2014 Netball Superleague season

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2014 Netball Superleague season
League Netball Superleague
Number of teams8
TV partner(s) Sky Sports
2014 Netball Superleague season
Champions ManchesterThunder.png Manchester Thunder
  Runners-up SurreyStormColours.png Surrey Storm
Season MVP Layla Guscoth
(Hertfordshire Mavericks) [1]
Seasons

The 2014 Netball Superleague season (known for sponsorship reasons as the Zeo Netball Superleague) was the ninth season of the Netball Superleague. The league was won by Manchester Thunder. Surrey Storm finished top of the table following the regular season and remained unbeaten throughout the season until they were defeated in the grand final by Manchester Thunder. This season the league was sponsored by Zeo, a soft drinks firm. [2] [3] [4] [5]

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Teams

2014 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
Manchester Thunder Wright Robinson College North West England
Team Bath University of Bath South West England/West of England
Team Northumbria Sport Central North East England
Surrey Storm University of Surrey Greater London/South East England
Yorkshire Jets Hull / Leeds / Sheffield Yorkshire

Regular season

Surrey Storm finished top of the table following the regular season with a record of twelve wins and two draws. [2] [3] [6]

Final table
PosTeamPldWDLGFGAGDPtsQualification
1 Surrey Storm 141220829655+17438Qualified for the play offs
2 Manchester Thunder 141112782633+14934
3 Team Bath 14833772701+7127
4 Hertfordshire Mavericks 14716699629+7022
5 Celtic Dragons 14617815778+3719
6 Team Northumbria 14419666800−13413
7 Yorkshire Jets 143110694771−7710
8 Loughborough Lightning 140014556846−2900
Source: [6] [7]

Playoffs

Semi-finals

21 April 2014
18:00		 Manchester Thunder 43–37 Team Bath    Wright Robinson College [8] [9] [10] Sky Sports
Scoring by quarter: 11–14, 21–24, 30–32, 43–37
21 April 2014
20:00		 Surrey Storm 52–42 Hertfordshire Mavericks    Surrey Sports Park [8] [11] Sky Sports
Scoring by quarter: 12–15, 21–26, 36–35, 52–42

3rd/4th place playoff

26 April 2014
15:30		 Hertfordshire Mavericks 42–34 Team Bath    University of Worcester Arena [6]

Grand Final

26 April 2014
18:00		 Manchester Thunder 49–48 Surrey Storm    University of Worcester Arena [6] [5] [12] [13]
Umpires: Gary Burgess and Tracy Smith		 Sky Sports [8]
Scoring by quarter: 11–10, 22–26, 36–38, 49–48

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