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Malawi at the 2018 Commonwealth Games

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Malawi at the 2018 Commonwealth Games
Flag of Malawi
CGF code	MAW
CGA	Olympic and Commonwealth Games Association of Malawi
inGold Coast, Australia 4 April 2018 – 15 April 2018
Competitors	19 in 2 sports
Flag bearer	Joyce Mvula
Medals	Gold 0 Silver 0 Bronze 0 Total 0
Commonwealth Games appearances (overview)
1970 1974 1978 1982 1986 1990 1994 1998 2002 2006 2010 2014 2018 2022
Other related appearances
Rhodesia and Nyasaland (1962)

Malawi competed at the 2018 Commonwealth Games in the Gold Coast, Australia from April 4 to April 15, 2018.^[1]

Netball athlete Joyce Mvula was the country's flag bearer during the opening ceremony.^[2]

Competitors[edit]

The following is the list of number of competitors participating at the Games per sport/discipline.

Sport	Men	Women	Total
Athletics (track and field)	7	0	7
Netball	—	12	12
Total	7	12	19

Athletics[edit]

Men
Track & road events

Athlete	Event	Heat		Semifinal		Final
Athlete	Event	Result	Rank	Result	Rank	Result	Rank
Dalitso Gunde	400 m	51.59	8	did not advance
Golden Gunde	400 m	48.39	6	did not advance
Benedicto Makumba	800 m	1:57.22	9	—	did not advance
Chauncy Master	5000 m	—	14:50.25	15
Grevazio Mpani	5000 m	—	14:30.66	13
Kefasi Chitsala	10000 m	—	29:21.68	12
Happy Ndacha Mchenlenje	Marathon	—	2:45:31	17

Netball[edit]

Malawi qualified a netball team by virtue of being ranked in the top 11 (excluding the host nation, Australia) of the INF World Rankings on July 1, 2017.^[3]^[4]^[5]

The following is the Malawi roster in the netball tournament of the 2018 Commonwealth Games.^[6]^[7]

Malawi national netball team – 2018 Commonwealth Games roster

Players

Coaches

Name	Age - DOB	Ht.	Club
Chimaliro, Jane	-	–	Civonets
Dambo, Martha	-	–	Thunder Queens
Galleta, Thandie	-	–	Thunder Queens
Kachilika, Joanna (C)	-	–	Thunder Queens
Kumwenda, Bridget	-	–	Kukoma Diamonds
Kumwenda, Mwai	-	–	Melbourne Vixens
Lwazi, Takondwa	-	–	Blue Eagles Sisters
Mtukule, Caroline	-	–	Kukoma Diamonds
Mvula, Joyce	-	–	Manchester Thunder
Ngwira, Loreen	-	–	Team Northumbria
Simtowe, Sindi	-	–	Tigresses
Vinkhumbo, Towera	-	–	Kukoma Diamonds

Head coach

Whyte Mulilima

Legend

(C) Team captain
Club field describes current pro club

Injured

Pool B

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	England	5	5	0	342	202	+140	10	Semi-finals
2	New Zealand	5	3	2	292	235	+57	6	Semi-finals
3	Uganda	5	3	2	287	248	+39	6	Classification matches
4	Malawi	5	3	2	277	284	−7	6
5	Scotland	5	1	4	195	289	−94	2
6	Wales	5	0	5	215	350	−135	0

Updated to match(es) played on 11 April 2018. Source: GC2018

6 April 2018 18:30 v t e	Report	Malawi	49–74	England		Gold Coast Convention and Exhibition Centre Umpires: Marc Henning Jono Bredin Reserve umpire: Maria van der Merwe
		Kumwenda 31/33 (94%) Mvula 10/11 (91%) Chimaliro 7/7 (100%) Simtowe 1/3 (33%)		Harten 48/54 (89%) Housby 14/18 (78%) Corbin 6/7 (86%) Haythornthwaite 6/7 (86%)

7 April 2018 13:00 v t e	Report	Uganda	54–52	Malawi		Gold Coast Convention and Exhibition Centre Umpires: Joshua Bowring Gary Burgess Reserve umpire: Jono Bredin
		Proscovia 35/38 (92%) Nanyonga 19/21 (90%)		Kumwenda 43/47 (91%) Chimaliro 8/10 (80%) Simtow 1/1 (100%)

8 April 2018 18:30 v t e	Report	Malawi	57–53	New Zealand		Gold Coast Convention and Exhibition Centre Umpires: Joshua Bowring Gary Burgess Reserve umpire: Theresa Prince
		Kumwenda 41/46 (89%) Chimaliro 16/20 (80%)		Folau 31/39 (79%) Selby-Rickit 15/17 (88%) Mes 7/12 (58%) Ekenasio 0/2 (0%)

10 April 2018 15:00 v t e	Report	Scotland	50–51	Malawi		Gold Coast Convention and Exhibition Centre Umpires: Jono Bredin Lisa McPhail Reserve umpire: Kristie Simpson
		Goodwin 38/42 (90%) Gallagher 12/15 (80%)		Kumwenda 44/47 (94%) Chimaliro 7/8 (88%)

11 April 2018 19:00 v t e	Report	Malawi	68–53	Wales		Gold Coast Convention and Exhibition Centre Umpires: Joshua Bowring Jono Bredin Reserve umpire: Jackie Mizon
		Kumwenda 47/50 (94%) Chimaliro 18/18 (100%) Simtowe 3/4 (75%)		Lewis 41/53 (77%) Llewlyn 9/10 (90%) Moseley 3/5 (60%)

Seventh place match

12 April 2018 14:00 v t e	Report	Malawi	60–52	Northern Ireland		Gold Coast Convention and Exhibition Centre Umpires: Kristie Simpson Theresa Prince Reserve umpire: Jono Bredin
		Kumwenda 48/51 (94%) Chimaliro 8/10 (80%) Mvula 4/7 (57%)		L. Bowman 33/38 (87%) K. Bowman 9/11 (82%) Lennon 6/9 (67%) McCullough 4/7 (57%)

References[edit]

^ "71 Nations and Territories. 6 Continents. 2 Billion citizens. 1 commonwealth family". www.gc2018.com/. Gold Coast 2018 Commonwealth Games Corporation. Archived from the original on 10 October 2016. Retrieved 8 October 2016.

^ Faiti, Osma (17 March 2018). "Joyce Mvula named Malawi's flag bearer at Commonwealth Games". Nyasa Times. Archived from the original on 21 March 2018. Retrieved 20 March 2018.

^ Pavitt, Michael (25 July 2017). "Uganda to make Commonwealth Games netball debut at Gold Coast 2018". Insidethegames.biz. Dunsar Media. Archived from the original on 28 July 2017. Retrieved 28 July 2017.

^ Dakin, Rebecca (24 July 2017). "Competing nations announced for GC2018 Netball Competition". www.mygc.com.au/. myGC. Archived from the original on 28 July 2017. Retrieved 28 July 2017.

^ "International Netball Federation: 2018 Commonwealth Games". Archived from the original on 18 April 2017. Retrieved 17 April 2017.

^ "Participants: Australia: Netball". 2018 Commonwealth Games. Retrieved 15 April 2018.

^ "Kukoma Diamonds players dominate Malawi Queens call up ahead Commonwealth games". Maravi Post. 4 March 2018. Retrieved 15 April 2018.

v t e Malawi at the Commonwealth Games
1970 1974 1978 1982 1986 1990 1994 1998 2002 2006 2010 2014 2018 2022
Malawi competed as part of the Federation of Rhodesia and Nyasaland in 1962

v t e Associations at the 2018 Commonwealth Games
Africa	Botswana Cameroon Gambia Ghana Kenya Lesotho Malawi Mauritius Mozambique Namibia Nigeria Rwanda Seychelles Sierra Leone South Africa Swaziland Tanzania Uganda Zambia
Americas	Bahamas Belize Bermuda Canada Falkland Islands Guyana Saint Helena
Asia	Bangladesh Brunei India Malaysia Pakistan Singapore Sri Lanka
Caribbean	Anguilla Antigua and Barbuda Bahamas Barbados British Virgin Islands Cayman Islands Dominica Grenada Jamaica Montserrat Saint Kitts and Nevis Saint Lucia Saint Vincent and the Grenadines Trinidad and Tobago Turks and Caicos Islands
Europe	Cyprus England Gibraltar Guernsey Isle of Man Jersey Malta Northern Ireland Scotland Wales
Oceania	Australia Cook Islands Fiji Kiribati Nauru New Zealand Niue Norfolk Island Papua New Guinea Samoa Solomon Islands Tonga Tuvalu Vanuatu

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