2 pool categories. Tanzania pulled out of the tournament due to financial issues, just a day before the tournament opener against Zimbabwe.[2] The tournament was originally supposed to have its scheduled opening match between defending champions Uganda and Zimbabwe but was called off due to the last minute withdrawal by Tanzania.[3][4] The authorities later revealed that the match between hosts South Africa and Zimbabwe to be the opening match of the tournament while the tournament was later modified with round robin format.

Netball
at the African Championships
VenuesBellville Velodrome, Cape Town
Location South Africa
Dates18–23 October
Teams Kenya
 Lesotho
 Malawi
 South Africa
 Tanzania
 Uganda
 Zambia
 Zimbabwe
Medalists
gold medal  South Africa
silver medal  Malawi
bronze medal  Uganda

South Africa defeated Zambia 72-53 to win the tournament with a perfect 100 percentage winning record.[5][6]

Squads

Malawi and Uganda announced their preliminary squads in September 2019. Malawi revealed a list of 24 players in the squad and later cropped the list to 12 members.[7] Malawi's national captain Joanna Kachilika and Thandie Galleta were rested for the tournament who were earlier named in the preliminary squad while Caroline Mtukule was appointed as stand in captain for Malawi.[8] Uganda released a squad consisting of 22 players.[9] In September 2019, just three weeks prior to the start of the tournament, Ugandan captain Peace Proscovia was ruled out of the tournament due to a knee injury which she sustained while playing at the Australian league.[10] In October 2019, Dorette Badenhorst was appointed as the new head coach for South Africa following the exit of Norma Plummer.[11]

Just a day prior to the tournament opener, Zimbabwean head coach Lloyd Makunde was sacked due to pay disputes.[12][13]

Malawi Malawi [7] Uganda Uganda [9] Zimbabwe Zimbabwe South Africa South Africa[14]

Pool stage
18 October 2019
10:00am		  South Africa106–10 Lesotho    Bellville Velodrome, Cape Town
18 October 2019
12:00pm		  South Africa56–51 Malawi    Bellville Velodrome, Cape Town
19 October 2019
12:00pm		  Uganda67–33 Zambia    Bellville Velodrome, Cape Town
22 October 2019
18:00pm		  South Africa50–47 Uganda    Bellville Velodrome, Cape Town
22 October 2019
10:00am		  Zimbabwe68–35 Kenya    Bellville Velodrome, Cape Town
22 October 2019
12:00pm		  Lesotho22–79 Zimbabwe    Bellville Velodrome, Cape Town
22 October 2019
14:00pm		  Uganda67–33 Zambia    Bellville Velodrome, Cape Town
23 October 2019
16:00pm		  South Africa72–53 Zambia    Bellville Velodrome, Cape Town
 2019 African Netball Championships winners 

South Africa

References
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