Netball Europe Open Championships

The European Netball Championship (also known as the Netball Europe Championships) is an annual netball competition organised by Netball Europe. The Championships or "Open" section features the highest-ranked European nations, and the "Challenge" section features teams below that level. Occasionally under 21 and under 17 divisions have been incorporated in the competition.

History

The 2013 Championship title was won by Wales, the first time England had not won. England were runners up with Northern Ireland third. Fourth place were Scotland.^[1] The English side is usually made up of players not picked for the national team in major tournaments like the World Cup and Commonwealth Games. The Challenge was won by Ireland. Switzerland were runners up with Gibraltar third.^[2]

The 2014 Championship title was won by Wales with England not sending a team. Runners up were Scotland with Northern Ireland third. Fourth place were Ireland.^[3]

The 2015 saw the first competition with guest teams. Championship title was won by England. Runners up were South Africa with Northern Ireland third. Fourth place were Wales. Fifth place was Trinidad and Tobago with Scotland sixth.^[4]

The 2016 saw the Championship title was won by England. Runners up were Wales with Scotland third. Fourth place were Northern Ireland.^[5] The Challenge was won by Grenada. Runners up were Ireland with United States third. Other countries playing were Gibraltar fourth, Malta fifth and Israel sixth.^[6]

The 2017 saw the Championship title was won by England. Runners up were Northern Ireland with Scotland third. Fourth place were Wales and fifth was Fiji.^[7]

Results

Championship

Year	Venue	Final
		Winner	Runner-up	3rd Place	4th Place
2010	Wales	England	Wales	Scotland	Northern Ireland
2011	Northern Ireland	England	Wales	Northern Ireland	Scotland
2012	England	England	Northern Ireland	Wales	Scotland
2013	Scotland	Wales	England	Northern Ireland	Scotland
2014	Wales	Wales	Scotland	Northern Ireland	Republic of Ireland
2015	Northern Ireland	England	South Africa †	Wales	Northern Ireland
2016	England	England	Wales	Scotland	Northern Ireland
2017	Wales	England	Northern Ireland	Scotland	Wales
2019	Northern Ireland	England	Wales	Northern Ireland	Republic of Ireland

† Invited guest

Challenge

Year	Venue	Final
		Winner	Runner-up	3rd Place	4th Place	5th Place	6th Place
2008	Ireland	?	?	?	?	?	?
2010	Malta	Republic of Ireland	Malta	Sweden	Israel	Gibraltar
2012	Gibraltar	Republic of Ireland	Malta	Gibraltar	Switzerland	Israel
2013	Scotland	Republic of Ireland	Switzerland	Gibraltar
2016	England	Grenada †	Republic of Ireland	United States †	Gibraltar
2017	Scotland	Republic of Ireland	Gibraltar	Bermuda †	Israel
2018	Gibraltar	Republic of Ireland	Isle of Man	United Arab Emirates	Gibraltar	Israel
2019	Isle of Man	Isle of Man	Gibraltar	Republic of Ireland	United Arab Emirates	Israel	Cayman Islands †

See also

• Netball Europe