2014 Netball Superleague season

The 2014 Netball Superleague season (known for sponsorship reasons as the Zeo Netball Superleague) was the ninth season of the Netball Superleague. The league was won by Manchester Thunder. Surrey Storm finished top of the table following the regular season and remained unbeaten throughout the season until they were defeated in the grand final by Manchester Thunder. This season the league was sponsored by Zeo, a soft drinks firm.[2][3][4][5]

2014 Netball Superleague season
LeagueNetball Superleague
Number of teams8
TV partner(s)Sky Sports
2014 Netball Superleague season
Champions. Manchester Thunder
  Runners-up. Surrey Storm
Season MVPLayla Guscoth
(Hertfordshire Mavericks) [1]
Seasons

Teams

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2014 Superleague teams Home venue/base Country/Region
Celtic Dragons Sport Wales National Centre Wales
Hertfordshire Mavericks University of Hertfordshire East of England
Loughborough Lightning Loughborough University East Midlands
Manchester Thunder Wright Robinson College North West England
Team Bath University of Bath South West England/West of England
Team Northumbria Sport Central North East England
Surrey Storm University of Surrey Greater London/South East England
Yorkshire Jets Hull / Leeds / Sheffield Yorkshire

Regular season

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Surrey Storm finished top of the table following the regular season with a record of twelve wins and two draws.[2][3][6]

Final table
Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1 Surrey Storm 14 12 2 0 829 655 +174 38 Qualified for the play offs
2 Manchester Thunder 14 11 1 2 782 633 +149 34
3 Team Bath 14 8 3 3 772 701 +71 27
4 Hertfordshire Mavericks 14 7 1 6 699 629 +70 22
5 Celtic Dragons 14 6 1 7 815 778 +37 19
6 Team Northumbria 14 4 1 9 666 800 −134 13
7 Yorkshire Jets 14 3 1 10 694 771 −77 10
8 Loughborough Lightning 14 0 0 14 556 846 −290 0
Source: [6][7]

Playoffs

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Semi-finals

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21 April 2014
18:00
Manchester Thunder 43–37 Team Bath    Wright Robinson College[8][9][10] Sky Sports
Scoring by quarter: 11–14, 21–24, 30–32, 43–37
21 April 2014
20:00
Surrey Storm 52–42 Hertfordshire Mavericks    Surrey Sports Park[8][11] Sky Sports
Scoring by quarter: 12–15, 21–26, 36–35, 52–42

3rd/4th place playoff

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26 April 2014
15:30
Hertfordshire Mavericks 42–34 Team Bath    University of Worcester Arena[6]

Grand Final

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26 April 2014
18:00
Manchester Thunder 49–48 Surrey Storm    University of Worcester Arena[6][5][12][13]
Umpires: Gary Burgess and Tracy Smith
Sky Sports[8]
Scoring by quarter: 11–10, 22–26, 36–38, 49–48

References

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  1. ^ "Herts Mavericks defender Layla Guscoth wins ZEO Player of the Season". www.skysports.com. 2 June 2014. Retrieved 16 April 2020.
  2. ^ a b "Netball Superleague: Surrey Storm end season unbeaten". www.bbc.co.uk. 15 April 2014. Retrieved 22 May 2020.
  3. ^ a b "2014 ZEO Superleague: Surrey Storm make it 14 games unbeaten with Northumbria triumph". www.skysports.com. 15 April 2014. Retrieved 22 May 2020.
  4. ^ "Zeo scores England Netball deal". www.sportbusiness.com. 12 November 2013. Retrieved 12 March 2020.
  5. ^ a b "Netball Superleague: Manchester Thunder 49-48 Surrey Storm". www.bbc.co.uk. 26 April 2014. Retrieved 3 March 2020.
  6. ^ a b c d "Superleague 2014". www.scoreboard.com. Retrieved 23 May 2020.
  7. ^ "Superleague 2014 standings". www.scoreboard.com. Retrieved 24 May 2020.
  8. ^ a b c "ZEO Netball Superleague: Manchester Thunder and Surrey Storm through to final". www.skysports.com. 21 April 2014. Retrieved 22 May 2020.
  9. ^ "Coach Thirlby looking for stylish end to ZEO Superleague". netball.teambath.com. 23 April 2014. Retrieved 23 May 2020.
  10. ^ "Terrific Thunder pull plug on Bath". www.oldham-chronicle.co.uk. 25 April 2014. Retrieved 22 May 2020.
  11. ^ "Herts Mavericks go down to Surrey Storm in netball semi-final play-offs". www.whtimes.co.uk. 22 April 2014. Retrieved 22 May 2020.
  12. ^ "Champions! Manchester Thunder victorious in Superleague grand final". www.manchestereveningnews.co.uk. 26 April 2014. Retrieved 22 May 2020.
  13. ^ "Thunder's shooting star". www.oldham-chronicle.co.uk. 30 April 2014. Retrieved 22 May 2020.