Netball at the 2006 Commonwealth Games
Means of qualification Date Berths Qualified
Host nation 9 April 1999 1 Australia
IFNA rankings 2005 6 New Zealand Jamaica England South Africa Samoa Barbados
Americas Federation of Netball Associations Qualifying Tournament 2005 1 Saint Vincent and the Grenadines
2005 Asian Netball Championships September 2005 1 Singapore
Oceania Netball Federation Qualifying Tournament 2005 1 Fiji
Federation of European Netball Associations Qualifying Tournament 2005 1 Wales
Confederation of African Netball Associations Qualifying Tournament 2005 1 Malawi
Qualification
Countries that competed in the 2006 Commonwealth Games netball tournament . Twelve teams qualified for the netball tournament . The host country , Australia , was granted automatic qualification . The top six world ranked netball countries ( excluding the host country - New Zealand , Jamaica , England , South Africa , Samoa and Barbados ) and one team from each of the IFNA 's 5 regions - to be determined through regional qualifying tournaments conducted in accordance with the Rules and Regulations of IFNA . [ 1 ]
The 2006 Commonwealth Games was the third Games at which netball, one of the few women-only sports in the Commonwealth Games, was played. The preliminary matches were held at the State Netball and Hockey Centre in the Melbourne suburb of Parkville, with the finals being held at the multi-purpose Melbourne Park in the inner city. Netball was among the most popular sports with viewers at this Games, with most tickets selling out in the initial ballot, and no more being available until a second release in the week before the Games - a rare event in a competition where many tickets remained unsold in the final week before the start of competition.