2012 Fast5 Netball World Series

2012 Fast5 Netball World Series

Tournament details
Host nation	New Zealand
Dates	9–11 November 2012
No. of nations	6
Final positions
Champions	New Zealand
Runner-up	England
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The 2012 Fast5 Netball World Series was the fourth staging of the annual World Netball Series, and the first to be played under the new Fast5 rules, which replaced the older fastnet rules introduced in 2009. The tournament was held at Vector Arena in Auckland, the first time it had moved from its previous host nation England.

The 2012 tournament was contested by the six top national netball teams in 2012. New Zealand won the final against England, to record their third World Netball Fast5 series title.

Overview[]

Date and venue[]

The 2012 Fast5 Netball World Series was played in Auckland New Zealand over three days, from 9–11 November. All matches were held at Vector Arena, which has a capacity of 12,000.

Format[]

20 matches were played over three days, under new Fast5 rules. Each team played each other once during the first two days in a round-robin format. The four highest-scoring teams from this stage progressed to the finals, played on the final day of competition, in which the 1st-ranked team played the 4th-ranked team, while 2nd played 3rd. The winners of these two matches contested the Grand Final; the remaining teams contested the third- and fifth-place playoffs.

Teams[]

The competition was contested by the six top national netball teams in the world, according to the IFNA World Rankings: Australia, New Zealand, Jamaica, England, Malawi and South Africa.

Participating teams and rosters^[1]

Australia[2]	New Zealand[3]	Jamaica	England	Malawi	South Africa
Kate Shimmin April Letton Chanel Gomes Shae Bolton Ashleigh Brazill Elissa Macleod (c) Verity Simmons Karyn Howarth Kim Ravaillion Caitlin Thwaites Amorette Wild	Te Huinga Reo Selby-Rickit Kayla Cullen Laura Langman Leana de Bruin Bailey Mes Anna Harrison Anna Thompson Irene van Dyk Katrina Grant Maria Tutaia	Nadine Bryan Vangelee Williams Jhaniele Fowler Malysha Kelly	Yasmin Parsons Rachel Dunn Joanne Harten Lindsay Keable Jodie Gibson Kadeen Corbin Serena Guthrie Stacey Francis Eboni Beckford-Chambers	Joanna Kachilika Loreen Ngwira Mwai Kumwenda Thandie Galleta Caroline Mtukule Bridget Kumwenda Sindi Simtowe Towera Vinkhumbo	Bongiwe Msomi Chrisna Bootha Karla Mostert Maryka Holtzhausen Tsakane Mbewe Vanes-Mari Du Toit Amanda Mynhardt
Coach: Lisa Alexander	Coach: Waimarama Taumaunu	Coach:	Coach:	Coach:	Coach: Elize Kotze

Draw and results[]

Friday 9 November
Game	Time (GMT)	Match			Details
1	17:00	Jamaica	25 – 34	South Africa
2	17:45	England	29 – 27	Australia
3	18:30	New Zealand	38 – 38	Jamaica
4	19:15	Malawi	33 – 15	Australia
5	20:00	England	41 – 27	South Africa
6	20:45	Jamaica	32 – 31	Malawi
7	20:50	New Zealand	31 – 23	Australia

Saturday 10 November
Game	Time (GMT)	Match			Details
8	16:15	England	39 – 28	Jamaica
9	10:50	New Zealand	44 – 24	Malawi
10	17:45	Australia	27 – 28	South Africa
11	18:30	England	23 – 27	Malawi
12	19:15	New Zealand	52 – 19	South Africa
13	20:00	Australia	33 – 34	Jamaica
14	20:45	South Africa	48 – 34	Malawi
15	20:45	New Zealand	47 – 31	England

Sunday 11 November
Game	Time (GMT)	Match			Details
16	15:15	New Zealand	52 – 18	Jamaica	Semi-final 1
17	16:00	England	39 – 15	South Africa	Semi-final 2
18	16:45	Malawi	33 – 30	Australia	Play-off for 5th/6th
19	18:55	Jamaica	34 – 38	South Africa	Play-off for 3rd/4th
20	19:45	New Zealand	23 – 21	England	GRAND FINAL

Final Placings[]

Place Nation  New Zealand  England  South Africa 4  Jamaica 5  Malawi 6  Australia

Gold Silver Bronze  New Zealand Coach: Waimarama Taumaunu  England Coach:  South Africa Coach: Elize Kotze [3]Te Huinga Reo Selby-Rickit Kayla Cullen Laura Langman Leana de Bruin Bailey Mes Anna Harrison Anna Thompson Irene van Dyk Katrina Grant Maria Tutaia Yasmin Parsons Rachel Dunn Joanne Harten Lindsay Keable Jodie Gibson Kadeen Corbin Serena Guthrie Stacey Francis Eboni Beckford-Chambers Bongiwe Msomi Chrisna Bootha Karla Mostert Maryka Holtzhausen Tsakane Mbewe Vanes-Mari Du Toit Amanda Mynhardt

2012 Fast5 Netball World Series winners  New Zealand Third title

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