Gallant Dinaletsana crash out

Thursday, July 13, 2017

Botswana crushed out despite finishing level on points with Uganda and Jamaica PIC: MORERI SEJAKGOMO

The national Under-21 netball side, Dinaletsana failed to advance to the quarterfinals of the ongoing 2017 Netball World Youth Cup. The team needed a favour from African counterparts, Uganda who lost to Jamaica 44-39.

The results leave all the sides level on six points, but Dinaletsana were knocked out on goal ratio.

Speaking to the press after the game, International Netball Federation (INF) technical officer, Liz Broomheed revealed that in a tournament of this nature when teams are locked on points, goal ratio is used to decide the standings. “Within this pool, we have three teams with six points,” Broomheed said.

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Gallant Dinaletsana crash out

The national Under-21 netball side, Dinaletsana failed to advance to the quarterfinals of the ongoing 2017 Netball World Youth Cup. The team needed a favour from African counterparts, Uganda who lost to Jamaica 44-39.