2017 Fast5 Netball World Series

The 2017 Fast5 Netball World Series was the 8th Fast5 Netball World Series. Australia hosted England, Jamaica, Malawi, New Zealand and South Africa in a series, played in October 2017, at the Melbourne's Hisense Arena. With a team coached by Tracey Neville and captained by Ama Agbeze, England won the series for a second time. In the final they defeated Jamaica 34–29.^{[1][2][3][4][5][6]} Australia finished third, overcoming New Zealand 34–15 playoff.^[7] The series was broadcast live on 9Gem in Australia,^[8] on Sky Sports in the United Kingdom and Ireland^[9] and on SuperSport (South Africa).^[10]

2017 Fast5 Netball World Series

Tournament details
Host country	Australia
City	Melbourne
Venue(s)	Hisense Arena
Dates	28–29 October 2017
Teams	6
TV partner(s)	9Gem (Australia) Sky Sports (UK/Ireland) SuperSport (South Africa)
Final positions
Champions	England (2nd title)
Runner-up	Jamaica
Third place	Australia
Tournament statistics
Matches played	18
Top scorer(s)	Jhaniele Fowler-Reid
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Squads

Participating teams and rosters^[1][8]

Australia[11][12]	England[4][5][6][13]	Jamaica	Malawi	New Zealand[14]	South Africa[15]
Ashleigh Brazill Paige Hadley Sarah Klau Kate Moloney (c) Tegan Philip Samantha Poolman Kate Shimmin Kaylia Stanton Gretel Tippett Maddy Turner	Ama Agbeze (c) Beth Cobden Rachel Dunn Serena Guthrie Joanne Harten (vc) Natalie Haythornthwaite Helen Housby Gabriella Marshall Geva Mentor Natalie Panagarry	Shanice Beckford Stacian Facey Jhaniele Fowler-Reid (c)[2] Malysha Kelly Shimona Nelson Rebekah Robinson Adean Thomas Paula Thompson Khadijah Williams Vangelee Williams	Jane Chimaliro Martha Dambo Thandie Galleta Alinafe Kamwala Joanna Kachilika (c) Takondwa Lwazi Jessia Mazengera Caroline Mtukule Joyce Mvula Loreen Ngwira	Kayla Cullen Ameliaranne Ekenasio Temalisi Fakahokotau Monica Falkner Jamie Hume Erikana Pedersen Storm Purvis (c) Whitney Souness Zoe Walker Maia Wilson	Charmaine Baard Lauren-Lee Christians (c)[16] Rome Dreyer Maryka Holtzhausen Jessica Khomo Phumza Maweni Fikile Mkhuzangwe Zanne-Marie Pienaar Deancke Pohde Renske Stoltz
Head Coach: Stacey Marinkovich	Head Coach: Tracey Neville	Head Coach:	Head Coach:	Head Coach: Kiri Wills	Head Coach: Elsjé Jordaan[16]
Assistant coach: Megan Anderson Rob Wright	Assistant coach: Tania Obst	Assistant coach:	Assistant coach:	Assistant coach:	Assistant coach:

Round robin stage

Round 1

28 October 2017	Australia	34–21	Malawi
13:45 (AEDST)		Report

28 October 2017	Jamaica	37–29	South Africa
14:30 (AEDST)		Report

28 October 2017	England	37–30	New Zealand
15:15 (AEDST)		Report

Round 2

28 October 2017	Australia	23–26	Jamaica
16:00 AEDST		Report

28 October 2017	England	43–15	Malawi
16:45 AEDST		Report

28 October 2017	New Zealand	40–26	South Africa
17:30 AEDST		Report

Round 3

28 October 2017	Jamaica	31–24	Malawi
18:15 AEDST		Report

28 October 2017	England	43–33	South Africa
19:00 AEDST		Report

28 October 2017	Australia	40–30	New Zealand
19:45 AEDST		Report

Round 4

29 October 2017	South Africa	28–26	Malawi
12:15 AEDST		Report

29 October 2017	Australia	19–28	England
13:00 AEDST		Report

29 October 2017	Jamaica	30–23	New Zealand
13:45 AEDST		Report

Round 5

29 October 2017	Australia	31–18	South Africa
14:30 AEDST		Report

29 October 2017	New Zealand	29–27	Malawi
15:15 AEDST		Report

29 October 2017	Jamaica	47–38	England
16:00 AEDST		Report

Ladder

Pos	Team	P	W	D	L	GF	GA	%	Pts
1	Jamaica	5	5	0	0	171	137	124.8	10
2	England	5	4	0	1	189	144	131.3	8
3	Australia	5	3	0	2	147	123	119.5	6
4	New Zealand	5	2	0	3	152	160	95	4
5	South Africa	5	1	0	4	134	177	75.7	2
6	Malawi	5	0	0	5	113	165	68.5	0

Sources:^[1][17]

  Qualified for the final
  Qualified for 3rd/4th place match
  Qualified for 5th/6th place match

Playoffs

5th v 6th Playoff

29 October 2017	South Africa	28–17	Malawi
17:25 AEDST

Sources:^[18][19][20]

3rd v 4th Playoff

29 October 2017	Australia	34–15	New Zealand
18:35 AEDST

Source:^[7][21]

Final

29 October 2017	England	34–29	Jamaica
19:25 AEDST

Sources:^{[2][3][4][5][6]}

Award winners

Award	Winner	Team
Player of the Series	Serena Guthrie	England

Sources:^[4][5][6]

Top scorers

Player	Team	1pt goals	2pt goals	3pt goals
Jhaniele Fowler-Reid	Jamaica	64/74 (86%)	16/38 (42%)	0/11 (0%)
Joyce Mvula	Malawi	44/53 (83%)	5/23 (22%)	0/12 (0%)
Ameliaranne Ekenasio	New Zealand	24/27 (89%)	19/37 (51%)	6/26 (23%)

Source:^[22]

Final Placings

Rank	Team
	England
	Jamaica
	Australia
4	New Zealand
5	South Africa
6	Malawi

Sources:^[1][2][21]