Overview:
South Africa and Uganda have already secured their World Cup locations by way of the World Netball Rankings.
Africa Netball has formally launched the Africa Netball Cup 2026, setting the stage for a landmark continental championship in Nairobi from 19 to 26 September 2026.
Staged on the Kasarani Indoor Arena, the occasion will mark the primary time Kenya hosts the competitors and can carry Africa’s main netball nations collectively on one of many continent’s most necessary sporting platforms.
The championship will characteristic males’s and ladies’s competitors, with the ladies’s occasion additionally serving because the official Netball World Cup Sydney 2027 Qualifier Africa.
South Africa and Uganda have already secured their World Cup locations by way of the World Netball Rankings.
The subsequent two highest-placed eligible nations in Nairobi will earn Africa’s remaining qualification positions.
Already certified for Netball World Cup Sydney 2027: South Africa and Uganda.
Participating ladies’s groups: South Africa, Uganda, Kenya, Malawi, Zimbabwe, Namibia, Zambia, Botswana, Nigeria and Tanzania.
Speaking on the launch, Africa Netball Acting President, Rebekka Goagoses stated the event displays the game’s continued transition in direction of stronger competitors, better visibility and sustainable progress throughout the continent.
Hosting the Africa Netball Cup in Kenya displays the rising power and attain of our sport. This occasion brings collectively the continent’s finest groups, however it additionally carries a wider goal: to create stronger pathways, encourage younger gamers and place African netball for sustained success on the worldwide stage.
Rebekka Goagoses, Acting president Africa Netball
For Kenya, the championship represents each a serious internet hosting duty and a chance to construct a long-lasting legacy by way of improved services, stronger occasion techniques and elevated nationwide curiosity within the sport.
Kenya is getting ready to welcome Africa with pleasure and goal. Our focus is on delivering a event that meets worldwide requirements whereas creating an expertise that athletes, officers and supporters will keep in mind. Hosting the Cup for the primary time is a chance to showcase Kenya’s rising netball tradition and go away a long-lasting legacy for the game.
Ms. Immaculate Kabutha, Kenya Netball President
The launch begins the official countdown to eight days of continental competitors, nationwide pleasure and World Cup ambition, as Africa’s groups put together to take their place on the highway to Sydney 2027.
