Where are the Proteas ranked

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The Proteas are the hardest working ladies in Netball as confirmed by the World Netball rankings.

South Africa’s finest have played the most matches in the current rankings period which started on 1 July 2019.

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South Africa ranked fifth ahead of Netball World Cup

After the most recent update, South Africa’s Proteas find themselves fifth on the rankings despite having the most total points.

Nichole Taljaard of South Africa passes to Bongiwe Msomi of South Africa during the 2023 Netball Quad Series game between South Africa and New Zealand at the CTICC in Cape Town on 21 January 2023 Photo: Ryan Wilkisky/BackpagePix

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Owing to World Netball’s average rankings system, the Proteas are fifth on the latest standings heading into a home World Cup.

At the last World Cup South Africa finished fourth but they ran Australia close in the semi-final before again coming up short in the third-place playoff.

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However, Southern Africa continues to threaten to become a powerhouse in Netball with Malawi (6th), Zimbabwe (13th) and Zambia (16th) all ranked inside the top 20.

Also in the top ten is eighth-place Uganda which gives Africa three nations among that elite stratum tied with Europe (entirely represented by nations within the UK) and the Pacific region for the most representatives.

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Rankings

RANKING	TEAM	PLAYED	WEIGHTED	POINTS	RATING
1	Australia	38	28	5,774	206
2	New Zealand	46	33	6,514	197
3	England	48	34	6,108	180
4	Jamaica	40	31	5,485	177
5	South Africa	65	43	6,770	157
6	Malawi	56	40	5,079	127
7	Tonga	21	20	2,510	126
8	Uganda	49	33	3,941	119
9	Wales	30	23	2,699	117
10	Scotland	23	19	2,088	110
11	Trinidad & Tobago	27	21	2,031	97
12	Northern Ireland	27	19	1,668	88
13	Zimbabwe	41	28	2,398	86
14	Barbados	29	22	1,762	80
15	Sri Lanka	14	11	817	74
16	Zambia	31	22	1,619	74
17	Samoa	28	23	1,652	72
18	St Vincent & Grenadines	13	11	760	69
19	Fiji	30	27	1,852	69
20	Cook Islands	13	9	593	66
21	Grenada	10	9	514	57
22	Philippines	6	6	337	56
23	Namibia	36	24	1,308	55
24	Botswana	24	17	925	54
25	UAE	14	12	620	52
26	Ireland	33	27	1,057	39
27	Isle of Man	27	21	763	36
28	Singapore	37	29	1,036	36
29	Eswatini	6	6	210	35
30	Malaysia	14	13	440	34
31	St Lucia	13	11	366	33
32	USA	11	10	327	33
33	Gibraltar	24	20	630	32
34	Kenya	30	21	601	29
35	Brunei	6	6	150	25
36	Cayman Islands	19	16	344	22
37	Antigua & Barbuda	24	16	322	20
38	Malta	14	12	122	10
39	Papua New Guinea	26	22	122	6
40	Israel	10	10	55	6
41	Tanzania	15	11	55	5
42	Hong Kong	6	6	22	4
43	St Kitts & Nevis	11	6	19	3
44	Lesotho	6	3	0	0
44	St Maarten	11	6	0	0
44	Switzerland	14	12	0	0