The 2017 Netball Superleague season (known for sponsorship reasons as the Vitality Netball Superleague) was the twelfth season of the Netball Superleague. The league was won by Wasps. In the grand final Wasps defeated regular season winners, Loughborough Lightning.[1][2][3][4][5]
| 2017 Netball Superleague season | |
|---|---|
| League | Netball Superleague |
| Number of teams | 10 |
| Champions |  Wasps |
| Runners-up |  Loughborough Lightning |
| Season MVP | Emma Dovey (Manchester Thunder) [1] |
Teams edit
The 2017 season saw the number of teams expand from eight to ten. In June 2016 England Netball announced that Yorkshire Jets had lost their place in the league. At the same time, they also announced that three new franchises, Severn Stars, Scottish Sirens and Wasps would be joining.[6][7][8][9][10]
Regular season edit
Final table edit
Loughborough Lightning finished top of the table after winning seventeen of their eighteen matches. Wasps were the only team to beat Lightning in the regular season.[2][11]
| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Loughborough Lightning (I) | 18 | 17 | 0 | 1 | 1104 | 882 | +222 | 51 | Qualified for the Final Four |
| 2 | Wasps (I) | 18 | 14 | 0 | 4 | 1068 | 863 | +205 | 42 | |
| 3 | Manchester Thunder (I) | 18 | 13 | 0 | 5 | 1016 | 941 | +75 | 39 | |
| 4 | Team Bath (I) | 18 | 11 | 0 | 7 | 892 | 821 | +71 | 33 | |
| 5 | Surrey Storm (I) | 18 | 10 | 0 | 8 | 1077 | 996 | +81 | 30 | |
| 6 | Scottish Sirens | 18 | 9 | 0 | 9 | 988 | 963 | +25 | 27 | |
| 7 | Hertfordshire Mavericks (I) | 18 | 6 | 0 | 12 | 897 | 1002 | −105 | 18 | |
| 8 | Severn Stars (I) | 18 | 5 | 0 | 13 | 847 | 993 | −146 | 15 | |
| 9 | Team Northumbria (I) | 18 | 3 | 0 | 15 | 884 | 1068 | −184 | 9 | |
| 10 | Celtic Dragons | 18 | 2 | 0 | 16 | 852 | 1096 | −244 | 6 |
(I) Invited to play in the 2017 British Fast5 Netball All-Stars Championship
Final Four edit
The two play-off semi-finals, the 3rd/4th place play-off and the grand final were all played at Barclaycard Arena on the Final Four weekend. The Final Four was originally due to be hosted at Manchester Arena but was switched to the Barclaycard Arena following the Manchester Arena bombing.[2][16]
Semi-final edit
| 10 June 2017 | Loughborough Lightning | 66–45 | Team Bath | Barclaycard Arena[2][17] | ||
| Scoring by quarter: 16–10, 29–22, 52–32, 66–45 | ||||||
| 10 June 2017 | Wasps | 63–48 | Manchester Thunder | Barclaycard Arena[2] |
3rd/4th place play-off edit
| 11 June 2017 14:30 |
Manchester Thunder | 56–48 | Team Bath | Barclaycard Arena[1][18][19] | ||
| Scoring by quarter: 17–11, 28–25, 42–33, 56–48 | ||||||
| ? | Chelsea Lewis 
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Grand Final edit
| 11 June 2017 17:00 [11] |
Wasps | 55–51 | Loughborough Lightning | Barclaycard Arena[1][3][4][5] Umpires: Gary Burgess and Louise Travis |
Sky Sports | ||
| Scoring by quarter: 16–15, 27–26, 41–40, 55–51 | |||||||
| Rachel Dunn 43/47 (91%) Natalie Haythornthwaite 12/13 (92%)
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Peace Proscovia 40/43 (93%) Vanessa Walker 11/16 (69%)
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See also edit
References edit
- ^ a b c d "Netball Superleague: Wasps beat Loughborough Lightning in Grand Final". www.bbc.co.uk. 11 June 2017. Retrieved 8 February 2020.
- ^ a b c d e "Netball Superleague: Loughborough Lightning and Wasps win to reach final". www.bbc.co.uk. 10 June 2017. Retrieved 9 June 2020.
- ^ a b "FLASHBACK: Wasps Netball's last visit to Arena Birmingham..." www.waspsnetball.co.uk. 4 January 2019. Retrieved 9 June 2020.
- ^ a b "Wasps Netball beat Loughborough Lightning in Netball Superleague Grand Final". www.skysports.com. 15 June 2017. Retrieved 8 February 2020.
- ^ a b "Wasps Netball topple favourites Loughborough Lightning in Superleague Grand Final". www.coventrytelegraph.net. 12 June 2017. Retrieved 9 June 2020.
- ^ "Netball Superleague: Three new teams added, but Yorkshire Jets left out". www.bbc.co.uk. 27 June 2016. Retrieved 1 March 2020.
- ^ "New-look 10 team Vitality Netball Superleague for 2017". www.englandnetball.co.uk. 27 June 2016. Retrieved 28 May 2020.
- ^ "Netball Superleague: How Wasps and Severn Stars came into existence". www.bbc.co.uk. 17 February 2017. Retrieved 1 March 2020.
- ^ "Sirens stung by Wasps in Vitality Netball Superleague debut". www.glasgowtimes.co.uk. 21 February 2017. Retrieved 9 May 2020.
- ^ "Wasps Netball win historic Superleague victory over Sirens". www.coventrytelegraph.net. 22 February 2017. Retrieved 1 March 2020.
- ^ a b "2017 Superleague results". www.scoreboard.com.
- ^ "2017 Superleague table". www.scoreboard.com.
- ^ "2017 results and final table". www.teambath.com. Retrieved 13 February 2020.
- ^ "History". www.fast5allstars.com. Retrieved 13 March 2020.
- ^ "Team Northumbria complete British Fast5 All-Stars Championship line-up". www.fast5allstars.com. 14 June 2017. Retrieved 13 March 2020.
- ^ "Final Four switches to Barclaycard Arena". www.englandnetball.co.uk. 1 June 2017. Retrieved 10 June 2020.
- ^ "Team Bath Netball's Grand Final hopes dashed by Lightning strike in Birmingham". www.teambath.com. 10 June 2017. Retrieved 12 February 2020.
- ^ "Pride and positives as Team Bath Netball end Superleague season on a battling note". www.teambath.com. 11 June 2017. Retrieved 28 November 2017.
- ^ "Thunder finish on a high with a 56 vs 48 win over Team Bath". www.manchesterthunder.co.uk. 11 June 2017. Retrieved 9 June 2020.