Netball World Cup: Uganda National Netball team makes it to second round

Uganda's national netball team, She Cranes exhibited a dominating performance over Trinidad & Tobago at the Netball World Cup 2023 in Cape Town on Sunday.

She cranes collected 74-33 scores and finished second in Group D.

The emphatic win saw Uganda come second behind title holders New Zealand, and the win made Uganda progress to the next round of the competition.

Mary Nuba who came in for Christine Namulumba at the start of the second quarter, dominated the shooting arc with 35 goals including a couple of sweet layups.

Margaret Baagala continued to excel in the middle with 39 assists while Irene Eyaru and Shadiah Nassanga had 18 and 17 goals respectively.

Uganda looked shaky and trailed 4-1 in the opening exchanges but later found the rhythm and took control.

They led 14-11 after the first quarter and opened a 33-18 advantage at the long break.

Uganda will be regrouped in the second preliminary round where they will face off with Hosts South Africa, Jamaica, and Wales.

Commenting on the game, Ugandan captain Irene Eyaru noted that the main ambition at this tournament is to improve on a world ranking of eight.

Sunday, July 30 Results

Australia 101-32 Fiji, Wales 68-56 Sri Lanka, Malawi 84-48 Barbados, New Zealand 80-19 Singapore, England 62-37 Scotland, Uganda 74-34 Trinidad & Tobago, Jamaica 67-49 South Africa, Tonga 55-46 Zimbabwe

Format         

The top three teams from Groups A and B will be joined in a new Pool F.

And the same will be done for the top three in C and D to form a new Group G.

These teams will carry forward the results against the teams they faced in the initial groups.

And will contest three further matches against teams they have yet to play in the Group.

The top two teams from each group (G and F) will qualify for the semi-finals, while there will be classification matches for other nations.