2017 Netball World Youth Cup


The Netball World Youth Cup Gaborone 2017 was the eighth staging of the tournament previously known as the World Youth Netball Championships, the premier competition in international netball, contested every four years. The 2017 tournament, to be held from 8–16 July, held in Gaborone, Botswana, which is first African region country to host the tournament. Matches are to be played at University of Botswana Indoor Stadium and Ditshupo Hall. Twenty nations competed at the championships.

Teams

Qualification

Twenty teams contested the 2017 tournament. The home nation automatically qualified, along with the next four highest-ranked teams from the 2013 World Youth Netball Championships:
Qualification Tournaments
The remaining fifteen teams were determined by regional qualifying tournaments, with three teams selected from each of the five international netball regions; Africa, Americas, Asia, Europe and Oceania.
RegionHostTeamsDatesWinnersRunners-up2nd Runners- up
Asia1214–20 December 2015
Africa824–30 July 2016
AmericasSint Maarten722–28 August 2016
Oceania626–29 September 2016
Europe47–9 October 2016

Draw

The draw for the tournament was held on 20 October 2016 at Botswana. The pools for the tournament's finals is as below:
Pool APool BPool CPool D




































Preliminary rounds

Pool A

Pool B

Pool C

Pool D

Playoff and placement

17th to 20th place

9th to 16th place

1st to 8th place

Final rankings