The 1979 World Netball Championships was the fifth edition of the INF Netball World Cup, a quadrennial premier event in international netball. It was held in Port of Spain, Trinidad and Tobago, featuring 19 teams.[1]
Australia, New Zealand and Trinidad and Tobago shared the title as there were no finals, instead the top 10 teams playing off in a round robin. Each of the top three teams won eight out of nine matches, losing once, to one of the other two: New Zealand defeated Trinidad and Tobago 49–33; Trinidad and Tobago defeated Australia 40–38; and Australia defeated New Zealand 38–36. The tournament rules of the time did not provide a way of determining an outright winner under the circumstances, so the three teams shared the title.[2]
Sherril Peters (c) Althea Luces Jennifer Williams Jean Pierre Peggy Castanada Cyrenia Charles Ingrid Blackman Angela Burke Browne Veryl A Kretschmar Heather Charleau Marcia Simsoy Frank Jennifer Nurse
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^1Australia, New Zealand and Trinidad and Tobago were actually declared the joint winners. The tournament had no tie-break criteria. For the purposes of this table, goal average was used to decide the order of teams.