All You Need To Know: The Europe Netball Open Challenge 2022

11 May, 2022

The Europe Netball Open Challenge takes place this week from the 12^th to the 15^th May in the Isle of Man at the National Sports Centre.

The hosts will welcome the Cayman Islands (invitational), Gibraltar, Switzerland, UAE, Republic of Ireland, Malta, and Israel for four days of competition.

Last year, the event took place in Gibraltar with the UAE making history as they finished 1^st in the competition, after winning all fours of their matches.

This year the eight teams have been split into two groups, A and B, based on the World Netball World Rankings as of the 1^st March 2022.

Here are the two groups:

	GROUP A
1	Isle of Man
2	Cayman Islands
3	Gibraltar
4	Switzerland

	GROUP B
1	UAE
2	Republic of Ireland
3	Malta
4	Israel

In the first two days of competition, the teams will play all those within their groups, with the final group standings then being used to determine who the teams play next on day three, and then day three results being used to decide the schedule for the final day of competition.

Here is the schedule (UK times given):

	Thursday 12^th May
9am	UAE vs Malta
11am	Republic of Ireland vs Israel
1pm	Isle of Man vs Gibraltar
3pm	Cayman Islands vs Switzerland
5pm	Republic of Ireland vs Malta
7pm	UAE vs Israel

	Friday 13^th May
9am	Isle of Man vs Cayman Islands
11am	Gibraltar vs Switzerland
1pm	UAE vs Republic of Ireland
3pm	Malta vs Israel
5pm	Isle of Man vs Switzerland
7pm	Cayman Islands vs Gibraltar

		Saturday 14^th May
Match 1	9am	A 3^rd vs B 4^th
Match 2	11am	A 4^th vs B 3^rd
Match 3	1pm	A 2^nd vs B 1^st
Match 4	3pm	A 1^st vs B 2^nd
	5pm	Loser of Match 1 vs Loser of Match 2 (7^th & 8^th)

	Sunday 15^th May
9am	Winner of match 1 vs Winner of Match 2 (5^th & 6^th)
11am	Winner of match 3 v Loser of Match 4 (3^rd & 4^th)
1pm	Winner of Match 3 v Winner of Match 4 (1^st and 2^nd)