Reviewed by Peter KanjereMalawi sports betting writer
Published 30 September 2026
Malawi beat Namibia by fifty goals to forty five in the third place play off at the Africa Netball Cup in Nairobi, and Uganda took the women’s title.
Uganda beat South Africa by fifty six goals to fifty three in the women’s final, at the Moi International Sports Centre in Kasarani, Nairobi. Malawi finished third and Namibia fourth.
The four African places for Sydney
Four African teams hold places at the 2027 Netball World Cup in Sydney. South Africa and Uganda were the two invited on the World Netball rankings published on 1 December 2025, and Malawi and Namibia earned theirs at the tournament in Nairobi.
That is the route the Queens took in this tournament, and it is why the week in Nairobi mattered to Malawi in a way it did not to the two teams that arrived with places already in hand.
Two titles, two countries
South Africa beat Eswatini by forty nine goals to forty five in the men’s final, so South Africa left Nairobi with the men’s title and Uganda with the women’s.
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