The 16 teams who will be playing in the 2023 Netball World Cup have been confirmed. This follows the conclusion of the final zonal qualifying event, the Americas, where Trinidad & Tobago and Barbados earned the right to be in Cape Town next year.
The 16 teams on their way to Cape Town: South Africa, Australia, Barbados, England, Fiji, Jamaica, Malawi, New Zealand, Scotland, Singapore, Sri Lanka, Tonga, Trinidad & Tobago, Uganda, Wales, Zimbabwe
Of the top 16-ranked countries in the world, Northern Ireland (No12) and Cook Islands (No16), didn’t qualify, while Sri Lanka (No19) and Singapore (No34) did.
Current world rankings are:
(Q) = World Cup qualifying
1 Australia (Q)
2 Jamaica (Q)
3 New Zealand (Q)
4 England (Q)
5 South Africa (Q)
6 Uganda (Q)
7 Malawi (Q)
8 Wales (Q)
9 Tonga (Q)
10 Scotland (Q)
11 Trinidad & Tobago (Q)
12 Northern Ireland
13 Zimbabwe (Q)
14 Barbados (Q)
15 Fiji (Q)
16 Cook Islands
17 Zambia
18 Samoa
19 Sri Lanka (Q)
20 Grenada
…
34 Singapore (Q)