Tournament details | |
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Host country | ![]() |
City | Cape Town |
Venue(s) | Cape Town International Convention Centre |
Dates | 21–25 January 2023 |
Teams | 4 |
TV partner(s) | Fox Sports/Kayo Freebies (Australia) Sky Sports (UK/Ireland) Sky Sport (New Zealand) SuperSport (South Africa) |
Final positions | |
Champions | ![]() |
Runner-up | ![]() |
Third place | ![]() |
Tournament statistics | |
Matches played | 8 |
Top scorer(s) | Grace Nweke ![]() |
The 2023 Netball Quad Series was the nineth Netball Quad Series series. It was hosted by Netball South Africa. It featured Australia, England, New Zealand and South Africa playing each other in a series of eight netball test matches in January 2023. All eight matches were played at the Cape Town International Convention Centre. The series was effectively a test event for the 2023 Netball World Cup, which would be hosted at the same venue later in the year. [1] [2] [3] [4] [5] [6]
With a team coached by Stacey Marinkovich and captained by Liz Watson, Australia won the series, defeating New Zealand by 56–50 in the final. New Zealand's Grace Nweke was named as the Player of the Series. [4] [7] [8] [9] The series was broadcast live on Fox Sports and Kayo Freebies in Australia, [10] [11] on Sky Sports and Sky Sports YouTube in the United Kingdom and Ireland, [5] [12] on Sky Sport in New Zealand [13] and on SuperSport (South Africa). [1]
Umpire | Association |
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Bronwen Adams | Australia |
Angela Armstrong-Lush | New Zealand |
Joshua Bowring | Australia |
Gary Burgess | England |
Anso Kemp | South Africa |
Alison Harrison | Wales |
Umpire | Association |
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Marielouw Van der Merwe | South Africa |
Heather Gleadall | England |
Theresa Prince | South Africa |
21 January 2023 | ![]() | 41–61 | ![]() | ||
16:00 (SAST UTC+2) | Lenize Potgieter ![]() Nicolé Taljaard ![]() Ine-Mari Venter ![]() | Stats | Grace Nweke ![]() Ameliaranne Ekenasio ![]() Maia Wilson ![]() |
Sources: [13]
21 January 2022 | ![]() | 61–55 | ![]() | ||
18:00 (SAST UTC+2) | Sophie Garbin ![]() Steph Wood ![]() Kiera Austin ![]() | Stats | Eleanor Cardwell ![]() Helen Housby ![]() Sophie Drakeford-Lewis ![]() |
22 January 2023 | ![]() | 46–46 | ![]() | ||
16:00 (SAST UTC+2) | Olivia Tchine ![]() Helen Housby ![]() Sophie Drakeford-Lewis ![]() | Stats | Lenize Potgieter ![]() Nicolé Taljaard ![]() |
Sources: [27]
22 January 2023 | ![]() | 59–57 | ![]() | ||
18:00 (SAST UTC+2) | Cara Koenen ![]() Steph Wood ![]() | Grace Nweke ![]() Maia Wilson ![]() Ameliaranne Ekenasio ![]() |
24 January 2023 | ![]() | 55–45 | ![]() | ||
16:00 (SAST UTC+2) | Eleanor Cardwell ![]() Helen Housby ![]() | Grace Nweke ![]() Ameliaranne Ekenasio ![]() Te Paea Selby-Rickit ![]() |
24 January 2023 | ![]() | 48–65 | ![]() | ||
18:00 (SAST UTC+2) | Ine-Mari Venter ![]() Nicholé Taljaard ![]() Lenize Potgieter ![]() Sesandile Ngubane ![]() | Stats | Sophie Garbin ![]() Sophie Dwyer ![]() Kiera Austin ![]() Cara Koenen ![]() |
Sources: [32]
Pos | Team | P | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | % | Pts |
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1 | ![]() | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 185 | 160 | +25 | 100.0 | 6 |
2 | ![]() | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 173 | 145 | +28 | 75.0 | 4 |
3 | ![]() | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 146 | 162 | -16 | 0.0 | 1 |
4 | ![]() | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 135 | 172 | -37 | 0.0 | 1 |
Qualified for Final
Qualified for 3rd/4th place match
Source: [4]
25 January 2023 | ![]() | 42–49 | ![]() | ||
16:00 (SAST UTC+2) | Lenize Potgieter ![]() Ine-Mari Venter ![]() Nicholé Taljaard ![]() | Stats | Eleanor Cardwell ![]() Helen Housby ![]() Olivia Tchine ![]() |
25 January 2023 | ![]() | 56–50 | ![]() | ||
18:00 (SAST UTC+2) | Cara Koenen ![]() Steph Wood ![]() | Grace Nweke ![]() Ameliaranne Ekenasio ![]() |
Award | Winner | Team |
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Player of the Series | Grace Nweke | ![]() |
Best Shooter | Grace Nweke | ![]() |
Best Mid Court | Kate Heffernan | ![]() |
Best Defender | Courtney Bruce | ![]() |
Source: [9]
Rank | Team |
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