2017 Netball Superleague season

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
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]

2017 Netball Superleague ladder
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
Source: [12][13][14][15]
(I) Invited to play in the 2017 British Fast5 Netball All-Stars Championship

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 Goals scored

Grand Final
Further information: 2017 Netball Superleague Grand Final
11 June 2017
17:00 [11]		 Wasps55–51Loughborough 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 Goals scored 43/47 (91%)
Natalie Haythornthwaite Goals scored 12/13 (92%)		 Peace Proscovia Goals scored 40/43 (93%)
Vanessa Walker Goals scored 11/16 (69%)

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.
  4. "Wasps Netball beat Loughborough Lightning in Netball Superleague Grand Final". www.skysports.com. 15 June 2017. Retrieved 8 February 2020.
  5. "Wasps Netball topple favourites Loughborough Lightning in Superleague Grand Final". www.coventrytelegraph.net. 12 June 2017. Retrieved 9 June 2020.
  6. "Netball Superleague: Three new teams added, but Yorkshire Jets left out". www.bbc.co.uk. 27 June 2016. Retrieved 1 March 2020.
  7. "New-look 10 team Vitality Netball Superleague for 2017". www.englandnetball.co.uk. 27 June 2016. Retrieved 28 May 2020.
  8. "Netball Superleague: How Wasps and Severn Stars came into existence". www.bbc.co.uk. 17 February 2017. Retrieved 1 March 2020.
  9. "Sirens stung by Wasps in Vitality Netball Superleague debut". www.glasgowtimes.co.uk. 21 February 2017. Retrieved 9 May 2020.
  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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