12 nations confirm participation in CWG netball event

Twelve nations, including defending champion New Zealand, Australia and England, have confirmed participation in the netball competition of this year's Commonwealth Games.

"The International Federation of Netball Associations and the Commonwealth Games Federation have confirmed that the following nations have accepted the invitation to participate in the netball competition in the Delhi Commonwealth Games in October this year," the CGF said in a statement.

The competition will take place at the renovated Thyagaraj Stadium, which is solar powered and is India's first green venue.

In Melbourne Commonwealth Games, Australia had won the silver while England had settled for bronze.

The competition will consist of two pools of six teams playing each other in a round-robin format with the two leading teams in each pool advancing to the finals.

The confirmed participants: Australia, New Zealand, England, Jamaica, Malawi, South Africa, Cook Islands, Samoa, Trinidad and Tobago, Barbados, Papua New Guinea, India.