Not one to mince her words, Spar Proteas coach Norma Plummer is not a fan of the present Netball World Cup format that had everyone confused before the preliminary stage 2 starting on Monday.
, which was introduced for the 2019 Netball World Cup in Liverpool, 16 teams compete in the preliminary stages 1 and 2, play-offs and final placings.After the loss to Jamaica on Sunday, Plummer was as confused as most people because she was under the impression the Proteas would be up against defending champions New Zealand on Monday.It turned out South Africa take on unpredictable Trinidad and Tobago on Monday , followed by matches against New Zealand on Wednesday and Uganda on Thursday.
The Proteas go into the second preliminaries stage with a disadvantage because of their loss to Jamaica, who carry over their result, which effectively means South Africa will have to beat Trinidad and Tobago, New Zealand and Uganda.At the same time, the Proteas will be hoping Jamaica and New Zealand get unfavourable results to sneak into the semifinals as one of the top two teams.Plummer said she prefers a strength vs strength format where teams are separated in a top and bottom eight.
“But it will give teams in the bottom eight bracket an opportunity for promotion so that they can move up. I also think they should strive to have a Shield Cup or something [to that effect].“For me, you need all the top teams playing against one another, where No 1 and 2 play for gold medal and [No] 3 and 4 for the bronze medal and all the others go into the rankings. It is still 16 teams. But this is just my idea — and I am not on World Netball.
“That’s why I said we are disappointed from the result against Jamaica, but the tournament doesn’t stop today. Anything that happens from now really depends on what we do on the day of the match.“If you are good enough on the day of the match, you are good. In the first half of our game against Jamaica, we really thought we could take on anyone.“We had a disappointing third quarter but we finished a bit stronger because they made changes.
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