2022 Fast5 Netball World Series

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2022 Fast5 Netball World Series
2022 Fast5 Netball World Series Logo.svg
Tournament details
Host countryFlag of New Zealand.svg  New Zealand
Dates5–6 November 2022
Teams6
Final positions
ChampionsFlag of Australia (converted).svg  Australia
Runner-upFlag of South Africa.svg  South Africa
  2018
2023  

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]

Contents

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

Format

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

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

Men's competition

Squads

Squad lists [5] [6]
Flag of Australia (converted).svg  Australia [7] Flag of New Zealand.svg  New Zealand [8] Flag of Jamaica.svg  Jamaica Flag of England.svg  England [9] Flag of South Africa.svg  South Africa Flag of Uganda.svg  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

Coach: Martha Mosoahle-Samm

Coach: Fred Mugerwa

Squad lists (Men's competition) [10]
AustraliaNew ZealandEngland
  • 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

Round-robin

Saturday 5 November (round robin matches)
GameTime (NZDST)MatchDetails
112:30Flag of Australia (converted).svg  Australia 39–15Flag of Jamaica.svg  Jamaica Stats
213:15Flag of New Zealand.svg  New Zealand 49–32Flag of Uganda.svg  Uganda Stats
314:00Flag of England.svg  England 26–32Flag of South Africa.svg  South Africa Stats
414:45Australia Men29–20England Men Stats
515:30Flag of Jamaica.svg  Jamaica 22–33Flag of Uganda.svg  Uganda Stats
616:15Flag of South Africa.svg  South Africa 19–25Flag of Australia (converted).svg  Australia Stats
717:45Flag of New Zealand.svg  New Zealand 31–32Flag of England.svg  England Stats
818:30New Zealand Men24–31Australia Men Stats
919:15Flag of South Africa.svg  South Africa 28–27Flag of Jamaica.svg  Jamaica Stats
1020:00Flag of England.svg  England 38–35Flag of Uganda.svg  Uganda Stats
1120:45Flag of New Zealand.svg  New Zealand 31–33Flag of Australia (converted).svg  Australia Stats
Sunday 6 November (round robin matches)
GameTime (NZDST)MatchDetails
1212:00Flag of Jamaica.svg  Jamaica 27–32Flag of England.svg  England Stats
1312:45Flag of Uganda.svg  Uganda 32–30Flag of Australia (converted).svg  Australia Stats
1413:30Flag of New Zealand.svg  New Zealand 37–38Flag of South Africa.svg  South Africa Stats
1514:15New Zealand Men36–22England Men Stats
1615:00Flag of Australia (converted).svg  Australia 34–28Flag of England.svg  England Stats
1715:45Flag of New Zealand.svg  New Zealand 40–22Flag of Jamaica.svg  Jamaica Stats
1816:30Flag of Uganda.svg  Uganda 22–27Flag of South Africa.svg  South Africa Stats

Finals

Sunday 6 November (Placement Matches)
GameTime (NZDST)MatchDetails
1917:20Australia Men25–29New Zealand MenMen's final
Stats
2018:10Flag of Uganda.svg  Uganda 32–10Flag of Jamaica.svg  Jamaica 5th/6th Playoff
Stats
2119:00Flag of England.svg  England 25–39Flag of New Zealand.svg  New Zealand 3rd/4th Playoff
Stats
2219:50Flag of Australia (converted).svg  Australia 34–20Flag of South Africa.svg  South Africa Final
Stats

Final Placings

Men's Competition

PlaceNation
Gold medal icon.svg Flag of New Zealand.svg New Zealand [13]
Silver medal icon.svg Flag of Australia (converted).svg Australia
Bronze medal icon.svg Flag of England.svg England

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