2017 Netball Superleague season

The 2017 Vitality Netball Superleague season saw a new franchise, Wasps, win the title in their inaugural season. In the grand final they defeated regular season winners, Loughborough Lightning. [1][2][3][4][5]

2017 Netball Superleague season
LeagueNetball Superleague
Number of teams10
Champions Wasps
Runners-up Loughborough Lightning
Season MVPEmma Dovey
(Manchester Thunder) [1]

Teams

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]

2017 Superleague teams Home venue/base Country/Region
Celtic DragonsSport Wales National CentreWales
Hertfordshire MavericksUniversity of HertfordshireEast of England
Loughborough LightningLoughborough UniversityEast Midlands
Manchester ThunderWright Robinson CollegeNorth West England
Team BathUniversity of BathSouth West England/West of England
Team NorthumbriaSport CentralNorth East England
Scottish SirensEmirates ArenaScotland
Severn StarsUniversity of Worcester ArenaWest Midlands
Surrey StormUniversity of SurreyGreater London/South East England
Wasps NetballRicoh ArenaWest Midlands

Regular season

Final table

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 P W D L GF GA PTS
1 Loughborough Lightning181701110488251
2 Wasps181404106886342
3 Manchester Thunder181305101694139
4 Team Bath18110789282133
5 Surrey Storm181008107799630
6 Scottish Sirens1890998896327
7 Hertfordshire Mavericks186012897100218
8 Severn Stars18501384799315
9 Team Northumbria18301588410689
10 Celtic Dragons18201685210966
Notes

  Qualified for the Final Four and the 2017 British Fast5 Netball All-Stars Championship
  Invited to play in the 2017 British Fast5 Netball All-Stars Championship

Source:[12][13][14][15]

Final Four

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
10 June 2017 Loughborough Lightning66–45Team Bath    Barclaycard Arena [2][17]
Scoring by quarter: 16–10, 29–22, 52–32, 66–45
10 June 2017 Wasps63–48Manchester Thunder    Barclaycard Arena [2]

3rd/4th place play-off
11 June 2017
14:30		 Manchester Thunder56–48Team Bath    Barclaycard Arena [1][18][19]
Scoring by quarter: 17–11, 28–25, 42–33, 56–48
? Chelsea Lewis

Grand Final
Further information: 2017 Netball Superleague Grand Final
11 June 2017
17:00 [11]		 Wasps55–51Loughborough Lightning    Barclaycard Arena [1][3][4][5] Sky Sports
Scoring by quarter: 16–15, 27–26, 41–40, 55–51
Rachel Dunn  43/47 (91%)
Natalie Haythornthwaite  12/13 (92%)		 Peace Proscovia  40/43 (93%)
Vanessa Walker  11/16 (69%)
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See also

References
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  2. "Netball Superleague: Loughborough Lightning and Wasps win to reach final". www.bbc.co.uk. 10 June 2017. Retrieved 9 June 2020.
  3. "FLASHBACK: Wasps Netball's last visit to Arena Birmingham..." www.waspsnetball.co.uk. 4 January 2019. Retrieved 9 June 2020.
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  10. "Wasps Netball win historic Superleague victory over Sirens". www.coventrytelegraph.net. 22 February 2017. Retrieved 1 March 2020.
  11. "2017 Superleague results". www.scoreboard.com.
  12. "2017 Superleague table". www.scoreboard.com.
  13. "2017 results and final table". www.teambath.com. Retrieved 13 February 2020.
  14. "History". www.fast5allstars.com. Retrieved 13 March 2020.
  15. "Team Northumbria complete British Fast5 All-Stars Championship line-up". www.fast5allstars.com. 14 June 2017. Retrieved 13 March 2020.
  16. "Final Four switches to Barclaycard Arena". www.englandnetball.co.uk. 1 June 2017. Retrieved 10 June 2020.
  17. "Team Bath Netball's Grand Final hopes dashed by Lightning strike in Birmingham". www.teambath.com. 10 June 2017. Retrieved 12 February 2020.
  18. "Pride and positives as Team Bath Netball end Superleague season on a battling note". www.teambath.com. 11 June 2017. Retrieved 28 November 2017.
  19. "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.
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