Tournament details | |
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Host country | South Africa |
City | Cape Town |
Venue(s) | Bellville Velodrome |
Dates | 18–23 October 2019 |
Teams | 6 |
Final positions | |
Champions | South Africa |
Runner-up | Malawi |
Third place | Uganda |
The 2019 Africa Netball Cup 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.
South Africa defeated Zambia 72-53 to win the tournament with a perfect 100 percentage winning record.[5][6]