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Uganda wins 2017 Africa Netball Championship

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The She Cranes emerged winners of the 2017 Africa Netball Championship after a 67-50 victory over Zambia in the final game.

Six nations took part in the annual championship: Zambia, Malawi, Namibia Botswana, Zimbabwe and the hosts Uganda, that was led by London-based mercurial player Peace Proscovia.

Five wins out of five, the She Cranes got 10 points and sealed a memorable tournament on the final day of the six-nation event at Lugogo MTN Arena in Kampala by winning all the games at hand, scoring 335 goals and conceding 198.

Uganda started with a convincing victory over Botswana (72-29) on the first day of the tournament last Saturday, the biggest margin in the competition.

Zimbabwe were defending champions of this challenge but the She Cranes managed to outplay them with a 61-45 victory.

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Malawi Queens finished with 8 points by winning four games and only lost to the She Cranes 66-43, winning silver.

Uganda is ranked 13th, Zimbabwe 16th and Zambia 15th while Malawi are ranked 6th in the world.

 

The games Uganda played:

Uganda 72-29 Botswana

Uganda 69-31 Namibia

Uganda 66-43 Malawi

Uganda 61-45 Zimbabwe

Uganda 67-50 Zambia

 

The table standings

TeamĀ Ā  Ā Ā Ā Ā Ā Ā Ā PĀ Ā  W DĀ Ā  LĀ Ā  PTSĀ Ā Ā 

UgandaĀ Ā Ā Ā  Ā 5Ā Ā  5Ā Ā  0 Ā Ā Ā 0Ā Ā Ā Ā  10Ā Ā Ā Ā Ā Ā 

MalawiĀ Ā Ā Ā Ā  5 Ā Ā Ā 4Ā Ā  0Ā Ā Ā  1Ā Ā Ā  8Ā Ā Ā Ā Ā Ā Ā Ā Ā 

Zimbabwe 5Ā Ā  3Ā Ā  0Ā Ā Ā  2Ā Ā  Ā Ā 6Ā Ā Ā Ā Ā Ā Ā Ā Ā 

ZambiaĀ Ā Ā Ā Ā  5Ā Ā  2Ā Ā  0Ā  Ā 3Ā Ā Ā  4Ā Ā Ā Ā Ā Ā Ā Ā Ā 

Botswana 5Ā Ā  1Ā Ā  0Ā Ā Ā  4Ā  Ā Ā Ā 2

NamibiaĀ Ā Ā  5Ā Ā  0Ā Ā  0Ā Ā Ā  5Ā Ā Ā  0

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