2016 Fast5 Netball World Series

2016 Fast5 Netball World Series

Tournament details
Host nation	Australia
Dates	29–30 October 2016
No. of nations	6
Final positions
Champions	New Zealand
Runner-up	Australia
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The 2016 Fast5 Netball World Series is the seventh staging of the annual Fast5 Netball World Series, and the fourth to be played under the new Fast5 rules, which replaced the older fastnet rules introduced in 2009. The tournament was held in Australia for the first time with the venue being at Hisense Arena in Melbourne.^[1]

The 2016 tournament is being contested by the six top national netball teams in 2016.

Overview[]

Date and Venue[]

The 2016 Fast5 Netball World Series was played in Melbourne, Australia over two days, from 29–30 October. All matches were held at Hisense Arena, which has a capacity of 10,500.

Format[]

18 matches were played over two days, under the Fast5 rules of netball. Each team played each other once during the first two days in a round-robin format. The two highest-scoring teams from this stage progressed to the Grand Final while the remaining teams contested the third-fourth place playoff match and fifth-sixth place playoff match.

Teams[]

The tournament is being contested by the six top national netball teams in the world, according to the INF World Rankings:

•  South Africa
•  Jamaica
•  Australia
•  England
•  Malawi
•  New Zealand

Draw and results[]

Saturday 29 October (Round Robin Matches)
Game	Time (AEDST)	Match			Details
1	13:45	Australia	24-23	Malawi
2	14:30	South Africa	32-35	Jamaica
3	15:15	New Zealand	36-35	England
4	16:00	Australia	35-19	Jamaica
5	16:45	England	43-22	Malawi
6	17:30	South Africa	20-49	New Zealand
7	18:15	Jamaica	12-46	Malawi
8	19:00	England	29-29 (Draw)	South Africa	buzzer beater 3 to draw the game by South Africa
9	19:45	Australia	32-29	New Zealand

Sunday 30 October (Round Robin Matches)
Game	Time (AEDST)	Match			Details
10	12:15	Malawi	36-21	South Africa
11	13:00	Australia	26-20	England
12	13:45	New Zealand	26-16	Jamaica
13	14:30	Australia	31-14	South Africa
14	15:15	New Zealand	52-27	Malawi
15	16:00	Jamaica	19-32	England

Standings[]

1. Australia (5 wins, 0 losses, 0 draws)

2. New Zealand (4 wins, 1 losses, 0 draws)

3. England (2 wins, 2 losses, 1 draws)

4. Malawi (2 wins, 3 losses, 0 draws)

5. Jamaica (1 wins, 4 losses, 0 draws)

6. South Africa (0 wins, 4 losses, 1 draws)

Sunday 30 October (Placement Matches)
Game	Time (AEDST)	Match			Details
16	17:45	Jamaica (5)	34-33 (Golden Point Win)	South Africa (6)	play-offs for 5th/6th Extra Time 33-33
17	18:35	England (4)	32-35	Malawi (3)	Play-offs for 3rd/4th
18	19:25	Australia (1)	16-41	New Zealand (2)	Grand Final

Final Placings[]

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

2016 Fast5 Netball World Series winners  New Zealand 6th title

References[]

http://fast5worldseries.com.au