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:

•  Botswana (host nation)
•  New Zealand
•  Australia
•  Jamaica
•  England

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.

Region	Host	Teams	Dates	Winners	Runners-up	2nd Runners- up
Asia	Hong Kong	12	14–20 December 2015	Sri Lanka	Malaysia	Singapore
Africa[3]	Botswana	8	24–30 July 2016	South Africa	Zimbabwe	Uganda
Americas[4]	Sint Maarten	7	22–28 August 2016	Barbados	Trinidad and Tobago	Grenada
Oceania[5]	New Zealand	6	26–29 September 2016	Fiji	Cook Islands	Samoa
Europe[6]	Wales	4	7–9 October 2016	Scotland	Wales	Northern Ireland

Draw

The draw for the tournament was held on 20 October 2016 at Botswana.^[7] The pools for the tournament's finals is as below:

Pool A

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GR	Pts	Qualification		NZL	SCO	SAM	NIR	SRI
1	New Zealand	4	4	0	0	377	96	3.927	8	Advance to 1/8th placement playoff		—	78–26	85–33	89–22	125–15
2	Scotland	4	3	0	1	196	206	0.951	6			26–78	—	46–44	55–36	69–48
3	Samoa	4	2	0	2	215	208	1.034	4			33–85	44–46	—	65–28	73–49
4	Northern Ireland	4	1	0	3	142	253	0.561	2			22–89	36–55	28–65	—	56–44
5	Sri Lanka	4	0	0	4	156	323	0.483	0			15–125	48–69	49–73	44–56	—

Pool B

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GR	Pts	Qualification		AUS	RSA	ZIM	BAR	SGP
1	Australia	4	4	0	0	363	113	3.212	8	Advance to 1/8th placement playoff		—	65–36	86–33	93–32	119–12
2	South Africa	4	3	0	1	228	159	1.434	6			36–65	—	56–42	62–30	74–22
3	Zimbabwe	4	2	0	2	199	215	0.926	4			33–86	42–56	—	58–35	66–38
4	Barbados	4	1	0	3	165	257	0.642	2			32–93	30–62	35–58	—	68–44
5	Singapore	4	0	0	4	116	327	0.355	0			12–119	22–74	38–66	44–68	—

Pool C

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GR	Pts	Qualification		UGA	JAM	BOT	COK	MAS
1	Uganda	4	3	0	1	218	146	1.493	6	Advance to 1/8th placement playoff		—	39–44	46–42	52–39	81–21
2	Jamaica	4	3	0	1	203	150	1.353	6			44–39	—	46–48	43–41	70–22
3	Botswana (H)	4	3	0	1	212	159	1.333	6			42–46	48–46	—	50–41	72–26
4	Cook Islands	4	0	1	3	166	190	0.874	1			39–52	41–43	41–50	—	45–45
5	Malaysia	4	0	1	3	114	268	0.425	1			21–81	22–70	26–72	45–45	—

Pool D

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GR	Pts	Qualification		ENG	FIJ	TRI	WAL	GRD
1	England	4	4	0	0	305	104	2.933	8	Advance to 1/8th placement playoff		—	63–29	75–27	69–23	98–25
2	Fiji	4	3	0	1	206	149	1.383	6			29–63	—	55–28	48–35	74–23
3	Trinidad and Tobago	4	2	0	2	167	197	0.848	4			27–75	28–55	—	36–32	76–35
4	Wales	4	1	0	3	162	183	0.885	2			23–69	35–48	32–36	—	72–30
5	Grenada	4	0	0	4	113	320	0.353	0			25–98	23–74	35–76	30–72	—

17th to 20th place

	Semi-finals				Crossover				Seventeenth place
	13 July
	Malaysia	62
					14 July
	Grenada	49
					Malaysia	57
	13 July
					Sri Lanka	53
	Singapore	63
									15 July
	Sri Lanka	36
									Malaysia	64
									Singapore	44
					14 July
					Grenada	55
					Singapore	68			Nineteenth place
									15 July
									Sri Lanka	51
									Grenada	48

9th to 16th place

	Thirteenth place					Round 2					Quarterfinals					Semifinals					Ninth place
											Botswana		51
											Wales		39
						Wales		47								Botswana		45
						Barbados		44								Samoa		43
											Samoa		54
											Barbados		48
	Wales		44																		Botswana		41
	Trinidad and Tobago		43																		Zimbabwe		56
											Northern Ireland		37
											Zimbabwe		65
	Fifteenth place					Northern Ireland		40								Zimbabwe		55			Eleventh place
						Trinidad and Tobago		51								Cook Islands		41
	Barbados		54								Trinidad and Tobago		31								Samoa		64
	Northern Ireland		42								Cook Islands		40								Cook Islands		37

1st to 8th place

Bracket

	Fifth place					Consolation semifinals					Quarterfinals					Semifinals					Final
											New Zealand		69
											South Africa		32
						South Africa		59								New Zealand		79
						Uganda		35								Fiji		28
											Uganda		37
											Fiji		39
	South Africa		47																		New Zealand		60
	Jamaica		52																		Australia		57
											Scotland		22
											Australia		95
	Seventh place					Scotland		45								Australia		59			Third place
						Jamaica		58								England		39
	Uganda		55								Jamaica		38								Fiji		35
	Scotland		42								England		55								England		70

Quarter-finals

13 July 10:00 (CAT)

New Zealand

69–32

South Africa

University of Botswana Indoor Stadium

13 July 12:00 (CAT)

Uganda

37–39

Fiji

University of Botswana Indoor Stadium

13 July 14:00 (CAT)

Scotland

22–95

Australia

University of Botswana Indoor Stadium

13 July 16:00 (CAT)

Jamaica

38–55

England

University of Botswana Indoor Stadium

Crossover

14 July 12:00 (CAT)

South Africa

59–35

Uganda

University of Botswana Indoor Stadium

14 July 10:00 (CAT)

Scotland

45–58

Jamaica

University of Botswana Indoor Stadium

Semi-finals

14 July 16:00 (CAT)

New Zealand

79–28

Fiji

University of Botswana Indoor Stadium

14 July 18:00 (CAT)

Australia

59–39

England

University of Botswana Indoor Stadium

7th and 8th place

16 July 10:00 (CAT)

Uganda

55–42

Scotland

University of Botswana Indoor Stadium

5th and 6th place

16 July 12:00 (CAT)

South Africa

47–52

Jamaica

University of Botswana Indoor Stadium

Bronze medal

16 July 14:00 (CAT)

Fiji

35–70

England

University of Botswana Indoor Stadium

Gold medal

16 July 16:00 (CAT)

New Zealand

60–57

Australia

University of Botswana Indoor Stadium