Malawi national netball team


The Malawi national netball team, nicknamed "The Queens", represent Malawi in international netball competition.

History

Malawi have played in six World Netball Championships, famously finishing fifth in 2007. The Queens are coached by Whyte Mlilima, who was appointed as caretaker head coach after former coach Griffin Saenda had to withdraw from the team with medical problems. As of 1 July 2020, the team are sixth in the INF World Rankings.
In 2012 they competed in the Fast5 tournament in Auckland, where they have had several historic results including wins over Australia and England, and finished in 5th place, just narrowly missing out on the finals. This followed a draw against Australia in the 2010 Edition. Airtel Malawi is a significant financial donor of the Malawi Queens, having sponsored their trip to Auckland for the Fast5 World Series in 2014 to a sum of K6 M. The current Netball Association of Malawi president is Carol Bapu.
At the 2018 Commonwealth Games, Malawi defeated the second-ranked team in the world, New Zealand, for the first time in history.

Players

2019 Netball World Cup roster

Notable past players