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Europe Netball Open Challenge

Europe Netball Open Challenge
SportNetball
Founded2008
First season2008
Organising bodyEurope Netball
Most recent
champion		 Northern Ireland
Most titles Republic of Ireland
BroadcasterYouTube[1]
Related
competitions		Netball World Cup Qualifiers – Europe
Netball Europe Open Championships

The Europe Netball Open Challenge is an international netball tournament organised by Europe Netball. It was originally known as the European Netball Festival and later as the Netball Europe Open Challenge. It mainly features second level national netball teams affiliated to Europe Netball. It has also included guest teams from outside Europe. Europe's top level teams play in the Netball Europe Open Championships. The Republic of Ireland are the competition's most successful team. Other winners have included Grenada, the Isle of Man, Northern Ireland and the United Arab Emirates.

History

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European Netball Festival

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The Open Challenge evolved from Netball Festivals played in 2008, 2010 and 2012. The Republic of Ireland hosted the 2008 festival. Other participants included Gibraltar and Israel.[2][3][4] The 2010 Festival was won by a Great Britain U19 team.[3][5]

Tournaments Winners Runners Up 3rd 4th 5th 6th
2008[2]
2010[3][5]  Great Britain U19  Republic of Ireland  Malta  Israel  Gibraltar  Sweden
2012[4]  Republic of Ireland  Malta  Gibraltar   Switzerland  Israel

Netball Europe Open Challenge

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The 2013, 2015 and 2016 tournaments were played alongside the Netball Europe Open Championships.[6][7][8]

Tournaments Winners Runners Up 3rd 4th 5th 6th
2013[6]  Republic of Ireland   Switzerland  Gibraltar
2015[7]  Republic of Ireland   Switzerland  Malta
2016[8][9]  Grenada  Republic of Ireland  United States   Switzerland  Malta  Gibraltar
2017[10][11]  Republic of Ireland  Gibraltar  Bermuda  Israel
2018[12]  Republic of Ireland  Isle of Man  UAE  Gibraltar  Israel
2019[13][14]  Isle of Man1  Gibraltar  Republic of Ireland  UAE  Israel  Cayman Islands

Europe Netball Open Challenge

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Tournaments Winners Runners Up 3rd 4th 5th 6th
2021[15][16][17]  UAE  Isle of Man  Malta  Gibraltar   Switzerland  Northern Ireland2
2022[18][19]  Republic of Ireland  UAE  Isle of Man  Gibraltar  Malta  Cayman Islands
2023[20][21]  UAE  Republic of Ireland  Isle of Man  Malta  Gibraltar  France
2024[22]  Northern Ireland  UAE  Republic of Ireland  Isle of Man  Gibraltar  France
Notes

References

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  4. ^ a b "Women Netball European Festival 2012 Gibraltar". www.todor66.com. Archived from the original on 22 December 2024. Retrieved 24 September 2025.
  5. ^ a b "Mixed results for Malta". timesofmalta.com. 6 June 2010. Retrieved 6 October 2025.
  6. ^ a b "Women Netball Europe Open Championship 2013". www.todor66.com. Archived from the original on 4 April 2016. Retrieved 10 September 2025.
  7. ^ a b "Women Netball Europe Open Championship 2015". www.todor66.com. 5 September 2018. Archived from the original on 4 April 2019. Retrieved 5 January 2020.
  8. ^ a b "Women Netball Europe Open Championship 2016". www.todor66.com. Archived from the original on 15 December 2024. Retrieved 20 September 2025.
  9. ^ "Irish Netball and Korball Archive". eirball.net. 27 June 2020. Archived from the original on 12 December 2024. Retrieved 20 September 2025.
  10. ^ "Raynor leads charge as Bermuda thrash Israel". www.royalgazette.com. 13 May 2017. Retrieved 7 October 2025.
  11. ^ "Gibraltar takes second place in Netball Europe". www.chronicle.gi. 14 May 2017. Retrieved 7 October 2025.
  12. ^ "Ireland win Netball Europe Open Challenge". International Netball Federation. 15 May 2018. Archived from the original on 22 October 2020. Retrieved 24 September 2025.
  13. ^ "Netball Europe Open Championship: Isle of Man claim first international title". www.bbc.co.uk. 13 May 2019. Retrieved 24 September 2025.
  14. ^ a b "Netball Europe Open Challenge Results". International Netball Federation. 16 May 2019. Archived from the original on 9 May 2024. Retrieved 24 September 2025.
  15. ^ "UAE Falcons create netball history by striking gold at European Open Challenge". www.thenationalnews.com. 11 October 2021. Retrieved 7 October 2025.
  16. ^ "UAE Falcons Take Gold at Europe Netball Open Challenge". gulfyouthsport.com. 11 October 2021. Retrieved 7 October 2025.
  17. ^ "UAE win Europe Netball Open Challenge". World Netball. 11 October 2021. Archived from the original on 7 May 2024. Retrieved 7 October 2025.
  18. ^ "Europe Netball Open Challenge 2022 - Republic of Ireland take Gold". www.netball.im. 15 May 2022. Retrieved 9 October 2025.
  19. ^ "Republic of Ireland Win The Europe Netball Open Challenge 2022". World Netball. 16 May 2022. Archived from the original on 16 May 2022. Retrieved 11 October 2025.
  20. ^ "Open Challenge 2023". www.europenetball.com. 14 May 2023. Retrieved 24 September 2025.
  21. ^ "UAE Falcons secure Europe Netball Open Challenge title after win over Republic of Ireland". www.thenationalnews.com. 17 May 2023. Retrieved 7 October 2025.
  22. ^ "Open Event 2024". www.europenetball.com. 19 May 2024. Retrieved 24 September 2025.
  23. ^ "Netball - Gibraltar netball kept heads high against quality Northern Ireland". www.chronicle.gi. 7 October 2021. Retrieved 7 October 2025.
  24. ^ "Netball body calls off tournament as a whole rather than banning Israel". nation.cymru. 30 April 2025. Retrieved 6 October 2025.
  25. ^ "Europe Netball competition in Cardiff cancelled following threat of disruption". www.uklfi.com. 4 May 2025. Retrieved 6 October 2025.