Malawi Under-21 National Netball Team beat Cook Islands 61-54 to finish seventh at the 2025 Netball World Youth Cup in Gibraltar. The result means they have matched their highest finish at the global showpiece as they did the same in 2009 on Cook Islands. | Courtesy of NAMIn Sunday’s match, Malawi led 15-12 in the first quarter before Cook Islands crawled back into the game to force a 28-28 stalemate at half-time. Malawi pulled away in the third quarter, stretching to a 47-39 lead, before registering a seven-basket victory. At the Netball World Youth Cup, Malawi registered four wins against Trinidad & Tobago, Fiji, Barbados and Cook Islands and had three losses to South Africa, New Zealand and Scotland.