2016 Fast5 Netball World Series
| Tournament details | |
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| Host nation |
 Australia |
| Dates | 29–30 October 2016 |
| No. of nations | 6 |
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The 2016 Fast5 Netball World Series is the seventh staging of the annual Fast5 Netball World Series, and the fourth to be played under the new Fast5 rules, which replaced the older fastnet rules introduced in 2009. The tournament will be held in Australia for the first time with the venue being at Hisense Arena in Melbourne.[1]
The 2016 tournament is being contested by the six top national netball teams in 2016.
Overview
Date and Venue
The 2016 Fast5 Netball World Series is being played in Melbourne, Australia over two days, from 29–30 October. All matches are bring held at Hisense Arena, which has a capacity of 10,500.
Format
18 matches were played over two days, under the Fast5 rules of netball. Each team played each other once during the first two days in a round-robin format. The two highest-scoring teams from this stage progressed to the Grand Final while the remaining teams contested the third-fourth place playoff match and fifth-sixth place playoff match.
Teams
The tournament is being contested by the six top national netball teams in the world, according to the INF World Rankings:
Draw and results
| Saturday 29 October (Round Robin Matches) | |||||
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| Game | Time (AEDST) | Match | Details | ||
| 1 | 13:45 | Australia |
24-23 |  Malawi |
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| 2 | 14:30 |  South Africa |
32-35 |  Jamaica |
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| 3 | 15:15 |  New Zealand |
36-35 |  England |
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| 4 | 16:00 | Australia |
35-19 | Jamaica |
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| 5 | 16:45 | England |
43-22 | Malawi |
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| 6 | 17:30 | South Africa |
20-49 | New Zealand |
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| 7 | 18:15 | Jamaica |
12-46 | Malawi |
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| 8 | 19:00 | England |
29-29
(Draw) |
South Africa |
buzzer beater 3 to draw the game by South Africa |
| 9 | 19:45 | Australia |
32-29 | New Zealand |
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| Sunday 30 October (Round Robin Matches) | |||||
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| Game | Time (AEDST) | Match | Details | ||
| 10 | 12:15 | Malawi |
36-21 | South Africa |
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| 11 | 13:00 | Australia |
26-20 | England |
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| 12 | 13:45 | New Zealand |
26-16 | Jamaica |
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| 13 | 14:30 | Australia |
31-14 | South Africa |
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| 14 | 15:15 | New Zealand |
52-27 | Malawi |
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| 15 | 16:00 | Jamaica |
19-32 | England |
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Standings
1. Australia (5 wins, 0 losses, 0 draws)
2. New Zealand (4 wins, 1 losses, 0 draws)
3. England (2 wins, 2 losses, 1 draws)
4. Malawi (2 wins, 3 losses, 0 draws)
5. Jamaica (1 wins, 4 losses, 0 draws)
6. South Africa (0 wins, 4 losses, 1 draws)
| Sunday 30 October (Placement Matches) | |||||
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| Game | Time (AEDST) | Match | Details | ||
| 16 | 17:45 | Jamaica (5) |
34-33
(Golden Point Win) |
South Africa (6) |
play-offs for 5th/6th
Extra Time 33-33 |
| 17 | 18:35 | England (3) |
32-35 | Malawi (4) |
Play-offs for 3rd/4th |
| 18 | 19:25 | Australia (1) |
16-41 | New Zealand (2) |
Grand Final |
Final Placings
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References
- ↑ "AUSTRALIA NEW HOME OF FAST5 NETBALL WORLD SERIES". 2015. Retrieved October 22, 2016.
http://fast5worldseries.com.au