Netball Quad Series
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The Netball Quad Series is an annual international netball series contested by the national teams of Australia, England, New Zealand and South Africa.
Background
It's so important for international netball that we have these series just like you have the Six Nations and the Rugby Championship. You have to have that regular competition.[1]
— Lisa Alexander, Australian coach, "International netball gets its act together to finally launch Quad Series", Stuff
In December 2015, the governing bodies of netball in Australia, New Zealand, England and South Africa formed SANZEA, an international partnership of the four nations to organise a new international netball competition to be played on a regular basis.[2] The four governing bodies had discussed such a proposal in 2012, though it took four years before the partnership could be formalised. The purpose of the series is to provide the strongest netball nations with the opportunity to play regularly scheduled international test matches with meaningful outcomes for the players and competition.[1]
The series – originally referred to as the International Netball Super Series – was introduced to the public in March 2016, when SANZEA announced the schedule for the inaugural series, to be held later that year in mostly New Zealand venues.[3]
Format
The series is contested by four nations (
Results
| Series | Winner | Second | Third | Fourth |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2016 |  Australia |
 New Zealand |
 England |
 South Africa
|
| 2017 (I) | Australia |
New Zealand |
England |
South Africa
|
| 2017 (II) | New Zealand |
Australia |
England |
South Africa
|
| 2018 (I) | Australia |
England |
New Zealand |
South Africa
|
| 2018 (II) | Australia |
England |
New Zealand |
South Africa
|
2019 |
Australia |
England |
New Zealand |
South Africa
|
| 2020 | Cancelled due to the COVID-19 pandemic.[8] | |||
| 2022 | Australia |
England |
New Zealand |
South Africa
|
| 2023 | Australia
|
New Zealand
|
England
|
South Africa
|
Broadcasting
Quad Series matches are broadcast in all four of the competing nations. In the
References
- ^ a b "International netball gets its act together to finally launch Quad Series". stuff.co.nz. 25 August 2016.
- ^ "Leading netball nations form SANZEA partnership". Netball Australia. 17 December 2015.
- ^ "SANZEA launch International Netball Super Series". Netball New Zealand. 4 March 2016.
- ^ "SANZEA launch Super series". Netball New South Wales. 8 March 2016.
- ^ "Netball Australia Fixtures 2017". Netball Australia. 23 June 2017. Archived from the original on 23 June 2017.
- ^ "Vitality Roses to face Jamaica, New Zealand and South Africa in 2020". England Netball. 17 September 2019.
- ^ "Netball-Quad series cancelled due to coronavirus outbreak". Reuters. 31 May 2020.
- ^ "Netball's Quad Series cancelled due to coronavirus". Sky Sports. 31 May 2021. Retrieved 1 October 2021.
- ^ "Sky Sports to show all six matches of Netball Quad Series". Sky Sports. 25 August 2016.
- ^ "Landmark broadcast deal". Netball Australia. 19 May 2016.
- ^ "Sky TV backs netball in New Zealand for a further five years". Sky Television. 16 May 2016.
- ^ "SuperSport renews deal with Netball South Africa". SuperSport. 29 June 2017.