Cover Image: Netball New Zealand
The 2025 Netball World Youth Cup will be held in Gibraltar from the 19th to the 28th of September. This is the pinnacle event for netballers 21 and under. It will involve 20 teams from world netball’s five Regions. The tournament takes place in two venues – the Tercentenary Sports Hall and Europa Sports Park. The Opening Ceremony takes place on September 19, then from September 20, it’s nine straight days of great netball action.
There was no event in 2021, due to Covid. As a result, New Zealand is the defending champion from 2017. There have been eight Netball World Youth Cup tournaments staged so far, with Australia and New Zealand winning four times each. They will both be favoured to do well again, but countries such as England, Jamaica, and South Africa will be looking to challenge.
Fiji were surprise packets in 2017, finishing fourth, while one of the highlights of the whole event was Botswana’s shock 48-46 defeat of Jamaica. Can we see a similar upset result here? Many top line international players have come from the NWYC since it began in 1988. In 2017, the player of the tournament was Jamie-Lee Price of Australia, while Kelly Jackson was one of the stars for New Zealand.
We will keep you updated with results during the tournament on this page, and also on the Netball Scoop social media accounts. On our podcast The Sporting Scoop, Georgia Doyle and Tobey Keddy have been previewing the tournament. Check out The Sporting Scoop on Spotify and YouTube. And here is Tobey’s article on Kiwi shooter Amelia Walmsley.
HOW TO WATCH
In exciting news for netball fans around the globe, we will be able to watch every match of the tournament live and on demand on Netball Pass and the Netball World Cup YouTube channel. And all games are free to access. From 20-25 September, matches will be available on both Netball Pass and YouTube, while the final three days of competition (26-28 September), are streamed exclusively on Netball Pass.
PHASE 1 POOLS
Serina Daunakamakama (NZ 21U). Image: Graeme Laughton-Mutu
POOL A
POOL B
POOL C
POOL D
Grace Whyte (AUS 21U). Image: May Bailey | Clusterpix via Netball Scoop
SCHEDULE
(Times – CEST/Gibraltar Time)
SEP 20
Match 1 – 10:00 AM / Pool A – Gibraltar v Cook Islands
Match 2 – 10:00 AM / Pool A – New Zealand v Zambia
Match 3 – 12:00 PM / Pool B – Australia v Northern Ireland
Match 4 – 12:00 PM / Pool B – Samoa v Scotland
Match 5 – 2:00 PM / Pool C – England v Sri Lanka
Match 6 – 2:00 PM / Pool C – Tonga v Wales
Match 7 – 4:00 PM / Pool D – South Africa v Barbados
Match 8 – 4:00 PM / Pool D – Fiji v Trinidad & Tobago
Byes: Malaysia, Singapore, Jamaica, Malawi
SEP 21
Match 9 – 10:00 AM / Pool C – Jamaica v Tonga
Match 10 – 10:00 AM / Pool C – Sri Lanka v Wales
Match 11 – 12:00 PM / Pool A – Gibraltar v Malaysia
Match 12 – 12:00 PM / Pool A – New Zealand v Cook Islands
Match 13 – 5:00 PM / Pool D – Trinidad & Tobago v Malawi
Match 14 – 5:00 PM / Pool D – Fiji v Barbados
Match 15 – 7:00 PM / Pool B – Northern Ireland v Scotland
Match 16 – 7:00 PM / Pool B – Australia v Singapore
Byes: Zambia, Samoa, England, South Africa
SEP 22
Match 17 – 10:00 AM / Pool D – Fiji v Malawi
Match 18 – 10:00 AM / Pool D – Trinidad & Tobago v South Africa
Match 19 – 12:00 PM / Pool B – Singapore v Samoa
Match 20 – 12:00 PM / Pool B – Australia v Scotland
Match 21 – 5:00 PM / Pool A – Gibraltar v Zambia
Match 22 – 5:00 PM / Pool A – Cook Islands v Malaysia
Match 23 – 7:00 PM / Pool C – England v Wales
Match 24 – 7:00 PM / Pool C – Sri Lanka v Jamaica
Byes: New Zealand, Northern Ireland, Tonga, Barbados
SEP 23
Match 25 – 10:00 AM / Pool B – Australia v Samoa
Match 26 – 10:00 AM / Pool B – Singapore v Northern Ireland
Match 27 – 12:00 PM / Pool C – Wales v Jamaica
Match 28 – 12:00 PM / Pool C – England v Tonga
Match 29 – 5:00 PM / Pool D – Barbados v Trinidad & Tobago
Match 30 – 5:00 PM / Pool D – Malawi v South Africa
Match 31 – 7:00 PM / Pool A – New Zealand v Malaysia
Match 32 – 7:00 PM / Pool A – Cook Islands v Zambia
Byes: Gibraltar, Scotland, Sri Lanka, Fiji
SEP 24
Match 33 – 10:00 AM / Pool B – Scotland v Singapore
Match 34 – 10:00 AM / Pool B – Samoa v Northern Ireland
Match 35 – 12:00 PM / Pool C – Tonga v Sri Lanka
Match 36 – 12:00 PM / Pool C – England v Jamaica
Match 37 – 5:00 PM / Pool A – New Zealand v Gibraltar
Match 38 – 5:00 PM / Pool A – Malaysia v Zambia
Match 39 – 7:00 PM / Pool D – Fiji v South Africa
Match 40 – 7:00 PM / Pool D – Malawi v Barbados
Byes: Cook Islands, Australia, Wales, Trinidad & Tobago
After day 5, the teams will be split into three groups. The top 2 teams in each pool will be play off for positions 1-8, the next 2 teams in each pool will play off for positions 9-16, and the bottom team in each pool will go to Pool J and play for positions 17-20.
SEP 25
Match 41 – 9:00 AM / 1-8 QUARTER FINAL – C1 v B2
Match 42 – 9:00 AM / Pool J – J1 v J2
Match 43 – 11:00 AM / Pool J – J3 v J4
Match 44 – 11:00 AM / 9-16 Quarter final – A3 v D4
Match 45 – 1:00 PM / 1-8 QUARTER FINAL – A1 v D2
Match 46 – 1:00 PM / 9-16 Quarter final – C3 v B4
Match 47 – 5:00 PM / 1-8 QUARTER FINAL – B1 v C2
Match 48 – 5:00 PM / 9-16 Quarter final – D3 v A4
Match 49 – 7:00 PM / 1-8 QUARTER FINAL – D1 v A2
Match 50 – 7:00 PM / 9-16 Quarter final – B3 v C4
SEP 26
Match 51 – 9:00 AM / Pool J – J1 v J4
Match 52 – 9:00 AM / Pool J – J2 v J3
Match 53 – 11:00 AM / 13-16 Semi final – Loser 48 v Loser 50
Match 54 – 11:00 AM / 13-16 Semi final – Loser 44 v Loser 46
Match 55 – 1:00 PM / 5-8 Semi final – Loser 47 v Loser 49
Match 56 – 1:00 PM / 5-8 Semi final – Loser 41 v Loser 49
Match 57 – 5:00 PM / 1-4 SEMI FINAL – WINNER 41 v WINNER 45
Match 58 – 5:00 PM / 9-12 Semi final – Winner 44 v Winner 46
Match 59 – 7:00 PM / 1-4 SEMI FINAL – WINNER 47 v WINNER 49
Match 60 – 7:00 PM / 9-12 Semi final – Winner 48 v Winner 50
SEP 27
Match 61 – 9:00 AM / Pool J – J1 v J3
Match 62 – 11:00 AM / 15v19 Playoff – Loser 53 v Loser 54
Match 63– 1:00 PM / 13v14 Playoff – Winner 53 v Winner 54
Match 64 – 3:00 PM / Pool J – J2 v J4
Match 65 – 5:00 PM / 11v12 Playoff – Loser 58 v Loser 60
Match 66 – 7:00 PM / 9v10 Playoff – Winner 58 v Winner 60
SEP 28
Match 67 – 9:00 AM / 7v8 Playoff – Loser 55 v Loser 56
Match 68 – 11:00 AM / 5v6 Playoff – Winner 55 v Winner 56
Match 69 – 5:00 PM / 3v4 PLAYOFF – LOSER 57 v LOSER 59
Match 70 – 7:00 PM / FINAL – WINNER 57 v WINNER 59
8:30 PM – Presentation
PAST WINNERS
1988 – Canberra, Australia
1 AUSTRALIA, 2 England, 3 New Zealand
1992 – Suva, Fiji
1 NEW ZEALAND, 2 Australia, 3 Cook Islands
1996 – Toronto, Canada
1 AUSTRALIA, 2 New Zealand, 3 England
2000 – Cardiff, Wales
1 AUSTRALIA, 2 Jamaica, 3 New Zealand
2005 – Fort Lauderdale, USA
1 NEW ZEALAND, 2 England, 3 Australia
2009 – Rarotonga, Cook Islands
1 AUSTRALIA, 2 New Zealand, 3 Jamaica
2013 – Glasgow, Scotland
1 NEW ZEALAND, 2 Australia, 3 Jamaica
2017 – Gaborone, Botswana
1 NEW ZEALAND, 2 Australia, 3 England
