Sixteen nations are set to compete at the 2023 Netball World Cup taking place in Cape Town from 28 July to the 6th of August 2023.
This year’s tournament will be hosted on African soil for the first time, with South Africa, Zimbabwe, Malawi and Uganda representing the continent.
South African Netball President, Cecilia Molokwane on Friday said she is optimistic that the Proteas [ SA netball team] will make sure this trophy does not leave the South African shores and stays in the country.
Molokwane made the remarks during the 2023 Netball World Cup activation at the Forum of the South African Directors-General (FOSAD) in Magaliesburg.
Explaining the significance of the dates for the tournament, she said they were specifically chosen to celebrate Mandela Month and Women’s Month.
“This trophy will be played from 28 July. It landed on 25 May; we wanted it to land in Africa on Africa Day. When it landed, I learned that the African Union was celebrating 60 years and it was for the first time in 60 years that the trophy was on the continent,” Molokwane said.
The City of Cape Town will establish a Fan Park outside the Cape Town International Convention Centre where netball fans can watch matches on a big screen, enjoy live entertainment, play games in a family environment for the duration of the tournament.