Jamaica’s  Sunshine  Girls  will  end  the  year  holding  firm  to  their  number  four  ranking  as  there  is  no  change  at  the  top  of  the  World  Rankings  according  to  the  latest  release  of  the  rankings  this  week.

The recent netball world cup 2023 winners Australia remain  the  number  one  ranked  team  in  the  World  followed by New Zealand  at  number  two , England 3rd , and Jamaica  4th.

The first change in  the  ranking  can be seen at 16th where Fiji replaces Samoa, following the Fiji Pearls finishing second at the Pacific Games  earlier  this  month.

Caribbean  team  Grenada  as  well  as  Namibia were also rewarded in the world  netball   world rankings for their recent success at the Eastern Caribbean Central Bank  international series and Africa Netball Cup respectively with both teams moving up two places leaving Grenada 19th and Namibia 20th.

Meanwhile three new teams entered the rankings  Canada at 36th, Eswatini at 37th and Dominica at 40th  after reaching the minimum number of games required  ….eight…… to qualify for a  world ranking,,,,,,,,,this takes the number of world ranked teams up to 44.

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