The Uganda national netball team, also known as the She-Cranes, represent the Uganda Netball Federation in international

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tournaments, such as the

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, the

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, the

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and the Netball Nations Cup. Uganda have won

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and

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tournaments. Their best results in major tournaments are fifth place finishes at the

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and the

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. As of 25 July 2024, Uganda are sixth in the

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Tournament history

Major tournaments

Netball World Cup

Uganda made their

debut in

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. With a team coached by Ben Mary Muwanga and captained by Suzan Ddumba Namatovu, they finished 13th. Uganda qualified for

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after winning the 2014 African Netball Championships. In their opening game of the tournament they defeated

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74–38 with Peace Proscovia scoring 56 goal. Uganda would eventually finish in eighth place after losing a play off to

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. Uganda qualified for the

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after winning the 2018 African Netball Championships. Uganda would finish in seventh place after defeating

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58–47 in a play off. At the

, with a team featuring Mary Cholhok Nuba and captained by

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, Uganda finished the tournament in 5th place after they defeated the hosts

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49–47 in a play off.

Commonwealth Games

Uganda made their

debut in

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. They finished the tournament in sixth place, after losing a play off to

53–42. At the

, Uganda finished fifth after defeating South Africa 54–48 in a play off.

Netball Nations Cup

Fast5 Netball World Series

African tournaments

Uganda also competes in competitions against other African national teams. These include the

, the Diamond Challenge, tournaments at the

and

qualifiers.

All-Africa Games

Africa Netball Cup

Diamond Challenge

Since 2012,

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has hosted the Diamond Challenge. The trophy is contested with mainly visiting African national teams, including Uganda.

Netball World Cup qualifiers

Invitational tournaments and series

Uganda have competed in several invitational tournaments, including when, with a team captained by Peace Proscovia and coached by Fred Mugerwa, they won the 2013 Netball Singapore Nations Cup. Before this tournament, they had not played outside of Africa since

. They were unranked and only secured government funding at the last minute after making a plea for public help via the ''

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'' newspaper. The

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, also donated to the Uganda Netball Federation to help with the cost. Uganda missed their flights and missed their opening match against the

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. They arrived on day two of the competition, after a ten hour flight, just six hours before their first match. Despite everything, they beat the

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54–41. They then drew with

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52–52 to stay in contention. They subsequently defeated

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and

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to qualify for the final. In the final they defeated Singapore 52–29, with Peace Proscovia scoring 30 goals.

Notable players

Current squad

The current squad was selected for the 2024 Netball Nations Cup.

Captains

Coaches

Head coaches

Assistant coaches

Honours

**''Winners'': 2014, 2017, 2018 **''Runners Up'': 2021 *

**''Winners'':

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**''Winners'': 2013

References

External links

She Cranes on Facebook
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