Sixteen nations contested for the title, which included the top six of the previous tournament which was held in Sydney, Australia.

After two group stage rounds, Australia, England, New Zealand and South Africa all made it to the semi-finals.

[2][3] The 2019 Netball World Cup was launched in January 2018 at St George's Hall in Liverpool, the host city.

[4] Liverpool was selected as the host city for the event in February 2015 by the International Netball Federation.

At the conclusion of qualifying pool play Australia, England, South Africa and New Zealand advanced into the semi-finals.

[21] During pool play Australia had edged New Zealand by one goal to top Group F and England easily beat South Africa to take out Group G. That meant Australia would face South Africa in one semi-final, with England squaring off against New Zealand in the other.

[22] England were favourites in their semi final, being the commonwealth games champions and having gone undefeated for two years against New Zealand.

Heading into the final quarter New Zealand were ahead by three goals and managed to hold on for a 47–45 victory.

[23] Australia started with a second string side against South Africa in the other semi, resting their captain and leaving some of their stars on the bench.

South Africa fought back to out score Australia in the third quarter and close the gap to just four goals.

They continued to push Australia through the last quarter and in the end it required some great defense to close out the game.

In the final minute of the quarter New Zealand got on a roll scoring three consecutive times to take a 25–28 lead into the half.