Tournament details | |
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Host countries | England South Africa |
Dates | 20 – 28 January 2018 |
Teams | 4 |
Final positions | |
Champions | Australia (3rd title) |
Runner-up | England |
Tournament statistics | |
Matches played | 6 |
The 2018 Netball Quad Series was the fourth Netball Quad Series of test matches, contested by four of the five highest ranked nations in netball. New Zealand were the defending series champion, having won the previous series held in late 2017. [1]
Australia were the winners of the series after winning all three of their matches. [2]
20 January 2018 3:30 PM | Report Stats | South Africa | 50–54 | Australia | Copper Box Arena, London (ENG) | |
Potgieter 34/38 (89%) Holtzhausen 16/18 (89%) | Thwaites 22/23 (96%) Bassett 13/14 (93%) Pettitt 11/11 (100%) Tippett 8/9 (89%) |
20 January 2018 6:00 PM | Report Stats | England | 64–57 (A.E.T.) | New Zealand | Copper Box Arena, London (ENG) | |
Housby 36/42 (86%) Corbin 28/33 (85%) | Folau 35/38 (92%) Mes 22/26 (85%) |
22 January 2018 7:45 PM | Report Stats | England | 46–50 | Australia | Copper Box Arena, London (ENG) | |
Housby 33/36 (92%) Corbin 12/16 (75%) Cardwell 1/2 (50%) | Bassett 30/31 (97%) Wood 14/20 (70%) Thwaites 5/5 (100%) Pettitt 1/1 (100%) |
25 January 2018 7:00 PM | Report Stats | South Africa | 46–51 | New Zealand | Ellis Park Arena, Johannesburg (RSA) | |
Potgieter 31/36 (86%) Holtzhausen 15/20 (75%) | Folau 23/33 (70%) Selby-Rickit 20/25 (80%) Mes 8/11 (73%) |
28 January 2018 12:00 PM | Report Stats | New Zealand | 48–67 | Australia | Ellis Park Arena, Johannesburg (RSA) | |
Selby-Rickit 28/30 (93%) Folau 16/21 (76%) Mes 4/7 (57%) | Bassett 28/31 (90%) Pettitt 18/22 (82%) Wood 15/20 (75%) Thwaites 6/10 (60%) |
28 January 2018 2:30 PM | Report Stats | South Africa | 47–52 | England | Ellis Park Arena, Johannesburg (RSA) | |
Potgieter 33/35 (94%) Holtzhausen 14/21 (67%) | Housby 37/44 (84%) Haythornthwaite 11/14 (79%) Corbin 4/5 (80%) |
# | Standings (2018 Netball Quad Series) | ||||||||
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Team | W | L | GF | GA | % | PTS | |||
1 | Australia | 3 | 0 | 171 | 144 | 118.75% | 6 | ||
2 | England | 2 | 1 | 162 | 154 | 105.19% | 4 | ||
3 | New Zealand | 1 | 2 | 156 | 177 | 88.14% | 2 | ||
4 | South Africa | 0 | 3 | 143 | 157 | 91.08% | 0 |
2018 Netball Quad Series winners |
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Australia Third title |
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