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World champions: 1963–2019

Year Country
1963 Australia
1967 New Zealand
1971 Australia
1975 Australia
1979 New Zealand, Australia, Trinidad and Tobago
1983 Australia
1987 New Zealand
1991 Australia
1995 Australia
1999 Australia
2003 New Zealand
2007 Australia
2011 Australia
2015 Australia
2019 New Zealand

This table shows the winners of the world championship since 1963. It has almost always been a struggle for supremacy between New Zealand and its arch-rival, Australia.

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Te Ara – The Encyclopedia of New Zealand

Source: Netball New Zealand

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Suzanne McFadden, Netball – International competition, Te Ara – the Encyclopedia of New Zealand, https://teara.govt.nz/en/interactive/39225/world-champions-1963-2019 (accessed 11 June 2026).

Story by Suzanne McFadden, published 30 November 2012, updated 1 June 2023.