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48-891: The New Zealand national netball team , commonly known as the Silver Ferns ( Māori : Rau Hiriwā or Kaponga ), represent Netball New Zealand in international netball tournaments such as the Netball World Cup , the Commonwealth Games , the Taini Jamison Trophy , the Constellation Cup , the Netball Quad Series and the Fast5 Netball World Series . They have also represented New Zealand at

96-617: A battle for the trophy. U19: Since 1993, the Netball NZ U19 Champs have provided opportunities for the country's best to go head-to-head. Between 15 and 20 Centres compete in this four-day, indoor tournament; an excellent pathway not just for players, but also coaches, umpires and other officials to gain experience at the next level. U17: The Netball NZ U17 Champs (est. 2009) is Netball New Zealand's largest event and continues to grow in popularity. Between 32 and 40 Netball Centres compete in this four-day, outdoor tournament -

144-642: A double round-robin, with 10 matches to be televised on SKY Sport and 21 standalone games. Established in 1993, the New Zealand Secondary Schools (NZSS) Netball Champs is one of the most hotly contested annual tournaments on the Netball New Zealand calendar. The event provides an opportunity for the best secondary school teams from the Upper North Island, Lower North Island and South Island to go head-to-head in

192-407: A fifth time when, with a team captained by Laura Langman and featuring Casey Kopua and Maria Folau , they won the 2019 Netball World Cup . In just fourteen months, head coach Noeline Taurua turned a team, demoralised at missing out on a medal at the 2018 Commonwealth Games , into world champions. New Zealand rebounded from a round robin defeat to Australia to defeat them 52–51 in the final. At

240-525: A national level, Netball New Zealand looks after all the domestic competitions/teams and major events. In elite domestic netball, Netball New Zealand also supervises the six ANZ Premiership franchises and the national team, the Silver Ferns. Organised netball in New Zealand usually starts at local club or school level at around 5–7 years of age. At this stage, players focus on learning the rules of

288-490: A national level, Netball New Zealand looks after all the domestic competitions/teams and major events. In elite domestic netball, Netball New Zealand also supervises the six ANZ Premiership franchises and the national team, the Silver Ferns. Junior netball competition in Wellington. Organised netball in New Zealand usually starts at local club or school level at around 5–7 years of age. At this stage, players focus on learning

336-463: A team captained by Anna Rowberry , New Zealand won their fourth title. In the final they defeated Australia 49–47. At the 2003 Halberg Awards , the Silver Ferns won both the main award and were named Team of the Year. Their head coach, Ruth Aitken , was named Coach of the Year and Irene van Dyk , who scored 41 from 43 in the final, was named Sportswoman of the Year. New Zealand were world champions for

384-430: A team captained by Lyn Parker , New Zealand defeated Australia 39–37 in the final to win the inaugural title. At the 1989 tournament, a New Zealand team captained by Waimarama Taumaunu , defeated Australia 33–29. At the 1989 Halberg Awards , the Silver Ferns were named Team of the Year and their head coach, Lyn Parker, was named Coach of the Year. Source : New Zealand has competed at every netball tournament at

432-492: A third time. New Zealand were dominant in group play, winning all eight matches. That saw them advance to a final round with Australia, England and Trinidad and Tobago. New Zealand were the only team to win all three of their games and were subsequently declared world champions. In 1996, the 1987 team was also inducted into the New Zealand Sports Hall of Fame. At the 2003 World Netball Championships , with

480-782: Is a quadrennial international netball world championship co-ordinated by the International Netball Federation (INF), inaugurated in 1963 . Since its inception the competition has been dominated primarily by the Australian national netball team (the Diamonds) and the New Zealand national netball team (the Silver Ferns) – Trinidad and Tobago is the only other team to have won a title. Fast5 Netball World Series The Fast5 Netball World Series

528-542: Is an international netball competition that was contested for the first time in October 2009. The new competition features modified " Fast5 " rules, and has been likened to Twenty20 cricket and rugby sevens . The competition is contested by the six top national netball teams in the world, according to the INF World Rankings . The Silver Ferns are often the national focus for netball in New Zealand. They are

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576-560: The Constellation Cup . New Zealand won the trophy for the first time in 2012 and for a second time in 2021 . Since 2016 , New Zealand have competed in the Netball Quad Series , playing against Australia , England and South Africa . The Silver Ferns won their first Quad Series title in September 2017 . In 2020 , the Quad Series was briefly replaced by a Nations Cup tournament. New Zealand won this tournament. Since 2009 ,

624-618: The Fast5 Ferns have played in the Fast5 Netball World Series . They have been the dominant team in the series. Between 2009 and 2018 , they won seven of the nine tournaments played. The current squad was selected for the 2024 Constellation Cup . Source : Sources : The following New Zealand netball internationals have been inducted into the New Zealand Sports Hall of Fame . Sources : The following New Zealand netball internationals captained

672-600: The INF Netball World Cup , a quadrennial premier event in international netball . It was held in Kingston , Jamaica from 10 to 20 July. After 100 matches, New Zealand 's Silver Ferns defeated Australia to take the title after its last title 16 years previously. The host country, Jamaica, finished third. This marked the tournament's 40th anniversary, as it was founded in 1963 . The competition started with two days of two rounds of knockout games between

720-570: The World Games . New Zealand made their test debut in 1938 . As of 2023, New Zealand have been world champions on five occasions and Commonwealth champions twice. They are regularly ranked number two in the World Netball Rankings . On 20 August 1938, New Zealand, captained by Margaret Matangi , made their test debut in an away match against at Australia at Royal Park, Melbourne . Australia defeated New Zealand 40–11. This

768-553: The World Netball Championships and Commonwealth Games tournaments. Since 2010 the two teams have also competed for the Constellation Cup . Notable and memorable clashes have included the finals of the 1991 , 1999 and 2011 World Netball Championships , the finals of the 2010 and the 2014 Commonwealth Games and the final match of the 2013 Constellation Cup . New Zealand have competed at every World Netball Championships and/or Netball World Cup since

816-404: The 1960s, and in the 1980s netball was included in the 'big four' sports – along with rugby union, rugby league and cricket – that received increased coverage from Television New Zealand , as well as being exempt from paying for broadcast time, and even receiving a minimal 'rights fee'. 2003 World Netball Championships The 2003 World Netball Championships were the eleventh edition of

864-647: The 2010 Fastnet Ferns. The Silver Ferns Development Squad is the second tier squad for the Silver Ferns. Players in this squad are selected from domestic competitions such as the ANZ Premiership and are recognised as being potential members of the Silver Ferns. 10-15 players are expected to be in Silver Ferns Development Squad at any given time, which will be supervised by Silver Ferns head coach. The New Zealand U21 team includes players under 21 years of age that are considered to have

912-493: The 2019 Halberg Awards, the Silver Ferns won both the Halberg Award Supreme and were named Team of the Year. Winning the 2019 Netball World Cup was declared New Zealand's Favourite Sports Moment and Taurua, was named Coach of the Year. The team were also awarded the 2019 Lonsdale Cup . Source : Between 1985 and 1993 , New Zealand competed at the World Games , winning two gold and one silver medals. With

960-556: The Commonwealth Games . In 1990 they lost to Australia in a one-off match when netball was a demonstration sport . Between 1998 and 2014 they played in every tournament final, winning two gold and three silver medals. In 2006 New Zealand won the gold medal for the first time with a 60–55 win over Australia. In 2010 , New Zealand, led by Maria Tutaia and Irene van Dyk , won their second gold medal after they defeated Australia 66–64 in an epic encounter. Tutaia scored

1008-420: The New Zealand Secondary Schools team. The National Netball League is fundamental to strengthening Netball New Zealand's performance pathway, the development of talent, and competitiveness of Netball New Zealand's elite teams. The league consists of 31 games run over 13 weekends, allowing players to continue with work and study commitments, culminating in a Grand Final. The competition includes six teams playing

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1056-743: The New Zealand U-19 and U-21 teams, which compete at the New Zealand Age Group Championships. Open-age regional competition can, for talented players, lead to competing in the New Zealand Netball Championships. Successful players can be chosen to play in a franchise in the ANZ Premiership. From this point, the highest levels of netball in New Zealand are selection for the New Zealand Accelerant squad, and ultimately

1104-420: The New Zealand U-19 and U-21 teams, which compete at the New Zealand Age Group Championships. Open-age regional competition can, for talented players, lead to competing in the New Zealand Netball Championships. Successful players can be chosen to play in a franchise in the ANZ Premiership. From this point, the highest levels of netball in New Zealand are selection for the New Zealand Accelerant squad, and ultimately

1152-695: The New Zealand national team, the Silver Ferns. Main article: Netball New Zealand Netball New Zealand is the governing body that oversees organised netball competition at school, club, regional, national and international level in New Zealand. It was founded from the New Zealand Basketball Association, which was established in 1924, and has helped to organise standard rules of play both internationally and within New Zealand. Netball New Zealand oversees New Zealand's five netball zones; Netball Northern, Netball Waikato Bay of Plenty, Netball Central, Netball Mainland and Netball South. At

1200-480: The New Zealand national team, the Silver Ferns. :) The official junior netball programme of Netball New Zealand for year 1 - year 8. To ignite a lifelong involvement in Netball, a sequential programme has been developed that is at the right level for the players at each stage. The emphasis is on fun activities conducted in a safe environment. Small sided games are the preferred training method and are proven to be

1248-507: The annual New Zealand Secondary School Championships. Exceptional players can be invited to participate in a development camp, from which the New Zealand Secondary Schools team is chosen. Players in out-of-school club competition compete in regional and regional-representative (national) competitions. Regional development programmes allow selected players to compete in U-15 and U-17 national competitions. After this, players may trial for entry into

1296-456: The annual New Zealand Secondary School Championships. Exceptional players can be invited to participate in a development camp, from which the New Zealand Secondary Schools team is chosen. Players in out-of-school club competition compete in regional and regional-representative (national) competitions. Regional development programmes allow selected players to compete in U-15 and U-17 national competitions. After this, players may trial for entry into

1344-660: The competition was renamed the "National Bank Cup". Over its ten-year run, the competition was dominated by the Southern Sting . The final season was played in 2007, with the Southern Sting winning their seventh title. It was replaced in 2008 by a new trans-Tasman competition, the ANZ Championship. Netball New Zealand has several major events throughout the year: SuperClub Super Club , an international competition featuring eight teams from all over

1392-550: The final of the 2017 edition to clinch a fourth trophy. Constellation Cup The Constellation Cup is contested by the Australian national netball team and the New Zealand national netball team . It is awarded each year to the team that wins the most test matches between the two, excluding games played as part of multinational tournaments such as the Netball World Championships and Commonwealth Games . Taini Jamison Trophy The Taini Jamison Trophy

1440-414: The game, as well as ball skills and basic game play. Fully competitive netball begins at around 13 years of age, although interschool competition often starts during primary school. At this stage, young players can play for a school team or for an out-of-school club team. School teams compete against other school teams in their region, with the best four teams from each of three national 'regions' competing in

1488-932: The gold medal in 1998 and 2002, while New Zealand has won gold in 2006 and 2010. The gold medal matches in 2002 and 2010 were two of the most closely contested matches in netball history, both going into double extra time. 2018 Commonwealth Games had the England Roses take the home the gold medal for the first time in the competition with Australia taking the silver. New Zealand placed fourth. Regular home series have been played in New Zealand since 1986. Teams such as Australia, England, South Africa and Jamaica play regular test matches against New Zealand, with occasional matches against other national teams, in particular from Pacific Island nations. Both Netball Quad Series and Constellation Cup are played on New Zealand soil. Netball receives wide media coverage in New Zealand. Regular television coverage of netball games in New Zealand began in

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1536-492: The highest level of competitive netball in the world. The Silver Ferns have competed at each tournament, the first of which started in 1963. New Zealand has won three Championships – in 1967, 1987 and 2003 – and have always finished in the top three places. The majority of finals have been contested between New Zealand and Australia. Netball has been a core sport in the Commonwealth Games since 1998. New Zealand and Australia have contested all four gold medal matches: Australia won

1584-452: The inaugural 1963 tournament. At the 1963 tournament, New Zealand were captained by Pamela Edwards , with Lois Muir as vice-captain. Australia defeated New Zealand 37–36 in a closely contested final. After winning the 1967 World Netball Championships , New Zealand were world champions for the first time. The team was coached by Taini Jamison and captained by Judy Blair . In the final they beat Australia 40–43. Joan Harnett emerged as

1632-436: The most appropriate way to enhance skill and tactical development. Year 7 & 8 is an extension programme designed to broaden the talent pool and inspire a lifelong love of Netball. It replaces the representative programme previously offered. The PDP provides more opportunities for more players to develop and extend their technical, tactical and athlete development skills. The first national netball competition in New Zealand

1680-617: The only domestic event held outdoors. The event is a key stepping stone for players along the development pathway. From 2020, Netball New Zealand announced that the Netball NZ U19 and U17 Champs would be replaced by the Netball NZ U18 Champs and the Netball NZ Open Champs. The ANZ Premiership is the premier domestic netball league in New Zealand. The league was formed in 2016 as a successor to

1728-606: The pinnacle for netball players in New Zealand being selection for the national team. Netball New Zealand is the governing body that oversees organised netball competition at school, club, regional, national and international level in New Zealand. It was founded from the New Zealand Basketball Association, which was established in 1924, and has helped to organise standard rules of play both internationally and within New Zealand. Netball New Zealand oversees New Zealand's five netball zones; Netball Northern, Netball Waikato Bay of Plenty, Netball Central, Netball Mainland and Netball South. At

1776-791: The potential to progress to higher levels of netball in the future. Players are selected from domestic netball competitions. The New Zealand Secondary Schools team includes talented players of secondary school age. Players are selected from a development camp after the New Zealand Secondary Schools Championships. The Silver Ferns regularly compete with other national netball teams, both in tours and in one-match tests. The Silver Ferns also compete in test series and in world championships, which are usually televised in New Zealand. The New Zealand A, New Zealand U21 and New Zealand Secondary Schools teams also compete internationally. The INF Netball World Cup represents

1824-519: The premier domestic netball competition in both New Zealand and Australia. The competition comprises ten teams, five each from New Zealand and Australia. The ANZ Championship allowed netball to become a semi-professional sport in both New Zealand and Australia. Elite domestic netball competition emerged in 1998, when the Coca-Cola Cup was changed into a franchise-based competition, with ten new teams representing 12 regional areas. After four years,

1872-427: The rules of the game, as well as ball skills and basic game play. Fully competitive netball begins at around 13 years of age, although interschool competition often starts during primary school. At this stage, young players can play for a school team or for an out-of-school club team. School teams compete against other school teams in their region, with the best four teams from each of three national 'regions' competing in

1920-550: The second highest rank team in the INF World Rankings . The Fastnet Ferns represent New Zealand at the World Netball Series , a recently developed international competition played under fastnet rules. In 2010, the New Zealand team sent to the World Netball Series comprised players from the wider Silver Ferns squad, as well as non-international players. Robyn Broughton was appointed head coach of

1968-416: The star for New Zealand and was named player of the tournament. In 1996 the team was inducted into the New Zealand Sports Hall of Fame . At the 1979 World Netball Championships , New Zealand shared the gold medal with Australia and Trinidad and Tobago . After winning the 1987 World Netball Championships , with a team coached by Lois Muir and captained by Leigh Gibbs , New Zealand were world champions for

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2016-423: The team when they won the gold medal at the Netball World Cup , the Commonwealth Games and the World Games . Sources : Netball New Zealand In 2019, 137,713 players were registered with Netball New Zealand, the governing body for organised netball in the country. Organised competition ranges from interschool and local club netball to premier domestic competitions such as the ANZ Premiership, with

2064-580: The trans-Tasman ANZ Championship , which was held from 2008 to 2016. The ANZ Premiership is contested annually by six teams based throughout New Zealand, with a total of 47 games played over 14 weeks. The inaugural season of the ANZ Premiership was played in 2017, with the Southern Steel emerging as champions. The 2018 season commenced in May 2018. The ANZ Championship was inaugurated in April 2008 as

2112-441: The winning goal in double extra time after 84 minutes of play. The Silver Ferns were also awarded the 2010 Lonsdale Cup . Sources : Since 2008, Netball New Zealand has hosted the Taini Jamison Trophy . The trophy is contested with visiting teams, other than Australia . Teams to compete have included England , Jamaica , South Africa , Malawi , Fiji and Samoa . Since 2010, New Zealand and Australia have competed for

2160-466: The world. The top three New Zealand teams from the ANZ Premiership will qualify for the event, as well as some of the top club teams from around the world. Netball Quad Series This series is contested by four of the five highest ranked nations in netball . Netball Youth World Cup Since the inception of the four-yearly tournament in 1988, it was the first time New Zealand had won back-to-back titles, toppling old rivals Australia by three goals in

2208-654: Was held in 1926. Presently, the three main national netball tournaments are the National Netball League , the New Zealand Age Group Championships and the New Zealand Secondary School Championships. The National Netball League are contested between regional-representative teams, and provide players for the ANZ Premiership franchises. U-19 and U-21 teams compete at the New Zealand Age Group Championships. The New Zealand Secondary School Championships provides players for

2256-442: Was introduced in 2008 in honour of the coach of the winning New Zealand team in the 1967 Netball World Championships , Taini Jamison , and is contested when any netballing nation – other than Australia – plays the Silver Ferns on New Zealand soil. Commonwealth Games Netball was introduced into the Commonwealth Games in 1998 and has been an integral part of the programme since. INF Netball World Cup The INF Netball World Cup

2304-411: Was the first netball Test between Australia and New Zealand. It was also the world's first international netball match. On 20 August 1948, New Zealand, captained by Oonah Shannahan , hosted their first home test against Australia at Forbury Park . Australia defeated New Zealand 27–16. New Zealand's main rivals in international netball are Australia . Between 1963 and 2015 , the two teams dominated

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