2010 World Netball Series

2010 World Netball Series
Tournament details
Host country	England
Dates	19–21 November 2010
Teams	6
Final positions
Champions	New Zealand
Runner-up	England
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The 2010 World Netball Series was the second edition of the World Netball Series, an annual international netball competition held under fastnet rules. The 2010 event was held in Liverpool, England, and was contested between the top six national netball teams according to the IFNA World Rankings. After two days of round-robin matches, Jamaica and England finished on top of the standings. However, the 2010 tournament was won by New Zealand, who defeated Jamaica in the semi-final and England in the grand final.^[1]

Overview

Date and venue

The 2010 World Netball Series was played in Liverpool over three days, from 19–21 November. Matches were held at the Echo Arena Liverpool, which has a seating capacity of 7,500 for sporting events.^{[citation needed]}

Format

The tournament comprised 20 matches played over three days from 19–21 November. Each of the six teams played each other once during the first two days in a round-robin format. At the end of two days, the four highest-ranked teams from this stage progress to the finals, played on the final day of competition, in which the 1st-ranked team play the 4th-ranked team, while 2nd plays 3rd. The winners of these two matches contested the Grand Final; the remaining teams competed in third- and fifth-place playoffs.

Teams

The top six international netball teams contest the World Netball Series each year. Five teams returned from the previous tournament; Samoa was replaced by South Africa in 2010. England, Jamaica and Malawi sent near full-strength teams for the tournament;^[2]^[3]^[4] Australia and New Zealand sent development teams,^[5]^[6] while South Africa had several top players unavailable.^[7]

Participating teams and rosters^[8]
Australia	New Zealand	England^[9]	Jamaica	South Africa	Malawi
Caitlin Bassett Emily Beaton Erin Bell Kate Beveridge (c) Shae Bolton Ashleigh Brazill Madison Browne (vc) Tegan Caldwell Chanel Gomes April Letton Mary Livesey Amy Steel	Maree Bowden (c) Kayla Cullen Ellen Halpenny Charlotte Kight Camilla Lees Jessica Moulds Grace Rasmussen Rachel Rasmussen Hayley Saunders Te Huinga Reo Selby-Rickit Anna Thompson	Louisa Brownfield Rachel Dunn Jo Harten Pamela Cookey (vc) Karen Atkinson (c) Tamsin Greenway Serena Guthrie Sasha Corbin Stacey Francis Eboni Beckford-Chambers Lindsay Keable Sonia Mkoloma	Nicole Aiken-Pinnock Nadine Bryan Althea Byfield Jodi-Ann Ffrench-Kentish Simone Forbes (c) Jhaniele Fowler Sasher-Gaye Henry Sasha-Gay Lynch Malysha Kelly Tracy-Ann Robinson Paula Thompson Vanessa Walker	Claudia Basson Chrisna Bootha Erin Burger Elzet Engelbrecht Sindisiwe Gumede Maryka Holtzhausen Christine Markgraaff Zanele Mdodane Nthabiseng Moabi Precious Mthembu Amanda Mynhardt Liezel Wium (c)	Joan Kachilika Peace Kaluwa (c) Mwayi Kumwenda Sylvia Malenga Beatrice Mpinganjira Caroline Mtukule Linda Munthali Grace Mwafulirwa Joyce Mvula Esther Nkhoma Towera Vinkhumbo Mary Waya
Coach: Norma Plummer	Coach: Robyn Broughton	Coach: Anna Mayes	Coach: Connie Francis	Coach: Carin Strauss	Coach: Edith Kaliati

Results

Friday 19 November
Game	Time (GMT)	Match			Details
1	13:40	Jamaica	32 – 30	Malawi
2	14:25	England	30 – 13	South Africa
3	15:10	New Zealand	19 – 25	Australia
4	18:35	Malawi	23 – 29	New Zealand
5	19:20	Jamaica	34 – 22	South Africa
6	20:05	Australia	25 – 25	England
7	20:50	South Africa	16 – 31	New Zealand

Saturday 20 November
Game	Time (GMT)	Match			Details
8	10:05	England	26 – 24	New Zealand
9	10:50	Australia	30 – 32	Jamaica
10	11:35	South Africa	17 – 28	Malawi
11	12:20	England	20 – 27	Jamaica
12	14:35	Australia	34 – 34	Malawi
13	15:20	Jamaica	27 – 27	New Zealand
14	16:05	Australia	39 – 13	South Africa
15	16:50	Malawi	29 – 32	England

Sunday 21 November
Game	Time (GMT)	Match			Details
16	13:05	Jamaica	28 – 29	New Zealand
17	13:50	England	26 – 25	Australia
18	14:35	Malawi	25 – 20	South Africa
19	15:20	Australia	29 – 30	Jamaica
20	16:05	New Zealand	28 – 26	England

Final placings

Place	Nation
	New Zealand
	England
	Jamaica
4	Australia
5	Malawi
6	South Africa

Medallists

Gold	Silver	Bronze
New Zealand Coach: Robyn Broughton	England Coach: Anna Mayes	Jamaica Coach: Connie Francis
Maree Bowden (c) Kayla Cullen Ellen Halpenny Charlotte Kight Camilla Lees Jessica Moulds Grace Rasmussen Rachel Rasmussen Hayley Saunders Te Huinga Reo Selby-Rickit Anna Thompson	Louisa Brownfield Rachel Dunn Jo Harten Pamela Cookey (vc) Karen Atkinson (c) Tamsin Greenway Serena Guthrie Sasha Corbin Stacey Francis Eboni Beckford-Chambers Lindsay Keable Sonia Mkoloma	Nicole Aiken-Pinnock Nadine Bryan Althea Byfield Jodi-Ann Ffrench-Kentish Simone Forbes (c) Jhaniele Fowler Sasher-Gaye Henry Sasha-Gay Lynch Malysha Kelly Tracy-Ann Robinson Paula Thompson Vanessa Walker