2016 Fast5 Netball World Series

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]

2016 Fast5 Netball World Series
Tournament details
Host nation Australia
Dates29–30 October 2016
No. of nations6
Final positions
Champions  New Zealand
Runner-up  Australia
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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:

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

References
  1. "Australia New Home of Fast5 Netball World Series". 2015. Retrieved October 22, 2016.

http://fast5worldseries.com.au

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