{"history":[],"article":{"id":"3f93b926-e5ca-458b-8a04-2642984e5383","title":"Netball at the 2006 Commonwealth Games","slug":"netball-at-the-2006-commonwealth-games","content":":::summary\n![Netball at the 2006 Commonwealth Games](https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/2/2c/Netball///pictogram.svg)\n**Event:** Netball at the 2006 Commonwealth Games \n**Image Size:** 80 \n**Venue:** Melbourne, Australia \n**Dates:** 16–26 March 2006 \n**Nations:** 12 \n**Gold:** 🇳🇿 \n**Silver:** 🇦🇺 \n**Bronze:** 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 \n**Prev:** [Manchester 2002](https://bliptext.com/articles/netball-at-the-2002-commonwealth-games) \n**Next:** [Delhi 2010](https://bliptext.com/articles/netball-at-the-2010-commonwealth-games) \n:::\n\n# \nThe **[Netball](https://bliptext.com/articles/netball-at-the-commonwealth-games) at the [2006 Commonwealth Games](https://bliptext.com/articles/2006-commonwealth-games)** was the third Commonwealth Games tournament.\nThe preliminary matches were held at the [State Netball and Hockey Centre](https://bliptext.com/articles/state-netball-and-hockey-centre) with the finals being held at the multi-purpose [Melbourne Park](https://bliptext.com/articles/melbourne-park) in the inner city.\nNetball was among the most popular sports with viewers at this Games, with most tickets selling out in the initial ballot, and no more being available until a second release in the week before the Games - a rare event in a competition where many tickets remained unsold in the final week before the start of competition.\n\n# Netball medal count\n\n# Qualification\nTwelve teams qualified for the netball tournament.\nThe host country, Australia, was granted automatic qualification.\nThe top six world ranked netball countries (excluding the host country - New Zealand, Jamaica, England, South Africa, Samoa and Barbados) and one team from each of the IFNA's 5 regions - to be determined through regional qualifying tournaments conducted in accordance with the Rules and Regulations of IFNA.\n# [Countries that competed in the 2006 Commonwealth Games netball tournament. | upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/2/2f/2006///Commonwealth///Games///netball///competing///countries///map.png]\n\n# Competition format\nTwelve qualified nations were drawn into two groups, each consisting of six teams.\nEach game result merits a corresponding point:\nThe teams with the two highest points qualified for the knockout stage, which was a [single-elimination tournament](https://bliptext.com/articles/single-elimination-tournament).\nThe semifinal winners contested for the gold medal, while the losers played for the bronze medal.\n\n# Squads\n\n# Umpires\nThe [IFNA](https://bliptext.com/articles/international-federation-of-netball-associations) named the following umpires to officiate the netball games at the 2006 Commonwealth Games.\nOsbourne was later replaced with fellow New Zealander Pauline Sciascia.\n\n# Preliminary round\n\n## Group A\n

\n\n## Group B\n

\n\n# Classification\n\n## Eleventh place game\n

\n\n## Ninth place game\n

\n\n## Seventh place game\n

\n\n## Fifth place game\n

\n\n# Knockout round\n\n## Semifinals\n

\n\n## Bronze medal match\n

\n\n## Gold medal game\n

\n\n# Statistical leaders\n\n## Team tournament highs\n**Total Goals**\n**Goals from MPW**\n**Match Play Winners**\n**Penalties**\n**Match Play Errors**\nKey: Rk - Rank, MP - Matches Played, SUS - Suspended Player, S - Success, A - Attempt, % - Goaling Percentage, MPW - Match Play Winner, INT - Intercept, DEF - Deflection, REA - Rebound Attack, RED - Rebound Defense, CON - Contact, OBS - Obstruction, STP - Stepping, BP - Bad Pass, HB - Held Ball, BCP - Breaking Centre Pass, OGE - Opposition Goal from Error\n\n## Individual tournament highs\n**Total Goals**\n**Goals from MPW**\n**Feed to Shooter**\n**Match Play Winners**\n[Nicole Aiken](https://bliptext.com/articles/nicole-aiken) from [Jamaica](https://bliptext.com/articles/jamaica-national-netball-team) finished with an average 8.0 MPWs but only played two games.\nKey: Rk - Rank, MP - Matches Played, SUS - Suspended Player, S - Success, A - Attempt, % - Goaling Percentage, MPW - Match Play Winner, INT - Intercept, DEF - Deflection, REA - Rebound Attack, RED - Rebound Defense\n\n# Medallists","current_revision":null,"created_by":"kACnuQmH5k9Nr5VNVEpVeg7XpvUmMctD","created_at":"2025-01-26T07:18:32.285Z","updated_at":"2025-01-26T07:18:32.285Z","search_vector":"'2006':4 'commonwealth':5 'game':6 'netbal':1","search_content":" \n \n**Event:** Netball at the 2006 Commonwealth Games \n**Image Size:** 80 \n**Venue:** Melbourne, Australia \n**Dates:** 16–26 March 2006 \n**Nations:** 12 \n**Gold:** 🇳🇿 \n**Silver:** 🇦🇺 \n**Bronze:** 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 \n**Prev:** [Manchester 2002](https://bliptext.com/articles/netball-at-the-2002-commonwealth-games) \n**Next:** [Delhi 2010](https://bliptext.com/articles/netball-at-the-2010-commonwealth-games) \n \n\n# \nThe **[Netball](https://bliptext.com/articles/netball-at-the-commonwealth-games) at the [2006 Commonwealth Games](https://bliptext.com/articles/2006-commonwealth-games)** was the third Commonwealth Games tournament.\nThe preliminary matches were held at the [State Netball and Hockey Centre](https://bliptext.com/articles/state-netball-and-hockey-centre) with the finals being held at the multi-purpose [Melbourne Park](https://bliptext.com/articles/melbourne-park) in the inner city.\nNetball was among the most popular sports with viewers at this Games, with most tickets selling out in the initial ballot, and no more being available until a second release in the week before the Games - a rare event in a competition where many tickets remained unsold in the final week before the start of competition.\n\n# Netball medal count\n\n# Qualification\nTwelve teams qualified for the netball tournament.\nThe host country, Australia, was granted automatic qualification.\nThe top six world ranked netball countries (excluding the host country - New Zealand, Jamaica, England, South Africa, Samoa and Barbados) and one team from each of the IFNA's 5 regions - to be determined through regional qualifying tournaments conducted in accordance with the Rules and Regulations of IFNA.\n# [Countries that competed in the 2006 Commonwealth Games netball tournament. | upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/2/2f/2006///Commonwealth///Games///netball///competing///countries///map.png]\n\n# Competition format\nTwelve qualified nations were drawn into two groups, each consisting of six teams.\nEach game result merits a corresponding point:\nThe teams with the two highest points qualified for the knockout stage, which was a [single-elimination tournament](https://bliptext.com/articles/single-elimination-tournament).\nThe semifinal winners contested for the gold medal, while the losers played for the bronze medal.\n\n# Squads\n\n# Umpires\nThe [IFNA](https://bliptext.com/articles/international-federation-of-netball-associations) named the following umpires to officiate the netball games at the 2006 Commonwealth Games.\nOsbourne was later replaced with fellow New Zealander Pauline Sciascia.\n\n# Preliminary round\n\n## Group A\n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n\n## Group B\n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n\n# Classification\n\n## Eleventh place game\n \n\n## Ninth place game\n \n\n## Seventh place game\n \n\n## Fifth place game\n \n\n# Knockout round\n\n## Semifinals\n \n \n\n## Bronze medal match\n \n\n## Gold medal game\n \n\n# Statistical leaders\n\n## Team tournament highs\n**Total Goals**\n**Goals from MPW**\n**Match Play Winners**\n**Penalties**\n**Match Play Errors**\nKey: Rk - Rank, MP - Matches Played, SUS - Suspended Player, S - Success, A - Attempt, % - Goaling Percentage, MPW - Match Play Winner, INT - Intercept, DEF - Deflection, REA - Rebound Attack, RED - Rebound Defense, CON - Contact, OBS - Obstruction, STP - Stepping, BP - Bad Pass, HB - Held Ball, BCP - Breaking Centre Pass, OGE - Opposition Goal from Error\n\n## Individual tournament highs\n**Total Goals**\n**Goals from MPW**\n**Feed to Shooter**\n**Match Play Winners**\n[Nicole Aiken](https://bliptext.com/articles/nicole-aiken) from [Jamaica](https://bliptext.com/articles/jamaica-national-netball-team) finished with an average 8.0 MPWs but only played two games.\nKey: Rk - Rank, MP - Matches Played, SUS - Suspended Player, S - Success, A - Attempt, % - Goaling Percentage, MPW - Match Play Winner, INT - Intercept, DEF - Deflection, REA - Rebound Attack, RED - Rebound Defense\n\n# Medallists","revisionCount":0},"hasMore":false,"nextCursor":null}

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