Jamaica’s Sunshine Girls will end 2024 at no.3 on the World Netball (WN) World Rankings.

The year-end rankings take into account events up until November 26, 2024 which has led to 30 positional changes.

The Jamaicans, who are now on 189 rating points, moved up a spot into 3^rd place following their 2-1 victory over England in the Vitality Horizon Series.

This means England, who were previously 2nd in the last WN World Rankings update on October 6, now sit in 4^th place with their rating reduced by one, leaving them on 188 points.

The first of the 30 changes can be seen at 2^nd, with New Zealand (192 points) moving back into this spot after winning the Constellation Cup against Australia.

Australia remains in 1^st place, despite their rating decreasing by five to 204, meaning the gap between 1st and 2nd has reduced from 20 to 12 rating points.

South Africa (160 points) remains in 5^th having increased their rating by two, after winning all three of their matches against Malawi in the SPAR Challenge Series.

Completing the top 10 are Uganda (128), Malawi (125), Tonga (124), Wales (121) and Scotland (104).

The results from the Asia Netball Championships and Battle of the Saints mean that four new teams have entered the WN World Rankings, having reached the minimum number of matches required (8) for a WN World Ranking in a WN World Ranking period at these events.

India entered at 41^st, whilst British Virgin Islands entered at 45^th, and Chinese Taipei and the Maldives both enter at 50^th, with the same points and rating.

Another change as a result of the Battle of the Saints included St Maarten pushing themselves to 30^th in the WN World Rankings table as a result of winning all of their matches.