Netball Quad Series

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Netball Quad Series
Current season, competition or edition:
Current sports event 2023 Netball Quad Series
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SportNetball
First season2012
No. of teams4
Most recent
champion		File:Flag of Australia (converted).svg Australia
Most titlesFile:Flag of Australia (converted).svg Australia (9 titles)
BroadcastersFox Sports (Australia)
Sky Sports (UK/Ireland)
Sky Sport (New Zealand)
SuperSport (South Africa)

The Netball Quad Series, also referred to as the SANZEA Netball Quad Series, is an international netball series. The series traditionally features Australia, England, New Zealand and South Africa playing a series of test matches against each other. The inaugural series was played in 2012. However, it was not until 2016 that the series became a regular event. Australia won the inaugural series and have gone on to become the competition's dominant team. On occasions when one of the traditional four has not entered, the series has been replaced by the Netball Nations Cup. This first happened in 2020 and again in 2024.

The series' have been broadcast live on Fox Sports and Kayo Freebies in Australia, on Sky Sports and Sky Sports YouTube in the United Kingdom and Ireland, on Sky Sport in New Zealand and on SuperSport (South Africa).

History

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Inaugural series

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The inaugural 2012 series was co-hosted by Netball Australia and Netball New Zealand.[1] With a team coached by Lisa Alexander and captained by Natalie von Bertouch, Australia won the inaugural series.[2][3] However, the 2012 series proved to be a one off event and it would be 2016, before the next series was organised.[4][5][6]

Relaunch

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In December 2015, Netball Australia, Netball New Zealand, England Netball and Netball South Africa formed a partnership called SANZEA and announced their plans to organise the 2016 and 2017 tournaments.[4] In March 2016, SANZEA relaunched the series, initially referred to as the International Netball Super Series.[6][7][8] In August 2016, ahead of the 2016 series, Lisa Alexander, Australia's head coach, stressed that international netball needed a competition similar to the Six Nations or The Rugby Championship.[5] With a team coached by Alexander and captained by Clare McMeniman, Australia subsequently won the 2016 series, securing the title with a 60–55 win against New Zealand.[9][10]

Australia dominates

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With a team coached by Lisa Alexander and captained by Sharni Layton, Australia won the first 2017 Netball Quad Series, securing the title with a 47–46 win over England.[11][12][13] Later in 2017, New Zealand briefly broke Australia's monopoly of the series. With a team coached by Janine Southby and captained by Katrina Grant, New Zealand won their first Quad series, securing the second 2017 Netball Quad Series with a 57–47 win over Australia.[14][15] However, Australia's dominance was soon restored and they subsequently won the next three Netball Quad Series.[6][16]

Netball Nations Cup

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In 2020, Australia opted out of taking part and they were subsequently replaced by Jamaica. Without Australia, the series was referred to as the Netball Nations Cup.[17] With a team coached by Noeline Taurua and captained by Ameliaranne Ekenasio,[18] New Zealand won the tournament, winning all four of their matches and defeating Jamaica 67–56 in the final.[19][20]

In 2024, South Africa opted out of taking part and were subsequently replaced by Uganda.[21] With a team coached by Stacey Marinkovich and captained by Liz Watson, Australia won the series after defeating England 69–49 in the final.[22][23]

In 2025, with a team coached by Jess Thirlby and captained by Fran Williams, England won the series for the first time after defeating South Africa 61–55 in the final. It proved sixth time lucky for England. Since the Nations Cup/Quad Series was established in 2012, England had finished as runners up five times.[24][25]

Format

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Between 2012 and 2019, the series used a round-robin format to determine the winner and places. In 2012 the four teams played two rounds of matches. However, subsequent series up to 2019, featured a single round of matches.[26][27][28] In 2020, a final and 3rd/4th playoff were added.[29]

Results

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Round-robin series

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Series Refs Winners Runners up Third Fourth
2012 [2][3] File:Flag of Australia (converted).svg Australia File:Flag of New Zealand.svg New Zealand File:Flag of England.svg England File:Flag of South Africa.svg South Africa
2016 [9][10] File:Flag of Australia (converted).svg Australia File:Flag of New Zealand.svg New Zealand File:Flag of England.svg England File:Flag of South Africa.svg South Africa
2017 (I) [12][13] File:Flag of Australia (converted).svg Australia File:Flag of New Zealand.svg New Zealand File:Flag of England.svg England File:Flag of South Africa.svg South Africa
2017 (II) [14][15][30] File:Flag of New Zealand.svg New Zealand File:Flag of Australia (converted).svg Australia File:Flag of England.svg England File:Flag of South Africa.svg South Africa
2018 (I) [31][32] File:Flag of Australia (converted).svg Australia File:Flag of England.svg England File:Flag of New Zealand.svg New Zealand File:Flag of South Africa.svg South Africa
2018 (II) [33][34] File:Flag of Australia (converted).svg Australia File:Flag of England.svg England File:Flag of New Zealand.svg New Zealand File:Flag of South Africa.svg South Africa
2019 [16][35] File:Flag of Australia (converted).svg Australia File:Flag of England.svg England File:Flag of New Zealand.svg New Zealand File:Flag of South Africa.svg South Africa

Finals

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Series Winners Score Runners up Venue
2020[19][20] File:Flag of New Zealand.svg New Zealand 67–56 File:Flag of Jamaica.svg Jamaica Copper Box Arena
2020[36] (Note 1)
2022[37][38] File:Flag of Australia (converted).svg Australia 58–46 File:Flag of England.svg England Copper Box Arena
2023[39][40][41] File:Flag of Australia (converted).svg Australia 56–50 File:Flag of New Zealand.svg New Zealand Cape Town
2024[22][23] File:Flag of Australia (converted).svg Australia 69–49 File:Flag of England.svg England First Direct Arena
2025[24][25] File:Flag of England.svg England 61–55 File:Flag of South Africa.svg South Africa Copper Box Arena

3rd/4th Playoff

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Series Third Score Fourth Venue
2020[42][43][44] File:Flag of England.svg England 65–63 File:Flag of South Africa.svg South Africa Copper Box Arena
2020[36] (Note 1)
2022[45][46] File:Flag of New Zealand.svg New Zealand 51–50 File:Flag of South Africa.svg South Africa Copper Box Arena
2023[41][47][48] File:Flag of England.svg England 49–42 File:Flag of South Africa.svg South Africa Cape Town
2024[49] File:Flag of New Zealand.svg New Zealand 62–57 File:Flag of Uganda.svg Uganda First Direct Arena
2025[50] File:Flag of Uganda.svg Uganda 50–45 File:Flag of Malawi.svg Malawi Copper Box Arena
Notes
  • ^1 A series due to be held in Australia and New Zealand in September and October 2020 was cancelled due to the COVID-19 pandemic.

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