World Netball updated the World Netball (WN) World Rankings to include results from the SPAR Diamond Challenge and Nations Cup Singapore, the last two fixtures in the international netball calendar for 2022 on Monday, 19 December 2022.
The two events have taken the total matches played in this ranking year since the annual update on the 1st of March up to 233, a great record for World Netball.
The top five teams around the world saw no change in their positions on the rankings list, with Australia remaining 1st, New Zealand 2nd, England 3rd, Jamaica 4th and South Africa 5th after the Proteas finished unbeaten in the SPAR Diamond Challenge in November 2022.
Scotland and Zimbabwe retain their respective 10th and 13th positions.
Other teams that added more matches to their tallies included the newly crowned 2022 Singapore Nations Cup champions Botswana, who are in 24th position from 31st, Fiji going to position 17 from 15.
Elsewhere, Singapore moved from 30th to 27th place after claiming third place at the Singapore Nations Cup, while Ireland, who finished fourth, and Malaysia, who finished fifth, both dropped places to 31st and 30th position, respectively.
2022 World Netball World Rankings:
1.Australia
2.New Zealand
3.England
4.Jamaica
5.South Africa
6.Malawi
7.Uganda
8.Tonga
9.Wales
10.Scotland
Photo 1 Caption: World Netball updated the World Netball (WN) World Rankings to include results from the SPAR Diamond Challenge and Nations Cup Singapore, the last two fixtures in the international netball calendar for 2022 on Monday, 19 December 2022. Photo: World Netball
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