Netball World Youth Cup

Netball World Youth Cup
Most recent season or competition:
2017 Netball World Youth Cup
SportNetball
Founded1988; 36 years ago (1988)
First season1988; 36 years ago (1988)
 Australia
AdministratorInternational Netball Federation
No. of teams20 Teams (2017)
ContinentInternational (INF)
Most recent
champion(s)		New Zealand New Zealand
(4th title)
Most titlesNew Zealand New Zealand
Australia Australia
(4 titles each)

Previously known as the World Youth Netball Championships, the Netball World Youth Cup (since 2017) is the world championship of netball for national U21 teams, with all players being aged 21 years or younger. As part of the Australian Bicentenary celebrations in 1988 (Australia was founded in 1788), a new international tournament for youth took place in Canberra, the capital city of Australia. Its success led to this event being held once every four years.[1][2] The most recent tournament was held in Gaborone in 2017, with New Zealand taking the title.[3][4]

In the lead-up to the 2009 World Youth Championship in the Cook Islands, there was considerable anxiety over the facilities, and whether they would be up to standards. The prime minister reconfirmed that his government would deliver a new venue. Before this, the International Netball Federation also reaffirmed their support for hosting the event in the Cook Islands.[5] The Chinese government had offered to step in and loan the country NZ$9.3 million to help pay the costs of constructing the facility.[6] The loan was controversial as some organizations felt the country had misplaced priorities.[6] During that period, the government also sought to increase the size of the loan for the facility to NZD 13 million$ .[6] The opposition leader Norman George was very unhappy with how the government handled the whole situation regarding new sporting facilities to be built for the World Youth Netball Championships and the 2009 Pacific Mini Games.[7]

  1. ^ [1][dead link]
  2. ^ International Federation of Netball Associations
  3. ^ "World Youth Netball Championships 2013 Glasgow". www.netball.org.sg. Archived from the original on 5 March 2016.
  4. ^ World Youth Netball Championships - Cook Island 2009 2009
  5. ^ Jonassen & Tikivanotau 2008, p. 148
  6. ^ a b c Jonassen & Tikivanotau 2008, p. 147
  7. ^ Jonassen & Tikivanotau 2008, p. 149