Queens, Scotland battle for 7th place

By Llywellenie Mpasa: The Malawi National Netball Team, the Queens, will face hosts Scotland in the seventh/ eighth-place classification match at the 2026 Glasgow Commonwealth Games today. The match follows the Queens' 55-49 victory over Tonga in Glasgow, Scotland Thursday. The Queens will be hoping to maintain their Commonwealth Games ranking after finishing seventh at the 2022 Commonwealth Games, where they beat Wales 62-56 in Birmingham, England. Queens coach Deborah Fuller said beating Scotland would not be easy. "We are playing the host nation so we are not only playing against the team on the court but we will be playing the crowd, so they will have home advantage. "We have to strategically beat them tactically because they are fit, we are fit, they have got some height in the shooting end so we have to stop them," Fuller said. In a match monitored on SuperSport Thursday, Fuller made one change to the side that faced Australia, bringing in Mphatso Banda for Melia Soko. It was a closely contested affair from start to finish, with Tonga holding a slender 15-14 lead at the end of the first quarter. However, the Queens responded strongly in the second quarter, producing a disciplined display to win 15-11 and take a 29-25 lead into half-time. Malawi maintained their momentum after the restart, narrowly winning the third quarter 14-13 before holding off a determined Tonga side with a 12-10 final-quarter performance to seal a 55-49 victory. The win marked Malawi's second triumph of the tournament after a difficult campaign against some of the world's top ranked teams. The Queens opened their campaign with a 65-44 defeat to South Africa before bouncing back with a 64-48 victory over Northern Ireland. They then lost 68-32 to world number one Australia and 73-38 to England.

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WIRE — By Llywellenie Mpasa: The Malawi National Netball Team, the Queens, will face hosts Scotland in the seventh/ eighth-place classification match at the 2026 Glasgow Commonwealth Games today. The match follows the Queens' 55-49 victory over Tonga in Glasgow, Scotland Thursday. The Queens will be hoping to maintain their Commonwealth Games ranking after finishing seventh at the 2022 Commonwealth Games, where they beat Wales 62-56 in Birmingham, England. Queens coach Deborah Fuller said beating Scotland would not be easy. "We are playing the host nation so we are not only playing against the team on the court but we will be playing the crowd, so they will have home advantage. "We have to strategically beat them tactically because they are fit, we are fit, they have got some height in the shooting end so we have to stop them," Fuller said. In a match monitored on SuperSport Thursday, Fuller made one change to the side that faced Australia, bringing in Mphatso Banda for Melia Soko. It was a closely contested affair from start to finish, with Tonga holding a slender 15-14 lead at the end of the first quarter. However, the Queens responded strongly in the second quarter, producing a disciplined display to win 15-11 and take a 29-25 lead into half-time. Malawi maintained their momentum after the restart, narrowly winning the third quarter 14-13 before holding off a determined Tonga side with a 12-10 final-quarter performance to seal a 55-49 victory. The win marked Malawi's second triumph of the tournament after a difficult campaign against some of the world's top ranked teams. The Queens opened their campaign with a 65-44 defeat to South Africa before bouncing back with a 64-48 victory over Northern Ireland. They then lost 68-32 to world number one Australia and 73-38 to England.

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