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The South Africa national netball team, also known as the SPAR Proteas, represent Netball South Africa in international netball tournaments, such as the Netball World Cup, the Commonwealth Games, the Netball Quad Series and the Fast5 Netball World Series.
In 2021, Netball South Africa held the first International Male Netball Tournament, a tri-nations tournament, which featured Uganda, and Kenya. South Africa won the tournament. [1] In 2023, they won the inaugural Men's African Netball Championship. [2] They defeated Zimbabwe 45-40 in the final to lift their maiden continental title. [3]
Netball is a very popular women's sport in South Africa. [1] [2] [3] While participation rates are high, there is no sense of collective identity by players as netballers and being part of a national netball community. [11]
South Africa's netball team needed the backing given to the Springboks at the World Cup, says caps record-holder Bongi Msomi. South African netballers lacked backing to match Rugby World Cup glory ...
The 2025 Vitality Netball Nations Cup is an international netball series hosted and organised by England Netball. It will feature England, South Africa, Malawi and Uganda in a series, played in February 2025. The series will be played over two successive weekends.
Netball South Africa is the main governing body for netball in South Africa.It is affiliated to World Netball and Africa Netball.It is responsible for organising and administering the South Africa national netball team, the South Africa men's national netball team, the Diamond Challenge and the Telkom Netball League, as well as numerous other leagues and competitions for junior and youth teams.
The South African team has won each of the tournaments on offer. The tournament did not take place in 2014 and 2017. [ 1 ] [ 2 ] Despite South Africa's dominance at the tournament, head coach Norma Plummer has stated "we respect all teams we play in the Diamond Challenge and we [work] hard to win these games confidently". [ 3 ]
The Africa Netball Cup, formerly known as the African Netball Championships, is an international netball competition held every two years organised by Africa Netball. The first edition of the tournament was held in 2010. [1] In 2023, the men's edition was introduced. [2]