Netball World Cup 2019 Fixtures: Full Schedule, Timings, Teams, Groups

The 15th edition of the Netball World Cup is all set to take place at the M&S Bank Arena in Liverpool, England. The International Netball Federation has announced the Netball World Cup 2019 fixtures and complete match schedule. The tournament is hosted by England for the third time and will be played from 12 to 21 July 2019. The world’s best sixteen netball teams are gearing up for the 2019 Netball World Cup.

The Vitality Netball World Cup 2019 will witness a new format where each team will play in three different stages. All matches of the competition to be held at the M&S Bank Arena which has a capacity of 11,000.

The Australian Diamonds are the defending champions who defeated triumphing in Sydney and will be looking for their four consecutive titles.

Netball World Cup 2019 Fixtures

The 2019 Netball World Cup Groups and Teams

GROUP A GROUP B GROUP C GROUP D
Australia New Zealand Jamaica England
Northern Ireland Malawi South Africa Uganda
Zimbabwe Barbados Trinidad and Tobago Scotland
Sri Lanka Singapore Fiji Samoa

Netball World Cup 2019 Fixtures: Full Schedule, Match Timings

Here are the full fixtures for the Netball World Cup 2019 with dates, times and venues.

Preliminaries: Stage 1

Group Date Time (AEST) Team 1 Team 2 Court
B Fri Jul 12 6:00 PM New Zealand Malawi 1
B Fri Jul 12 6:00 PM Barbados Singapore 2
A Fri Jul 12 8:00 PM Australia Northern Ireland 1
A Fri Jul 12 6:00 PM Zimbabwe Sri Lanka 2
C Sat Jul 13 12:00 AM Jamaica Fiji 1
C Sat Jul 13 12:00 AM South Africa Trinidad & Tobago 2
D Sat Jul 13 2:00 AM England Uganda 1
D Sat Jul 13 2:00 AM Scotland Samoa 2
A Sat Jul 13 6:00 PM Australia Zimbabwe 1
A Sat Jul 13 6:00 PM Northern Ireland Sri Lanka 2
B Sat Jul 13 8:00 PM New Zealand Barbados 1
B Sat Jul 13 8:00 PM Malawi Singapore 2
D Sun Jul 14 12:00 AM England Scotland 1
D Sun Jul 14 12:00 AM Uganda Samoa 2
C Sun Jul 14 2:00 AM Jamaica Trinidad & Tobago 1
C Sun Jul 14 2:00 AM South Africa Fiji 2
B Sun Jul 14 6:00 PM New Zealand Singapore 1
B Sun Jul 14 6:00 PM Malawi Barbados 2
D Sun Jul 14 8:00 PM England Samoa 1
D Sun Jul 14 8:00 PM Uganda Scotland 2
A Mon Jul 15 12:00 AM Australia Sri Lanka 1
A Mon Jul 15 12:00 AM Northern Ireland Zimbabwe 2
C Mon Jul 15 2:00 AM Jamaica South Africa 1
C Mon Jul 15 2:00 AM Trinidad & Tobago Fiji 2

Preliminaries: Stage 2

Group Date Time (AEST) Team 1 Team 2 Court
E and F Mon Jul 15 6:00-11:00 PM Three matches in Group F and one in Group E TBC
E and G Tue Jul 16 12:00-4:00 AM Three matches in Group G and one in Group E. TBC
E Tue Jul 16 6:00 PM TBC TBC 1
E Tue Jul 16 8:00 PM TBC TBC 1
F Wed Jul 17 12:00 AM TBC TBC 1
F Wed Jul 17 2:00 AM TBC TBC 1
F Wed Jul 17 4:00 AM TBC TBC 1
E Wed Jul 17 6:00 PM TBC TBC 1
E Wed Jul 17 8:00 PM TBC TBC 1
G Thu Jul 18 12:00 AM TBC TBC 1
G Thu Jul 18 2:00 AM TBC TBC 1
G Thu Jul 18 4:00 AM TBC TBC 1
F Thu Jul 18 5:30 PM TBC TBC 1
F Thu Jul 18 7:30 PM TBC TBC 1
F Thu Jul 18 9:30 PM TBC TBC 1
G Fri Jul 19 1:00 AM TBC TBC 1
G Fri Jul 19 3:00 AM TBC TBC 1
G Fri Jul 19 5:00 AM TBC TBC 1

Play-offs and Placings

Group Date Time (AEST) Team 1 Team 2 Court
15th place match Fri Jul 19 6:00 PM TBC TBC 1
13th place match Fri Jul 19 8:00 PM TBC TBC 1
Fifth to eighth Sat Jul 20 12:00 AM Group F – 3rd Group G – 4th 1
Fifth to eighth Sat Jul 20 2:00 AM Group G – 3rd Group F – 4th 1
11th place match Sat Jul 20 6:00 PM Group F – 6th Group G – 6th 1
Semi-final 1 Sat Jul 20 8:00 PM Group F – 1st Group G – 2nd 1
Semi-final 2 Sun Jul 21 12:00 AM Group G – 1st Group F – 2nd 1
Ninth place match Sun Jul 21 2:00 AM Group F – 5th Group G – 5th 1
Seventh place match Sun Jul 21 6:00 PM Losers of fifth to eighth matches 1
Fifth place match Sun Jul 21 8:00 PM Winners of fifth to eighth matches 1
Bronze medal match Sun Jul 21 11:30 PM Losers of semi-finals 1
Final Mon Jul 22 2:00 AM Winners of semi-finals 1

Vitality Netball World Cup 2019 Format

The 2019 Netball World Cup to feature a new format where each team competes in three different stages during the tournament. The stage will be the Preliminaries Stage which is scheduled to take place from July 12-14 then the Preliminaries Stage Two which is scheduled to take place from July 15-18 and the Play-offs from July 19-21. All the teams were divided into four groups of four teams each.

Preliminaries Stage One

The Preliminaries Stage will have four groups – A, B, C and D of four teams in the first stage. The top three teams from each group will advance to the second preliminaries stage.

Preliminaries Stage Two

The top three teams from Groups A and B will form group F and the top three teams from groups C and D will form group G. The bottom four finishers from groups A and D will fight in group E.

Play-offs and Placings

The teams who will finish first and second in groups F and G advance to the semi-finals while the top team of each group to face the second placed team in the other group. The winners of each group will play the semi-finals to be in the final.

Apart from Australia, New Zealand is the only team who have won the tournament. The 2019 Netball World Cup will be broadcasted live free on the Nine Network in Australia while Sky sports to have the live coverage of the Netball World Cup in the UK.