2022 Fast5 Netball World Series

The 2022 Fast5 Netball World Series was the tenth staging of the Fast5 Netball World Series, and the seventh to be played under the Fast5 rules, which replaced the older fastnet rules introduced in 2009. The tournament was held in New Zealand for the fourth time. The host city Christchurch was awarded hosting rights for the 2022 and 2023 tournaments, with matches played at the Christchurch Arena.[1][2]

2022 Fast5 Netball World Series
Tournament details
Host country New Zealand
Dates5–6 November 2022
Teams6
Final positions
Champions Australia
Runner-up South Africa
← 2018
2023 →

The 2022 tournament marked the return of this format to international netball since 2018, with a men's competition also held for the first time.[2]

Host nation New Zealand entered the tournament as defending champions, having won the competition seven times.[3]

Overview

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Format

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22 matches are played over two days, under the Fast5 rules of netball.[4] Each team plays each other once during the first two days in a round-robin format. The two highest-scoring teams from this stage progress to the Grand Final while the remaining teams contest the third-fourth place playoff match and fifth-sixth place playoff match.

Teams

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The tournament was contested by the six top national netball teams in the world, according to the World Netball Rankings:

Men's competition
  • Australia
  • New Zealand
  • England

Squads

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Squad lists[5][6]
  Australia[7]   New Zealand[8]   Jamaica   England[9]   South Africa   Uganda

Coach: Briony Akle

Coach: Debbie Fuller

  • Romelda Aiken (captain)
  • Gezelle Allison
  • Theresa Beckford
  • Mischa Creary
  • Tafiya Hunter
  • Roxonna McLean
  • Amanda Pinkney
  • Crystal Plummer
  • Kimone Shaw
  • Abigail Daley

Coach: Annette Daley

  • Zara Everitt (captain)
  • Elle McDonald
  • Taylor McKevitt
  • Tash Pavelin
  • Lois Pearson
  • Jayda Pechova
  • Ellie Rattu
  • Paige Reed
  • Alicia Scholes
  • Emma Thacker

Coach: Kat Ratnapala

  • Shannon Bartlett
  • Xandri Fourie
  • Didintle Keebine
  • Owethu Ngubane
  • Refiloe Nketsa
  • Zandre Smit
  • Nicola Smith
  • Jeanie Steyn (captain)
  • Jeante Strydom
  • Nicole Taljaard

Coach: Martha Mosoahle-Samm

Coach: Fred Mugerwa

Squad lists (Men's competition)[10]
Australia New Zealand England
  • Stuart Burton
  • Liam Forcadilla
  • Taylor Glassie
  • Eugene Lee
  • Dravyn Lee-Tauroa
  • Tim Malmo
  • Callum Price
  • Riley Richardson
  • Brodie Roberts
  • Anton Stechiwskyj

Coach: Nerida Stewart

  • Timmy Apisai
  • Amosa Faituau-Nanai
  • Nick Grimmer
  • Te Matahiapo Hynes
  • Thomson Matuku
  • Michael Mundy
  • Kyle Owen
  • Stefan Swartz
  • Eriata Vercoe
  • Te Reiwhati Vercoe

Coach: Dion Te Whetu

  • Ryan Allan
  • James Firminger
  • Chris Green
  • Lewis Keeling
  • James McClelland
  • Jamal Nicholson
  • Ross Oliphant
  • Luke Owen
  • Klem Speck
  • Damian Williams

Coach: Sharron Lewis-Burke

Fixtures

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Round-robin

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Saturday 5 November (round robin matches)
Game Time (NZDST) Match Details
1 12:30   Australia 39–15   Jamaica Stats
2 13:15   New Zealand 49–32   Uganda Stats
3 14:00   England 26–32   South Africa Stats
4 14:45 Australia Men 29–20 England Men Stats
5 15:30   Jamaica 22–33   Uganda Stats
6 16:15   South Africa 19–25   Australia Stats
7 17:45   New Zealand 31–32   England Stats
8 18:30 New Zealand Men 24–31 Australia Men Stats
9 19:15   South Africa 28–27   Jamaica Stats
10 20:00   England 38–35   Uganda Stats
11 20:45   New Zealand 31–33   Australia Stats
Sunday 6 November (round robin matches)
Game Time (NZDST) Match Details
12 12:00   Jamaica 27–32   England Stats
13 12:45   Uganda 32–30   Australia Stats
14 13:30   New Zealand 37–38   South Africa Stats
15 14:15 New Zealand Men 36–22 England Men Stats
16 15:00   Australia 34–28   England Stats
17 15:45   New Zealand 40–22   Jamaica Stats
18 16:30   Uganda 22–27   South Africa Stats

Finals

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Sunday 6 November (Placement Matches)
Game Time (NZDST) Match Details
19 17:20 Australia Men 25–29 New Zealand Men Men's final
Stats
20 18:10   Uganda 32–10   Jamaica 5th/6th Playoff
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21 19:00   England 25–39   New Zealand 3rd/4th Playoff
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22 19:50   Australia 34–20   South Africa Final
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Final Placings

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Men's Competition

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Place Nation
    New Zealand[13]
    Australia
    England

References

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  1. ^ "Christchurch to host FAST5 Netball World Series". Christchurch City Council. 23 December 2021. Archived from the original on 6 November 2022. Retrieved 6 November 2022.
  2. ^ a b "Christchurch to host Fast5 as Ferns look for another title". nzsportswire.com. 13 October 2022. Archived from the original on 7 November 2022. Retrieved 6 November 2022.
  3. ^ Egan, Brendon (5 November 2022). "Fast5 Ferns not feeling any extra pressure, despite dominant record at Fast5 World Series". stuff.co.nz. Archived from the original on 5 November 2022. Retrieved 6 November 2022.
  4. ^ "Rules of FAST5 Netball (2022 edition)" (PDF). World Netball. Archived (PDF) from the original on 30 November 2022. Retrieved 6 November 2022.
  5. ^ Harkin, Ian (4 November 2022). "Fast 5 Netball World Series 2022". Netball Scoop. Archived from the original on 6 November 2022. Retrieved 6 November 2022.
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  7. ^ "Australia's Fast5 team revealed". Netball Australia. 26 September 2022. Archived from the original on 6 November 2022. Retrieved 6 November 2022.
  8. ^ "FAST5 Ferns named for FAST5 Netball World Series". silverferns.co.nz. 5 October 2022. Archived from the original on 6 November 2022. Retrieved 6 November 2022.
  9. ^ Waterhouse, Richard (1 November 2022). "Looking ahead to the Fast5 Netball World Series". England Netball. Archived from the original on 6 November 2022. Retrieved 6 November 2022.
  10. ^ "Match Programme" (PDF). Fast5 Netball. Archived (PDF) from the original on 7 November 2022. Retrieved 7 November 2022.
  11. ^ "in NEWS Australia breaks Fast5 drought with historic win". Netball Australia. 6 November 2022. Archived from the original on 7 November 2022. Retrieved 7 November 2022.
  12. ^ "Australia savour first FAST5 title win". Fast5 Netball. 6 November 2022. Archived from the original on 7 November 2022. Retrieved 7 November 2022.
  13. ^ "NZ Men claim historic FAST5 World Netball Series win". Fast5 Netball. 6 November 2022. Archived from the original on 7 November 2022. Retrieved 7 November 2022.
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