WDBF World Championships 2019

Posted by admin on 14 01 2020.

New Zealand has bowed out in the quarter final stage of the WDBF 2019 World Championships, in Cancun, Mexico in November 2019.

Despite a slow start, the New Zealand team grew into the tournament and were extremely competitive in their quarter final against USA, despite going down 10 – 2

The New Zealand team were impressive early on in the knock out match, holding the USA to 3-2 early in the first half before the American’s pulled away in the second half.

Once again the New Zealand team introduced a large number of debutants, with half the team making their debut for New Zealand.

Starting the tournament with a strong win against a Norway team, the mens team couldn’t find the consistency needed to win the tight games, although taking an early lead in a number of games during the tournament.

New Zealand finished 8^th at the end of the round robin stages, and were eliminated by the eventual winner, USA, in the quarter final.