ABOUT COMMONWEALTH GAMES
Netball was first played at the Commonwealth Games in 1990 as a demonstration sport. It has been an official Commonwealth Games sport since 1998. Australia have been the tournament’s most successful team, winning three gold medals. New Zealand have won two gold medals. Between 1998 and 2014, Australia and New Zealand contested every final and won every gold and silver medal between them. In 2018, England became only the third team to both reach the final and win the gold medal.
FIJI AT THE COMMONWEALTH GAMES
Fiji has been to 3 Netball Commonwealth Games in 2002, 2006 and 2018. Fiji finished 12th at the 2018 Netball in Commonwealth Games
Netball was one of the ten core sports at the 2018 Commonwealth Games, which was held on the Gold Coast in Australia. This was the sixth staging of netball at the Commonwealth Games since its inclusion in 1998, and the second time the netball event was held in Australia. The competition took place between 5 and 15 April 2018. Preliminary matches were held at the Gold Coast Convention and Exhibition Centre, with finals matches held at the Coomera Indoor Sports Centre. A total of 144 athletes from 12 nations participated in the tournament.
FIJI AT THE LAST COMMONWEALTH GAMES
Netball was one of the ten core sports at the 2018 Commonwealth Games, which was held on the Gold Coast in Australia. This was the sixth staging of netball at the Commonwealth Games since its inclusion in 1998, and the second time the netball event was held in Australia. The competition took place between 5 and 15 April 2018. Preliminary matches were held at the Gold Coast Convention and Exhibition Centre, with finals matches held at the Coomera Indoor Sports Centre. A total of 144 athletes from 12 nations participated in the tournament.
THE NEXT COMMONWEALTH GAMES
Netball at Commonwealth Games will be next played at Birmingham 2022 games, this will be netball’s 7th appearance at the games, unfortunately due to a lack of playing opportunities for the Fiji Team, affecting Fiji’s International Ranking, Fiji will not be able to qualify for the Birmingham 2022 games.
