2012 Netball Superleague season

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2012 Netball Superleague season
League Netball Superleague
Number of teams8
TV partner(s) Sky Sports
Champions ManchesterThunder.png Northern Thunder
  Runners-up SurreyStormColours.png Surrey Storm
Seasons

The 2012 Netball Superleague season (known for sponsorship reasons as the FIAT Netball Superleague) was the seventh season of the Netball Superleague. The league was won by Northern Thunder. In the grand final Northern Thunder defeated Surrey Storm. 2012 saw the introduction of a new format, featuring three distinct phases, including a Showdown Weekend.

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Teams

Following the conclusion of the 2011 Netball Superleague season, England Netball decided to cut the number of teams from nine to eight and, as a result, Glasgow Wildcats lost their place in the league. [1] [2] In addition, Leeds Carnegie were re-branded as Yorkshire Jets. [3] [4]

2012 Superleague teamsHome venue/baseCountry/Region
Celtic Dragons Sport Wales National Centre Wales
Hertfordshire Mavericks University of Hertfordshire East of England
Loughborough Lightning Loughborough University East Midlands
Northern Thunder Wright Robinson College [5] North West England
Team Bath University of Bath South West England/West of England
Team Northumbria West Gate Centre for Sport, Newcastle North East England
Surrey Storm University of Surrey Greater London/South East England
Yorkshire Jets Hull / Leeds / Sheffield [4] Yorkshire

Regular season

Phase 1

Phase 1 featured all eight teams playing a single round of matches in a league format. At the end of the seven rounds, the top four and bottom four split into two tiers. [3] Northern Thunder were unbeaten in Phase 1 of the season. [6]

2012 Netball Superleague season – Phase 1
PosTeamPldWLDGFGAPPPtsQualification
1 Northern Thunder 7700443269164.721Qualified for Phase 2 Tier 1
2 Surrey Storm 7610441336131.318
3 Hertfordshire Mavericks 743033634298.212
4 Team Bath 7340356353100.89
5 Celtic Dragons 734035135598.99Qualified for Phase 2 Tier 2
6 Yorkshire Jets 734030633691.19
7 Team Northumbria 716033738787.13
8 Loughborough Lightning 716025739864.63
Source: [ citation needed ]

Phase 2

Phase 2 was effectively a group stage, with the teams in each group playing each other home and away. [3]

2012 Netball Superleague season – Tier 1
PosTeamPldWLDGFGAPPPtsQualification
1 Surrey Storm 6600376302124.518Qualified for semi-finals
2 Northern Thunder 6420376278135.312
3 Hertfordshire Mavericks 624026634277.86
4 Team Bath 606026936573.70Qualified for Eliminator
Source: [ citation needed ]
2012 Netball Superleague season – Tier 2
PosTeamPldWLDGFGAPPPtsQualification
5 Celtic Dragons 6600342249137.318Qualified for Eliminator
6 Yorkshire Jets 6420319270118.112
7 Team Northumbria 615027333681.33
8 Loughborough Lightning 615023931875.23
Source: [ citation needed ]

Eliminator

The Eliminator was effectively a 4th/5th place play-off with the winner qualifying for the semi-finals. [3]

14 May 2012 Team Bath 52–50 Celtic Dragons    University of Bath [7] [8]
Scoring by quarter: 16–9, 28–19, 44–29, 52–50

Showdown Weekend

Semi Final 1
19 May 2012 Northern Thunder 57–33 Hertfordshire Mavericks   SportHouse, Dagenham [6]
Semi Final 2
19 May 2012 Surrey Storm 62–38 Team Bath   SportHouse, Dagenham [9]
3rd/4th Place Play Off
20 May 2012 Hertfordshire Mavericks 46–39 Team Bath   SportHouse, Dagenham [6] [9]
Grand Final
20 May 2012 Northern Thunder 57–55 Surrey Storm   SportHouse, Dagenham [6] [10] [11]
Umpires: Gary Burgess and Louise Travis
Scoring by quarter: 13–14, 28–25, 42–40, 57–55
Janelle Lawson Netball.svg  33/39 (85%)
Karen Greig Netball.svg  24/28 (86%)		 Rachel Dunn Netball.svg  35/41 (85%)
Pamela Cookey Netball.svg  20/23 (87%)

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  2. ↑ "Coach Holland confident of Wildcats striking back". www.bbc.co.uk. 20 August 2011. Retrieved 11 March 2020.
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