| Year | 2018 |
|---|---|
| Dates | 24 August–2 September 2018 |
| Host country | Barbados |
| City | Bridgetown |
| Venues | Garfield Sobers Gymnasium |
| Tv | YouTube |
| Winners | Trinidad and Tobago |
| Second | Barbados |
| Third | Grenada |
| Count | 2 |
| Matches | 28 |
| Num teams | 8 |
| Prev season | 2014 |
| Next season | 2022 |
The 2018 AFNA Championships was a tournament organised by the Americas Federation of Netball Associations. It was the fifth AFNA Championships. It featured eight teams playing a series of netball test matches in August and September 2018 at Bridgetown's Garfield Sobers Gymnasium. The tournament also served as an Americas qualifier for the 2015 Netball World Cup. The hosts, Barbados, were joined by seven other national netball teams.[1][2][3] With a team captained by Rhonda John-Davis and coached by Pepe Gomes,[3][4] Trinidad and Tobago won the series. Barbados finished as runners up.[5] They both qualified for the World Cup.[6][7][8][9][10] They subsequently joined Jamaica at the World Cup. Jamaica had already qualified for the World Cup via the INF World Rankings.[11][12] The series was broadcast on the INF's YouTube channel.[7]
Teams, head coaches and captains
| Team | Head coach | Captain |
|---|---|---|
| Latonia Blackman[10] | ||
| Oberon Pitterson-Nattie[13][14] | ||
| Moeth Gaymes[15] | ||
| [3][4][14] | Pepe Gomes | Rhonda John-Davis[16] |
Matches
Day 2
Sources:[16]
Day 9
Source:[10]
Final table
| Pos | Team | P | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | style="text-align:left" | 7 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 600 | 194 | +406 | 14 |
| 2 | style="text-align:left" | 7 | 6 | 0 | 1 | 535 | 223 | +312 | 12 |
| 3 | style="text-align:left" | 7 | 5 | 0 | 2 | 466 | 307 | +159 | 10 |
| 4 | 7 | 4 | 0 | 3 | 394 | 335 | +59 | 8 | |
| 5 | style="text-align:left" | 7 | 3 | 0 | 4 | 323 | 354 | -31 | 6 |
| 6 | style="text-align:left" | 7 | 2 | 0 | 5 | 304 | 404 | -100 | 4 |
| 7 | style="text-align:left" | 7 | 1 | 0 | 6 | 166 | 515 | -349 | 2 |
| 8 | style="text-align:left" | 7 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 131 | 587 | -456 | 0 |
Medallists
Coach: Pepe Gomes | Coach: Sandra Bruce-Small | Coach: Oberon Pitterson-Nattie |
| Joelisa Cooper Kemba Duncan Shaquanda Greene Candice Guerero Tahirah Hollingsworth Onella Jack Rhonda John-Davis (c) Kalifa McCollin Shantel Seemungal Shernece Seemungal Daystar Swift Samantha Wallace | Shonette Azore-Bruce Latonia Blackman (c) Sade Browne Samantha Browne Damisha Croney (vc) Brianna Holder Rieah Holder Teresa Howell Amanda Knight Nikita Payne Tonisha Rock-Yaw Shonte Seale Sabreena Smith Shonica Wharton |
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