Sydney to stage 2015 Netball World Championship

The International Federation of Netball Associations (IFNA) has announced that Sydney will host the 2015 World Netball Championship.

Sydney edged out Manchester for the right to stage the tournament, Netball Australia securing the hosting rights after Sydney missed out on staging this year's edition of the Championship, which will take place in Singapore in July.

Netball Australia Chief Executive Kate Palmer told the Sydney Morning Herald "this is a dream come true, thanks to a team effort from the NSW Government, Events NSW, the Sydney Olympic Park Authority, Netball NSW and Netball Australia.

"We aimed high when we set out to win the right to host the event and our goal now is to deliver the best and most commercially successful World Netball Championship ever, thereby ensuring that IFNA has the resources to deliver the sport's strategic priorities."

The competition is scheduled to take place at Acer Arena in Sydney Olympic Park.

Sydney hosted the last Netball World Championship in Australia back in 1991. The event is staged every four years and features the world's top 16 national teams.