2018 Netball Quad Series (January)
Tournament details | |
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Host countries | England South Africa |
City | London Johannesburg |
Venue(s) | Copper Box Arena Ellis Park Arena |
Dates | 20–28 January 2018 |
Teams | 4 |
TV partner(s) | Sky Sports (UK/Ireland) Sky Sport (New Zealand) |
Final positions | |
Champions | Australia (4th title) |
Runner-up | England |
Third place | New Zealand |
Tournament statistics | |
Matches played | 6 |
Top scorer(s) | Helen Housby 106/122 (87%) |
The first 2018 Netball Quad Series was the fifth Netball Quad Series series. It was co-hosted by England Netball and Netball South Africa. It featured Australia, England, New Zealand and South Africa playing each other in a series of six netball test matches in January 2018. The first three matches were played at London's Copper Box Arena and the final three were played at Johannesburg's Ellis Park Arena.[1][2][3][4] It was the first of two Netball Quad Series' played in 2018. The second series was played in September.[5][6] With a team coached by Lisa Alexander and captained by Caitlin Bassett, Australia won the series after winning all three of their matches.[7][8][9][10] The series was broadcast live on Sky Sports in the United Kingdom and Ireland[4][11] and on Sky Sport in New Zealand.[3]
Squads
Matches
Round 1
20 January 2018 | Australia | 54–50 | South Africa | Copper Box Arena | |
15:30 | Caitlin Thwaites 22/23 (96%) Caitlin Bassett 13/14 (93%) Susan Pettitt 11/11 (100%) Gretel Tippett 8/9 (89%) |
Lenize Potgieter 34/38 (89%) Maryka Holtzhausen 16/18 (89%) |
20 January 2018 | England | 64–57 | New Zealand | Copper Box Arena | |
18:00 | Helen Housby 36/42 (86%) Kadeen Corbin 28/33 (85%) |
Maria Folau 35/38 (92%) Bailey Mes 22/26 (85%) |
Round 2
22 January 2018 | England | 46–50 | Australia | Copper Box Arena | |
19:45 | Helen Housby 33/36 (92%) Kadeen Corbin 12/16 (75%) Eleanor Cardwell 1/2 (50%) |
Stats | Caitlin Bassett 30/31 (97%) Steph Wood 14/20 (70%) Caitlin Thwaites 5/5 (100%) Susan Pettitt 1/1 (100%) |
25 January 2018 | South Africa | 46–51 | New Zealand | Ellis Park Arena | |
19:00 | Lenize Potgieter 31/36 (86%) Maryka Holtzhausen 15/20 (75%) |
Maria Folau 23/33 (70%) Te Paea Selby-Rickit 20/25 (80%) Bailey Mes 8/11 (73%) |
Round 3
28 January 2018 | Australia | 67–48 | New Zealand | Ellis Park Arena | |
12:00 | Caitlin Bassett 28/31 (90%) Susan Pettitt 18/22 (82%) Steph Wood 15/20 (75%) Caitlin Thwaites 6/10 (60%) |
Te Paea Selby-Rickit 28/30 (93%) Maria Folau 16/21 (76%) Bailey Mes 4/7 (57%) |
28 January 2018 | South Africa | 47–52 | England | Ellis Park Arena | |
14:30 | Lenize Potgieter 33/35 (94%) Maryka Holtzhausen 14/21 (67%) |
Stats | Helen Housby 37/44 (84%) Natalie Haythornthwaite 11/14 (79%) Kadeen Corbin 4/5 (80%) |
Final table
Pos | Team | P | W | L | GF | GA | GD | % | Pts |
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1 | Australia | 3 | 3 | 0 | 171 | 144 | +33 | 118.75% | 6 |
2 | England | 3 | 2 | 1 | 162 | 154 | +8 | 105.19% | 4 |
3 | New Zealand | 3 | 1 | 2 | 156 | 177 | –21 | 88.14% | 2 |
4 | South Africa | 3 | 0 | 3 | 143 | 157 | –14 | 91.08% | 0 |
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