2016 Fast5 Netball World Series

2016 Fast5 Netball World SeriesTournament details

Host country|  Australia
Dates| 29–30 October 2016
Teams| 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[edit]

### Date and Venue[edit]

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.[citation needed]

### Format[edit]

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[edit]

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[edit]

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[edit]

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[edit]

| Place  | Nation

|

|  New Zealand
|  Australia
|  Malawi
4  |  England
5  |  Jamaica
6  |  South Africa

|  |  2016 Fast5 Netball World Series winners

New Zealand
6th title

## References[edit]

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

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