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Australia is bidding to host the Netball World Cup for a fourth time, with Sydney proposed to be the home of the 2027 tournament.
Key points: Australia has previously held the Netball World Cup on three occasions Sydney hosted the tournament in 1991 and 2015, while Perth was the home of the 1967 edition Australia is an 11-time winner of the tournament Only days after Australia and New Zealand were named hosts of the 2023 FIFA Women's World Cup, Netball Australia (NA) announced its bid to secure another global sporting championship.
And it is confident about its chances.
"2027 will be Netball Australia's 100th anniversary, so it would be an honour to host the global netball community in Sydney to help us celebrate this significant milestone — to recognise how far netball in Australia and around the world has come," NA chief executive Marne Fechner said in a statement. Read more: https://www.abc.net.au/news/2020-06-30/australia-bidding-to-host-2027-netball-world-cup-in-sydney/12406294
