Nations Cup (netball)

Nations Cup (netball)

Founded	2006
Region	world-wide
Number of teams	6
Current champions	Scotland
Most successful team	Singapore

The Nations Cup (previously the 4 Nations Netball Cup and the 5 Nations Netball Cup) is an annual netball competition organised by Netball Singapore.

The Cup was first held in 2006 in Singapore and featured Papua New Guinea, Scotland and Canada.^[1]

The 2007 competition, which was held at Toa Payoh Sports Hall in Singapore, was won by the Singapore Netball National Team. Canada, Northern Ireland, Sri Lanka and Trinidad & Tobago also competed.^[2]

The 2008 competition was won by Papua New Guinea who defeated Botswana in the final. The other three competitors were Singapore, Samoa and Sri Lanka.^[3][4]

In 2009, Northern Ireland emerged as the winner, defeating their long-time rivals, Scotland, 49-34. Other competitors include Singapore, Canada, Malaysia and Tanzania.^[5]

Scotland, Wales, Tanzania, Singapore, Namibia and India competed in 2010.^[6]

Year	1st	2nd	3rd	4th	5th	6th
2006[7][1]	Singapore	Papua New Guinea	Scotland	Canada
2007[2][8]	Singapore	Trinidad and Tobago	Northern Ireland	Sri Lanka	Canada
2008[4]	Papua New Guinea	Botswana	Samoa	Sri Lanka	Singapore
2009[5]	Northern Ireland	Scotland	Canada	Tanzania	Singapore	Malaysia
2010[6]	Scotland	Wales	Tanzania	Singapore	Namibia	India

External links

• http://www.netball.org.sg/index.php?page=nations&lv=2

References

1. ^ ^{a b} "Singapore victorious in 4 Nations Netball Cu". International Federation of Netball Associations. 23 December 2006. http://www.netball.org/news.aspx?id=147. Retrieved 22 June 2011. 
2. ^ ^{a b} Peter Thorley (1st September 2007). "Big trip a bonus for Walker". The Northern Advocate. http://www.northernadvocate.co.nz/sport/news/netball-big-trip-a-bonus-for-walker/3747146/. 
3. ^ Netball Singapore
4. ^ ^{a b} Netball Papua New Guinea (2008). "2008 Nations Cup". http://www.sportingpulse.com/assoc_page.cgi?client=2-1505-0-0-0&sID=149986&&news_task=DETAIL&articleID=9981818&sectionID=149986. Retrieved 3 March 2011. 
5. ^ ^{a b} Netball Singapore (2009). "Nations Cup 2009". http://www.netball.org.sg/news/nations-cup-2009. Retrieved 3 March 2011. 
6. ^ ^{a b} Netball Singapore (13 December 2010). "NTUC FairPrice Foundation Nations Cup 2010". http://netball.org.sg/results/16. Retrieved 3 March 2011. 
7. ^ Netball Singapore 2011
8. ^ http://www.netball.org/news.aspx?id=193

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