Tournament details | |
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Host countries | Australia New Zealand |
Dates | 15 – 23 September 2018 |
Teams | 4 |
Final positions | |
Champions | Australia (4th title) |
Runner-up | England |
Tournament statistics | |
Matches played | 6 |
The 2018 Netball Quad Series was the fifth Netball Quad Series of test matches, contested by four of the five highest ranked nations in netball. Australia won the series, winning all three of their matches to claim their fourth Quad Series title. [1]
The series took place in the month of September 2018.
15 September 2018 2.00pm | Report Stats | South Africa | 44–61 | Australia | Spark Arena, Auckland (NZ) | |
Potgieter 19/23 (83%) Holtzhausen 15/20 (75%) Venter 10/10 (100%) | Bassett 31/34 (91%) Wood 15/18 (83%) Tippett 8/8 (100%) Thwaites 7/9 (78%) |
15 September 2018 4.00pm | Report Stats | New Zealand | 39–52 | England | Spark Arena, Auckland (NZ) | |
Folau 22/30 (73%) Ekenasio 10/18 (56%) Selby-Rickit 7/9 (78%) | Housby 28/31 (90%) Harten 23/31 (74%) Corbin 1/3 (33%) |
18 September 2018 7.30pm | Report Stats | New Zealand | 61–37 | South Africa | ASB Baypark Stadium, Tauranga (NZ) | |
Folau 35/37 (95%) Selby-Rickit 17/22 (77%) Dunn 9/12 (75%) | Potgieter 28/31 (90%) Venter 5/7 (71%) Lochner 2/4 (50%) Holtzhausen 2/7 (29%) |
19 September 2018 7.30pm | Report Stats | Australia | 52–47 | England | Newcastle Entertainment Centre, Newcastle (AUS) | |
Bassett 37/40 (93%) Wood 10/12 (83%) Tippett 5/5 (100%) | Housby 29/35 (83%) Corbin 12/16 (75%) Haythornthwaite 6/9 (67%) |
23 September 2018 11.00am | Report Stats | England | 45–42 | South Africa | Melbourne Arena, Melbourne (AUS) | |
Housby 31/35 (89%) Haythornthwaite 8/11 (73%) Cardwell 6/7 (86%) | Potgieter 27/30 (90%) Venter 7/10 (70%) Holtzhausen 7/11 (64%) Lochner 1/2 (50%) |
23 September 2018 1.00pm | Report Stats | Australia | 60–55 | New Zealand | Melbourne Arena, Melbourne (AUS) | |
Bassett 46/50 (92%) Tippett 14/14 (100%) | Folau 30/34 (88%) Selby-Rickit 15/20 (75%) Dunn 10/10 (100%) |
# | Standings (2018 Netball Quad Series) | ||||||||
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Team | W | L | GF | GA | % | PTS | |||
1 | Australia | 3 | 0 | 173 | 146 | 118.49 | 6 | ||
2 | England | 2 | 1 | 144 | 133 | 108.27 | 4 | ||
3 | New Zealand | 1 | 2 | 155 | 149 | 104.03 | 2 | ||
4 | South Africa | 0 | 3 | 123 | 167 | 73.65 | 0 |
2018 Netball Quad Series winners |
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Australia 4th title |
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